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ABC Guest: Kamala ‘Trust[s]’ the Media ‘To Explain’ Her ‘Policies’

August 19th, 2024 1:10 PM

A remarkable moment occurred Monday morning on ABC News Live when 2024 Democratic National Convention delegate and Democratic strategist Kaivan Shroff praised Vice President Kamala Harris for having little to no official policy positions because “[t]he more details you share, the more your policies are going to get picked apart,” and thus it’s best for her to “trust” the news media “to explain…

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Gender Confused Hamas Supporters Go NUTS at DNC

August 19th, 2024 11:55 AM

Before the start of the Democrat National Convention in Chicago, tensions escalated as pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police.

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CNN Touts Noonan on Kamala: 'Beautiful,' 'Radiance,' & 'Social Warmth'

August 19th, 2024 11:41 AM

CNN This Morning host Kasie Hunt gushes over how "beautiful" Kamala Harris is. Even when former Biden comms director Kate Beningfield suggests that the relative beauty of Harris and Trump is the last thing on the mind of swing voters trying to decide who to vote for, Hunt insists that looks actually are a very important political factor. Beningfield bends to her host, agreeing that Harris is "…

HA! NYT Says It Strains Imagination That Dems Would Let Illegals Vote!

August 19th, 2024 10:05 AM

New York Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa, who has deputized herself as the Republican language police on the immigration issue, transformed a wholly reasonable conservative concern about voting integrity among Ohioans into “one of the most pernicious far-right conspiracy theories” in Sunday’s “In JD Vance’s Backyard, Conspiracy Theories About Migrants and Voting Abound.” The nasty story…

The Legacy Media’s Last Gasp?

August 19th, 2024 9:48 AM

[Last] week, alleged comedian Stephen Colbert had on CNN's Kaitlan Collins to discuss the 2024 presidential election. In the middle of the interview, Colbert began to ask Collins a question, in all sincerity: "I know you guys are objective over (at CNN), you just report the news as it is." Colbert, presumably, expected his audience — all Kamala Harris fans, since Colbert is the most left-…

STUDY: Networks Deliver Massive Media Honeymoon to Kamala Harris

August 19th, 2024 8:55 AM

The Big Three networks have delivered an unprecedented boost of positive publicity to Vice President Kamala Harris during the first four weeks of her presidential campaign.

MRC’s Hamill Reacts to Harris Campaign Google Ads Controversy On Fox

August 19th, 2024 7:28 AM

MRC contributing writer Stephanie Hamill was a guest on The Evening Edit with host Elizabeth MacDonald on Fox Business on Friday to discuss the latest controversy swirling around Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign involving deceitful Google Ads.

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CBS Debate Moderator Comes Unglued, Defends Harris Price Controls

August 18th, 2024 10:23 PM

CBS vice presidential debate co-moderator and host of Face the Nation Margaret Brennan offered an unqualified and evidence-free defense of Vice President Kamala Harris- specifically, her widely panned price control proposals, which former President Donald Trump and many others have labeled as “communism”.

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Sunday Shows Give Scant Mention of Various Walz Scandals

August 18th, 2024 6:30 PM

Sunday political affairs programming switched gears as the networks prepare to cover (or fawn over) this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. With the spotlight on the Democratic ticket, there was nary a mention of the various and sundry scandals surrounding the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd on Biden 'Coup' -- 'A Jaw-Dropping Putsch'

August 18th, 2024 4:24 PM

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd raised a lot of eyebrows with her Saturday column, with the provocative headline "The Dems Are Delighted. But a Coup Is Still a Coup." Liberal journalists don't like to describe top Democrats forcing Biden out of the 2024 campaign a "coup," since he's still technically in office now.

FLASHBACK: Liberal Reporters Are Always Democrats’ Biggest Fans

August 18th, 2024 10:09 AM

The Democratic Convention begins tomorrow in Chicago, and there should be absolutely no suspense over how the media will treat Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and the party’s other stars. The MRC’s archives, going back to 1988, show that Democrats always get a huge tailwind of good press coming out of their party conventions.

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Jim Geraghty Shoots Down Snotty NY Times Lady on Kamala Avoiding Press

August 18th, 2024 8:15 AM

National Review political editor Jim Geraghty shot down snotty New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro on CNN's The Chris Wallace Show on Saturday when she tried to suggest it's "a little disingenuous for some on the right" to be demanding Kamala Harris do interviews and/or press conferences. 

NPR Furiously Spins Right Past 'Second Gentleman' Cheating with Nanny

August 17th, 2024 10:07 PM

Almost two weeks after the news broke, NPR's All Things Considered told listeners that "Second Gentleman" Doug Emhoff wasn't a gentleman with his first wife. It came in an otherwise promotional piece by reporter Deepa Shivaram. It was dismissed in 51 words, and NPR left out he was sleeping with the nanny, and got her pregnant. 

Media Memory-Holes Possible Trump Trial Jury Tampering Incident

August 17th, 2024 6:21 PM

The blog criticizes Politico and other media outlets for ignoring potential jury tampering in Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money trial. It notes that a Facebook user claimed his cousin, a juror, voted for conviction before the verdict was announced but the issue has since been forgotten. The blog singles out Erica Orden's article on Trump seeking a sentencing delay until after the election,…