ABC Gushes Over Michelle Obama's New Book, 'Rallying Cry'
The Saturday edition of Good Morning America on ABC previewed an upcoming 20/20 interview with former First Lady Michelle Obama. If the preview is anything to go buy, it is more of a fan experience for Robin Roberts than an actual interview as she hyped “the saying she made famous.”
PBS Hails Election As Win For Abortion, Defeat Of Putin, Xi, And Trump
When Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks joined PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff for their Friday recap of the week’s news, the natural topic of conversation was the election results. Capehart’s big takeaway was that things other than the economy, like abortion, saved Democrats while Brooks cheered the demise of…
WashPost: Complaining About Maricopa Vote Delays Is Disinformation
The Washington Post editorial board suggests that complaints about ballot counting delays in Maricopa County could be classified as "disinformation."
NPR Analyzes GOP with Author of 'The Republican Party Lost Its Mind'
National Public Radio hates Republicans, and it doesn't matter if Republicans pay a chunk of their salaries. On Wednesday, Morning Edition anchor Steve Inskeep brought on New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper, author of a book colorfully titled Weapons Of Mass Delusion: When The Republican Party Lost Its Mind.
NewsBusters Podcast: White House Scribes and Their Diatribes to Biden
President Biden held a press conference at the White House after the midterms, and some reporters unloaded diatribes about Biden's agenda being ruined and "affirmative action" taking a severe hit. CNN asked about the return of decency and civility, as if Biden or CNN was civil to Republicans on a daily basis.
Politico Slams Newly Wiped Out Crypto Democrat Donor It Recently Hyped
Although Politico was smitten by big Democrat donor Sam Bankman-Fried in August, he has fallen from their grace due to having lost his fortune in a crypto crash.
'Morning Joe’ Goes to War on DeSantis: 'Glass Jaw, Fragile Ego’
After we noted Thursday that CNN's Don Lemon argued DeSantis could be even worse than Trump, the DeSantis smears shifted Friday to MSNBC’s Morning Joe thanks to Republican-turned-Never Trump-turned liberal David Jolly, who trashed DeSantis as having “used" Trump with a fragile ego.
The Red Wave Was Actually a Fizzle
There was no red wave. There was no red tide. There was no red trickle. There was a fizzle. The 2022 midterm election fundamentals would have suggested a ringing Republican victory: an unpopular president of the opposing party, deep public unhappiness with the state of the economy, unified Democratic control in Congress and radical social policy out of step with most Americans.
Cuomo: Florida Is Bad Standard for Counting Votes, Goal Is Low Turnout
It’s been days since Election Day and we’re still waiting on the results from a number of places, meanwhile, Florida had everything counted in a few hours. But according to NewsNation’s Chris “Fredo” Cuomo Thursday night, Florida should not be the standard because of the hanging chad situation 22 years ago. He also suggested things would be better with an all-digital system like our hackable…
ABC’s Moran Is Upset You Won’t Accept AZ’s ‘Ordinary’ Vote Counting
During Friday’s Good Morning America, ABC’s senior national correspondent Terry Moran made it clear he’s not going to tolerant anyone who decries the reality that it’s unclear when the final votes will be tallied in states like Arizona. Why? Because, according to Moran, offering such gripes makes you a conspiracy theory calling into question a “normal” and “ordinary” process we should…
Goodwin Compares Election Results to Winning Civil War, WWII
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin stopped by Friday’s CNN This Morning to discuss the results of Tuesday’s election and despite the final results still being unknown, compared them to victory in the Civil War, World War II, and surviving the Great Depression.
Talking Heads Scold Everyone: ‘This Is Normal,’ ‘Counting Takes Time’
It’s hard to say whether they sound more like exasperated kindergarten teachers or preachy DMV employees, but either way, it’s incredibly obnoxious. Since election night on Tuesday, the talking heads on establishment broadcast and cable networks have taken to pedantically scolding their viewers that “counting votes takes time,” “this is normal,” and everyone needs to please “calm down.”
Fox’s Spunt Hits KJP Over Biden DOJ Meddling by Asking for Musk Probe
After Bloomberg’s Jenny Leonard asked President Biden on Wednesday afternoon about whether he thinks Twitter boss Elon Musk is a national security threat, CBS’s Weijia Jiang and Fox’s David Spunt followed up during Thursday’s White House press briefing and whether Biden actually meant that and how that’d square with his campaign promise to have an independent Justice Department (DOJ).
Jemele Hill: MSNBC Racist To Fire Cross, Others 'Voting For Cruelty'
The Atlantic’s Jemele Hill book tour took her to Thursday’s Amanpour and Company on PBS to discuss her life and career as a sports journalist who has become a left-wing activist. During the sit-down, Hill would suggest it was racist for MSNBC to fire Tiffany Cross and alleged that “many people are comfortable voting for cruelty.”