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ABC Blasts ‘Bloody’ GOP Debate; Chides Christie on Bus Stop Remark

December 16th, 2015 3:16 AM
The early Wednesday morning edition of ABC’s Nightline provided the first look at the network reaction to Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate and featured correspondent David Wright ripping it as a “bloody” affair with help from liberal comedians and scolding Chris Christie for remarks about Los Angeles mothers placing their children on school buses only to have classes canceled due to…
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Van Jones: Rubio Was ‘Rattled’ in Debate; ‘He Lost His Cool’ When Hit

December 16th, 2015 12:40 AM
Giving viewers his initial thoughts concerning Tuesday’s 2016 GOP presidential debate on the 11:00 p.m. Eastern edition of AC360, CNN political commentator and former Obama administration adviser Van Jones opined that Marco Rubio seemed “rattled” for “the first time” and “lost his cool” as he faced “competition” from fellow Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.
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Begala Whines GOP’s ‘Dominant Emotion’ of ‘Fear’ Has Hurt Americans

December 16th, 2015 12:08 AM
Offering his initial thoughts on Tuesday’s GOP presidential debate on the 11:00 p.m. Eastern edition of CNN’s AC360, CNN political commentator and Hillary Clinton super PAC head Paul Begala complained that Republicans possess “dominant emotion” of “fear” that they’ve somehow used to instill fear in Americans following recent terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. 

Is Trump Using Polling As ‘Surrogate’ for ‘Penis Size’? Reporter Asks

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December 15th, 2015 11:44 PM
The British press has gone from topless models to penis jokes about presidential candidates. At least that junior high humor stays largely on Twitter, where the filters come off and journalists’ truly biased viewpoints come out.  

Nation’s Zirin: Fiorina a ‘Bloodthirsty Barbarian'

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December 15th, 2015 11:30 PM
Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, had particularly harsh words for the GOP candidates on stage during CNN’s debate Tuesday night. Perhaps not surprising as he has a history of bashing conservatives and Christians,  like when he bashed Scott Walker earlier this year or his multiple attacks against openly-Christian Tim Tebow.  

Blogger: Global-Warming Deniers Are Traitors to the Planet

December 15th, 2015 4:55 PM
When it comes to global warming, Esquire’s Charles Pierce implies, it’s now conservative Republicans and a few hidebound Democrats versus pretty much everyone and everything else, including the world’s non-human animals and its plant life. Meanwhile, New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait opined that the Paris climate deal was “probably the [Obama] administration’s most important accomplishment."
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NBC Touts Hillary’s ‘Preemptive Strike’ Against GOP Before Debate

December 15th, 2015 11:50 AM
After covering the upcoming Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer promoted Hillary Clinton preparing to attack her GOP rivals: “Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is planning a preemptive strike against the barrage of criticism that she's expecting from her Republican rivals on that stage tonight. So today she’ll make her case on how she’d take on the ISIS…
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Purged! Morning Joe Drops Ted Cruz from Vegas Debate Image

December 15th, 2015 7:18 AM
UPDATE: Scarborough just discussed blooper on air, mentioning NB and this NewsBusters. Video clip below! ---------------------------------------------------- Ted Cruz: MSNBC's modern-day version of Nikolai Yezhov! Yezhov was the head of Stalin's secret police who fell into disfavor and was executed during a purge. A photo of him standing next to Stalin was famously airbrushed to remove his…
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CNN Touts CAIR Accusing GOPers of Inciting Attacks Against Muslims

December 14th, 2015 11:35 PM
On Monday's Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN National Correspondent Jason Carroll delivered a heavily one-sided report highlighting charges by the Council on American-Islamic Relations that GOP presidential candidates -- specifically naming Ben Carson, Chris Christie and Donald Trump -- have been partly to blame for inspiring a recent spate of attacks against Muslims in the U.S.

Crunching the Numbers: What to Watch For at the Next GOP Debate

December 14th, 2015 8:15 AM
After a five-week hiatus, the Republican presidential candidates meet tomorrow night for their next prime time debate, moderated by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Based on how the various networks handled the first four debates, viewers of Tuesday's CNN debate should expect: 1) the questions will be aimed at getting the candidates to fight with one another; 2) Donald Trump will take more airtime than any of…
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'SNL' Mocks Defunding Planned Parenthood, Pushes Need for Gun Control

December 7th, 2015 1:46 PM
On the December 5th airing of Saturday Night Live, fake-news anchor Michael Che called out the Republican Senate for scheduling action to defund Planned Parenthood, despite the recent shooting in San Bernardino. The reality of the Senate activity however is that the bill, known as the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, was scheduled for Thursday, December 4, back on…

Salon Pundit: Has GOP Rhetoric Already Inspired a Terrorist Attack?

December 6th, 2015 12:17 PM
In a column posted last Monday, two days before the San Bernardino massacre, Heather Digby Parton warned of Americans with “violent desires” who might find “inspiration” to stage mass-casualty attacks not in jihadist propaganda, but in rhetoric used during “a Republican presidential debate.” Parton linked the fatal shootings at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs to remarks by GOP…

Mark Ruffalo Tweets Out The Nation: 2nd Amendment Not for Individuals

December 4th, 2015 3:33 PM
In response to the San Bernardino shootings on Friday, leftist actor Mark Ruffalo, best known for playing the Hulk in The Avengers movies, tweeted “Begin again…The Second Amendment Was Never Meant to Protect an Individual’s Right to a Gun” and an image and link from the article of the same name from The Nation. The article Ruffalo tweeted is about why District of Columbia v. Heller was ruled…
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MSNBC Feminists Roll Out Plush Carpet for Planned Parenthood

November 30th, 2015 4:31 PM
Planned Parenthood executives appeared twice on MSNBC on Monday with female interviewers who acted more like facilitators than journalists. Planned Parenthood boss Cecile Richards appeared on Andrea Mitchell Reports. Meanwhile PP's Executive Vice President, Dawn Laguens, was on MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall.