2008 Media Roast, With Profane Jokes, Proves Everyone Knew About Lauer
The shocked faces at NBC and in the media last week claiming "nobody knew" about Matt Lauer's harassment and abuse of women became impossible to believe Tuesday evening. That's when Brian Flood at Fox News, partly cribbing from a still-available October 2008 story at the Village Voice, revealed that a celebrity roast that month in Lauer's honor "left little doubt that Lauer’s colleagues (and…
Bozell & Graham Column: Brian Ross Should Be Fired
When you’re the source for “breaking news” but it turns out to be “faking news,” you’re in trouble. ABC “senior investigative correspondent” Brian Ross greeted Gen. Michael Flynn’s plea deal with Robert Mueller by claiming Flynn is “prepared to testify that President Trump, as a candidate, Donald Trump, ordered him — directed him to make contact with the Russians which contradicts all that Donald…
National Newsrooms Asked About Sex Harassment Policies: Zero Replied!
The sexual-harassment floodgate has opened to not only include Hollywood men, but also notable male journalists – the biggest name so far being the Today show’s Matt Lauer – the latest casualty of their very own wandering hands. So the Columbia Journalism Review asked newsrooms and journalists to respond to a survey on sex harassment policies. Although many journalists took the time to answer the…
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‘Hardball’ Guest Goes on Anti-Israeli Tirades Over Jerusalem Decision
Ahead of President Trump’s official announcement on Wednesday that the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, Arab American Institute president James Zogby appeared on Tuesday’s Hardball to uncork a series of anti-Israeli tirades against “the Zionist movement” and Trump continually breaking the hearts of Palestinians over Jerusalem.
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ABC Celebrates Flake’s Dem Donation, Downplays Conyers Resignation
On Tuesday, Democratic Congressman John Conyers (Mich.) announced his retirement following a flood of sexual harassment charges. Also in the world of sexual harassers: Fed up with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake sold out his supposedly conservative principles and donated $100 to Moore’s liberal opponent. During ABC’s World News Tonight, the network…
NYT ‘Alarmed’ by U.S. Recognition of Jerusalem, Warns of Violence
Betraying its obvious antagonism toward America’s ally Israel, and coddling the statehood hopes of Palestinians (along with much of the rest of the media), the New York Times reacted with alarm to the breaking news Tuesday that President Trump would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel’s center of government since 1948.
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MSNBC Republicans Rejoice at Flake Donating to Jones; ‘There Is Hope'
On Tuesday’s edition of the liberal Republican group therapy show known as Deadline: White House, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and New York Times columnist Bret Stephens celebrated Republican Senator Jeff Flake’s donation to Alabama Democratic senatorial candidate Doug Jones as a sign of “hope” that some in the party will stand up to against Roy Moore and President Trump.
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Nets Hype Liberal ‘Backlash’ Against Trump Freeing Up Federal Land
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows touted the “immediate backlash” against President Trump’s decision to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah. Little, if any, attention was paid to supporters of the decision, but liberal opponents threatening legal action got all the headlines.
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Morning Joe Smears Trump For Highlighting FBI Corruption Reports
This week on Morning Joe, the show’s liberal panelists have been working overtime not to cover one of the most significant stories that broke this past weekend. Namely, multiple journalistic outlets have revealed significant conflicts of interest at the FBI over the past two years that could have directly impacted agents’ investigations into Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and their respective…
Chuck Todd Huffs: ‘Not True’ The Media’s ‘Cheering’ for Trump to Fail!
NBC’s Meet the Press host Chuck Todd is on the defensive as more scrutiny has been placed on the media and his own network for their liberal bias. Tweeting Tuesday, Todd lashed out at conservative critics for calling out the media’s eagerness to see Trump fail. “You know this isn’t true,” he snarked in response to a Fox News tweet.
Why Do Surveys Show Very Polarized Opinions on Media's Fairness?
BuzzFeed is alarmed at a new liberal survey: “The presidency of Donald Trump has caused Democrats to experience a surge in confidence in the press at the same time that Republicans and Trump supporters are expressing more extreme, negative views of the media.” Isn't it quite possible that very polarized media coverage of Trump leads to very polarized opinions?
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MSNBC Spins Pro-Abortion Alabama Democrat as ‘Conservative’
MSNBC journalists on Tuesday rushed to the defense of the Democrat in Alabama’s Senate race, spinning Doug Jones as “moderate” and “conservative.” This despite his support for abortion and some gun control policies.
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‘Hardball’: Collusion Case Rising Against ‘Enemy of the State' Trump
On Monday’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews and assembled guests were still reveling in the Mueller investigation’s indictment of Michael Flynn, swooning how it showed a collusion case being cemented “piece by piece” against an “enemy of the state” in President Trump. USA Today reporter Heidi Przybyla was one such character, ominously stating that “we’re seeing that the collusion piece of this,…
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NBC Turns Trump’s ‘Major Win’ Into ‘Minor’ Victory an Hour Later
During the 7 a.m. ET hour of Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie informed viewers of a “major win for the Trump administration in the U.S. Supreme Court” as a majority of the justices upheld the President’s travel ban. However, just one hour later, correspondent Kristen Welker appeared on the morning show and dismissed the news as only a “minor” victory for the White House.
