2018 Media Avoid Early Voting Party Breakdown in Contrast to 2016

Sometimes you can learn more from what is missing in mainstream media reports than from what is in them. Such an example could be the party breakdown which is almost always missing in reports about early voting this year in stark contrast to 2016.   
P.J. Gladnick
October 28th, 2018 3:03 PM

ABC: Trump ‘At the Center’ of All the Political Violence Right Now

ABC’s This Week wasted little on Sunday painting the violence of the last few days as the product of the President they couldn’t stand. Host and Clinton lackey George Stephanopoulos stated as much at the top of the program. After giving a rundown of the violence of the week, he declared it all occurred “against the backdrop of the ugliest political climate in modern times. At the center, an…
Nicholas Fondacaro
October 28th, 2018 1:22 PM

NBC: If Americans Are ‘Fed Up’ and ‘Mean It’, Vote Against Trump/GOP

The day after an anti-Semite killed 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a week of political violence, NBC’s Sunday Today exploited the opportunity by trying to tie it all to President Trump. On top of that, the network suggested that the only hope to stop the violence was to send Trump a message at the ballot box by voting against him and the GOP.
Nicholas Fondacaro
October 28th, 2018 10:28 AM

L.A.-Boston World Series 'Dream' Matchup for LGBTQ Community

Outsports website co-founder Cyd Zeigler could not be happier with this year's Dodgers-Red Sox World Series matchup. It's a "dream World Series for the LGBTQ community," declares Zeigler, the author of Fair Play, a book exploring how LGBT athletes "have claimed their rightful place in sport." He considers this year's Fall Classic extra special because the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers…
Jay Maxson
October 28th, 2018 10:00 AM

NPR Shovels Dirt on Megyn Kelly: Too Much Racial 'Fox News Baggage'

NPR media reporter David Folkenflik shoveled his network's usual loads of disgust for Fox News in his coverage of Megyn Kelly's show getting canceled, allegedly over a discussion of racially insensitive Halloween costumes. "She really took on a lot of fire as a figure who brought on ideological baggage, who brought Fox News baggage." But Folkenflik didn't take this approach to MSNBC host Al…
Tim Graham
October 27th, 2018 11:04 PM

NY Times: Georgia Dem Governor Candidate Ready for Her 'TV Movie'

The New York Times has truly taken sides in the upcoming Georgia governor’s race pitting Republican Brian Kemp versus (from the online headline deck): “Stacey Abrams, a Daughter of the South, Asks Georgia to Change -- In an election steeped in issues of race, voting rights and the South’s past, present and future, Ms. Abrams is trying to become the first black woman elected governor of any state…
Clay Waters
October 27th, 2018 10:23 PM

MSNBC Panel Slams GOP as 'Beneficiaries of Racism,' Stoking Fear

On Saturday's Up with David Gura, during a panel discussion of the Florida gubernatorial race, frequent MSNBC guest Elie Mystal -- editor of AboveTheLaw.com -- charged that Republicans are "beneficiaries of racism" as he praised Florida Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum trying to link GOP nominee Ron DeSantis to racists.

Brad Wilmouth
October 27th, 2018 9:43 PM

How PBS: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Slams Kavanaugh on Mark Twain Prize Show

Even the awards shows on PBS have a liberal bias. Julia Louis-Dreyfus accepted the Mark Twain Prize for Humor from the Kennedy Center in Washington on October 21. In the ceremony, which airs on PBS stations, the actress slammed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (and critics of Obamacare).
Tim Graham
October 27th, 2018 5:22 PM

CNN, MSNBC, and the Liberal Media’s Climate of Hate

“There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media. The President, and especially the White House Press Secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far they have shown no comprehension of that.” - CNN President Jeff Zucker. Well. One is left almost speechless at this statement issued the other day after…
Jeffrey Lord
October 27th, 2018 4:00 PM

NYT Slimes Megyn Kelly, Fox News as Racist, Brings Up 'Tiki Torches'

NBC morning host (and former Fox News host) Megyn Kelly controversy is seemingly out at the network, after a politically incorrect discussion of Halloween costumes and so-called cultural appropriation caused outcry -- not at the puzzling phenomenon of liberals demanding Halloween costumes be policed, but at a clumsy comment Kelly made that was quickly spun as racist. The most hostility toward…
Clay Waters
October 27th, 2018 2:05 PM

Roseanne Banned, But Nasty Tom Arnold Thrives

Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold made a curious couple back in the 1980s. She rocketed to fame with her self-titled show, Roseanne. The then-unknown Arnold worked on the series, fell in love with its star and the two got married. “We’re mentally ill. We never get sick of each other. That’s how sick we are,” Arnold once said of their connection. Their romance played out in the public arena.
Christian Toto
October 27th, 2018 1:30 PM

The Week in Media Bias History: Can’t Say If Pentagon Attack Was Wrong

As readers of This Week in Media Bias History know, journalists aren’t good at hiding their partisan agenda. Yet, there’s some subjects they don’t want to take a stand on. For instance: Whether the terrorist attack on the Pentagon was wrong. ABC News President David Westin on October 23, 2001 mused, “The Pentagon as a legitimate target? I actually don’t have an opinion on that.” Talking to…
Scott Whitlock
October 27th, 2018 12:15 PM

Howard Dean: This is 'a Struggle of Good vs. Evil. And Trump is Evil'

Howard Dean, appearing on Joy Reid's MSNBC show, did today. Dean cast the battle between Democrats and Republicans as "a struggle about good versus evil, and the President of the United States is evil."
Mark Finkelstein
October 27th, 2018 11:26 AM

Meacham Demands Trump ‘Take Responsibility’ for ‘Exacerbated Fears'

Appearing on MSNBC Live With Veslshi & Ruhle Friday afternoon, presidential historian and journalist Jon Meacham joined his liberal media colleagues in predictably blaming President Trump for the mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats throughout the week. When asked how Trump should respond to the incidents, the author insisted: “Well, he needs to take responsibility for having addressed our…
Kyle Drennen
October 27th, 2018 11:06 AM