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ABC, NBC Deride Pence Walking Out of NFL Game As 'Stunt'
October 9th, 2017 7:00 AM
On Sunday evening, ABC's World News Tonight and the NBC Nightly News both reacted to Vice President Mike Pence walking out of an NFL game in Indianapolis by dismissing his reaction as a "stunt," with ABC fretting that he was "reigniting the fury." It did not seem to occur to either network that, when several of the '49ers players sparked the move by kneeling during the National Anthem, this…
Nancy Sinatra’s ‘Boots Are Made for Walkin’ All Over’ NRA, Trump
October 6th, 2017 5:28 PM
One of the strongest reactions to the killing of 59 people and the wounding of more than 500 others attending the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in the Las Vegas strip on Sunday by gunman Stephen Paddock came from singer-actress Nancy Sinatra, who posted several harsh posts on the Twitter website casting much of the blame on members of the National Rifle Association.
Nets Cover GOP Congressman Resigning, Ignored When It Was a Dem
October 6th, 2017 12:17 PM
When Republican Congressman Tim Murphy from Pennsylvania resigned in disgrace on October 5, all three broadcast evening shows ran reports on it. NBC’s Today also covered this story the following morning. But just last year when another Pennsylvania Congressman, Democrat Chaka Fattah, was forced to step down amid a corruption trial that eventually ended in his conviction, not one of the morning or…
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Nets Tee Up Lin-Manuel Miranda to Trash Trump on Puerto Rico
October 6th, 2017 11:59 AM
On Friday, all three network morning shows invited on Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda to promote a new song he produced with other celebrities to raise funds for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. However, the conversation quickly turned political and nasty as the hosts of each broadcast highlighted Miranda’s Twitter attack on President Trump in which he claimed the commander-in-chief was “…
'Cry Baby' Kimmel Flips Off Critics After Posters Mock His Activism
October 6th, 2017 11:10 AM
ABC’s newest entertainer turned activist isn’t backing down, after intense criticism for his recent turns at blaming the right for people dying in a shooting massacre and overturning ObamaCare. Jimmy Kimmel is now actively seeking out media coverage of his left-wing activism, outside of what he does on his late night comedy show.
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'How to Get Away with Murder:' We're Racist, Misogynist, Homophobes
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October 6th, 2017 12:36 AM
Do we go around telling women, African Americans, and gay people that their lives don't matter? According to the October 5 episode of How to Get Away with Murder, "I'm Not Her," that's exactly what "we" do.
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'Scandal' Season Premiere Peddles Free College to Viewers
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October 6th, 2017 12:22 AM
ABC’s Scandal returns for its seventh and last season which means it has less than one year to dole out its crooked view of American politics to a public that couldn’t be sicker of the subject at this point. To kick off the fall, the series wastes no time in dusting off the old liberal talking points with the "right" to a free higher education.
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NBC Blacks Out Harvey Weinstein Sexual Harassment Allegations
October 5th, 2017 9:38 PM
In a report Thursday that exposed the so-called ‘open secret in Hollywood,’ The New York Times published accusations going back decades that claimed movie producer Harvey Weinstein was a serial sexual harasser. ABC Correspondent Linsey Davis described the allegations as “explosive,” but on NBC Nightly News and Access Hollywood, they completely ignored the story altogether. The NBC blackout came…
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'View’: ‘Scandal’ An ‘Escape,’ ‘Privilege’ From ‘Stain of Our Country'
October 5th, 2017 2:08 PM
Thursday on ABC’s The View, Scandal actress Kerry Washington appeared briefly to discuss the popular show’s final season. The show’s writers, along with Washington herself, have been outspoken critics of President Trump as well as advocates for abortion and Hillary Clinton. So the hosts were overjoyed with the opportunity to get their like-minded liberal guest to spout off on Trump and…
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NBC Revels in Creating Trump Administration ‘Turmoil’
October 5th, 2017 1:30 PM
On Thursday, NBC’s Today seemed to delight in causing “turmoil” within the Trump administration after reporting on anonymous gossip about Secretary of State Rex Tillerson allegedly calling the President a “moron.” Co-host Savannah Guthrie opened the show by hyping: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes on an NBC News report that he referred to the President as a moron. But, doesn’t deny it....…
September TV Coverage: Bashing Trump on NFL, DACA and Cabinet Flights
October 5th, 2017 1:15 PM
With September’s news coverage now in the record books, the latest Media Research Center analysis finds TV’s hostility to the Trump presidency continues unabated. According to our analysts, the President received 92% bad press, vs. just 8% good press on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows last month.
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‘View’: ‘No One Is Taking Away Guns’ But Let’s ‘Ban’ These Guns
October 4th, 2017 2:25 PM
Sounding like MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, The View’s Sunny Hostin argued Wednesday that she “believed in the 2nd Amendment” but wanted to see various types of guns “banned.” The show’s host echoed the other liberal hosts at the table in wondering “why” any American would need certain types of guns, modifiers and silencers. Hostin tried to have her cake and eat it too by saying she “didn’t want to…
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Kimmel Isn’t ‘America’s Conscience,’ He Used to Make Genocide Jokes
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October 4th, 2017 11:11 AM
There’s a disturbing trend in the media to look to late-night talk show hosts for moral guidance. It’s time to remember who those upstanding moral talk show hosts really are: entertainers.
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Kimmel: Critics Are 'Nuts' 'Responsible' For Their 'Dirty Business'
October 4th, 2017 10:55 AM
ABC’s late night host Jimmy Kimmel doubled down against his conservative critics on his Tuesday night show, after smearing Republicans, gun owners and Donald Trump the night before, for not doing enough to stop the Las Vegas massacre. For his ten-minute-long tirade against the right, he earned an avalanche of media praise from virtually every network. But even that didn’t drown out the criticism…