Fiorina Now 2nd-Most Covered GOP Candidate; Bush Falls to 6th
October 1st, 2015 2:57 PM
Since the September 16 GOP debate, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts have significantly ramped up their coverage of businesswoman Carly Fiorina, giving her more than 15 percent of the GOP candidates’ airtime over the past two weeks. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush attracted just three percent of TV news coverage; in the first six months of 2015, Bush dominated the coverage with 36 percent…
Press Ignoring Conflicts of Interest Exposed in CBS Benghazi Coverage
September 30th, 2015 11:59 PM
Apparently, the establishment press is waiting for its marching orders on how to handle what an Investor's Business Daily editorial has already called a "scandal."
This one's a joint effort involving Hillary Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal, a recently deceased former CIA operative named Tyler Drumheller who worked with Blumenthal — and CBS News. As Mark Hemingway at the Weekly Standard reported…
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ABC, NBC Cover for Hillary on McCarthy; 'Unlikely Political Lifeline'
September 30th, 2015 9:49 PM
On Wednesday night, the CBS Evening News punted on the latest batch of Hillary Clinton’s State Department e-mails released hours earlier while their competitors at ABC and NBC did cover them, but only through the veil of defending Clinton against Speaker of the House candidate Kevin McCarthy’s comments on the Benghazi Committee that NBC’s Andrea Mitchell touted as “an unlikely political lifeline…
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CBS Affected by Amnesia Over Trump Tax Plan
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September 30th, 2015 10:34 AM
Candidate Donald Trump recently released his tax plan and the media were all over it. However, CBS seemed to suffer a case of amnesia between two broadcasts on its network.
During the morning of Sept. 28, CBS found support for the plan, but by evening (when far more people were watching), CBS seemed to have forgotten all about it.
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ABC, CBS Punt on Latest Hillary Clinton E-Mail Dump
September 30th, 2015 9:54 AM
On Wednesday, the State Department will release 6,000 more pages of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails but NBC’s Today was the only network morning show to cover this news whereas ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning ignored the story altogether. In a full report, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell stressed that the e-mail release was a result of a “court order” which will continue the “drip, drip, drip…
'Limitless' Bailout: Corporate Titan Kills for Government Cash
Culture
September 30th, 2015 2:11 AM
What’s worse, big drug companies poisoning Americans or the military industrial complex? What if both left-wing bogeymen--or is it bogeypersons--were combined into a single entity determined to keep the government funded gravy train flowing at all costs, even if it meant murdering innocent Americans? Last night’s Limitless introduced viewers to a dastardly bio-tech CEO willing to murder an…
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CBS Uses Lib Group Passed as ‘Non-Partisan’ to Bash Trump's Tax Plan
September 30th, 2015 1:58 AM
Tuesday’s edition of the CBS Evening News used a liberal tax group, passed off as “non-partisan,” to bash, from the left, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tax plan. Trumpeting the “non-partisan Tax Policy Center,” chief White House correspondent Major Garrett used multiple soundbites from senior fellow Howard Gleckman to hype that “an independent analysis says Trump's plan would…
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Nets Hype ‘Spirited,’ ‘Unfazed’ PP Pres Surviving GOP 'Interrogation'
September 29th, 2015 9:58 PM
Hours after Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards testified Tuesday before the House Oversight Committee concerning the videos that have embroiled the abortion provider in scandal over the selling of aborted baby parts, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC rushed to the defense of the “unfazed” and “spirited” Richards as she “endured a five-hour interrogation” by the GOP.
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Stephen Colbert, First Lady Yuk It Up Over Bill Clinton's 'Passion'
September 29th, 2015 8:07 PM
First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on Stephen Colbert's new late show last night and something unexpected happened -- a brief stretch of conversation that was actually funny.
Prior to that, Colbert appeared nervous in Mrs. Obama's presence, frequently interrupting and talking over her.
But the interview finally delivered during an exchange where former president Bill Clinton came up, albeit…
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Nets Tout Cecile Richards ‘Staunchly Defending’ Planned Parenthood
September 29th, 2015 11:41 AM
All three networks on Tuesday hyped Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards appearing before Congress, insisting the pro-abortion leader will “staunchly defend” her organization in the wake of the sting videos. During the news briefs, ABC and CBS didn’t show any of hidden videos.
'Life in Pieces' Shocks with Senior Sex, Breasts, and Child Molesters
Culture
September 29th, 2015 4:25 AM
CBS' "Life in Pieces" was off the wall again this week. So many clichés and tired narratives, yet only thirty minutes in which to squeeze them all. Grams and Gramps having sex on the family room sofa? Check. Explicit breastfeeding complete with throwback hippies called lactation consultants brought in to help new parents? Check. Promotion of the demand that new moms avoid using baby formula…
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Nets Punt on News Safe for Hillary’s E-Mails Isn’t Secure Enough
September 29th, 2015 1:16 AM
On Monday evening, the major broadcast networks showed no interest in covering the revelation from the State Department that a safe installed at the office of Hillary Clinton’s attorney was insufficient to protect the classified material contained in e-mails from her private e-mail server in yet another development ahead of the latest e-mail batch’s release on Wednesday.
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ABC, NBC Ignore Suspension of Obama’s Rebel Training Policy in Syria
September 28th, 2015 10:52 PM
While the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC all covered on Monday night the developments at the United Nations (U.N.) and the meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News failed to go the distance and report that Obama’s disastrous rebel training initiative in Syria had been suspended. In contrast, the CBS Evening News…
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Nets Blast 'Unruly' GOP over Boehner News; Hypes '16 Chances Are Hurt
September 26th, 2015 10:15 PM
On Saturday morning, the major broadcast networks were at it again in bashing the “far-right” and “unruly hardliners” in the House Republican caucus for causing Speaker John Boehner’s impending resignation announced Friday that CBS added could hurt the party’s chances in 2016 if the “infighting” continues.