CNN Can't Find a Single Maine Democrat Who Won't Vote for Platner
CNN's biased man-in-the-street interviews strike again. It was more of the same on Saturday's CNN This Morning: Weekend. Reporter Danny Freeman hit the streets in Maine ahead of Tuesday's primary. There are over 386,000 registered Democrats in Maine. But Freeman couldn't find a single one who said they would refuse to vote for scandal-plagued candidate Graham Platner.
'Trash TV' Star! CNN Democrat's Sour Grapes On Spencer Pratt's Success
On Wednesday’s CNN This Morning, Democratic strategist Antjuan "Sour Grapes" Seawright lashed out at the growing success of political newcomers like Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, dismissing the trend as part of a “reality TV, or trash TV” model in the Republican Party. “I also think there’s a new model in the Republican Party, reality TV, or trash TV, and you don’t have to…
CNN Panelist: Ignore Platner Sexting Scandal, Skip ‘Purity Culture’
CNN This Morning panelist V. Spehar says Democrats should not focus on Graham Platner's scandals, nor "police" or do “purity culture” on candidates. Instead, people should look at what candidates propose to do for people. Because CNN hasn't tried to "police" Donald Trump or impose a "purity culture" around his alleged treatment of women.
MS NOW’s ‘Heavy Lift’ Copium: 5x for Doug Jones, the Alabama Longshot
Saturday night’s episode of The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW featured Democrat Doug Jones discussing his long-shot bid to become governor of Alabama in a race against Tommy Tuberville. In a remarkable display, ex-Senator Jones and the MS NOW hosts combined to use the phrase “heavy lift” five separate times.
MS NOW’s Phony Balance: Passes Off Mark McKinnon as GOP Strategist
Saturday's episode of The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW pretended to present a balanced discussion about the critical Texas Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. Co-host Elise Jordan introduced one of the guests this way: “Joining us now is Mark McKinnon, former advisor to George W. Bush and John McCain… Mark, you have a long career advising Republicans in Texas…
MS NOW Defends Fired Agent Who Downplayed Motive In Baseball Shooting
As hard as it may be for MS NOW justice and intelligence reporter Ken Dilanian to understand, Republicans are still not happy about the FBI downplaying the partisan motivations of the 2017 congressional baseball shooter. Therefore, when the agent involved in that conclusion was fired on Wednesday, Dilanian took to the air to claim the agent was just the latest in a string of FBI officials…
CNN Selects Two Texas Republicans Who Say They Won’t Vote for Paxton
CNN This Morning began its coverage today of Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff by airing interviews with exactly two Texas Republicans who swore they won’t vote for Paxton. One even declared she will “absolutely” vote for Democrat James Talarico in November.
Troublemaker? CNN's Audie Cornish Asks: 'Is John Cornyn a RINO?'
On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish asked — seemingly out of nowhere — during coverage of the Texas GOP Senate primary runoff: “Is John Cornyn a RINO?” Cornish did not mention or dispute Cornyn’s widely cited [99%+] voting alignment with President Trump on roll-call votes where Trump took a clear position.
Katy Tur Laments Too Many Media Outlets, Too Much Free Speech for GOP
On her Friday afternoon show, MS NOW host Katy Tur longed for the days when the liberal elite media had a monopoly on fact-checking politicians as she spoke with MS NOW legal analyst Andrew Weissmann about his new anti-Trump book, Liars Kingdom.
MS NOW Panel Admits: Beating Ken Paxton in Texas An ‘Uphill Battle'
On Saturday’s edition of The Weekend on MS NOW, a panel discussion about the Texas Senate race offered some unusually candid pessimism about the Democrats' chances. The panel conceded that even with the more controversial Ken Paxton on the ballot, Democrats still face steep odds in Texas.
STUDY: Stephen Colbert Turned 'The Late Show' Into 'The DNC Show'
Stephen Colbert was well into his farewell media tour when he told GQ, “I think I'm more conservative than people think.” However, according to an aggregation of previous NewsBusters studies and quote packages, that is not true. Since NewsBusters began counting jokes in January 2023, Colbert has told 87 percent of his political jokes about conservatives. Likewise, since September 2022…
MS NOW: 'I Don’t Know GOP Voters,' CNN Analyzes GOP With 0 Republicans
On Sunday night, MS NOW host Ayman Mohyeldin admitted "I can't really speak for Republican voters, I don't know them very well." On Monday's CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish offered a full segment on the state of the GOP after the defeat of incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy in the Louisiana primary — with zero Republicans on the panel.
MS NOW's Wild Spin: GOP Seeks 'Decimation of Black Political Power'
On Saturday's The Weekend, MS NOW displayed overt hypocrisy by having on House Minority Whip and Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA) to complain about Southern Republicans cutting Democrat-leaning seats when her own home state has shut out Republicans from all its congressional districts since the 1990s.
STUDY: SNL Jokes About Conservatives Jump To 91 Percent In Season 51
Season 51 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live recently came to an end, and it was considerably more liberal than Season 50. A new NewsBusters study has found that 91 percent of the season’s Weekend Update jokes were directed at conservatives, while 83 percent of its cold open political characters were conservatives or Republicans.
