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High School Drama Implies Catholic Dad 'Afraid' of Play B/C He's Gay
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May 2nd, 2018 2:25 AM
It may be cliché to say, but in the case of NBC’s high-school drama Rise, it’s true: Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse, Rise hits a new low.
CNN’s Stelter Silent on NBC Pressuring Female Reporters to Back Brokaw
May 2nd, 2018 2:04 AM
Early last month, CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter was apoplectic that Sinclair Broadcasting Group dared to have anchors on its network of local television outlets read a scripted corporate statement railing against fake news and promising to remain factual in their reporting. Flash forward to Tuesday, May 1, and the latest instance of a media corporation pressuring its journalists…
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HLN’s Cupp Rips NBC Women for Backing Brokaw in Company-Forced Letter
May 1st, 2018 9:47 PM
Just two days after entertainment magazine Variety published former NBC correspondent Linda Vester’s sexual harassment allegations against NBC legend Tom Brokaw, more than 60 women from the network signed their names to a letter defending his character. But on Tuesday, it was revealed that NBC had put tremendous pressure on the women to sign the letter. On Unfiltered that evening, host S.E. Cupp…
Couric Defends Lauer: 'Lots of NBC Execs’ Have Super Secret Buttons
May 1st, 2018 4:53 PM
Katie Couric, half of the former Today show duo with Matt Lauer, explained away the sketchy, secret button used by her disgraced ex-colleague: “A lot of NBC executives” have that. Appearing on The Wendy Williams Show, Couric waded into dangerous territory: “I think the whole button thing.... a lot of stuff gets misreported and blown out of proportion.”
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NBC Touts 'Comedy's Biggest Names' Defending Wolf's Offensive Act
May 1st, 2018 12:05 PM
Eager to keep up its defense of left-wing comedian Michelle Wolf’s offensive and widely-condemned performance at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, on Tuesday, NBC’s Today show devoted another full report to the comic and touted how “Wolf’s star supporters are stepping forward.”
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NBC Report Paints America as the Villain Thwarting Caravan Progress
April 30th, 2018 11:45 PM
With the caravan of migrants now sitting at an entry point on the U.S.-Mexico border outside California, the liberal major network news outlets (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were sure to make it a big part of their Monday evening broadcasts. And while ABC and CBS both bemoaned how the people were stuck as they waited to attempt to get into the country, the report on NBC Nightly News cast America in a…
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Nets Ignore South Korean President Declaring Trump Should Win a Nobel
April 30th, 2018 9:04 PM
After praising President Trump for helping to usher North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un to the negotiating table over the weekend, on Monday South Korean President Moon Jae-in suggested that Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s an idea sure to send the anti-Trump resistance into a screaming fit. And true to form, the liberal major network news outlets (ABC, CBS, and NBC) failed to…
First 2018 GDP Ignored by Networks, Spun By Bloomberg, NPR
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April 30th, 2018 5:15 PM
Superheroes, the naming of a new royal and an adorable child umpire were all more important to ABC, CBS and NBC news than the latest U.S. economic data.
The Commerce Department announced a better-than-expected estimate of GDP — 2.3 percent — for the first quarter of 2018. In recent years, first quarters have been beset with weakness and economists expected the number to be 2 percent or a little…
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Nets Mourn ‘Desperate’ Immigrant Caravan Being Denied U.S. Entry
April 30th, 2018 4:31 PM
On Monday, all three network shows recited the same liberal script as they bemoaned a caravan of over 100 migrants from Central America being blocked from entering the United States illegally. The Border Patrol simply doing its job was portrayed as a cruel act that created a “desperate situation” and “crisis at the border.”
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NBC Excuses Offensive WHCD: ‘The President Has Said Much Worse'
April 30th, 2018 12:23 PM
In an attempt to rationalize the crude and offensive performance by comedian Michelle Wolf at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, on Monday, co-host Savannah Guthrie led off NBC’s Today show by noting that “the performer’s defenders say the President has said much worse.”
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MSNBC Touts Left-Wing Israelis Accusing Israel of 'Brutal Occupation'
April 29th, 2018 2:42 PM
On Friday's Velshi and Ruhle show, MSNBC host Ali Velshi was joined by NBC News international correspondent Cal Perry to discuss the current protests on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. The two glossed over the terrorist group Hamas's provocative actions using the protests for cover, and highlighted left-wing Israelis accusing the Jewish state of running a "brutal occupation" without…
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Jon Karl Denounces ‘Mean-Spirited’ Jokes About Press Sec at WHCD
April 29th, 2018 9:53 AM
Saturday night was the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the take away from the event was that comedian Michelle Wolf was a vile person. She targeted White House staff for ridicule that went beyond friendly jabs, such as when she ‘joked’ about putting adviser Kellyanne Conway under a falling tree or the ‘joke’ about murdering babies. The event drew great condemnation from average…
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NBC: 'Be Skeptical' of Korean Peace, 'This Isn't a Miss World Pageant'
April 27th, 2018 4:22 PM
Reporting live from Seoul, South Korea during Friday’s Today show, NBC Chief Global Correspondent Bill Neely warned against anyone being too optimistic about the major diplomatic breakthrough in the Korean peace process, telling co-host Savannah Guthrie that she was “right to be skeptical” of the development. He later took to MSNBC to repeat the same message.
Networks Punt on Bret Baier’s Fox News Interview of James Comey
April 27th, 2018 1:54 PM
In what should sadly be to the shock of no one, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC all refused on Friday morning to cover the hard-hitting but fair Fox News Channel interview of new author and former FBI Director James Comey by Special Report host Bret Baier.