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ABC's Roberts and Mika Agree: Cruz 'Seems Like a Terrible Choice'
As former ABC This Week co-anchor Cokie Roberts appeared as a guest on Thursday's Morning Joe on MSNBC, she expressed agreement as liberal host Mika Brzezinski declared that GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz "seems like a terrible choice" for Republicans to support to stop Donald Trump from winning. Brzezinski proclaimed: "I'm sure it is a little bit of, for me, my world view, ideology, but it…
Former WashPost Reporter Botches Coverage of Food Stamp 'Cuts'
As the Washington Free Beacon reported today (confirmed here in a chart published two weeks ago), the number of Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), traditionally known as Food Stamps, dropped below 45 million for the first time in almost five years (actually, 57 months) in January.
This is hardly cause for cheer, and does nothing to change the fact that in…
ABC, NBC Rush to Paint Trump as a ‘Moderate,’ ‘Trump 2.0’
With the recent firing of Curt Schilling from ESPN and the fight over North Carolina’s transgender bathroom ban still looming, many were shocked to hear Donald Trump’s liberal position on the issue that a person who considers themselves transgendered can use any bathroom they wish, not just the one corresponding with what is on their birth certificate. they rushed to label him a moderate. “Trump'…
Fox News Highlights MRC Study on Network Coverage of Trump
On Thursday’s O’Reilly Factor, an ongoing media study by the MRC’s Rich Noyes was cited. Depauw University’s Professor of Media Studies, Jeffrey McCall cited the March report, which details how much airtime the media have given Donald Trump, in comparison to other GOP candidates, and what stories they obsess over, to the neglect of others.
Matthews Wallows Over ‘Cowboy’ Country Not Supporting Gun Control
MSNBC’s Hardball host Christ Matthews was joined on Thursday night by Democratic Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to discuss the 2016 election, but quickly devolved into the pair lamenting the lack of nationwide gun control with Malloy taking a veiled but vicous shot at the late Chris Kyle and his efforts to take troubled veterans to the gun range wher ehe would also counsel them.
CNN's Anderson Cooper: 'I Don't Think Reporters Should Vote'
While a guest on Howard Stern's radio show, Anderson Cooper of the Cable News Network surprised the host when he stated: “I don't think I'm going to vote. I don't think reporters should vote.”
Amazed co-host Robin Quivers then asked if he really doesn't cast any ballots in elections before stating: “That's like you're not a citizen!”
Bloomberg's Heilemann: 'In His Gut, Trump's a Social Liberal'
From bathrooms to abortions, Bloomberg's John Heilemann believes that in his heart, Donald Trump is a social liberal. Heilemann made his assertion on today's With All Due Respect in the context of discussing Trump's comments on a Today town hall this morning in which he was critical of the North Carolina transgender bathroom law, and said he'd have no problem letting Caitlyn Jenner choose any…
Disney Cuts Ties With Fusion, Ending ABC-Univision Partnership
Univision is now the sole owner of Fusion, one of our favorite sources for totally fair, honest and unbiased reporting here at MRC Latino. The parting of ways with Disney comes after much speculation dating all the way back to December.
Cherry-Picking AP Pushes Positive NY Report, Ignores Dour Philly Data
On Sunday, I noted how the Associated Press wouldn't let the awful national news from the Federal Reserve on Industrial Production (second straight month of 0.6 percent contraction) stand alone without trying to offset it with phony evidence that U.S. manufacturing is showing "signs of stability." That "evidence" was primarily a positive manufacturing survey result from just one state: New York.…
NBC, ABC Hype ESPN Firing Schilling After ‘Offensive’ Transgender Post
On Thursday, both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America reveled in ESPN firing baseball analyst Curt Schilling after the former all-star pitcher objected on social media to liberal demands that transgender people be allowed to use whichever bathroom they choose. At the top of Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie announced: “He's out. Former all-star pitcher Curt Schilling fired by ESPN after…
Lowry Calls Out Media for Salivating Over Trump’s NY Primary Win
In his Politico column posted on Wednesday, National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry mounted a thorough trouncing of the liberal media for their universal gushing over Donald Trump’s win in the New York primary despite the fact that a landslide had long been predicted as a possibility.
Networks Censor Congressional ‘Pricing of Fetal Tissue’ Hearing
A congressional probe into whether or not businesses profited from aborted baby body parts should scream big news. But not so for the three broadcast networks.
On Wednesday, the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives Subcommittee held a hearing on “The Pricing of Fetal Tissue.” ABC, CBS and NBC didn’t say a word about the hearing during their morning and evening news shows following the…
Dana Milbank: 'Infant Lives' Panel Is 'Discredited,' Illegitimate
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank covered the House hearing on the sales of aborted-baby parts....to blast them as far too impartial to be trusted. This same columnist four years ago acted as a supine publicist for a one-sided Democratic pseudo-hearing to celebrate the feminist birth-control activist Sandra Fluke.
ABC Grilled Cruz in Town Hall, Skips Benghazi and E-Mails for Clinton
While ABC journalists grilled Ted Cruz on Monday with a Good Morning America town hall, they offered softballs to Hillary Clinton on Thursday. George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts showcased questions from the left and included queries about hot sauce and Saturday Night Live. At no time was there a question on Benghazi or the Democrat’s secret e-mail server and the scandal around it.