PBS Guest Goes Full Kook on 'Deadly, Dangerous People' in Fascist GOP

On Amanpour & Co.’s Friday edition (airing on CNN International and taxpayer-supported PBS), substitute host Bianna Golodryga invited on a “political communications expert” to comment on Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, “about how it went." Instead, Anat Shenker Osorio used the cover of word choice to unleash a series of long, vituperative, hackish attacks on "…

Clay Waters
March 10th, 2024 7:15 AM

Capehart to Biden: Sorry for Saying 'Illegal'? Are You Genocide Joe?

On Saturday night, conservative Twitter pounced on President Biden's interview with Jonathan Capehart for MSNBC.

Tim Graham
March 9th, 2024 10:37 PM

NYT Fear: ‘Katie Britt, With Smiles and Menace, Delivers GOP Response'

The Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address put fear in the hearts of New York Times reporters, judging by their hysterical reaction in Saturday’s edition, “Tone of Riposte by Rising G.O.P. Star Shifts Between Cheer and Gloom” by Michael Bender and Kayla Guo. The online headline was startling: “Katie Britt, With Smiles and Menace, Delivers G.O.P.…

Clay Waters
March 9th, 2024 9:19 PM

Atlantic Writer Blames Slow Electric-Vehicle Sales on Donald Trump

Andrew Moseman's Atlantic article delves into the declining sales of electric vehicles (EVs), dubbing 2024 the "lost year" for EVs. Moseman attributes the slowdown to various reasons, including higher costs of EVs compared to gasoline cars, software bugs, battery issues, and factory delays. He also blames the Trump administration's lack of support for EVs and the resistance of pickup truck…

P.J. Gladnick
March 9th, 2024 6:19 PM

Shameless Media Covers For Biden Campaign Ad Tying Klan To Trump

“I know the American story.” So opens a new Biden ad with those words from the candidate/president as they show images of the KKK and of Trump. One suspects the Biden campaign staff doesn’t know (or doesn't care about) the factual American story - not to mention, importantly, the media outlets reporting on the ad. Which party had all the ties to the KKK?

Jeffrey Lord
March 9th, 2024 4:00 PM

GMA Plays T-Ball With White House Communications Director

It’s not been a good couple of days for ABC’s reputation as a hard-hitting journalistic enterprise. On Friday, chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce played softball with Vice President Kamala Harris, only to be surpassed by Saturday’s Good Morning America co-host Janai Norman in the competition to see who could give the easiest interview as the latter welcomed White House…

Alex Christy
March 9th, 2024 2:00 PM

Joe Rogan: Karine Jean-Pierre Is Worst Press Secretary … Ever

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has it easier than her predecessors.

Christian Toto
March 9th, 2024 1:30 PM

ABC Airs Softest Portions Of Mary Bruce's Kamala Harris Interview

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with ABC, NBC, and CBS on Friday to recap President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address and discuss the campaign. While all three networks condensed the interviews for their respective nightly news shows, ABC’s World News Tonight edits were the most sympathetic to Harris.

Alex Christy
March 9th, 2024 11:08 AM

NYT Blames GOP for SOTU Speech Discord -- But Dems Started It vs. Bush

An interactive slide show posted to the New York Times site on Wednesday, the day before President Biden’s State of the Union address, “How the State of the Union Became a Picture of Disunion,” relayed a fake history of partisan scrapping at recent State of the Union addresses suggesting Republicans were almost wholly responsible. But Baker completely skipped over the start of the…

Clay Waters
March 9th, 2024 9:52 AM
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Macho Joe: 'As A Man,' I Wouldn't Have Endorsed Trump Like McConnell

On Morning Joe, Macho Joe Scarborough says that "as a man," he wouldn't have endorsed Donald Trump like Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham did despite Trump having insulted them and their wives.

Mark Finkelstein
March 9th, 2024 7:16 AM

NB Podcast: Moms for Liberty Co-Founder on Her '60 Minutes' Experience

On Sunday night, “60 Minutes” aired a hatchet job by Scott Pelley on Moms for Liberty and their advocacy for "book bans" -- keeping pornography out of the public school libraries. Pelley attacked the Moms for evasive answers, but the CBS edits were incredibly evasive...especially refusing to delve into the graphically sexual content at issue. Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice…

Tim Graham
March 8th, 2024 10:30 PM

CNN Host Boris Sanchez Tries to Downplay Border Worsening Under Biden

On Thursday afternoon, CNN anchor Boris Sanchez tried to spin to defend the Joe Biden administration's handling of the border as he and Congressman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) got into a debate while discussing what to expect from the President's State of the Union address.

Brad Wilmouth
March 8th, 2024 9:06 PM

PBS: US 'Safety Net' Not Generous Enough: 60% Americans Have Been Poor

The PBS NewsHour launched a new series Monday, “America’s Safety Net,” taking a long-term historical view of welfare programs (spoiler: there’s not nearly enough of it). Yes, the taxpayer-supported show is advocating for more taxpayer funding of the so-called safety net. Anchor Geoff Bennett kicked off the series with an overview beginning in 1935 with Franklin Roosevelt signing the…

Clay Waters
March 8th, 2024 7:11 PM

Lara Trump Unanimously Elected RNC Co-Chair

After the Republican National Committee (RNC) elected a new chair on Friday, it went on to elect a co-chair with a familiar last name: Trump.
Craig Bannister
March 8th, 2024 5:32 PM