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Nets Celebrated Flynn’s Plea Deal But Decry Case Getting Dropped

May 7th, 2020 9:51 PM
Nearly two and a half years after accepting a plea deal because he was entrapped by anti-Trump FBI investigators, former General Michael Flynn saw light at the end of the tunnel Thursday. After the case was reviewed by the Department of Justice, Attorney General William Barr order the case be dropped citing the fact Flynn had not lied about anything material or central to the Russia investigation…
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CBS/NBC Flock to Whistleblower Complaint Despite Claim Being Debunked

May 5th, 2020 11:36 PM
Almost two weeks ago, the liberal media pounced on claims from a former HHS official who claimed, without evidence, that he was fired for not pushing hydroxychloroquine. Well, that official was back in the news Tuesday because he filed a whistleblower complaint. But this time, Dr. Rick Bright added on new claims he didn’t tell the press about before now. CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News…
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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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CBS Rushes to Defend China from Blame, FNC Reports Intel Blames Lab

May 4th, 2020 9:18 PM
No matter how the liberal media tried to spin it, China is to blame for unleashing the coronavirus on the world. But on Monday, the CBS Evening News once again rushed to defend one of America’s adversaries by blaming President Trump for the coronavirus death toll in the U.S., and decrying how he was correctly blaming China for the pandemic’s devastation. Meanwhile, Fox News was reporting that U.S…
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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…

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…

NBC Ignores Dow's ‘Best Month Since the 1980s'

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May 1st, 2020 6:32 PM
When CNBC reports the markets are showing signs of fighting back against the coronavirus fallout, you’d think that’d be newsworthy for sister network NBC’s evening news broadcast. Apparently not. CNBC had reported stunning results after the markets closed yesterday. The outlet noted that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 “posted their best month since the 1980s.” CNBC continued…
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Kavanaugh Sex Allegations Covered 38X More Than Biden on Latino Nets

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May 1st, 2020 9:38 AM
When it comes to coverage of the serious allegations levied against former Vice President Joe Biden by former staffer Tara Reade, the nation’s Spanish-language national news media have been conspicuously absent. MRC Latino’s most recent study shows that, predictably, this wasn’t always the case.  
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Evening Nets End Their Tara Reade Blackout, Come to Biden’s Defense

April 30th, 2020 9:41 PM
Finally, the evening newscasts of ABC and CBS broke their silence on the rape accusation against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. While their respective morning newscasts had already covered the topic, Thursday night was the first time NBC News had dared to give it airtime. The contrast was stark in how they covered the accusations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where their mission was…
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Keep America Miserable: CBS Scoffs at Thought of Economy Improving

April 30th, 2020 12:13 AM
While Wednesday’s CBS Evening News was the only broadcast newscast to report on the stock market’s rally following a breakthrough with coronavirus-fighting drug Remdesivir, they threw cold water on anyone who dared to have hopeful thoughts about the economy improving.
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NBC Insists Governments Have ‘Moral Authority’ to Keep You Isolated

April 29th, 2020 9:32 PM

Disturbing and authoritarian tendencies were on full display during Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, as anchor Lester Holt and reporter Gabe Gutierrez decried a gathering of mourning orthodox Jews in New York City recently. And despite cries of anti-Semitism against Mayor Bill de Blasio, the network suggested state and local governments had the “moral authority” to crackdown on public and private…

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Ignoring Rape Claim Against Biden, ABC/CBS Cheer Hillary’s Endorsement

April 28th, 2020 8:46 PM
It was one of the most predictable developments on the Democratic side of the 2020 presidential election: two-time presidential flunky Hillary Clinton endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. But that didn’t stop ABC’s World News Tonight from fangirling Tuesday and declaring it “another big milestone” for the campaign. At the same time, ABC News and CBS Evening News continued their blackout of…
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CBS Touts GM Making Ventilators, Skips Trump’s Defense Production Call

April 28th, 2020 12:10 AM
A month after President Trump had invoked the Defense Production Act calling on General Motors to manufacture ventilators for the coronavirus crisis, CBS Evening News refused to acknowledge that fact as they praised to automaker on Monday. This came after the newscasts had repeatedly insisted the Trump administration wasn’t doing anything to have desperately needed equipment made here at home.…