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
NBC Cheers End of Catholic Church’s ‘Ironclad Grip on Irish Society’
Ahead of Pope Francis visiting Ireland in the coming days, NBC’s Today show offered a nasty hit piece on the Catholic Church that cheered the nation moving left on issues like gay marriage and abortion. The segment also highlighted liberal critics of the Church rooting for the religious institution’s demise.
August 23rd, 2018 12:33 PM
NYT, Time Mag: Look to the Past on Impeaching Trump! Remember Nixon?
The New York Times and Time magazine are both looking to the past as a way to highlight an impeachment drive against Donald Trump. Time magazine connected Richard Nixon and Joe McCarthy to the President. Many liberal outlets aren’t fans of the constitutional originalist perspective. But the Times on Thursday offered this headline: “Not an Impeachable Offense? The Framers Might Disagree.”
August 23rd, 2018 12:16 PM
CNN, MSNBC Say ‘Impeachment’ 222 Times in One Day
Liberal cable news outlets evidently had their own fairy tale ending in mind when former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations: impeachment. On Wednesday, CNN and MSNBC reporters, anchors, and paid contributors used the word an absurd 222 times in 18 hours.
August 23rd, 2018 10:48 AM
NYT vs #MeToo: Actress Argento Victim of Italy’s ‘Patriarchal Society'
The New York Times broke the news that Asia Argento, an Italian actress prominent in the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment in Hollywood, has herself been accused by a man who says she sexually assaulted him five years ago, when he was 17. Now, reporter Elisabetta Povoledo has written a sympathetic article about Argento for Wednesday’s edition: “Italy, Already Wary of Unorthodox Star…
August 23rd, 2018 10:00 AM
Milbank Compares Hunter Campaign Finance Charges to Foley Sex Scandal
During Tuesday’s Hardball, the indictment of California Congressman Duncan Hunter for campaign finance violations came up as host Chris Matthews made sure to point out that Hunter was not only a Republican but the second member of Congress to endorse President Trump. Matthews gleefully pointed out that the first Member in New York Congressman Chris Collins has been indicted for insider trading…
August 22nd, 2018 10:57 PM
Preacher Blames Teens for Their Own Toxic-Waste Illness in CW Drama
The entertainment industry enjoys portraying clergy and churches in the worst possible light. Unfortunately, a Canadian dramatic television series on the CW, Burden of Truth, has fallen for the usual lazy trope of painting a church minister as overly zealous. He tries to punish a bunch of teenage girls, including his own daughter, for becoming ill from a neurological disease.
August 22nd, 2018 10:35 PM
Kimmel on Reaching Trump Fans: ‘Don’t Think That World Exists Anymore'
Far-left comic and late-night ABC host Jimmy Kimmel has often used his monologue and other segments during Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a platform to mock and attack President Trump and that campaign hit a new low when the comedian told The Daily Beast's Matt Wilstein that “ABC would love it if my show appealed to everyone, but I don’t think that world exists anymore.” But even if it did exist, Kimmel…
August 22nd, 2018 10:17 PM
CBS, NBC Tout Impeachment, Cohen/Manafort Hurting SCOTUS Hearings
On Wednesday night, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News remained aboard the proverbial liberal media party bus pushing Congress to impeach President Trump and delay or thwart Brett Kavanaugh from reaching the Supreme Court following Tuesday’s bad Trump headlines involving Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort.
August 22nd, 2018 9:42 PM
NYT's Cave: Science-Denying 'Far-Right' Dooms Australia's Climate
Reporting from Sydney, New York Times Australia bureau chief Damien Cave provided a conservative-mocking “news analysis,” “Coal Lobby Turns Up Heat, and Australia Wilts Under Climate Change.” The text box reproached the country: “A progressive nation remains in thrall to the energy industry.” The online headline: “Australia Wilts From Climate Change. Why Can’t Its Politicians Act?” In Cave's mind…
August 22nd, 2018 8:51 PM
Telemundo Barely Covers Murder by Illegal Alien Finds Time to Bash ICE
While Tuesday's Noticias Telemundo spent a scant 28 seconds on the murder of 20-year-old Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts by an undocumented alien who confessed to the crime, it tripled the amount of time it spent on a report about ICE raids on businesses employing undocumented workers.
August 22nd, 2018 8:01 PM
Univision Recycles 7-Week-Old Del Toro Interview for Trump-Bashing
Recent budget cuts appear to have begun to take their toll on Univision. As a result, Sunday public affairs show Al Punto has been reduced to recycling a seven-week old interview featuring actor Benicio Del Toro in furtherance of a Trump-bashing narrative.
August 22nd, 2018 7:54 PM