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ABC, CBS Toss Softballs to Top Iranian: When You Going to Hit U.S.?
January 7th, 2020 12:32 PM
Journalists from ABC and CBS eagerly raced over to Iran to toss softballs to a top government official. They also wondered when the country will strike back at the United States. Good Morning America’s Martha Raddatz on Tuesday highlighted the “hundreds of thousands of mourners” “paying their respects” to the dead terrorist, Qasem Soleimani.
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Telemundo’s Soleimani Coverage Resorts to Bomb Scares and Propaganda
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January 7th, 2020 12:14 PM
The coverage accorded to formerly-alive IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani by the mainstream media mirrors that given to former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. That is, reverential to the point of elegy. And as Telemundo shows, a willingness to parrot the regime’s talking points.
The Horror: WashPost Turns to SPLC, CAIR Over Trump Jr AR-15 Cross Pic
Culture
January 7th, 2020 10:22 AM
If The Washington Post made a New Year’s resolution to cut down on the political hackery, get back to a sensible regimen of responsible sourcing, and maybe lose a few pounds of pomposity, it’s already been broken in spectacular fashion. A January 7 piece from Sarah Pulliam Bailey involves Donald Trump Jr., social media, religion, and firearms -- what could go wrong?
Iranian Journalist Begs U.S. Media: Don’t Fall for Iran Propaganda
January 6th, 2020 10:33 PM
“Don’t believe Iranian propaganda about the mourning for [General Qasem] Soleimani.” That’s the message or plea from Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad published by The Washington Post on Monday. Unfortunately, as NewsBusters reporting on the liberal media’s reaction to Soleimani’s demise shows, they were not heeding her warning and were willingly becoming mouthpieces for the…
‘Just A Joke’: George Lopez Walks Back Offer to Kill Trump for Iran
Culture
January 6th, 2020 10:28 PM
Trying to walk back his enthusiastic support for Iran’s $80 million bounty on Trump’s head, terminal TDS sufferer George Lopez claimed his comment that “we’ll do it for half” was just “a joke.”
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CBS Touts Iranian Message of Death for Trump: ‘You Dig Your Grave’
January 6th, 2020 8:51 PM
The United States or Iran? CBS News flaunted whose side they were taking during Monday’s Evening News. In her report on the gatherings in Iran, foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer peddled Iranian propaganda, hyped the crowds in Tehran mourning the loss of a terrorist, and boosted a message of death against President Trump.
Behar Dismisses ‘So-Called Threat' Soleimani: What About Impeachment?
January 6th, 2020 4:07 PM
The bitter media began the new year being outraged over President Trump ordering a drone strike to kill a terrorist, and the bizarre complaining continued on Monday’s The View. The hosts invited ABC News’ political director Rick Klein on the show to parrot Democrat fear mongering about how killing Soleimani was going to start a war with Iran. Co-host Joy Behar refused to give Trump any credit…
Hypocrite Kerr Finds His Voice Again; Speaks on Iran
Culture
January 6th, 2020 2:58 PM
Golden State Warriors head coach, Steve Kerr, has found his voice yet again to speak out on another political issue and against the possibility of another war breaking out in Iran. Kerr made news on Friday by replying to an article written by The Week. The article highlighted an apparent flaw made by Vice President Mike Pence when listing 10 of the largest “atrocities” committed by Iranian…
CRAY CRAY: AP Gets Weak Knees for Ayatollah’s ‘Tears’ at Funeral
January 6th, 2020 2:52 PM
Continuing the liberal media’s disturbing infatuation with the murderous Iranian regime, the Associated Press published an embarrassing 831-word puff piece Monday morning about “the typically reserved and measured” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s “rare display of emotion” in which his “voice cracked under the weight of the moment” at Qasem Soleimani’s funeral.
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NBC Hypes ‘Pressure’ on Iran to ‘Retaliate In A Big Way’ Against U.S.
January 6th, 2020 12:06 PM
On Monday, while marveling over the “massive crowds” that “filled the streets of Tehran” following the U.S. killing of Iran’s leading terrorist Qasem Soleimani, NBC’s Today show hyped the notion that the authoritarian regime was under “pressure” to “retaliate in a big way” by killing Americans.
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CNN Reporter Claims Soleimani Killing Has 'Unified' Iran
January 6th, 2020 10:27 AM
Based on crowd size and man-in-the-street interviews, CNN reporter Fred Pleitgen, reporting from Tehran, claims that the killing of Qasem Soleimani has "unified" Iran.
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ABC Moved by 'Profound' 'Powerful' 'Mourners' Bashing America, Trump
January 6th, 2020 10:18 AM
ABC News spent another morning sympathizing with our enemies on Monday’s Good Morning America. This time, it was correspondent Martha Raddatz’s turn to be awestruck by the anti-American protests in Iran over the U.S. drone strike-kill of General Qasem Soleimani, last week. Instead of praising the death of a man who ordered the murder and torture of countless American soldiers, Raddatz sided with…
NYTimes A1: Soleimani ‘Universally Admired...Near Cult Figure Status'
January 5th, 2020 8:08 PM
On the front of Sunday’s New York Times, reporters Farnaz Fassihi and Richard Perez-Pena warned Iran was united “in anger at the United States” over the targeted takedown of Iranian military leader and terrorist Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad airport. The online headline deck tilted toward dire warnings from a united, America-hating Iran: “Iranians Close Ranks Behind Leaders After U.S. Kills Popular…
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ABC Stands in Awe of Iranian Politicians Chanting ‘Death to America’
January 5th, 2020 3:52 PM
ABC News kicked off Sunday’s Good Morning America by marveling at the sea of mourners in the streets of Iran and hyping the Iranian politicians who gathered on the floor of their legislature to chant “death to America;” in the wake of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani on Thursday.
