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ABC Trumpets ‘Pragmatic’ Biden’s ‘Make America Feel Good Night’
ABC followed the lead on Wednesday night of fellow broadcast networks CBS and NBC with their largely supportive coverage of President Biden’s first speech to a joint session of Congress. In ABC’s case, they called it a “Make America Feel Good Night” and “Make America Feel Pride Night” by “talk[ing] direction to people” following “an incredibly bold first 99 days” amidst the GOP’s “endless…
ABC, CBS Revel in Biden Feeling ‘Fortified’ With a ‘Remarkable’ ‘Tone’
ABC and CBS were in full celebration Saturday night over the thousands of people partying in the streets of major cities following news projections that President Trump would lose reelection, so things went into overdrive after hearing speeches from both Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Between the two, liberal journalists marveled at how Biden’s speech illustrated “a man…
ABC Hawks ‘Feistier’ Biden Going ‘On Offense,’ ‘Not Sitting on a Lead’
Unsurprisingly, ABC journalists followed the markers on Thursday they laid down following the first 2020 presidential debate and vice presidential debate, going all out to boost the Joe Biden ticket. For this debate, ABC personalities gushed over the “feistier” Biden going “on offense” and putting President Trump “on the defensive repeatedly” to prove that calling so many lids “paid off.”
LAME: ABC Hails ‘Spicy’ Harris Hitting ‘Evasive,’ ‘Mansplaining’ Pence
Just as NBC rallied to the defense of Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), ABC was similarly energized Wednesday following her debate with Vice President Mike Pence, gushing over the “spicy” “prosecutor” assuming the role of “fact-check[er]” against the “evasive” and “mansplainer” Pence who, based upon speculation over a pinkish eye, might have coronavirus.
Are They on Mars? Bruce, Muir Insist Biden Was ‘Steady,’ Kept ‘Cool’
After Tuesday’s presidential debate, ABC senior congressional correspondent Mary Bruce and World News Tonight anchor David Muir were opining from another planet, insisting Joe Biden kept “his cool,” was “the adult in the room,” and remained “fairly steady in temperament and tone” despite calling Trump “a clown,” “the worst President...ever” and told him to “shut up.”
'View' Hosts Dream of CNN Hacks Moderating Presidential Debates
In other announcements no one asked for, The View co-hosts shared their fantasy team of presidential debate moderators on Tuesday’s show. Perhaps not surprising, more CNN hacks made their dream list than actual ABC journalists!
ABC Was NOT Happy with Trump’s ‘Harsh,’ ‘No Hope’ Speech of ‘Darkness’
In reacting to President Trump’s 2020 RNC speech on Thursday night, ABC made sure their coverage reflected the total opposite of how they basked in and marveled at Joe Biden’s speech. Instead, they decried it as a “no hope” speech “filled with” “darkness,” entitlement, “harsh attacks,” lacked energy, and dared to suggest Biden would reenact lockdowns if elected.
Kooky Nets: Excusing Rioters, Trashing RNC as ‘Alternate Realities’
Along with their reaction to Vice President Mike Pence’s Wednesday night 2020 RNC address, the “big three” broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC had plenty of other takes, ranging from excusing the rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin because suffragettes did the same to get the right to vote to calling the RNC “alternate realities” that support the Star-Spangled Banner to trashing…
ABC Stews Over Pence Not Mentioning Blake, ‘Revisionist’ COVID History
On Thursday night after Vice President Mike Pence’s 2020 RNC speech, ABC journalists and liberal panelists were less-than-pleased he didn’t forcefully speak out against Sunday’s shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, condemn armed individuals defending businesses from rioters, and accept responsibility for the size and scope of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nets Annoyed There’s No ‘Hope’ at ‘Aggressive,’ ‘Dark,’ ‘Red Meat’ RNC
In contrast to their reactions last week to night one of the 2020 DNC, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC were dismayed, perturbed, and upset by night one of the virtual 2020 RNC that they deemed a night that was almost entirely “apocalyptic,” “dark,” and thus the opposite of “upbeat and optimistic.” Along with their reaction to Senator Tim Scott’s speech, various network…
After Some Praise, ABC, CBS TRASH Scott From the Left on BLM, COVID
Following Monday’s 2020 RNC address from Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), ABC and CBS had praise for Scott’s “classic,” “compelling,” “optimistic,” “personal,” and “positive” remarks, but they pivoted to smearing Scott by appearing to question his commitment to race relations. His crime? In the eyes of ABC and CBS, Scott didn’t talk about the Jacob Blake case, didn’t acknowledge the coronavirus…
PARTY! ABC Revels in ‘Sincere’ Biden’s ‘Finest Hour’ Giving ‘Hope’
As CBS and NBC were pulling out all their respective stops on Thursday to boost their preferred presidential candidate Joe Biden following his DNC speech, ABC engaged in the same, partisan campaign heralding the “sincere” Biden’s “finest hour” that “met this moment” in the form of a “compelling” and “stark speech” of “hope.”
Networks Profess Love for ‘Very Relatable’ Kamala’s ‘Soaring Speech’
As much as the broadcast networks would have liked to, they couldn’t spend all week talking about Barack and Michelle Obama during their coverage of the virtual 2020 DNC. That said, they were able to muster fawning praise Wednesday night for vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s “soaring speech,” ensuring Americans “saw [Harris and Joe Biden] as human beings.”
They’re in LOVE: ABC Swoons for Harris, Dispute ‘Progressive’ Label
Given that ABC’s World News Tonight bookended the newscast with over 11 minutes (11:04) on former Vice President Joe Biden’s selection of Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) to be his 2020 Democratic running mate, it was obvious they were in love with their ticket. Beyond that, senior congressional correspondent Mary Bruce and Chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl were disgusted with…
