The Media and The Midterms: How Much Will Their Tilt Matter?
The holiday season is passing quickly, which means we're weeks away from the new year, when the bell rings to welcome in the midterm campaign season...and the incessant media lobbying seeks to sway the country into putting Democrats back in control of Congress.
On MS NOW, Schlossberg Calls RFK Jr. 'Dangerous,' 'A Rabid Dog'
On MS NOW's The Weekend, congressional candidate Jack Schlossberg, grandson of JFK, says that President Trump has "caged" RFK Jr. and put him in his cabinet." He calls RFK a "rabid dog" who is "barking, spreading lies,"
Politico Avoids Jack Schlossberg's Videos in Congress Candidacy Story
Gregory Svirnovskiy's article in Politico about Jack Kennedy Schlossberg's congressional candidacy overlooks some key issues, particularly Schlossberg's lack of a significant work history at age 32 and his bizarre TikTok presence. Coming from a prestigious lineage, Schlossberg is vying for Jerry Nadler's seat, despite concerns about his qualifications. Svirnovskiy largely ignores these points…
CBS, NBC Hail JFK Grandson, ‘Influencer’ Schlossberg Running for House
On Wednesday, CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today predictably served as clapping seals in celebrating Jack Schlossberg — the grandson of John F. Kennedy and thus royalty on the left — launching a bid for a Manhattan-area House seat despite having only been an “influencer” and a self-described provocateur on social media. In other words, he’s never had a real job.
PBS Worries That Midterm Elections Will Be Like Those In Russia
Thursday’s edition of PBS’s Amanpour and Company went off the rails when guest host Bianna Golodryga welcomed The Atlantic staff writer David Graham to discuss supposed threats to next year’s midterm elections. The duo would muse about everything from Marines seizing ballot boxes to the idea that the elections will be the fake sort that you get in places like Russia, but no evidence was…
New Yorker Attempts Resurrection of 'Dirtbag Left' Graham Platner
Jay Caspian Kang's piece in the New Yorker attempts to boost Graham Platner's Senate candidacy by labeling him as part of the "dirtbag left," though "dirtbag" is usually negative. Platner, portrayed as working-class, faced backlash over a Nazi tattoo he claimed ignorance of, despite evidence to the contrary. Kang's portrayal overlooks Platner's privileged background and raises questions about…
Three Democratic Candidate Controversies ABC/CBS/NBC/PBS Are Burying
Election Day is almost here, and there are three high-profile races involving Democratic candidates who have made shocking statements in their past, but if you get your news from ABC, CBS, NBC, or PBS, you have heard very little to nothing about them.
MSNBC Talks Up Dems Bringing a 'Gun to a Knife Fight' vs GOP
On Monday's The 11th Hour, MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle and never Trump Republican Mark McKinnon seemed to cheer for Democrats to aggressively gerrymander states like California against Republicans as both used the provocative expression "bring a gun to a knife fight" to describe the strategy.
Psaki Pushes Conspiracy Theory: Trump Trying to Suppress Voters
During her Friday night opening monologue on The Briefing, MSNBC’s Jen Psaki theorized that President Trump was conspiring to “suppress the vote any way that he can.” She cited various loosely-related administration efforts and jumbled them together as proof of Trump attempting to wrongfully sway midterm results.
‘Damn, If He Isn't a Dictator’: ABC News Claims Trump Not Leaving Ever
Watching ABC News’s The View throughout October, one couldn’t help but think that their pearl clutching hyperventilation about President Trump supposedly trying to steal the midterms with the National Guard and the ballroom being evidence that he planned on holding onto power, were meant to incite another assassination attempt. On Monday’s show, they claimed that Trump was in fact a “dictator…
HASTA LA VISTA, TAPPER: Arnold Schools Jake on Redistricting
CNN’s Jake Tapper had on the seven-time Mr.Olympia and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to discuss partisan gerrymandering, among other topics, and got an earful when he tried to justify California’s gerrymandering referendum known as Prop 50. Tapper got a near-total recitation of Democrat partisan gerrymandering efforts in a way not normally seen on cable TV.
CBS’s Brennan Meekly Allows Rep. Jeffries to Defend Dem Gerrymandering
If this exchange between House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and CBS’s Margaret Brennan is any indication, it would seem that some partisan gerrymandering is more acceptable than others. Ditto for the acceptability of talk of “rigged elections.”
Maher: Democrat With a Nazi Tattoo May Have To Become a Republican
HBO’s Bill Maher quipped on Friday’s Real Time that Bernie Sanders-endorsed Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s days as a Democrat are limited and that he might have to become a Republican given his Nazi tattoo and other controversies.
