2024 Presidential
Without Evidence, CNN Furthers 'Threats Against Judges' Narrative
Cable news continues to air live programming despite this, the week after Christmas, being a ratings wasteland mostly destined for year-end recaps and the like. Such is NOT the case on CNN, which makes the most of this time in order to advance a narrative previously debunked on CNN air.
CNN Panelists: GOP Voters Don't Hear Trump Talk Like the Press Does
In a CNN This Morning segment trying to understand why Donald Trump's fiery rhetoric doesn't seem to be hurting him with Republican primary voters, two panelists expressed a similar view: that the GOP voters don't hear Trump the way the press, and others outside their realm, do. The voters want a fighter, and see him as one.
White House 'Deeply Frustrated' with Media Over Bad Polls for Biden
On Christmas Eve, The Hill newspaper reported anonymous sources "in the Biden orbit" indicated the White House is "deeply frustrated" over the media’s “disproportionate media focus on the polls that show Biden losing while ignoring polls that show him winning."
PBS Hosts UK Editor to Lecture US: Trump a 'Make or Break' Moment?
Amanpour & Co., which airs on taxpayer-supported PBS, on Tuesday called the 2024 elections a “make-or-break moment for democracy” in the “flawed democracy” known as the United States, because of the risks of a victory by former president Donald Trump. The Economist deputy editor Tom Standage talked to Amanpour reporter Hari Sreenivasan, who set up Standage to…
AP Wonders 'Can Journalism Save Democracy?' (and Defeat Trump)
Most of the anti-Trump media have endorsed the argument of leftist New York University professor Jay Rosen that "horse race" coverage of the 2024 election is trivial and should be shelved in favor of full-blown panic about the stakes of a second term for President Trump. In other words, the media must engage in incessant fear-mongering about democracy dying in darkness if Republicans win.
NBC Gives Biden Spox a Stocking Full of Softballs for Christmas
Two days before Christmas, NBC’s Today decided that it was the perfect time to host Joe Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, for some holiday softballs so she could do a little damage control on behalf of her boss.
PBS Touts Media 'Obligation' to Trash Trump in the Name of 'Democracy'
It was a triple-liberal-team up against Donald Trump on Tuesday’s edition of the taxpayer-supported PBS NewsHour with an interview segment headlined online, “How media organizations are facing the task of covering Trump’s anti-democratic rhetoric.” (Ironically, the segment on the dangers Trump posed to democracy was introduced with news that Trump had been removed from the ballot in…
Morning Joe—If SCOTUS Upholds CO Ruling, Trump Off Ballot Everywhere!
On Morning Joe, NBC News reporter Vaughn Hillyard says that if the Supreme Court upholds the ruling of the Colorado court, relying on the 14th Amendment, that barred Donald Trump from the ballot, it's likely that Trump will be barred from the ballot in all 50 states.
Nets Note Record Border Surge, Hide WH ‘Root Causes’ Tie-In
You just know that things are bad when the network evening newscasts have to actually make the time to report on the ongoing explosion at the southern border. Tonight, all three networks reported on the record detentions this week. None, however, reported on the White House's tie-in to the awful prisoner swap with the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela.
Late-Night Comics: Colorado Kicking Trump Off 2024 Race Is SLAM DUNK!
On Wednesday night and overnight into Thursday, the three liberal network comedians working this week — CBS’s Late Show host Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon of NBC’s Tonight Show, and Seth Meyers of NBC’s Late Night — were bursting at the seams in excitement (as were their audiences) at Tuesday’s decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to throw Donald Trump off the 2024…
Scarborough Flip Flop: He Now Supports Colorado Court Dumping Trump
The day after expressing repeated skepticism over the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to kick Donald Trump off the ballot, Scarborough flip flops and expresses great support for the decision, saying it's the most democratic thing the court could do.
‘Denial of Due Process’: Barr Rips Down CNN’s Hype for CO Trump Ruling
After initially celebrating the Colorado Supreme Court’s legally dubious ruling to take former President Trump off the ballot as “a historic level of accountability for January 6th” during Wednesday’s CNN This morning, the network decided to bring on a lucid legal mind during The Lead in former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, who smacked down their hype by calling…
MSNBC's Judge: Colorado Banning Trump From Ballot 'Not Political'
On Nicolle Wallace's MSNBC show, retired federal judge Michael Luttig calls the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court "a masterful judicial opinion. It is unassailable and irrefutable in every single respect." He goes on to claim, "This is not politics. It is certainly not partisan politics. And the Supreme Court's decision yesterday was not a political decision in any sense of that word."…
Why Voters Are Still Supporting Trump
Why is Donald Trump so resilient? As 2023 draws to a close, the ex-president is on track to win the Republican nomination and beat Joe Biden next November. If the election were today, Trump would get his second term. Yet he’s charged with crimes that run a gamut from election interference to mishandling classified information. He’s under gag orders and lost a $5 million civil suit this year.…
