Chris Cuomo Disses Tucker Carlson As a Pundit, Not a Journalist
January 10th, 2018 11:14 PM
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo granted an interview to The Hollywood Reporter to plug his temporary prime-time show, expressing his eagerness to "test power" with aggressive face-to-face interviews, like his usual marathons badgering Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. When asked about how even current and former Fox hosts from Tucker Carlson to Bill O'Reilly questioned the brilliance of a Trump lawyer…
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Borger Credits Wolff Book for Trump's Bipartisan Immigration Push
January 9th, 2018 3:19 PM
Following President Trump’s unusual move on Tuesday to televise most of a bipartisan meeting on immigration, CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger seemed to credit Trump gossip book author Michael Wolff for Trump’s bipartisan behavior during the meeting. Moments after the tape of the meeting ended, both Borger and colleague Dana Bash credited the President for making this move that CNN chyron…
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Van Jones Campaigns for ‘Most Beloved’ ‘Queen of Universe’ Oprah, 2020
January 9th, 2018 1:12 PM
CNN political commentator and former Obama White House staffer Van Jones had a conniption on Anderson Cooper 360 over the news that Oprah Winfrey could run for president in 2020.
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CNN's Camerota Still Asking If Franken Resignation Was 'Too Hasty'
January 8th, 2018 9:29 PM
Even though Al Franken is out of the U.S. Senate and his successor --Senator Tina Smith -- has already assumed office, CNN host Alisyn Camerota is still finding reasons to ask if it really was appropriate for him to resign over sexual harassment accusations. As Smith appeared as a guest on Monday's New Day show, the CNN host posed the first of two questions on the subject: "You replaced Al…
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Ryan Raves Over 'Rock Star' Oprah for 2020: ‘She Is Every Person!'
January 8th, 2018 3:41 PM
CNN political analyst April Ryan fangirled over the idea that Oprah Winfrey could run for president in 2020, on At This Hour With Kate Bolduan Monday morning. Ryan went on an irrational rant, gushing that the media mogul was both “every person” and a “rock star.”
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CNN, Hollywood Swear Allegiance to Oprah for 2020 President
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January 8th, 2018 2:27 PM
We know rank and file liberals aren’t happy to have a reality show host as their president. But we don’t know yet how they feel about their betters in the media anointing the Doyenne of Daytime TV as President Oprah.
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Media Mocks Trump Schedule: 'Being President Easier Than We Thought!'
January 8th, 2018 11:22 AM
A report by media company Axios, detailing President Trump’s “shrinking” work schedule was the highlight of cable news’ mockery Monday morning. According to documents leaked to Axios, which was founded in 2016 by Politico’s co-founder and former staff, Trump works from 11 A.M. to 6 P.M. most days, and has hours set aside for alone time in his Oval Office, called “executive time.”
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CNN’s Stelter Glorifies Media, Finally Covering Trump’s Mental Problem
January 7th, 2018 4:57 PM
CNN’s media reporter Brian Stelter got his long-awaited wish granted last week as the liberal media en mass started openly questioned President Trump’s mental acuity followed the release of Fire and Fury, the dubiously sourced anti-Trump book that was light on facts but loaded with gossip. Despite his show being called “Reliable Sources,” Stelter spent the entire Sunday program glorifying the…
Nets Refuse to Cover FBI Opening New Clinton Foundation Investigation
January 5th, 2018 12:37 PM
To the shock of no one (at least in the NewsBusters newsroom), the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC ignored on Friday morning the stunning revelation that the Clinton Foundation is under FBI investigation for possible crimes while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. FNC’s Fox & Friends was the only cable or network morning show to confirm and cover the story, spending eight…
Eight Times the Liberal Media Screwed Up on Trump-Russia in 2017
January 5th, 2018 9:30 AM
On Tuesday, President Trump tweeted he would be “announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR” on Monday “in various categories from the Fake News Media." There’s bias, but then there’s sheer incompetence. The biggest media obsession last year was the search for evidence of Trump’s supposed collusion with Russia, in the process, liberal reporters in 2017 repeatedly…
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Camerota Bristles at Newsmax Boss Calling Her Out As 'Liberal Media'
January 4th, 2018 11:57 PM
On Thursday's New Day on CNN, just two hours after her show came down decidedly on the liberal side of the issues of voter fraud and disenfranchisement, CNN host Alisyn Camerota denied that her show is part of the "liberal media" when Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy took a jab at her while defending President Donald Trump.
‘Situation Room’ Spends Over 20 Minutes Hinting Trump Is Mentally Ill
January 4th, 2018 9:52 PM
On Thursday, CNN’s The Situation Room spent over 20 minutes during its two-hour airtime peddling accusations by Democrats, a far-left Yale psychologist, and the hot takes of CNN partisans like Brian Stelter that President Trump was mentally ill and thus should be removed from office. This topic has long been on CNN’s periphery, but it popped up on a flagship program on Thursday following other…
CNN Promotes Partisan ‘American Women’ While Iran Protests Are Ignored
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January 4th, 2018 3:53 PM
Timing is everything, and if you’re going to argue that American women are oppressed by the current administration, the patriarchy, the wage gap, or ponying up for their own birth control, try not to do it while women are very publicly facing actual oppression of the jailing-beating-shooting variety.
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CNN Panel Pushes Liberal Spin on 'Voter Disenfranchisement'
January 4th, 2018 9:04 AM
On Thursday's New Day on CNN, during a discussion of the Trump administration's commission on voter fraud, the regular CNN panel members all pushed a liberal point of view of dismissing voter fraud, but playing up "voter disenfranchisement" as a problem allegedly more worthy of investigation. CNN analysts David Gregory and John Avlon joined CNN hosts Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota in hitting the…
