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CBS ‘Astonished’ By ‘Repetitive’ GOP's ‘Hatchet Attack’ on the Media

Scott Whitlock
November 19th, 2019 4:32 PM
CBS Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett on Tuesday offered what amounted to an extended commentary about the Republican response during the impeachment hearing, attacking them as “repetitive” and for a “hatchet attack” on the media. In his opening statement, Republican Congressman Devin Nunes derided, “If you watched the impeachment hearings last week you may have noticed a disconnect…
 
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CBS Warns Dems: You Could ‘Lose’ Impeachment With ‘Limited’ Evidence

Scott Whitlock
November 11th, 2019 12:55 PM
The journalists on CBS This Morning, Monday, offered a surprising look at how Watergate differed with the current impeachment push. Major Garrett and analyst Jonathan Turley warned that Democrats could “lose” the impeachment battle with such “limited” evidence. 
 
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CBS Cheers ‘Poise’ and ‘Passion’ of Warren’s Debate Performance

Scott Whitlock
October 16th, 2019 5:45 PM
CBS This Morning on Wednesday joined the chorus of media personalities declaring Elizabeth Warren the front-runner. Major Garrett hailed her “poise” and “passion” and offered a value neutral assessment on her refusal to give a straight answer on the cost of Medicare for all. After co-host Anthony Mason wondered “how did she handle being the front-runner,” Garrett responded, “With poise, passion,…
 
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CBS Hails Beto as ‘Candidate of Conviction’ for Gun-Grabbing Scheme

Kyle Drennen
September 13th, 2019 10:18 AM
On Friday’s CBS This Morning, while analyzing Thursday night’s Democratic debate, correspondent Major Garrett praised left-wing contender Beto O’Rourke as a “candidate of conviction” for declaring that as President he would confiscate guns. The reporter marveled at O’Rourke’s “authenticity” on the topic.
 
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CBS’s Garrett Admires ‘Ferocity’ of ‘Bold’ Sanders and Warren

Kyle Drennen
July 31st, 2019 12:41 PM
While analyzing the first night of the CNN Democratic debate, on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett touted the “ferocity and intensity” with which Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders defended their extreme policy proposals on health care and climate change.
 
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Nets Try to Keep Impeachment Dream Alive, But Some Express Doubt

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 24th, 2019 9:42 PM
In the wake of the “disaster” that was the Democratic-led House hearings with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday, some in the liberal media were honest about how it blew up in their faces. Yet, during the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, the liberal media were desperately holding onto the dream that Mueller would help Democrats impeach President Trump. But there were a couple of…
 
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We TOLD You: O’Donnell’s ‘Evening News’ Debut Becomes Trump Hatefest

Curtis Houck
July 15th, 2019 9:34 PM
Just like NewsBusters warned folks about the likelihood that the 2015 CNBC Republican presidential debate moderators could be nutty, we struck gold again on Monday. Following numerous studies about the liberal tilt of CBS’s Norah O’Donnell, the debut episode of O’Donnell’s CBS Evening News made it apparent that the newscast will return to being virulently anti-Trump, waging war against the…
 

Fake News Reporting on the Fourth of July, the President, and Tanks

Jeffrey Lord
July 6th, 2019 4:00 PM
I have to admit it is breathtaking. There is one media figure after another simply making up American history from scratch. In particular the history of presidents speaking to the nation on the Fourth of July, not to mention the presence of tanks and other military hardware at national celebrations in Washington.
 
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ABC, CBS: Trump 'Muddying' 4th of July With 'Trump-Focused' Rally

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 3rd, 2019 9:16 PM

It was the day before America’s birthday and the liberal media was still decrying President Trump’s “Salute to America” celebration on the National Mall. While they were suddenly concerned about federal government spending (after not caring about it during the Obama years), ABC and CBS suggested Trump was “muddying” the holiday by constructing a “Trump-focused campaign-style rally” for himself…

 
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Nets Insist Trump ‘Hijacking’ 4th of July to Make It ‘More About Him'

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 2nd, 2019 9:15 PM
President Trump has organized a special Fourth of July event to take place on the National Mall which he dubbed “a salute to America,” and the liberal broadcast networks were not pleased with it. Combined, ABC’s World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News insisted Trump is set to divide the country, make it all about himself, and veterans are angry about it.
 
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CBS Hammers NBC for Boosting Warren During Debate

Kyle Drennen
June 27th, 2019 9:35 AM
On Thursday’s CBS This Morning, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett was not pleased with NBC’s handling of Wednesday night’s first Democratic primary debate. The reporter panned the moderators for giving Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren “five questions in the first 40 minutes” and therefore boosting her candidacy.
 
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CBS Sees Coded Impeachment Messages ‘Embedded’ By Mueller

Scott Whitlock
May 30th, 2019 12:35 PM
The journalists at CBS This Morning on Thursday looked for coded, “embedded” messages from Robert Mueller that might have been calls for impeachment. They found clues indicating that the retiring special counsel “wants” Democrats “to do it.” Co-host Tony Dokoupil divined hidden meanings, asking reporter Major Garrett: “What words stood out to you? What messages were embedded in those remarks?”…
 
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Post-Mueller, Networks Demand Democrats Start Impeachment Proceedings

Kristine Marsh
May 29th, 2019 1:34 PM
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller gave his final word on the completed Mueller report Wednesday morning, all three networks broke in with live coverage demanding that it was now Democrats' chance to impeach Trump. ABC was the most heavy-handed in their coverage, with anchor George Stephanopoulos bringing up the impeachment topic at least eight times in a thirteen minute segment.
 
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CBS Passes Along Threat of Violence Against U.S. from Iraqi Politician

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 23rd, 2019 8:47 PM

On Monday, CBS correspondent Roxana Saberi used Iraqi President Barham Salih to shame the United States for the military response to threats posed by Iran against U.S. forces and interests in the region. Then, on Thursday’s CBS Evening News, she appeared to up the ante by passing along a threat of violence against the U.S. made by an Iraqi politician who was part of an Iranian-backed “militia…