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Morning Joe Trumpets 1/6 Ratings, But Bury Biden's -- And Their Own!

June 13th, 2022 11:09 AM

Morning Joe trumpets the ratings of the first night of the J6 ratings, which attracted, across several networks, a cumulative audience of about 20 million people. Joe and Mika make invidious comparisons with the ratings of Donald Trump's Apprentice shows. But Morning Joe rarely if ever mentions Joe Biden's terrible ratings. Not to mention Morning Joe's own terrible ratings: with a loss over…

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Sunday Shows IGNORE Kavanaugh Threat, Spend Over An Hour on Jan 6

June 12th, 2022 4:05 PM

As previously reported, ABC’s This Week ignored the attempted assassination of Brett Kavanaugh, while gushing over White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and obsessing over the Democrats January 6 committee hearings which revealed very few new details about the riot at the Capitol eighteen months ago. 

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Joe Scarborough Compares Liz Cheney to Churchill and Zelenskyy

June 11th, 2022 10:02 AM

On the Friday edition of Morning Joe, the hosts and guests whined at Republicans for “deflecting and deflecting” the “attack on our democracy” and Joe Scarborough glorified Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the new Winston Churchill of our time.

NewsBusters Podcast: The Prime Time Riot Special Fails to Impress

June 10th, 2022 10:23 PM

Democrats talked all the networks (except Fox News) into a breathless hearing (or retelling) of January 6. But it felt like a summer rerun.

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Toobin: 'We Saw Less Proof Of' Trump Responsibility for 1/6 Violence

June 10th, 2022 9:58 PM

On CNN's New Day, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says, regarding the first night of the January 6th committee hearings, "we saw less proof" that Donald Trump encouraged or was responsible for the violence. and that proving that will be "the biggest challenge so far." He adds that the committee is off to a "promising start" on that issue, but not as promising as their case that Trump and…

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CBS Fawns Over ‘Shocking,’ ‘Harrowing’ J6 Hearings to ‘Change History’

June 10th, 2022 4:56 PM

Friday’s CBS Mornings went all out in reaction to Thursday’s primetime hearing of the House Select Committee on January 6, leading all broadcast network morning news shows with 16 minutes and 30 seconds on the liberal extravaganza and boasting the “historic” and “vital” gathering contained “shocking new evidence,” “harrowing testimony,” and a recognition that America’s still in grave…

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Broadcast Jan 6 Hearings Draw Smaller Audiences than Nightly Newscasts

June 10th, 2022 4:14 PM

The preliminary broadcast network ratings are in for last night’s January 6 committee hearings, and they paint a disappointing picture for Democrats and their media pals. On any given night last week, evening newscast audiences were 1.6 times larger than the total number of broadcast viewers who tuned into the hearings on Thursday.

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Behar Is 'Scared' AG Garland Waiting for Evidence to 'Jail' Trump

June 10th, 2022 2:04 PM

Thursday night was the first in a series of at least six public hearings put on by the Democrat-led January 6 House Committee, a spectacle adored by the liberal media. And to show just how important the rule of law and American institutions are, The View’s Joy Behar lived up to ABC standards and decried Attorney General Merrick Garland for waiting to see hard evidence and a report…

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ABC Trumpets ‘Powerful’ January 6 Hearing as Liz Cheney’s ‘Moment’

June 10th, 2022 1:52 PM

Following months of build-up and a plethora of coverage (seven minutes and 56 seconds) previewing Thursday’s primetime hearing of the House Select Committee on January 6, ABC’s Good Morning America went all-out on Friday with nearly 12 minutes (11:55) hyping the “powerful,” “high-stakes, primetime hearing” detailing the “carnage at the Capitol” that included Congresswoman Liz Cheney (…

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MSNBC: McConnell Wants Inflation to Stay High to Distract From Jan 6

June 10th, 2022 12:51 AM

During MSNBC’s recap of Thursday night’s hyper-partisan January 6 committee hearings, host Stephanie Ruhle brought on failed former Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill, to get her take on the fallout from the publicity stunt the Democrats put on. 

NYT Slammed Benghazi Hearings, Can’t Wait For New January 6 Drama

June 9th, 2022 4:30 PM

The New York Times is eagerly awaiting the start of the Democrats’ prime-time, televised January 6 hearings, which promises to dredge up new angles exploiting the awful events to help boost the party’s prospects in November. The headline wasn't shy about it: "Jan. 6 Hearings Give Democrats a Chance to Recast Midterm Message." Among the pathetic Democratic political tactics was an ice…

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Stelter: 1/6 Hearings Need 'An Effective Show,' Fox is 'Entertainment'

June 9th, 2022 3:07 PM

Ahead of the primetime hearings, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter joined Thursday’s CNN Newsroom simultaneously argued that the January 6 Committee needs to “make this an effective show” and that Fox News is not a news, but rather an entertainment channel for not showing the hearings live.

Commanders Coach Ridiculed For Noting Media Bias Over Jan. 6 Riot

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June 9th, 2022 2:45 PM

Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio is in some hot water for speaking common sense.

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Priorities: Networks Spend Over 3x More on J6 Than Kavanaugh Attack

June 9th, 2022 12:47 PM

On Thursday ahead of the first primetime hearing of the House Select Committee hearing on January 6 (which could be described as Nancy Pelosi's third run at impeaching Donald Trump), the morning broadcast network news programs showed total devotion to the cause of their fellow leftists by spending over three times more airtime on January 6 than the attempted assassination by a disturbed…