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ABC, NBC Hype Obama's 'Urgent,' 'Critical Speech' For Hillary at DNC

July 27th, 2016 11:57 PM
On Wednesday, ABC's World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News both played up President Obama's planned speech to the Democratic National Convention as a key moment to promote Hillary Clinton. ABC's Cecilia Vega touted the President as "her most powerful ally." NBC's Andrea Mitchell counted the chief executive as one of "Clinton's heaviest hitters" and spotlighted his "most critical moment" at the…
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Bee Claims She’s ‘Independent,’ Ignores Criticism on Show's Language

July 27th, 2016 10:22 PM
Full Frontal host Samantha Bee joined the set of Wednesday’s PBS NewsHour to promote her TBS show and in the process, she claimed to be an “independent” despite being “excited for Hillary” and defended her show’s near constant use of “salty language” despite a drove of critics (which she argued she ignores). 
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Bill Clinton: Hillary Akin to RFK, 'Another Outsider' in the Senate

July 27th, 2016 8:56 PM
Over-the-top hyperbole is par for the course at any party's convention, especially when it's former president Bill Clinton extolling the virtues of his wife. But there came a point last night when the former president's gushing for Hillary crossed the line into Twilight-Zone absurdity. It was clear from the start that Mr. Clinton set a daunting task -- to sell the notion of Hillary as "the best…
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CNN Suggests 'Racial Injustice' Behind Killings by Police

July 27th, 2016 4:11 PM
In a pre-recorded report aired three times during Wednesday's New Day, CNN correspondent Manu Raju seemed to assume that criminal suspects who died after confrontations with police were victims of "racial injustice" as he recalled members of the group Mothers of the Movement who appeared on stage at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. At 5:11 a.m. ET, after CNN co-host Alisyn Camerota…
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After Week at DNC, SNL Hosts Confirm GOP ‘Funnier’ Than Dems

July 27th, 2016 3:29 PM

After observing during the Republican National Convention that GOP voters were “better about laughing at themselves,” Saturday Night Live Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che appeared again on NBC’s Today on Wednesday to confirm that impression. Following their man-on-the-street comedy skit with attendees of the Democratic National Convention, co-host Matt Lauer asked: “We asked you…

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NBC Puff Piece on Hillary’s ‘Perfect Partner’ Tim Kaine

July 27th, 2016 2:39 PM
In a fawning report on Wednesday’s NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander celebrated Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate ahead of his address to the Democratic National Convention: “Hillary Clinton is really doubling down on the value of a political resume in this pick of Senator Tim Kaine, who's governed at almost every level....Tonight the theme is ‘Working Together,’ and Kaine's…

Cox Scribe: Vigilante, Police Brutality Killed Trayvon, Michael Brown

July 27th, 2016 11:45 AM
Gateway Pundit dubbed the Democratic National Convention's program Tuesday evening as "Criminal Appreciation Night." Site proprietor Jim Hoft certainly has a point. The party officially nominated a candidate for the highest office in the land who committed acknowledged and admitted criminal acts, but whom the FBI and the intensely politicized Justice Department chose not to prosecute. A former…
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Guthrie to Obama: ‘Trump Has Made it Pretty Personal Against You'

July 27th, 2016 11:33 AM
After asking President Obama if the prospect of Donald Trump having control of the nuclear codes was “frightening,” in part two of a White House interview aired on Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie worried that Trump was the one launching personal attacks: “Does it feel personal? I mean, Mr. Trump has made it pretty personal against you. I could give you a list, which I guess I…
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NBC Asks Obama: Is it ‘Frightening’ Trump May Have Nuclear Codes?

July 27th, 2016 8:57 AM
In a softball exclusive interview with President Obama conducted on Tuesday and aired on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie teed up the Democratic commander-in-chief to blast Republican nominee Donald Trump: “Hillary Clinton says that Trump is most dangerous candidate ever to run for president. On this very specific issue, do you personally find it frightening the prospect of him…
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Joy Reid: ‘Hillary Clinton Is Going to Teach Us’ a Lesson on Sexism

July 27th, 2016 3:07 AM
While the early Wednesday morning portion of MSNBC’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) coverage wasn’t quite the spectacle it was from the day before, AM Joy host Joy Reid provided two noteworthy instances denouncing Hillary Clinton critics as sexist who complain about her not wearing skirts and predicted that she’s “going to teach us” a lesson about sexism by the end of the election. 
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Nets Applaud ‘Vintage’ Bill Clinton; Like Hearing a 'Story at a Bar'

July 27th, 2016 12:35 AM
On Tuesday night, the major broadcast networks were quick to laud former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) as “heartwarming” and “the most important speech of his life” featuring “vintage Bill” that was akin to him “telling a family story at bar or around the dinner table at a holiday.”  
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MSNBC Touts ‘Profound’ BLM Mothers; Trashed Smith for Ruining RNC

July 26th, 2016 10:10 PM
Right on cue, Tuesday night’s MSNBC coverage of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) heaped effusive praise on a team of Black Lives Matter mothers whose sons died in police-involved shootings as a “profound experience” for those in attendance just eight days after they trashed Patricia Smith over a speech about her son’s death in the 2012 Benghazi terror attack.
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Sharp Contrast in Univision Coverage of Pence, Kaine Rollouts

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July 26th, 2016 9:21 PM
These past two weeks, Univision viewers have witnessed two strikingly different approaches to the initial coverage dedicated to the two major party candidates for Vice President of the United States, Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
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NBC's Mitchell Touts Mrs. Obama's 'So Compelling' DNC Speech

July 26th, 2016 9:11 PM
On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, Andrea Mitchell trumpeted the "almost universal praise" for Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention. Mitchell played up how Mrs. Obama's words brought "people to tears about her husband's place in American history," and spotlighted how "even an unlikely source, Donald Trump...'thought she did a very good job.'" She later claimed that the…