GMA Hypes ‘Firestorm,’ ‘Cries of Racism’ Against DeSantis

On Thursday, ABC’s Good Morning America ran wild with Democratic claims of racism against Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis , hyping a “fierce backlash” and “firestorm” over the GOP congressman using a common expression during an interview on Wednesday while discussing the left-wing policies of his African-American opponent.
Kyle Drennen
August 30th, 2018 2:41 PM

Ryan: DeSantis 'Man-Splaining' Away Racist 'Dog Whistle' From Trump

CNN analyst and White House correspondent for American Urban Radio April Ryan added to the media pile on of Republican nominee for governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, after he made an insensitive remark discussing his Democrat opponent’s liberal policies. The media seized on the gaffe Thursday morning, claiming it was a clear racist “dog whistle” that can be attributed to President Trump. Ryan…
Kristine Marsh
August 30th, 2018 2:30 PM

Even Politico Is Critical of CNN on Davis/Trump Tower Story Coverup

Even liberal Politico finds untenable CNN's refusal to correct their July 26 "scoop" fed to them by Michael Cohen's lawyer Lanny Davis that President Donald Trump knew in advance about the Trump Tower meeting that included his son and a Russian lawyer, which was subsequently denied by Davis' August 22 admission that he did not know if this was true.
P.J. Gladnick
August 30th, 2018 2:29 PM

CBS Interviews Classified Leaker From Prison: Why Were You Targeted?

For some reason, CBS This Morning on Thursday decided to devote over six minutes of air time to the leaker of classified information. Live from prison, the show’s hosts interviewed Reality Winner via phone. Many of the questions were softballs, including this one from Norah O’Donnell: “It is the documents you leaked that really brought everyone's attention to the Russians trying to infiltrate and…
Scott Whitlock
August 30th, 2018 2:02 PM

NYT’s Peters Finds GOP Using 'Explicit Appeals' to Racial Anxieties

As the mid-terms approach, New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters played the electoral race card on the front page of Thursday edition: “In Midterm Vote, Fault Line Forms Concerning Race – Cues From President – Diverse Democratic Slate at a Time of Appeals to Racial Anxiety.” Peters really scraped around to dredge up what he called “racial subtext.”
Clay Waters
August 30th, 2018 12:57 PM

FNC Highlights Baby Whose Mother Refused Abortion After Misdiagnosis

On Thursday's Fox and Friends, the show devoted more than six minutes to the case of a couple who refused advice to have an abortion after two different doctors claimed their baby had a terminal brain development condition. It turned out that, after the mother, Ariann Corpstein, gave birth, they discovered that it was, in fact, a misdiagnosis, and the baby's condition is treatable.
Brad Wilmouth
August 30th, 2018 12:37 PM

WashPost Cries 'Mostly False' on Hunter's Claim of Pro-HRC Prosecutors

The very political act of “fact checking” emerged again in a Washington Post Fact Checker article on Rep. Duncan Hunter (R.-Calif.), indicted for abusing his campaign kitty. The Post’s watchdog was Salvador Rizzo, and he ruled Hunter was “mostly false” (“3 Pinocchios”) for arguing his prosecution is partisan...based on two of his prosecutors went to a 2015 fundraisers for Hillary Clinton. That…
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2018 12:32 PM

UN Human Rights Chief Says Facebook Ignored Myanmar Genocide

While Facebook rushes to focus on hate speech in the United States, apparently it hasn’t analyzed accounts from war-torn places like Myanmar.
Corinne Weaver
August 30th, 2018 12:05 PM

Buh Bye! Costas (and His Politics) May Be Leaving NBC Sports

NBC Sports is about to become a lot more watchable. According to The Washington Post, the network is in talks to terminate Bob Costas’s contract: "Costas, 66, joined NBC Sports in 1979 and has long been a reassuring presence during the Olympics, Super Bowls, World Series and other national events. That role has changed in recent years with the arrival of Mike Tirico from ESPN, and with Costas’s…
Matt Philbin
August 30th, 2018 11:02 AM

MSNBC Pundit: ‘Absolutely Racist’ DeSantis Must Quit Florida Campaign

At the top of the 11:00 a.m. ET hour on Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi gave his left-wing guests free rein accuse Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis of being “blatantly racist” due to a poor choice of words he used in a Fox News interview. One of the pundits, left-wing SiriusXM host Mark Thompson, a regular on the cable channel, even demanded that the GOP congressman…

Kyle Drennen
August 30th, 2018 10:36 AM

Bozell on CNN’s Cohen Story: ‘CNN Is Nationally Lying’ to Americans

Making his second Fox Business Network appearance on Wednesday, Media Research Center president Brent Bozell eviscerated CNN on The Evening Edit for “nationally lying to the American people” concerning their Trump Tower story. The CNN reporting has taken a huge hit since Monday’s revelation that Michael Cohen attorney Lanny Davis was CNN’s source and the August 22 bombshell that his client didn’t…
NB Staff
August 30th, 2018 7:30 AM

CNN Lashes Out at Trump for Mocking Bernstein’s ‘Sloppy’ Reporting

Many reputable journalists have been left scratching their heads by CNN’s botched handling of their increasingly dubious report claiming then-candidate Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting in advance. Despite their sources (Michael Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis) retreating from his original claims, CNN continued to stand by their assertions while other news outlets cried uncle. And after…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 29th, 2018 11:18 PM

Univision ‘Monkeys Up’ Its DeSantis Coverage

Univision’s news division took the controversy that has engulfed the Florida gubernatorial race and predictably...for lack of a better term...they monkeyed it up.
MRC Latino Staff
August 29th, 2018 10:58 PM

CBS Skips Release of Terror Suspects, Hypes Fighting Fishermen

On Wednesday, New Mexico prosecutors appeared to have dropped the ball as a group of suspected Muslim extremists were released on a technicality. Despite a dead three-year-old child being found in their compound, 11 starved children, and claims they were being trained to carry out school shootings, five suspects were let go all because prosecutors missed a crucial deadline. It was shocking and…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 29th, 2018 9:08 PM