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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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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.
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NBC Promotes Bill ‘On the Attack’ Defending Hillary Over E-Mails
September 29th, 2015 10:22 AM
Amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server, on Tuesday NBC’s Today rushed to promote former President Bill Clinton’s efforts to defend his wife from criticism. News reader Tamron Hall introduced the segment by touting “Hillary Clinton is dispatching her not so secret weapon, her husband and former president to help her weather the e-mail storm” and…
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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.
Trippin' With Trippi: All Is Really Well With Hillary's Campaign
September 29th, 2015 12:00 AM
In an example of Animal House brought to life, Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's former 2004 campaign manager who during the past few years (until now) seemed reasonably sane, went to the op-ed section of the Los Angeles Times to declare in essence that "All is well" with Hillary Clinton's march to the Democratic Party's coronation — er, nomination.
In Trippi's fantasyland (i.e., Trippiland), the fact…
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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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NBC Hypes Fiorina ‘Facing New Scrutiny’ Over Planned Parenthood
September 28th, 2015 11:38 AM
Following a contentious interview on Sunday’s Meet the Press, on Monday’s Today, NBC continued to harp over Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s recent statements condemning Planned Parenthood and their practice of harvesting fetal body parts. During a report on the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, reporter Peter Alexander proclaimed “[f]acing new scrutiny of her own,…
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Chuck Todd: Hillary Signaling More Email 'Stuff' Will Come Out
September 28th, 2015 9:02 AM
Don't put that popcorn-popper away just yet . . . On today's Morning Joe, Chuck Todd said he felt that in his Meet the Press interview of Hillary Clinton yesterday, she was signalling to her Dem supporters that there could be more damaging revelations to come on the email scandal.
Todd was alluding to the moment in the interview in which Hillary agreed with his characterization of a "drip, drip…
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Notable Quotables: NBC Asks the Tough Questions About Hillary
September 28th, 2015 9:01 AM
This week, after a summer of Hillary Clinton scandals, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie grills Chelsea: “What’s she like as a grandmother?...Paint us a picture of Hillary Clinton at home, talking baby talk.” Meanwhile, the media continue to fawn over the “remarkable” candidacy of Socialist Bernie Sanders, even as longtime Newsweek reporter Eleanor Clift castigates Carly Fiorina for the latter’s…
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NBC NN Scolds Carly Fiorina for Discussing 'Doctored' PP Videos
September 27th, 2015 10:49 PM
Hours after 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina sparred with NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd over the Planned Parenthood videos, Sunday’s NBC Nightly News similarly went to bat for the abortion provider against Fiorina as White House correspondent Kristen Welker scolded Fiorina for promoting videos with “doctored and unrelated footage.”
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Chuck Todd Tosses Softballs to Hillary Over E-Mail Scandal
September 27th, 2015 3:40 PM
On Sunday, Hillary Clinton appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press and moderator Chuck Todd made sure to give the former Secretary of State some softball questions to help justify her use of a private e-mail server during her time at the State Department.
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Carly Fiorina Battles Chuck Todd Over Planned Parenthood Videos
September 27th, 2015 12:44 PM
On Sunday’s Meet the Press, moderator Chuck Todd attempted to lecture Carly Fiorina over her past statements regarding Planned Parenthood but the Republican presidential candidate repeatedly stood her ground. Throughout the combative interview over the authenticity over videos that purported to show a baby that survived an abortion Todd tried to press Fiorina on whether she was “willing now to…
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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.
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NBC Hypes: 'Challenge From...Far Right' Led to Boehner's Resignation
September 25th, 2015 11:26 PM
Two journalists on Friday's NBC Nightly News played up how the supposed "far right" of the Republican Party pushed out Rep. John Boehner, who announced earlier in the day that he would be stepping down as Speaker of the House. Lester Holt underlined that Boehner is "resigning from Congress at the end of next month in the face of a challenge from members of the far right of his party, who believe…