Local TV Reporters Fired After Partying at Hillary-Jay Z Rally
Last week when rap star Jay Z held serve at a concert in Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena in hopes of spurring a big voter turnout of millennials and African-Americans for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, local ABC affiliate WEWS Good Morning Cleveland anchor Jackie Fernandez and meteorologist Somara Theodore not only waited in line on company time, but blasted photographs of their…
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CNN's Cuomo Again Wrongly Claims Comey 'Says No Crime' by Clinton
On Monday's New Day, during a segment with Wisconsin Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo made his latest claim that FBI Director James Comey found that Hillary Clinton did not commit a crime in her handling of her State Department work email, even though the FBI director merely declined to recommend trying to prosecute her without directly stating his view on whether she committed…
The Obama Economy: Worse Than the Great Depression on One Key Metric
If you believe the Obama administration, the Hillary Clinton campaign and their apparatchiks in the press — and as we've learned during the past several weeks, all three work assiduously to sing from the same hymnal — the economy we've seen during the presidency of Barack Obama has been one of slow but still acceptable recovery and (yes, this word has been frequently used) "durable" expansion.
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Andrea Mitchell Loses It Over ‘Extraordinary,’ ‘Magical’ Hillary Rally
With credit to my colleague Brent Baker for spotting this classic case of Andrea Mitchell flashing her liberal bias, the MSNBC host and NBC News correspondent could barely contain her excitement for a Sunday night Hillary Clinton rally that she described as being both “extraordinary” and “magical.”
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CBS Preemptively Demands: Will Trump Be ‘Graceful,’ ‘Gracious’ Loser?
The journalists at CBS This Morning on Monday preemptively demanded to know if Donald Trump will be a “graceful” and “gracious” loser after Tuesday’s voting. Charlie Rose, Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King grilled the businessman’s campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway. In contrast, Hillary Clinton’s top operative received more questions on the state of the race.
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Nets Cheer Clinton ‘Cleared’ by FBI; Fear ‘Damage’ Already Done
On Monday, the network morning shows were simultaneously giddy with excitement over FBI director James Comey “clearing” Hillary Clinton by closing the bureau’s investigation into her email scandal while also being fearful over the “political damage” that had been done to the Democratic nominee in the final days of the campaign.
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Like Mother, Like Daughter? Nets Censor Chelsea’s Corruption
Like the old saying goes: The apple doesn’t far fall from the tree. According to new e-mails released by WikiLeaks, both Chelsea Clinton and her husband Mark Mezvinsky leveraged the Clinton Foundation for personal gain. Number of seconds devoted to these scandals by the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks? 0
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MRC's Gainor Scolds Media Relationship with Clinton Campaign
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The liberal news media are “trying to carry [Clinton] across the finish line,” according to MRC Vice President for Business and Culture Dan Gainor. He slammed the media for its pro-Clinton bias on Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs Tonight Nov. 5. Discussing the media’s involvement in this election cycle, Dobbs noted not only the “bias” in Clinton’s favor, but the “complicity of the national…
Artist Spoofs Celeb Threat: ‘Moving to Jupiter Election Day Sale'
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At a Clinton fundraiser she hosted last Thursday, singer Cher announced her intention to “leave the planet” if Trump emerged the victor on November 8. Sabo, a conservative street artist based in LA, decided to have some fun with her sensationalist comment.
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BBC’s Ghattas to Hillary: You're So 'Misunderstood' Facing 'Prejudice'
After posing for photos with her most ardent supporters (aka the news media) on Monday morning, Hillary Clinton held a brief press gaggle before they boarded her plane for Election Eve rallies and amidst that, the BBC’s Kim Ghattas lobbed one of the most adoring questions one will ever see about the “prejudice” Clinton has faced by being “ahead of your time.”
NYT: HRC ‘Finds Joy in the Rain'; Krugman Leans on 'Rigged Election'
Columnist Paul Krugman, respected economist turned Hillary acolyte, leaned into his conspiratorial tendencies in his Monday column, “How to Rig an Election.” Plus the Times lashed out at Trump-Pence’s “brand of right-wing nationalism” on the front page, portrayed Trump as Neidermeyer in “Animal House,” and celebrated Hillary dancing joyfully in the rain.
MRC’s Notable Quotables: Justifying Media Hostility to Trump
In the November 7 edition of Notable Quotables: The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank blasts that Donald Trump has “threatened democracy” and therefore any sort of press “neutrality” on the GOP nominee would be legitimizing “the illegitimate.” NBC’s Chuck Todd and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos get put on the defensive by Trump and campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. Also in this issue: a freelance…
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Green Day Replaces 'F***' with 'Trump' in MTV EMAs Performance
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American rock band Green Day won the MTV Global Icon Award at Sunday night's MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) and used their platform to complain about the U.S. election and take a major swipe at Donald Trump.
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Seriously? Tapper Nudges Franken to See Anti-Semitism in Late Trump Ad
While interviewing Democratic U.S. Senator Al Franken on Sunday, Jake Tapper used the classic "some other people say" tactic — in this case, referring to "some columnists" — to peddle the idea that there is a deliberate anti-Semitic undertone in Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's final 2-minute campaign ad.
