Engel: Trump Backtracking Is ‘Magic Trick,’ Green Light to Russia

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel reacted during a Tuesday afternoon Special Report to President Trump’s attempt at damage control following the Helsinki summit by dubbing the remarks a “magic trick” meant to deceive the world and gives Russia “a green light” to continue its cyber-hacking and meddle in elections across the globe.
Curtis Houck
July 17th, 2018 5:47 PM

Networks Downplay Good Economic News of Workers Finding New Jobs

More Americans are quitting their jobs and even some media are admitting “that’s a good thing.” The rising rate of American workers quitting their jobs voluntarily shows their confidence in the economy, especially the labor market. The quits rate is the highest its been since 2001. Many news outlets reported the good economic news, but not ABC and NBC news programming according to a Nexis search…
Julia A. Seymour
July 17th, 2018 5:29 PM

Time's Up: Isaac Lee Out at Univision

The architect has fallen. The shakeup at Univision continues apace, and Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee becomes the most recent high-level departure at the beleaguered media giant.
Jorge Bonilla
July 17th, 2018 5:17 PM

FLASHBACK: When Hardball Mocked Romney’s ‘Outdated’ Russia View

Chris Matthews joined the chorus of apocalyptic media takes on Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin, but it wasn’t that long ago he mocked Mitt Romney’s warnings about Russia back in 2012.   
Geoffrey Dickens
July 17th, 2018 4:58 PM

CNN: ‘Is the Country There Yet’ on Impeachment?

CNN wants to know if America is ready for impeachment. In the wake of Donald Trump’s botched press conference with Vladimir Putin on Monday, At This Hour anchor Kate Bolduan on Tuesday leapfrogged to wonder: “Is the country there yet?” 
Scott Whitlock
July 17th, 2018 4:20 PM

NY Mag Hits Dems, Journos From Left; GOP 'White Supremacy'

“Summer of Rage,” feminist author Rebecca Traister’s entry for New York magazine, actually attacked the Democratic Party and journalists from the left while defending harassment of Trump officials in public. The online subhead set the tone: “White men are the minority in the United States -- no wonder they get uncomfortable when their power is challenged.”
Clay Waters
July 17th, 2018 4:15 PM

MSNBC Analyst: Helsinki Was JUST LIKE Kristallnacht, Pearl Harbor!

It’s well-established that Monday was not the brightest day in the Trump administration and possibly one of the most controversial with the President’s ill-advised comments seeming to take the word of Russia and not U.S. intelligence concerning 2016 election meddling. That said, the liberal media did themselves no favors in trying to expand their tent as legal expert Jill Wine-Banks asserted…
Curtis Houck
July 17th, 2018 4:10 PM

BuzzFeed, HuffPost Object to the Daily Caller at Facebook Meeting

Liberal news sources appear to have a problem with more than just InfoWars: now they’re going after the Daily Caller. According to The Wall Street Journal, during an off-the-record meeting with Facebook last week, editors from BuzzFeed and HuffPost took offense to even including the Daily Caller in the meeting.
Ashley Rae Goldenberg
July 17th, 2018 3:07 PM

Rep. Gaetz Asks Why Facebook Won’t Stop Calls for Violence vs. GOP

Even congressmen can’t get calls for assassination deleted from Facebook — unless they bring them up at a congressional hearing.
Corinne Weaver
July 17th, 2018 2:25 PM

Rep. Gohmert: Social Media ‘Anxious’ to ‘Help the Democrats’

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, came out swinging at the House Judiciary hearing about censoring conservatives. He criticized Facebook’s eagerness to address Democrat questions about Russian use of the platform, but less so about GOP inquiries.
Gabriel Hays
July 17th, 2018 2:04 PM

Behar: Trump’s Russia Comments Like Denying Japan Hit Pearl Harbor

The media outrage was out of control yesterday after President Trump’s complimentary comments towards Vladimir Putin and denial of Russian interference in the 2016 election, at a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Monday morning. That outrage spilled over to Tuesday's coverage, as ABC’s The View hosts were unanimously upset at Trump’s rhetoric, even comparing the words to an act of treason.
Kristine Marsh
July 17th, 2018 1:39 PM

Alternet: American Exceptionalism a Myth Because Sportsball and Amtrak

Alex Henderson is ashamed to be an American because we don’t share his fascination with rail transportation. Oh, our healthcare is bad. And lots of other things. He wrote them all down in an article for Alternet.
Isaac Cross
July 17th, 2018 1:13 PM

Abdul-Jabbar: Trump to Blame for Social Justice Movie Villains

Have you noticed that today’s movie villains are “motivated not by avarice but by social injustice?” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has and he blames … Donald Trump. Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA legend, is now a contributing editor for the Hollywood Reporter and an elite social justice warrior -- back in 2017 his finely tuned outrage censor detected bigotry in La La Land.
Rachel Peterson
July 17th, 2018 12:16 PM

CBS Comes Down With a Case of ‘Obama Fever’

Network journalists have a long history of gushing about Barack Obama’s world travels. This was true when he was president and it’s true now. CBS This Morning on Tuesday covered Obama’s trip to South Africa and touted the “Obama fever” that is spreading.
Scott Whitlock
July 17th, 2018 12:07 PM