NY Times Angry at Trump’s ‘America First’ Response to Virus
March 13th, 2020 3:00 PM
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger fulminated against President Trump’s 30-day suspension of entry into the United States for Europeans: “It’s China’s Fault, Trump Says. And Also Europe’s.” As if it’s a crazy idea that China, which squelched initial news about the virus, could possibly be blamed for its spread. Again, the paper is using the coronavirus crisis as a…
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All to Bash Trump on Virus: In 24 Hours CBS Does 180 on Travel Ban
March 12th, 2020 9:14 PM
It’s was whiplash on CBS Evening News as they went with one narrative to bash President Trump on Wednesday, only to turn around on Thursday to hit him from the other side. The narrative switcheroo came as the network used the congressional testimony of the nation’s top immunologist to suggest Trump wasn’t doing enough to limit those infected with the coronavirus from coming into the country.…
MSNBC: ‘Very Derogatory, Offensive’ to Say ‘Chinese Coronavirus’
March 12th, 2020 10:38 AM
The media coverage of COVID-19 has now entered the "that's racist" phase as media personalities condemn Republicans for calling virus by names that refer to the fact that the virus originated in China. Ayman Mohyeldin was the latest to condemn this supposed racism as he guest hosted MSNBC Live on Tuesday during an interview with Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
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Lemon Loses His Mind, Shouts Down Kasich for NOT Bashing Trump
March 12th, 2020 12:46 AM
CNN Tonight host Don Lemon was out of control as he raged against former Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) for not bashing President Trump’s Wednesday night address to the nation about the coronavirus crisis. At one point, Lemon was so infuriated that he told his guest that he wasn’t allowed to speak anymore. The triggering event? The White House had to issue a simple clarification about the travel…
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Acosta Declares Trump’s Virus Address Was ‘Smacking of Xenophobia’
March 11th, 2020 10:33 PM
Mere moments after President Trump concluded his Wednesday Oval Office address to the nation about the extraordinary steps the administration was taking to stem the deadly coronavirus, CNN, via pompous chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta, was already insisting the address was “smacking of xenophobia” and bigotry. His evidence was Trump calling the coronavirus a “foreign virus,” which was…
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Did Nicolle Wallace Forget They Don't Have Elections in China?
March 9th, 2020 10:11 PM
Is Nicolle Wallace so blinded by her hatred of President Trump that she's forgotten--assuming she ever knew--that the leaders of China don't stand for election. It's a communist dictatorship, you know?
PBS Likens Trump to Nazi Sympathizer Charles Lindbergh
March 6th, 2020 6:45 PM
On Wednesday's Amanpour & Co. show, PBS/CNN International host Christiane Amanpour and television producer David Simon likened 1930s Nazi sympathizer and famous aviator Charles Lindbergh's political movement to that of President Donald Trump as the two discussed the HBO series The Plot Against America. The series -- produced by Simon --- is based on Philip Roth's novel, which imagined the pro…
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ABC, CBS Boost Dem Suggestions Trump Not Taking Virus Seriously
February 26th, 2020 8:53 PM
Shortly before President Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday to explain what his administration was doing to prepare for the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), ABC’s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News decided to give a megaphone to Democratic lawmakers so they could suggest the administration wasn’t taking the virus seriously.
Andrea Mitchell: 'There's a Lot of Great Things to Say' About Cuba
February 26th, 2020 10:37 AM
Toward the end of her Tuesday show on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell decided to echo Bernie Sanders and praise the state of communist Cuba, that "there's a lot of great things to say" about communist rule. After that, she questioned Michael Bloomberg's "really snarky tweets jumping on Sanders" for his fondness for Fidel Castro. She was more offended by that than Bernie's actual embrace of the dictator…
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Ahead of Their Debate, CBS Skips Sanders Doubling Down on Castro
February 25th, 2020 8:32 PM
Tuesday was the big night over on CBS where they would hold the final Democratic debate before the primaries South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states. And with socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) occupying the frontrunner’s podium for the first time, one would think the host network would apply a little more scrutiny. But their pre-debate newscast on CBS Evening News completely skipped…
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CNN Cues Glasser to Trash Trump Adviser as Inexperienced Ring-Kisser
February 25th, 2020 2:53 PM
Susan Glasser of The New Yorker joined CNN Newsroom co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto on Monday to talk about Russian election interference and in the process spread some fake news about National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien.
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ABC, NBC Treat Trump’s India Trip as Sightseeing, Ignore Trade Efforts
February 24th, 2020 9:18 PM
One of the big announcements to come out of President Trump’s visit to India, so-far this week, was a $3 billion deal to supply the country with new military helicopters. But the viewers of ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News on Monday were misled to believe the visit as just the President was just on a sightseeing trip by ignoring the deal and other trade negotiations. Combined, the…
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Nets Downplay Russia Backing Sanders, Fear Monger About Trump
February 23rd, 2020 10:57 AM
Apparently, some cases of Russian election interference were more important than others. The night before Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) runaway victory in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, news broke that Russia was trying to help the staunch socialist and Soviet Union honeymooner to win the election. Despite that story being breaking news, the evening newscasts all three broadcast networks…
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ABC, NBC Hide Polls Showing Trump Leading, Cry Russia Interference
February 20th, 2020 8:59 PM
As of Thursday, there were two sets of data from respected pollsters that showed President Trump pulling ahead his Democratic rivals nationally and in at least one key swing state. But conveniently leaked information to The New York Times provided excellent cover to ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News as it allowed them to ignore the polls and set the groundwork to falsely claim any…
