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Cruz Takes CNBC Debate Panelists to Task for Bias
October 28th, 2015 9:07 PM
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took CNBC debate panelists to task for their liberal bias: “The questions that have been asked so far at this debate illustrate why the American people don’t trust the media....The contrast with the Democratic debate, where every thought and question from the media was, which of you is more handsome and why?...And nobody watching at home believes that any of the moderators…

Harwood Hounds Jindal Over Cutting Spending In Louisiana
October 28th, 2015 8:39 PM
As I noted earlier this evening, in an early question in the undercard GOP debate tonight, CNBC's John Harwood pressed Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) on his staunch opposition to tax hikes. Well, later in the same debate, Harwood hit Jindal from the other side of the ledger as regards spending cuts, and the $1.6-million shortfall that the state treasury saw earlier this year. It, by the way, has since…
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CNBC’s Harwood Declares Obama’s Economy Is ‘Strongest in the World'
October 28th, 2015 7:24 PM
Continuing to come unhinged and flash his liberal colors in the first CNBC Republican presidential debate on Wednesday, co-moderator John Harwood pontificated that President Obama has made the United States economy “the strongest in the world.”

CNBC's Harwood Presses Gov. Jindal Over Opposition to Tax Hikes
October 28th, 2015 6:57 PM
Well, CNBC GOP debate moderator John Harwood didn't waste any time. Shortly into the "undercard" debate tonight, the journalist pressed Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal about whether he would "do for the federal budget what you did for the Louisiana budget" and citing "many Republicans are opposed to the approach that you've taken in Louisiana" by "tr[ying] so hard to avoid anything that can be called…

Hemingway: Harwood Has 'No Business' Moderating GOP Debate
October 28th, 2015 6:03 PM
Mollie Hemingway -- the winner of the first annual Noel Sheppard Media Blogger of the Year Award -- has an excellent piece at The Federalist detailing why "CNBC's John Harwood Has No Business Moderating A GOP Presidential Debate."
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NBC: Clinton ‘On the Offensive’; Ready to ‘Counterpunch’ GOP
October 28th, 2015 4:35 PM
Ahead of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, NBC’s Today promoted Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton having “her own battle plan heading into tonight,” preparing to respond to the GOP 2016 field with a new ad blitz.
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NBC and ABC Hype Newspaper Ripping Rubio Ahead of Debate
October 28th, 2015 3:31 PM
Hours before Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America both seized on a hit piece in Florida’s Sun Sentinel newspaper demanding that Marco Rubio resign his Senate seat. At the top of Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: “Florida Senator Marco Rubio gets dealt a tough blow from one of his state's newspapers.”

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'Clackery of Clacking Class': Wallace Slams Politico Story on Jeb
October 28th, 2015 8:32 AM
Whatever Nicolle Wallace had for breakfast this morning, Jeb should down a double order . . . On today's Morning Joe, former Bush communications chief Wallace slammed a Politico story in which former McCain staffers rejected parallels between Jeb's campaign and that of McCain, who came back from the political wilderness to win the nomination in 2008.
Calling the story a "cheap shot," "low blow"…

CNN's Cuomo Hits Begala from Right on Hillary Changing Benghazi Story
October 28th, 2015 1:09 AM
On Tuesday's New Day on CNN, during a discussion of how the latest poll numbers might affect the upcoming Republican presidential debate, co-anchor Chris Cuomo predicted that the debate would include discussion of the revelation that Hillary Clinton initially told people close to her that Benghazi was a terrorist attack before switching to the discredited story of a video merely inciting a…
CNBC's Harwood Fondly Remembers ‘Ending’ Rick Perry’s Presidential Bid
October 27th, 2015 2:47 PM
On her Tuesday MSNBC show, host Andrea Mitchell reminisced over CNBC’s Washington correspondent John Harwood tripping up Rick Perry during a 2011 Republican presidential debate. After playing a clip of the infamous “oops” moment, Mitchell turned to Harwood and proclaimed: “John, what are you doing when you're not ending people's presidential candidate's race? I mean, that was a memorable moment.”

Dick Van Dyke Lauds Sanders, Complains People Call Him 'Socialist'
October 25th, 2015 11:47 AM
Appearing as a guest on Friday's Tavis Smiley show on PBS, actor Dick Van Dyke spoke of his support for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, and oddly complained that it is "incendiary" for his critics to call him a "socialist," even though Sanders labels himself a "democratic socialist." Van Dyke then declared that "we're a fairly socialist government already."
The veteran actor, who is…

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CBS Hits Paul Ryan for ‘Hypocrisy’ Over Wanting Family Time
October 22nd, 2015 10:47 AM
During CBS This Morning’s daily “Headlines” segment on Thursday, co-host Norah O’Donnell eagerly touted a piece by Time magazine which “reports on Congressman Paul Ryan accused of hypocrisy.” The CBS reporter mentioned no names who accused Ryan of “hypocrisy” when she promoted the article and instead noted that “Ryan said if he were to serve as House Speaker he would not give up spending time…

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CBS Plays Up Paul Ryan Battling ‘Hardliners’ Within the GOP
October 21st, 2015 9:43 AM
On Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, reporter Nancy Cordes previewed Congressman Paul Ryan’s expected bid to be the next Speaker of the House by repeatedly playing up the potential conflict he will have with the supposed “hardliners” within his own party. The CBS reporter introduced the segment by stressing how Ryan will only run for speaker if he receives support from the entire House Republican…

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SNL Compares Mike Huckabee to Pedophile Jared Fogle
October 19th, 2015 2:22 PM
During Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update fake news segment, co-anchor Colin Jost compared Governor Mike Huckabee with pedophile Jared Fogle following the Republican’s criticism of the GOP debate. The SNL cast member proclaimed “Mike Huckabee was criticized during the debate when he tweeted that he trusts Bernie Sanders with his tax dollars like I trust my North Korean chef with my labrador.…