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ABC, NBC Ignore Schumer Flip-Flop on Judicial Appointments
February 16th, 2016 2:43 AM
On Monday, the morning and evening newscasts of ABC and NBC failed to highlight, in their coverage of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, that Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer’s decision to come out in support of whomever President Obama nominates flies in the face of what he said in 2007, 18 monhs before the end of the presidential term, about vowing to block any Supreme Court…
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Andrea Mitchell Wonders If Scalia Debate Could Help Dems Retake Senate
February 15th, 2016 9:34 PM
As the debate over who should replace late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia continued into Monday, NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell took to NBC Nightly News to tout claims that the discussion could hurt Republicans and lead to Democratic Senatorial candidates winning elections in November to help their party retake control.
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'CBS This Morning' Yawns at Latest Spitzer Scandal; ABC, NBC Cover
February 15th, 2016 5:57 PM
CBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast on Monday to not cover the assault allegation against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer that emerged over the weekend. By contrast, NBC's Today aired a full two-plus minute report on Spitzer "facing another potentially embarrassing scandal," as Kristen Dahlgren put it. ABC's Good Morning America gave a brief on the story, but didn't…
Anti-War Group Loves Donald Trump! Networks Ignore
February 15th, 2016 11:43 AM
Donald Trump received praise from a group that you wouldn’t normally expect would champion a GOP presidential frontrunner. On Sunday, the co-founder of anti-war group Code Pink Medea Benjamin celebrated Trump’s bashing of former president George W. Bush’s decision to attack Iraq. So far, none of the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks have yet to report on this unusual development in the 2016…
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Stephanopoulos, Todd Gang Up on Cruz, Rubio over SCOTUS Nomination
February 14th, 2016 3:56 PM
In separate Sunday morning interviews of Republican presidential candidates and Senators Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Marco Rubio (Fl.), ABC’s This Week host George Stephanopoulos and NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd urged them to consider whomever President Obama nominates to replace the late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia since “the people elected President Obama” and he…
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NBC Goes to Clinton Operative to Blast GOP on Scalia Replacement
February 14th, 2016 12:07 PM
According to the journalists at NBC’s Today, a Hillary Clinton operative is the perfect person to weigh in on replacing conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Co-host Craig Melvin brought on Ron Klain to blast Republicans for declaring that a new president would pick the next judge, not Obama.
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The Six Nastiest Late Night Jokes Made About Ted Cruz
February 13th, 2016 10:30 AM
Ted Cruz is a diabolical, creepy, KKK card-carrying villain according to late-night comedians. Has there been any other presidential candidate that the media have so vigorously gone out of their way to malign? We’ve already documented how often the news media have gone out of their way to viciously attack the Senator from Texas for his strong conservative stances. The new “comedy” coming from the…
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Networks Skirt Mentioning Islamism in Machete Attack Coverage
February 12th, 2016 10:22 PM
ABC, CBS, NBC's Friday evening newscasts all failed to mention Islamism as a possible motive in their coverage of the machete attack inside an Ohio restaurant on Thursday. ABC's World News Tonight didn't even use the word "terrorism" during their report on Mohamed Barry's rampage. Alex Perez merely noted that "Barry was known to the FBI, but was not under a full-scale investigation." CBS's Jeff…
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Susan Sarandon: Bernie ‘Has Balls’ and ‘FDR Plans’ for the Country
February 12th, 2016 12:38 PM
Last night Susan Sarandon, one of Hollywood's most outspoken leftist celebrities paid a visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers – whose host almost nightly bashes conservatives – so of course Sarandon’s liberal activism was the main topic of conversation. The actress worked in plugs for Bernie Sanders and the Huffington Post while bashing the “hate rhetoric” coming from some in the GOP, all in one…
Nets Hail Hillary’s Black Caucus PAC Endorsement as ‘New Momentum'
February 11th, 2016 9:00 PM
In the Thursday evening newscasts ahead of the PBS Democratic Presidential Debate, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC largely focused on spinning the Congressional Black Caucus PAC’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton as “a major endorsement” and sign of “new momentum” following socialist Senator Bernie Sanders winning New Hampshire.
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CBS & NBC in Panic Mode Over Hillary Failing With Women Voters
February 11th, 2016 3:53 PM
Both CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today on Thursday devoted lengthy segments to fretting over Hillary Clinton’s failure to gain support among young female voters. Hosts on the two network morning shows wrung their hands while discussing how Clinton was “trounced” in New Hampshire by Bernie Sanders due to her “surprising struggle” to win over women.
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ABC, CBS Omit N.H. Exit Polls for Hillary on Honesty, Trustworthiness
February 10th, 2016 11:05 PM
On Wednesday night, ABC’s World News Tonight and the CBS Evening News failed to note the role that Hillary Clinton’s near-unanimous disapproval among Granite State Democratic primary voters concerning her honesty and trustworthiness played in her massive loss to socialist Senator Bernie Sanders. Instead, the pair (plus NBC Nightly News) largely pointed to Clinton’s losses among young voters and…
NBC Ignores Huge Setback To Obama’s Clean Power Plan
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February 10th, 2016 5:23 PM
The Supreme Court dealt a “major blow” to the Obama administration and the president’s climate agenda late on Feb. 9. NBC, the “Green is Universal” network ignored it entirely. CBS and ABC gave the ruling short shrift.
The Hill reported the high court blocked the “landmark climate rule for power plants” which would have assigned states drastic carbon dioxide reduction rules based on what energy…
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NBC to Rubio: Aren’t You Just ‘A Mile Wide and an Inch Deep’?
February 10th, 2016 3:41 PM
On Wednesday, two network morning show hosts had the audacity to accuse a Republican presidential candidate of a lack of “depth.” In an interview with Florida Senator Marco Rubio, NBC Today co-hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie grilled the GOP contender on his recent debate performance and hyped it as “exposing a major flaw.”