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NPR Lets Obama Demonize Dishonest, Illogical Foes on Iran (Corrected)
August 12th, 2015 10:07 PM
NPR Morning Edition anchor Steve Inskeep was granted another interview with President Obama just before he left on another Martha’s Vineyard vacation, and the first story aired on Tuesday's Morning Edition, with a second on Tuesday night’s All Things Considered. The subject was limited to the Iran deal.
Despite the strange notion held by many liberals that NPR is a voice for civility in media…
Only CBS Evening News Noted Close of Iranian Show Trial
August 11th, 2015 5:32 PM
Of the Big Three evening newscasts last night, only the CBS Evening News devoted a brief story to the close of the show trial of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Gene Robinson: GOP Has Moved ‘Way, Way, Way to the Right on Abortion’
August 11th, 2015 10:24 AM
On Tuesday's Morning Joe, the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson attacked the Republican Party for “going way, way, way to the right on abortion.” The columnist based this opinion on Marco Rubio’s refusal to rule out voting for a bill that wouldn't have exceptions for cases of rape or incest. No word from Robinson about a move to the left in the Democratic Party despite a surge in the polls from…
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Mika Calls Opposition to Iran Deal 'Ludicrous, Crazy, Calamitous'
August 11th, 2015 8:45 AM
Well, she did stop short of accusing Chuck Schumer of being worried about losing donations from co-religionist contributors . . . But on today's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinksi repeatedly claimed that Schumer was acting out of politics in opposing the Iran deal.
Battling with Bill Kristol, an exceptionally exercised Brzezinski broke out the over-the-top adjectives, branding opposition to the deal "…
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Brzezinski on Morning Joe: Supporting the Iran Deal a ‘No-Brainer'
August 10th, 2015 11:32 AM
On the August 10 edition of Morning Joe, host Mika Brzezinski criticized opponents of the Iran deal and defended President Obama’s harsh rhetoric. She claimed that supporting the deal was a “no-brainer” because, in her mind, there are no alternatives. The Morning Joe personality lauded the president for “being sharp” in trying to gain support for the deal.
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Post’s Gerson Blast’s Obama’s ‘Overreaching’ ‘Rhetoric' on Iran Deal
August 9th, 2015 2:01 PM
On Sunday’s Face the Nation, Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson blasted President Obama for aligning Republicans in Congress with the leadership with Iran who chant “Death to America” simply for opposing the nuclear deal.
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Russert: Schumer Opposing Iran Deal 'Public Act of Being Disloyal'
August 7th, 2015 4:30 PM
Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), who has all but been anointed the successor to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nevada), exploited the media focus on the GOP presidential debate last night to release a press statement announcing that he would be voting against the Iran nuclear deal when it comes to the Senate floor. This decision, according to MSNBC's Luke Russert, is a "public act of being…
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Brit Hume Slams Obama’s ‘Dishonest’ ‘Partisan’ ‘Insulting’ Iran Speech
August 6th, 2015 11:46 AM
Appearing on Fox News’ Special Report with Bret Baier on Wednesday, Brit Hume blasted President Obama’s Iran speech in which the president compared Iranian leaders who chant “death to America” with Republicans in Congress who oppose the nuclear deal.
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Krauthammer Blasts Obama: ‘Delusional’ For Trusting Iran
August 6th, 2015 10:35 AM
Following the president’s comments comparing Republicans in Congress to the terror-sponsoring hardliners in Iran, Charles Krauthammer eviscerated Obama's entire conception of the Middle East nation. Appearing on The Kelly File last night, the Fox personality hit the president for being “delusional...pretending that those who chant death to America are some kind of KKK fringe in Iran.”
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Nets Cheer 'Defiant' Obama's 'Sweeping' Iran Speech 'with Fiery Words'
August 5th, 2015 9:48 PM
On Wednesday night, the major broadcast networks came out in full force to praise a “defiant” President Barack Obama for having made a “sweeping speech with fiery words” on the Iran nuclear deal that included the President following some in the media by comparing Iranian hardliners to Republicans against the deal (even though some Democrats are opposed to it as well). Hanging on to Obama’s every…
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HBO's John Oliver Doesn't Mock Iran, Just Americans Fighting Over Iran
July 29th, 2015 2:01 PM
John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, used the Iran Deal as his opening segment this past Sunday and ridiculed both Republicans in Congress and the Obama administration.
Oliver wasn’t using his vaunted troops of researchers to investigate whether the Iran Deal was good or bad. He just made fun of Republicans for saying Obama was “bamboozled," and mocked the Obama administration for…
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Barnicle: You Would 'Have to Believe Iran is Suicidal' To Oppose Deal
July 29th, 2015 8:05 AM
Questions for Mike Barnicle: does the phrase "suicide bomber" ring a bell? How about "martyrdom" in the name of Allah?
On today's Morning Joe, Barnicle's argument in favor of the Iran deal was that to oppose it, one would "have to believe Iran is suicidal." The former Boston Globe columnist reasoned that if Iran dropped an atomic bomb on Tel Aviv, "Tehran would be a combination of glass and sand…
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NBC Contributor on Deal: US Not Giving Anything, Iran Gives Everything
July 28th, 2015 9:09 PM
Hey, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has retired as president of Iran. Why didn't NBC hire him and cut out the middle-man? But seriously, what did NBC think it was getting when it hired as a "contributor" someone who served as Ahmadinejad's translator and who in that role mouthed his vicious anti-Semitic rants?
On Chris Hayes' MSNBC show this evening, Hooman Majd claimed the Iran deal is "a good deal for…
CNN's Henderson: GOPers 'Saying Outrageous Things,' Obama 'Genius'
July 28th, 2015 6:14 PM
In the past couple of days, CNN senior political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson has been noticeably sour toward some GOP presidential candidates, asserting that they are "saying outrageous things," and even admitting to having a "visceral reaction" to Mike Huckabee's criticism of the Obama nuclear deal with Iran.
By contrast, the CNN reporter just yesterday effused over the "political genius" of…