FBI
ABC, NBC BURY Rogue FBI Agent Peter Strzok; Only CBS Covers
CBS Ignores FBI Getting Grilled on Capitol Hill Over IG Report
Despite an avalanche of coverage of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, both ABC and NBC found time to offer full reports on FBI Director Christopher Wray facing a tough grilling on Capitol Hill on Monday over the Justice Department’s “scathing inspector general’s report.” However, CBS was far too engrossed visiting illegal immigrant detention centers along the U.S. southern border…
‘Nothing Happened!’ Behar, Whoopi Dismiss Impact of FBI Texts
Kim Strassel: Media Ignoring 'Searing Indictment' of FBI Culture
The Wall Street Journal's Kimberley Strassel appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show Friday to discuss Thursday's Inspector General report on "Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election." She made the big-picture point most of the rest of the press is either ignoring or denying, namely that the IG has delivered "a searing…
At NY Times, Leonhardt Stretches IG's Conclusions to Breaking Point
Press Ignores Obama's Lie About Emails to Hillary's Private Server
Mark Levin: FBI Interference ‘Worse Than Russians Could Have Dreamed’
Hours after the U.S. Inspector General office released a report on Thursday regarding liberal media bias in the Department of Justice and the FBI, radio host Mark Levin used an appearance on that day’s edition of Fox News Channel’s Hannity program to address the fact that “those people had as their purpose to interfere” with the 2016 presidential election. As if that wasn’t shocking enough,…
Gagliano Unloads: Comey Brought in ‘Callow,’ ‘Inexperienced’ People
Appearing on CNN shows Thursday night and Friday morning, law enforcement analyst and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent James Gagliano slammed former FBI Director James Comey in context of the Justice Department’s IG report for having been “the least equipped lifeguard” to lead the FBI who “created a culture around him of young, callow, inexperienced agents.”
ABC Skips Rogue FBI Agent’s Texts, NBC Thinks Hillary Is Real Victim
ABC on Friday breathlessly reported on the “bombshell” Inspector General report, but the network skipped the revelation that an FBI agent vowed to “stop” Donald Trump’s 2016 victory. Over on NBC, Chuck Todd insisted that the real victim of all of this was Hillary Clinton.
Tapper: The Real Consequence of Strzok’s Bias Gave Us President Trump
ABC, CBS Try to Shield Mueller Investigation from FBI Agent’s Lib Bias
WOW: I.G. Report Finds FBI Agents Received ‘Benefits’ from Journalists
CNN Frets WH Will ‘Seize’ Upon I.G. Report, ‘Take’ a ‘Victory Lap’
Moments after Thursday’s long-awaited release of the Department of Justice Inspector General report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation, a CNN Newsroom panel dismissed it as a “mild” report in which “[t]he other shoe didn’t drop” and will provide “[p]lenty of ammunition for both sides.” However, they fretted that the White House will “seize” on its findings and “…
‘You Don’t Have a Right to Know’ Why FBI Spied, Says Legal Analyst
On Wednesday evening, Tucker Carlson grilled former Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Goldman about the FBI’s use of a paid informant to spy on the Trump campaign. Goldman rebuffed the Fox News host’s inquiries into why the FBI had employed such a tactic, at one point scolding him, “You don’t have a right to know.”
