Politico: 'Cuomo’s Coronavirus Halo Begins to Fade'
May 30th, 2020 8:58 AM
Could the love affair that the mainstream media has been having for New York governor Andrew Cuomo finally be diminishing? One sign of that could be a new skepticism creeping into the stories about how Cuomo has handled the coronavirus crises with his disastrous decision to send COVID-19 patients into nursing homes. An example of how the bloom might be off the rose for Cuomo could be seen in…
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CNN Analyst to McEnany: How Many Deaths Are Okay for WH by November?
May 26th, 2020 6:57 PM
CNN political analyst and Politico writer Ryan Lizza decided during Monday’s briefing to follow girlfriend Olivia Nuzzi from April 27 and ask a snarky question about how many deaths would be acceptable to the White House in terms of President Trump’s reelection prospects. The only difference here was Nuzzi tried to trap Trump whereas Lizza’s verbal grenade was lobbed at White House Press…
MSM Crows that WHO Is Suspending (Zinc-Free) Hydroxychloroqune Trials
May 26th, 2020 3:18 PM
Much of the mainstream media is now performing an end zone victory dance over the news that the World Health Organization has suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine due to safety concerns. Typical of the coverage is this Politico story on Monday, "World Health Organization pauses study of hydroxychloroquine in global trial."
Politico Compares Trump Memorial Day Tweets to Patriotic Newspapers
May 25th, 2020 9:34 PM
One favorite pastime of the national media is mocking President Trump's tweets as gauche and inappropriate. The people who make the Politico Playbook newsletter played this game on Memorial Day with the president, suggesting all of his tweets should have been respectful tributes to our war dead. Politico contrasted Trump tweeting about Obamagate and "Make America Great Again" with our apparently…
Politico: Gov. DeSantis Looks More Right Than the Cuomo-Adoring Media
May 16th, 2020 8:49 PM
Florida-based Politico reporter Marc Caputo was attacked for writing "snarky nonsense" when he suggested the national media have been much rougher on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis than New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo -- you know, the media darling whose press conferences are broadcast nationwide and who gets puffball interviews from his brother on CNN.
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Nets Tout Whistleblower Testifying Today, Ignore Dem Ally Ties
May 14th, 2020 10:03 AM
ABC, NBC and CBS spent Thursday morning eagerly touting anti-Trump “whistleblower” Dr. Rick Bright testifying against the Trump administration on Capitol Hill today for their response to the coronavirus, but left out a crucial detail surrounding his testimony. Namely, that he was going to be questioned by a friendly Democrat ally, who’s district benefited financially from him.
Propaganda Politico? America ‘Not Number One,' Touts China 'Piling on'
May 7th, 2020 9:00 AM
It doesn’t take much effort for liberal journalists to sing the praises of China “outperforming” expectations while hammering America as “disastrously” faltering, especially in response to the coronavirus pandemic. A recent example of this came when David Wertime, the “Editorial Director for China” at Politico, posted an article entitled: “Not the World's Number One': Chinese Social Media Piles…
Ex-NYT Writer, Politico Co-Founder Offers INSANE Biden Defense
May 5th, 2020 8:32 PM
In Tuesday’s print edition of The New York Times, admitted Marxist, former Times editor, Politico co-founder, and The Hill co-founder Martin Tolchin penned a letter to the editor demanding that not only should journalists cease all attempts to report on Tara Reade’s allegations against Joe Biden, but all investigations should end so as to ensure Biden defeats President Trump in November. At least…
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Stelter Throws Hardballs at McEnany, Softballs at Harsh Olivia Nuzzi
May 3rd, 2020 4:46 PM
On Sunday's Reliable Sources, CNN host Brian Stelter cued up New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi to defend herself for asking Trump if he deserves re-election after he "lost" more Americans than died in the Vietnam War. Nuzzi's boyfriend Ryan Lizza of Politico claimed it's "never been the case" that reporters showboated in the briefing room. Has he never watched Jim Acosta?
Politico Now Calls Economy ‘Trump’s Coronavirus Economy’
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May 1st, 2020 10:58 AM
It finally happened. A liberal outlet got around to saying this was President Donald Trump’s economy, but only because it’s being wrecked by the Wuhan coronavirus. In an April 29, Politico Playbook PM newsletter, which aggregates top headlines, Politico had this disgusting headline take the #2 spot in its list written in all caps: “PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CORONAVIRUS ECONOMY."
Politico: Dead Men? Meh. COVID Is ‘War on Women'
Culture
April 30th, 2020 2:27 PM
You know the old joke about the front page of The New York Times announcing Armageddon: Meteor Hurtles Toward Earth! World to End by Midnight. Women, Minorities Hardest Hit. Well, Politico seems to think we needed more proof that satire is dead. How else to explain a piece by Ryan Heath and Renuka Rayasam lamenting “Covid’s War on Women?”
Top Lib Donors’ Spending BEATS Top Conservative Donors by Over $100M
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April 29th, 2020 3:14 PM
Multiple liberal outlets fumed at how conservative donors have funded groups who have supported lockdown protests across the country. But they avoided reporting how the left is outspending the right in this election cycle to outside groups by over $100 million. Records reveal that all top liberal donors listed by Open Secrets (59) spent a whopping $191,827,021 combined so far on liberal groups…
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Politico Retracts Its Fake Bank of China Story, Will Biden Follow?
April 28th, 2020 3:02 PM
To their credit, minutes before the end of Monday, Politico retracted its Friday faceplant of a story about Trump “owing tens of millions” to the Bank of China. It was a case of Fake News. But Biden was still pushing this garbage in a TV interview on Monday to defend against his son's business dealings in China.
Reporters Find THESE Protesters Unpopular and Unpatriotic!
April 27th, 2020 3:50 PM
Politico's Matt Friedman wrote from New Jersey on the coronavirus-lockdown protesters: "I'm not saying we shouldn't give the protests any attention. But we need to put them in context: This is not a popular groundswell but, at least as of this moment, a vocal small minority." The pollster he cited called them an "incredibly small sliver" of who don't believe in "social distancing measures to…
