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TRIGGERED: NBC's Alexander Complains to Psaki About 'Let's Go Brandon'
Following a sudden hiatus due to her bout with Covid, The Psaki Show returned to the small screen on Friday afternoon and, though Fox’s Peter Doocy wasn’t in attendance, there were still plenty of noteworthy moments, highlighted by NBC White House correspondent Peter Alexander twice asking Jen Psaki about the proliferation of “Let’s Go Brandon” chants nationwide.
ABC Ignored Milley Grilled By GOP, CBS Touts Cheney to His Defense
For the second straight day Wednesday, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley was grilled by congressional Republicans (this time, it was the House's turn) regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan and his reported promise to China to warn them if the U.S. attacked. But that was of no interest to ABC’s World News Tonight as they chose to only cover his comments about threats in…
What a Shame: Psaki Suffers Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki found herself as a modern reincarnation of the boy Alexander from the famous children’s book as she faced a torrent of tough questions from reporter after reporter on Afghanistan, the border, and spending. And with little in the way of answers to defend President Biden and his administration’s failures, shortcomings, and spin, the questions…
Doocy Bomb: Why Do Americans Have to Get Vaccines But Not Illegals?
On Friday’s episode of The Psaki Show, Fox’s Peter Doocy capped off a busy week with newsy questions about President Biden’s Thursday call with Chinese President Xi Jinping and why is it that millions of Americans are being subjected to President Biden’s rash of Covid vaccine mandates but not illegal immigrants.
'Pay the Consequences': Nets Praise Biden Pulling 'Hammer' on Unvaxxed
President Biden’s new constitutionally dubious national vaccine mandate for mid to large businesses, announced Thursday, gave the broadcast networks the cover they needed to lash out at the unvaccinated viciously. They rolled around in violent rhetoric as they praised the President for “taking off the gloves,” taking a “hammer” to bear against them, and making them “pay the consequences.” One…
Doocy Goes HARD After Biden WH on Covid Origins, Praising the Taliban
Ahead of President Biden’s early Thursday evening speech calling for more forced vaccinations and touting masks, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki took to the Briefing Room podium and faced fire from Fox’s Peter Doocy and Real Clear Politics’s Philip Wegmann on Afghanistan and also CBS’s Weijia Jiang and ABC’s Rachel Scott about the sudden change of heart on vaccine mandates.
Mixed: ABC, NBC Journos Slam Biden While Others on CBS, NBC Go Soft
On Tuesday afternoon following President Biden’s address about the end of the war in Afghanistan, some broadcast network journalists slammed President Biden’s speech as an angry, defiant, and misleading while others fawned over his claims about the withdrawal as “largely a success” and said his firm deadline will be “reward[ed]” by voters.
Broken Clock Emerges: WH Reporters HAMMER Biden Flacks on Afghanistan
Though most of it didn’t make the Tuesday network evening newscasts, the White House press corps made an effort to raise tough questions with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki amidst the collapse of Afghanistan, showing that neither had the answers to basic questions about how they’ll ensure the safe departure of American citizens and Afghan allies, the…
CBS Skips Own Reporter Grilling WH on Saving Americans in Afghanistan
If a news outlet got a Republican administration to hint they didn’t plan to ensure every American got out of a collapsed country run by terrorists safely, it would be the headline of the day. But that wasn’t the case for CBS Evening News on Tuesday after White House correspondent Weijia Jiang grilled national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the issue;…
Fall of Kabul: Nets Praised Biden’s Order to Withdraw from Afghanistan
As of the writing of this piece, there were reports that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country, leaving the capital city of Kabul to advancing Taliban fighters with no military resistance and Americans still scrambling to get out. But back in April, the liberal broadcast networks were tripping over themselves to laud President Biden’s decision to do away with former President…
PIVOT! WH Reporters Join Fear-Mongering Campaign on Covid Restrictions
After a week that consisted of vehement pushback against the Biden administration’s new mask edict and threats of bringing back crippling Covid restrictions, the liberal media decided on Friday to fall in line during the White House press briefing with only Fox News’s Peter Doocy remaining skeptical about this sudden change.
Even THEY Had It: Reporters Unleash on Psaki Over Return of Masks
When there’s a White House press briefing in which the press corps doesn’t appear friendly with the Biden administration, you know it was a tough day at the office. Tuesday’s briefing was one of those rare days as Fox’s Peter Doocy was joined by over a half dozen colleagues outlets in asking tough questions Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to answer about the return of masks, even for…
Welcome Surprise: CBS’s Jiang Presses Psaki on Hunter Biden’s Artwork
Friday’s White House press briefing featured an important and welcome surprise as CBS senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang used her front-row spot in the Briefing Room to repeatedly question Press Secretary Jen Psaki about the administration’s role in the upcoming sale of Hunter Biden’s art collection in New York City.
ABC, CBS Ignore Harris’s Border Blunder, Tout Her Snapping at Critics
As NewsBusters documented on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a colossal blunder when pressed by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt on why she hadn’t visited the U.S.-Mexico border despite being the point person on the crisis. Her bewildering comment about how she had not been to Europe either was completely ignored by ABC’s World News Tonight, while the …