2020 Presidential
NYT No Longer Believes All Women: 'Doesn't Mean Every Woman Is Right'
May 5th, 2020 11:56 AM
The New York Times is belatedly waking up to Tara Reade’s accusation of sexual assault against likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Yet the paper is still flattering the Democratic Party with its concern over #MeToo issues, “vitally important to many members of his party.” The reporters dismissed Reade's story as "a single allegation of assault." And a front-page “news analysis” sympathized with…
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Hume Laughs at NYT: ‘Beyond Parody’ to Ask DNC to Investigate Biden
May 5th, 2020 10:30 AM
Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report Monday evening, senior political analyst Brit Hume openly laughed at the absurd suggestion from The New York Times that the Democratic National Committee should be in charge of investigating sexual assault allegations against its own presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden.
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And It’s Gone: Nets Already Tired of Covering Rape Claim Against Biden
May 4th, 2020 11:28 PM
Just four days after the broadcast network evening newscasts finally covered the rape allegation against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for the first time, after ignoring it for over a month, ABC, CBS, and NBC had had enough. During their Monday evening newscasts, none of them ran stories on the subject despite developments still breaking over the course of the day. NBC’s Today was the…
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Light Bulb Moment? NBC: 'Conservatives' See Biden Hypocrisy on MeToo
May 4th, 2020 5:49 PM
It was a small moment, but still a surprising one. A note of reality seeped into NBC’s Sunday night coverage of the Joe Biden sexual assault claim. On the NBC Nightly News, reporter Ali Vitali showcased claims of hypocrisy in the Tara Reade case. She noted, “Conservatives point out the response to Reade stands in stark contrast to the way Democrats and Biden rallied around Supreme Court…
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Scarborough Trolls Trump: 'You're Not Well, Let Pence Run Things'
May 4th, 2020 10:19 AM
In a transparent ploy to shift the focus from a doddering Joe Biden now beset with a serious allegation of sexual assault, Joe Scarborough did his best today to suggest that President Trump was not mentally "well," should "get checked out, take a rest," and "let Mike Pence run things."
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Velshi Cues Up Laurence Tribe to Fearmonger Over Trump Judges
May 3rd, 2020 9:28 PM
On Saturday's Velshi show, MSNBC host Ali Velshi provided a forum to liberal constitutional attorney Laurence Tribe to bash the conservative judges that President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are putting on the courts, and to fearmonger about how they might effect the country's future, calling it a "terrifying" and a "really scary prospect for anyone who cares about the…
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NBC Groans About Calls to Investigate Biden: No ‘Huge Appetite’ for It
May 3rd, 2020 5:11 PM
Tucked into the final minutes of Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC political director Chuck Todd led a panel discussion, featuring Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter and NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt, where they groaned about calls to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for an allegation of rape. One even claimed there was no “huge appetite” for it. Meanwhile, the call…
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RNC Head DESTROYS ABC’s Raddatz on Media Ignoring Biden Rape Claim
May 3rd, 2020 12:01 PM
During an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel leveled the media by calling out their hypocrisy in blacking out the rape accusation against Joe Biden, while they had tried to eviscerate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The rebuke was so potent that fill-in host Martha Raddatz appeared unable to make eye contact and avoided looking at the camera while…
Journalists Complain That They Can't Handle Four More Years of Trump
May 3rd, 2020 11:04 AM
Journalists have just given voters a terrific reason to re-elect Trump...to watch their hilarious angst. Jeremy Barr in Saturday's Hollywood Reporter has chronicled the whining by the press at the prospect of being forced to cover four more years of Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
NY Times Oddly Insists DNC Should Probe Tara Reade Matter; DNC Balks
May 3rd, 2020 7:39 AM
The New York Times Editorial Board strangely suggested the investigation of Tara Reade's sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden can’t be left to the media. What? They proposed having the Democratic National Committee investigate. Then the DNC called that "absurd," that Biden had already been fully vetted in 2008 by the Obama campaign.
NY Times Media Columnist Wonders Why Tara Reade's Not on TV (Bias)
May 2nd, 2020 9:22 PM
Recently appointed New York Times media columnist Ben Smith has hit the ground running. Unlike his predecessor Jim Rutenberg, Smith manages to find alternatives to attacking Fox News again and again. On Friday he dove in to the lack of press time for Tara Reader, who has accused probable Democratic nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault: “Why Won’t Television News Put the Accuser on the Air?” It's…
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USA Today's Susan Page: Unfair Attacks on 'Decent' Biden Hurt More
May 2nd, 2020 5:29 PM
Susan Page of USA Today joined The 11th Hour host Brian Williams on MSNBC Friday night to discuss the allegations of sexual harassment and assault surrounding Joe Biden and argued that it is unfair that Biden is hurt more by such allegations than President Trump because, unlike Trump, Biden is running as a nice guy who cares, a "decent human being."
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Maher Resurrects Paranoia About Trump Refusing to Leave Office
May 2nd, 2020 3:00 PM
As he interviewed former Attorney General Eric Holder Friday, Real Time host Bill Maher resurrected his paranoia about President Trump refusing to leave office if he loses the election. In addition, the HBO host told Holder he wanted him to run for president “next time” and did his best to downplay the sexual assault allegation against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Rapinoe Campaigns for Biden's VP Running Mate
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May 2nd, 2020 10:00 AM
Joltin' Joe Biden, you want a woman for your vice-presidential running mate? Look no more. The outrageous Megan Rapinoe is willing and able to handle the job ... and continue her pro soccer at the same time. Your big decision just got easier!
