Kimmel and Bernie's Midterm Pitch: Vote Democrat Or People Die
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel closed out his week of Brooklyn shows by welcoming Sen. Bernie Sanders to a rare Friday episode. What was not rare, however, was Kimmel using the interview to team up with his guest in an effort to give the liberal audience a pep talk on why Democrats need to win in November. According to Sanders, one such reason is that Republicans are killing people with their health care…
Stewart Mourns Being Called a Socialist For Hyping Socialized Medicine
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed Iowa Democratic Senate Josh Turek to Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast, where he lamented that people call him a socialist for wanting socialized health care. During their discussion Stewart and Turek would make several misleading claims about the nature of private health care in Iowa.
Cornish Rebukes Panelist For Laughing At Bar That Had a Mask Mandate
The Friday edition of CNN This Morning closed out with a small blue-on-blue scuffle as host Audie Cornish told Vox podcaster Noel King, "Don't laugh," when she was discussing a Massachusetts lesbian bar that recently upset its customers by partially removing its COVID mask mandate. At the same time, New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro insisted, “This is complicated.”
John Oliver on Mangione: 'Luigi Is Hot'
For his main topic on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, HBO’s John Oliver relentlessly attacked UnitedHealthcare. Naturally, Oliver could not do so without talking about Luigi Mangione assassinating former CEO Brian Thompson, but Oliver also made sure that it is clear that he believes Mangione “is hot.”
CNN's Burnett & Kerry Kennedy Ignore Vital Facts On Measles Outbreak
On Tuesday the fourth death in the past month related to measles was reported in the state of Pennsylvania, an 18 year old resident, whose death came just days after a 40 year old woman, and weeks after the deaths of two infants. This has resulted in the usual media trashing of HHS Secretary RFK Jr., and Tuesday on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront, Kennedy's sister Kerry Kennedy joined in.
MS NOW Claims Women Becoming 'Unnecessary Casualties' In Culture War
MS NOW’s The Assignment host Antonia Hylton came down with a case of the “correlation does not prove causation” fallacy on Sunday as she hyped a ProPublica report that tried to tie a rise in maternal deaths from ectopic pregnancies to abortion bans. However, even as ProPublica tried to force its predetermined conclusion into its report, there were a few relevant bits of information that Hylton…
PBS Blames Jim Crow for Lack of 'Universal, Simple Benefit Systems'
The Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowrey joined PBS’s Amanpour and Company on Tuesday to allege that the reason why the United States does not have “universal, simple benefit systems” like universal basic income or single-payer health care is because of the legacy of Jim Crow.
PBS Updates Partisan Jab on Pennsylvania's 'Unvaxxed' Measles Deaths
The August 25 PBS News Hour leaned hard into the story of two purported deaths of unvaccinated people from measles in Pennsylvania, going further than other networks by running a clip of Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro politicizing the situation by criticizing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But now that the sad story, weaponized by Shapiro for partisan use, is falling apart…
Philly Inquirer Mangles It: 'Republican' RFK Jr 'Pounced' on Shapiro
The Philadelphia Inquirer mislabeled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a Republican, despite him not being one, in coverage of an measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. While warning readers about misinformation, the reporters ironically spread it themselves, highlighting media hypocrisy and the worn-out trope of "Republicans pounce" even when it doesn’t fit.
Politico: RFK Jr. 'Exploiting' Shapiro's Lack of Measles Transparency
In the dispute between Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Politico chose once again t put its biased on display in a dispute over alleged measles deaths in Pennslvania. Politico's headline: "Shapiro won't say who died of measles. RFK Jr. is exploiting it."
Did Hakeem Jeffries Discover the Price of ‘Free’ Healthcare?
Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8) encountered a government program he does not want to expand — at least not “currently.” Asked recently on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he supports Medicare for All, Jeffries replied it is “not legislation that I am currently cosponsoring or that I support.”
Joe Scarborough Runs Defense For Radical Florida Dem
Joe Scarborough spent a long segment on Wednesday's Morning Joe playing defense for Florida’s new Democratic Senate nominee, DSA member and State House Representative Angie Nixon. Fresh off her primary win, Nixon sat for an interview that showcased both her radical positions and Scarborough’s determination to sand down the sharp edges.
Ouch: CBS Fires Hardballs at FL DSA Candidate, PA Guv on Socialism
In addition to a more traditional recap of Tuesday’s primary election results, Wednesday’s CBS Mornings went hard in the paint after socialism (read: communists) with tough questions for Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Josh Shapiro about where he stands in this fight and then an entire interview of hardballs for socialist State Representative Angie Nixon, the upset winner of Florida’s…
CNN Guest Claims Mangione Held Back Tears, Showed Empathy In Courtroom
On Friday, Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by shooting him in the back at point blank range in Manhattan. Even the liberal media almost unanimously reported that Mangione had showed no remorse while admitting his guilt, or said nothing at all about his demeanor, but on Friday night CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront found an exception.
