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NBC Pounces on Second Whistleblower Complaint With No Confirmation
October 3rd, 2019 10:17 PM
One could almost hear the excitement in anchor Lester Holt’s voice during Thursday’s NBC Nightly News when he announced the possibility of a second so-called whistleblower. “Meantime, there's a new report tonight out about a second government whistleblower, this time at the IRS,” he touted before going to chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson, who eventually admitted the network hadn’t…
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Nets Skip Whistleblower’s Dem Affiliation, CNN Claims ‘Nothingburger'
October 3rd, 2019 9:00 PM
On Thursday’s The Lead, CNN host Jake Tapper had some “breaking news” to share that he didn’t seem to think was too important: “A source familiar with the investigation prompted by the whistleblower tells me....the whistleblower is a registered Democrat.” Despite this revelation about the political bias of the so-called “whistleblower” (whose complaint kicked off the impeachment inquiry), the…
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Nets Hide Explicit Christian Message in Astonishing Act of Forgiveness
October 3rd, 2019 1:24 PM
The brother of a murder victim shocked a courtroom on Wednesday as he offered an overtly religious act of forgiveness, urging the killer to turn to Jesus Christ. But you wouldn’t know that from the network morning show coverage on Thursday. Today, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning skipped the appeal to faith, instead portraying it as more generalized forgiveness. Later in the day, View…
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NBC & CBS Dismiss Whistleblower Heads Up to Schiff, ABC Still Censors
October 3rd, 2019 12:43 PM
After NBC Nightly News was the only evening newscast on Wednesday to even acknowledge that the CIA whistleblower consulted with a staffer for House Democrat Adam Schiff before filing a formal complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General, on Thursday, NBC’s Today show and CBS This Morning worked to downplay the bombshell revelation. Meanwhile, ABC’s Good Morning America maintained…
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ABC, CBS Suppress Report Schiff Was Tipped Off to Whistleblower
October 2nd, 2019 9:15 PM
In a Wednesday bombshell by The New York Times, which confirmed what many suspected, Democratic Congressman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (CA) was apparently tipped off to the whistleblower complaint before it was filed. Meanwhile, during their evening newscasts, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News latched onto soundbites of Schiff accusing President Trump of…
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Bidens Assure NBC That Bidens Have Done Nothing Wrong
October 2nd, 2019 12:14 PM
During a laughable report on Wednesday’s Today show about corruption concerns swirling around Joe Biden and his son Hunter, NBC News White House correspondent Hallie Jackson cited Biden spokespersons seven different times to supposedly fact check and unsurprisingly dismiss any accusations of wrongdoing.
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Nets Devote 7 Hours to Trump-Ukraine, Only 46 Minutes to Hunter Biden
October 1st, 2019 8:30 AM
In just ten days (September 20 through September 30) the broadcast networks overwhelmed their evening and morning shows with more than 7 hours of coverage devoted to a whistleblower’s complaint about President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky and the ensuing calls for impeachment. Only 46 minutes of that coverage referenced Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden’s…
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GMO Seed Makers ‘No Better Than Gangsters’ on ‘Bluff City Law’
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September 30th, 2019 11:49 PM
Fictional agricultural corporation Terennial was the evil big business in the second episode of NBC’s new legal drama Bluff City Law.
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Liberal Nets Spend Nearly 10 Minutes Hyping Fake Hate Crime [UPDATED]
September 30th, 2019 11:37 PM
As previously documented by NewsBusters, a number of shows on the major networks late last week ran with reports of a racist bullying incident at Springfield, Virginia's Immanuel Christian School that, by late Monday morning, was revealed to be a hoax. The family of 12-year-old Amari Allen admitted that their daughter made up her story accusing three white classmates of forcibly cutting her long…
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Todd Dismisses Idea That Hunter Biden Should Have Been Surveilled
September 30th, 2019 4:55 PM
Near the end of Sunday’s Meet the Press, panelist Hugh Hewitt responded to a question by host Chuck Todd regarding whether or not the Ukraine scandal would hurt Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. In his response, Hewitt stressed the importance of relying on “one standard” when it comes to surveilling Americans; arguing that if enough probable cause existed to use a FISA warrant against Carter Page…
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NBC Freaks Out Over New Clinton Email Investigation ‘Striking Fear’
September 30th, 2019 11:41 AM
On Monday, NBC’s Today show was the only network morning show to cover the State Department reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. However, the entire report was designed to immediately discredit the probe and even touted Clinton telling CBS Sunday Morning’s Jane Pauley that Donald Trump was an “illegitimate president.”
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Media Link Karen Pence to Racial Bullying Incident [UPDATED]
September 29th, 2019 10:45 PM
Between Friday morning and Saturday morning, several shows on CNN, CBS, and NBC took the time to highlight a bullying case in which three white boys allegedly held down a black classmate and forceably cut her long hair after a history of taunting her. Even though it had nothing to do with the story, several shows made a point of noting that Vice President Mike Pence's wife, Karen, teaches at the…
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With Impeachment Shiny Object, Media Admit Mueller Was a Flop
September 28th, 2019 10:15 AM
Move over Robert Mueller, the liberal media have found a new love. With House Democrats announcing an impeachment inquiry against President Trump over his phone call with the president of Ukraine, the media promptly dropped the Special Counsel’s inconclusive Russia investigation in favor of the latest promise of Trump’s political downfall. Reporters even went so far as to admit Mueller’s two-…
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NBC Anchor's 'Powerful Monologue' on Truth... After Skipping Schiff
September 27th, 2019 9:09 PM
Mediaite touted some end-of-show braggadocio on Thursday's NBC Nightly News: "Lester Holt Delivers Powerful Monologue on Trump Impeachment Drama." It sounded like an advertisement as Holt promised NBC would "examine the facts and demand nothing short of the truth." This came after they skipped over Adam Schiff's completely phony summary of Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine.
