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Media Spin: Garland is ‘Moderate’ Pick That Won’t Make Libs ‘Happy’
March 16th, 2016 3:07 PM
As anticipated, the immediate and predictable reaction from the liberal media to Barack Obama’s selection of Merrick Garland was to go right to their playbook and sell the anti-gun justice as a “moderate” pick that liberals won’t be “happy” with and only unreasonable GOPers could oppose. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos declared that Garland was “a moderate” that in “any other year” would be seen as a…
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Rubio Lambastes Media for ‘Wall-to-Wall’ Trump Coverage for Ratings
March 13th, 2016 8:51 PM
In two separate appearances on Sunday morning political talk shows, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio continued to call out the liberal media for their favoritism toward GOP frontrunner Donald Trump by covering Trump’s rallies and press conferences “wall to wall” since it’s “good for ratings” despite the role it arguably plays in the degradation of the American political culture.
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ABC Chided Rubio for Getting ‘Ugly,’ Now Thinks He’s Too Mild
March 11th, 2016 12:57 PM
It seems that Marco Rubio simply can’t win when it comes to ABC. Back in February, Good Morning America derided the “ugly” and “strange” attacks he employed against Donald Trump. On Friday, the morning show’s journalists worried he was too mild and didn’t “try” in the debate. GMA’s Stephanopoulos wondered if “you do anything to slow Donald Trump down?”
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ABC, NBC Hype Comparing Trump to Hitler, the Nazis
March 8th, 2016 12:04 PM
Both ABC and NBC on Tuesday hyped the comparison of Donald Trump to the Nazis and Adolf Hitler. Today co-host Savannah Guthrie noted that the businessman has asked crowds to take a loyalty oath. Reporter Peter Alexander reminded, “One prominent Jewish leader comparing the loyalty gesture from the Trump audience to a Nazi salute.” Guthrie pressed, “I wonder how you feel about that comparison and…
Notable Quotables: GOP Top Goal = 'Keep Blacks from Voting'
March 7th, 2016 8:57 AM
This issue: MSNBC host Chris Matthews says the GOP's "number one goal is to keep blacks from voting," while journalists debate whether Donald Trump more resembles an American Adolf Hitler or a "right-wing" talk radio host. Meanwhile, NBC anchor Lester Holt is already getting tingles up his leg about the prospect of "the first female President;" Disney boss Robert Iger insists that George…
Top ABC Boss: Stephanopoulos Is an Unbiased 'Person of Integrity'
March 4th, 2016 11:08 AM
Paul Bond at The Hollywood Reporter relayed that a representative of the conservative National Center for Public Policy Research challenged Disney CEO Bob Iger at a shareholders meeting about the network’s liberal bias. Iger insisted that former Clinton publicist George Stephanopoulos – who didn’t help any attempt to appear nonpartisan by donating $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation – was unbiased.
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Ted Cruz Mocks Stephanopoulos: Hillary Is ‘Your Former Boss’
March 2nd, 2016 12:10 AM
Appearing on ABC’s live Super Tuesday coverage, Ted Cruz openly mocked former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos. A skeptical Stephanopoulos questioned Cruz’s path to the nomination, despite his wins in Oklahoma and Texas: “Marco Rubio is staying in the race. John Kasich is staying in the race. Ben Carson is staying in the race.”
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Rubio Slams ‘Biased’ Media for Covering Up Trump’s Liberal Past
February 26th, 2016 11:47 AM
Marco Rubio on Friday appeared on all three morning shows and denounced the “biased” media for ignoring Donald Trump’s liberal past, asserting that journalists were enabling a “con artist” to take over the conservative movement. Talking to Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos, the Senator speculated on what a Trump nomination might mean: “For those who are biased, this means you will…
Networks Hide Eye-Popping Price Tags of ‘Free’ Tuition Proposals
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February 25th, 2016 12:40 PM
College tuition is like lunch: it’s never free.
But that hasn’t stopped the media and liberal politicians from claiming it could be. On Jan. 31, 2016, USA Today reported that some states were considering “free” tuition policies in 2016 saying, “Free college is not just a pipe dream in this country.”
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ABC Slams Romney’s ‘Bizarre’ Taxes Attack on Trump
February 25th, 2016 11:57 AM
The journalists at Good Morning America on Thursday mocked Mitt Romney for his “bizarre” accusation that Donald Trump might have a tax “bombshell.” In 2012, however, ABC touted reporters their own role in forcing then-Republican presidential candidate Romney to talk about his taxes.
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Stephanopoulos: Win Puts Hillary ‘On a Solid Path to the Nomination'
February 20th, 2016 7:52 PM
Commenting on the Nevada Democratic caucuses during Saturday’s World News Tonight, ABC chief anchor and former Clinton administration official George Stephanopoulos gushed that her win over Bernie Sanders placed her “back on a solid path to the nomination” prior to the socialist Senator’s rise up through the primary states thus far.
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George Stephanopoulos Badgers Lindsey Graham on Scalia Replacement
February 15th, 2016 11:39 AM
Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos, Monday, badgered Senator Lindsey Graham on the need to get a quick replacement for Antonin Scalia. An incredulous Stephanopoulos wondered, “Your leader, Mitch McConnell, said flatly, President Obama should not have a chance to fill this vacancy. Does that mean the President's choice won't even get a hearing?”
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Stephanopoulos, Todd Gang Up on Cruz, Rubio over SCOTUS Nomination
February 14th, 2016 3:56 PM
In separate Sunday morning interviews of Republican presidential candidates and Senators Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Marco Rubio (Fl.), ABC’s This Week host George Stephanopoulos and NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd urged them to consider whomever President Obama nominates to replace the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia since “the people elected President Obama” and he…
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John Kasich Confuses Stephanopoulos: ‘I’m a Democrat’
February 10th, 2016 1:15 PM
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich confused George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday with a story that included the line “I’m a Democrat.” In an amusing moment, the Good Morning America co-host, himself a former Democratic operative, appeared puzzled, “You’re a Democrat?”