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CBS’s Dickerson Throws Softballs at Hillary Over E-Mail Scandal
September 20th, 2015 1:55 PM
On Sunday, Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson interviewed Hillary Clinton for her first Sunday show interview as a 2016 presidential candidate and the host repeatedly tossed softball questions at the Democratic frontrunner over use of a private e-mail server. The CBS News Political Director did his best to stress how Clinton has “been transparent, in the release of these e-mails” and…
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CBS: CMP Videos, Defunding PP ‘Could...Lead to More Crimes' at Clinics
September 20th, 2015 1:39 AM
With college football games airing Saturday on ABC, CBS, and NBC, none of the three aired their evening newscasts for viewers in the eastern or central time zones, but the CBS Evening News was shown in the western U.S. and featured another segment hinting at a link between the Planned Parenthood baby parts video scandal and a string of recent fires at their facilities.
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ABC and NBC Omit CMP Videos in Coverage of House Vote to Defund PP
September 19th, 2015 2:01 AM
While the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC all miraculously acknowledged on Friday evening the House’s passage of a bill defunding Planned Parenthood, ABC and NBC provided no context in mentioning the horrifying videos released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) that exposed gruesome practices by the abortion provider.
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Nets Tout Hillary ‘Pouncing’ on Trump for Not Denouncing Supporter
September 18th, 2015 12:24 PM
All three networks on Friday slammed Donald Trump for not denouncing a campaign supporter's “hateful rhetoric.” ABC, NBC and CBS also promoted Hillary Clinton “pouncing” and “hammering” Trump. Yet, on August 28, when Clinton blasted GOP candidates for wanting to put illegal immigrants in “boxcars,” a reference many thought to the Holocaust, the same networks did not attack the Democrat as hateful…
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Shock: CBS’s O’Donnell Hits Sanders from Right on Health Care, Taxes
September 18th, 2015 11:55 AM
In a near 180-degree reversal to his interview the previous evening with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Democratic presidential candidate and socialist Bernie Sanders found himself on Friday’s CBS This Morning being repeatedly slammed from the right by co-host Norah O’Donnell on his far-left tax plans and hope for a universal health care system.
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NBC Paints Debate as ‘Exposing Disconnects' in the Republican Party
September 17th, 2015 10:04 PM
All three Thursday network evening newscasts led off with their respective recaps and analysis of the second Republican presidential debate, but NBC Nightly News stood out in proclaiming that the event “expos[ed] disconnects within the Republican Party” on issues such as Iraq in addition to defending Hillary Clinton from Fiorina’s “fierce attack” against her and Planned Parenthood.
Where Socialist Bernie Sanders Is Winning: The Sunday Show Primary
September 17th, 2015 2:12 PM
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton will make her first appearance on the Sunday morning political shows as a 2016 presidential candidate when she sits down with CBS’s John Dickerson on Face the Nation. She’s getting a very late start: While Clinton has so far avoided interviews with the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) Sunday shows, 18 other presidential candidates have made a total of 106 appearances…
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ABC, CBS Boost Ferguson Report; Skip Party Label for Democratic Gov.
September 14th, 2015 9:38 PM
Returning to the issue of Ferguson, Missouri on Monday, ABC’s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News touted the findings and recommendations of a commission set up by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon as both newscasts promoted the commission’s calls to increase the minimum wage and CBS neglected to label Nixon a Democrat.
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Media Ignore Liberal Politics of Conservative-Mocking Group
September 14th, 2015 5:20 PM
Monday's CBS This Morning and NewsNation on MSNBC both failed to give a political label for a liberal group that put up a billboard in Kentucky that mocks that social conservative beliefs of Kim Davis and traditional marriage supporters. CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan referred to Planting Peace as merely a "non-profit organization." MSNBC journalist Sarah Dollof also noted their non-profit…
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ABC Hides Details of Its Own Poll Showing Terrible News for Hillary
September 14th, 2015 11:58 AM
ABC on Sunday and Monday hid the damaging details of its own poll, minimizing Hillary Clinton's plunging popularity. Instead, World News and Good Morning America shifted the focus to Donald Trump and his continued surge. Clinton's "dramatic" fall appeared only on ABCNews.com. It was left to competitors CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today to probe the numbers. With an on-screen graphic crediting ABC…
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CBS Hosts Anita Dunn to Boost Democratic Presidential Candidates
September 14th, 2015 11:06 AM
On Monday, CBS This Morning brought on Anita Dunn, former White House Communications Director for Barack Obama, to promote Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign as well as Democratic rivals Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
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Nets Minimize Coverage of Perry's Departure; Hype 'Buzz' Over Biden
September 11th, 2015 9:59 PM
ABC, CBS, and NBC's Friday evening newscasts all barely mentioned former Texas Governor Rick Perry suspending his second bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Altogether, ABC's World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News set aside 54 seconds to Perry's announcement. By contrast, the Big Three news programs devoted 6 minutes and 11 seconds to Vice President Joe Biden's…
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Michael Moore Again Slams America in New 'Bomb-Throwing Documentary'
September 11th, 2015 4:50 PM
Six years after Capitalism: A Love Story unsuccessfully called for audiences to revolt against the evils of free enterprise, liberal filmmaker Michael Moore has returned to the big screen in a far mellower mood with Where to Invade Next.
During its initial showing at the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, the documentary-style film showed Moore returning to his old tricks:…
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Colbert Badgers Uber CEO on Taxis, Surge Prices, Uber Eats, Future Car
September 11th, 2015 1:12 PM
Following Vice President Joe Biden’s very publicized appearance, Late Show host Stephen Colbert also welcomed Uber CEO Travis Kalanick to the program Thursday night, but it was anything but friendly as Colbert hammered Kalanick on the effect his company has had on the taxi industry, surge pricing, the Uber Eats initiative, and driverless cars. Colbert demanded: “What is your response to Uber…