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NBC Waves Goodbye to Mollie Tibbetts; Only CBS Gives Full Update
On Thursday night, NBC Nightly News became the first broadcast network newscast to bid farewell to murdered University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts despite new developments, including results of the preliminary autopsy report. ABC’s World News Tonight wasn’t much better, relegating Tibbetts to a news brief in the show’s third block which ran for one second less than the three teases for the…
August 23rd, 2018 9:59 PM
MSNBC Promotes Claims Illegals Commit Less Crime Than U.S. Citizens
On Thursday morning, as Hallie Jackson was one of the very few MSNBC hosts who has actually made time for the Mollie Tibbetts murder case, she nevertheless allowed the segment to be dominated by dubious claims that illegal immigrants have a lower crime rate than do U.S. citizens.
August 23rd, 2018 9:30 PM
Hunter Indictment Gets Four Times the Coverage of Dem Scandals
In roughly the first 36 hours since prosecutors indicted California Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter on campaign finance violations charges, the morning and evening newscasts on ABC and CBS have spent a total of 4 minutes and 44 seconds covering the story since Wednesday morning. CBS This Morning spent 1 minute and 59 seconds on the topic on Wednesday morning and an additional 51 seconds on…
August 23rd, 2018 7:07 PM
Jeff Daniels Hopes ‘Scorned Women’ Oust ‘Cornered Animal’ Trump
Jeff Daniels’ lines between reality and fiction are blurring again. While The Looming Tower actor has played the roles of both an FBI agent and journalist on TV, now he is acting like an expert in government issues in real life. And, of course, this expertise boils down to a half-baked perspective celebrating the future downfall of President Donald Trump at the hands of Robert Mueller and the “…
August 23rd, 2018 5:04 PM
The Doctor Is (Not) in
If you are frustrated by wait times to see your doctor, the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs, just wait until there may be no doctor to see. NBC News recently broadcast a story about how fewer young people are entering the medical profession. The network cited a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges that “projected a shortage of 42,600 to 121,300 physicians by…
August 23rd, 2018 5:01 PM
Death of a Historian, Robert H. Ferrell
WASHINGTON — On Aug. 8, one of the great historians of his generation and — for a certitude — one of the great teachers of any generation, passed away: Robert H. Ferrell. He was 97. Some thought he was too old to die, but nonetheless he worked to the end. When he retired from Indiana University, we thought he would quietly subside. He did not. He continued to write. Even after pulling up stakes…
August 23rd, 2018 4:57 PM
CNN Segment Complains Trump Is Fearmongering with Impeachment Talk
So, to be clear, it’s fearmongering to talk about impeachment even though scores of lefties and their liberal media allies won’t stop talking about it? Got it, CNN. On Thursday afternoon’s CNN Newsroom, fill-in host Ana Cabrera and CNN conservatarian S.E. Cupp ruled that President Trump and personal attorney Rudy Giuliani are fearmongering by sounding the alarm about the President being impeached…
August 23rd, 2018 4:51 PM
Botched: MSNBC STILL Doesn’t Understand How Impeachment Works
Don’t go to MSNBC for facts on the Constitution. For the second day in a row, the network attempted to explain the process of “how Impeachment works.” Once again, the cable channel screwed up. MSNBC Live host Ali Velshi on Thursday lectured his viewers: “Think of the House as a prosecutor and the articles of impeachment is a document detailing the alleged crimes.” So far so good.
August 23rd, 2018 4:34 PM
MSNBC Host Pleads With Viewers to Watch Medal of Honor Ceremony
As MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi prepared to cover Air Force Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman posthumously receiving the Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony Wednesday afternoon, he implored his anti-Trump viewers to stay tuned despite their opposition to the president.
August 23rd, 2018 3:49 PM
Bristol and Sarah Palin Talk Being a ‘Teen Mom’ on MTV
Bristol Palin has been a media target for years, due to her mother Sarah’s political profile. One vicious attacker even suggested she should abort one of her unborn children. However, that isn’t stopping her from talking to MTV about what it was like to be a young mom.
August 23rd, 2018 3:41 PM
CNN's Cuomo: Trump, Fox Concerned With Tibbetts Because She's White
On Wednesday's Cuomo Prime Time, Chris Cuomo closed his show with a commentary in which he slammed President Donald Trump, conservatives, and apparently Fox News for showing so much interest in the murder of Mollie Tibbetts by an illegal immigrant. The liberal CNN host suggested that they would not have been interested in the case if Tibbetts were not white: "I wonder if these sympathizers would…
August 23rd, 2018 3:04 PM
Stelter Slams FNC Softballs to Trump, Earns Blowback for His Hypocrisy
Brian Stelter just can’t help himself, desperately going after his competitors over on Fox News Channel for getting more interviews with the President than his network ever will. The bitter CNN host and senior media correspondent attacked Fox and Friends host Ainsley Earhardt on Twitter, for her interview with President Trump that aired this morning and blew up the media today for the President’s…
August 23rd, 2018 2:42 PM
CNN Only Politicizes Tragedies That Work for Them
On Wednesday evening, CNN’s Chris Cuomo dedicated part of his show to discuss Mollie Tibbetts. Tibbetts was a young college student at the University of Iowa who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant. Her death has been politicized by both sides in the fight over immigration policy.
August 23rd, 2018 1:43 PM
Comedian David Cross Jokes Beating Up, Pooping and Peeing On Trump
Comedian David Cross insists that his stand-up routine is not political or anti-Donald Trump in any way. But during his most recent show for a bunch of Trump supporters in Utah, local news reported that he joked about beating the president into a “bloody pulp and then urinating and defecating on him.”
August 23rd, 2018 1:25 PM