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CNN Pines for Gun Control, 'Sick' of 'Thoughts and Prayers'

Brad Wilmouth
September 2nd, 2019 8:31 PM
On Monday morning, in the aftermath of a mass shooting spree in Texas from the weekend, CNN personalities were again pushing for more gun laws, including "universal background checks." CNN's three-hour New Day morning show discussed the issue in four segments, and only had guests with left-leaning views on the issue of gun control. Not only did liberal Republican contributor Ana Navarro slam the…
 
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Jorge Ramos Insists on Calling for Gun Control

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Jorge Bonilla
August 14th, 2019 4:34 PM
With the horrific shooting in El Paso,Texas as his backdrop, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos renews an all-too-familiar call for action on gun control.
 
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Maher: Smollett Could Have Been Assaulted 'For Free in Texas'

Ryan Foley
February 23rd, 2019 9:18 PM

Bill Maher had no problem working an insult against middle America into his opening monologue during the Friday night edition of Real Time. Maher talked about Jussie Smollett and how “he paid two men $3500 to assault him for being black and gay, something he could have gotten for free in Texas.”

 

HBO To Release ‘Intimate’ Doc On Beto's Losing 2018 Campaign

Culture
Gabriel Hays
February 11th, 2019 4:05 PM
If you grew tired of seeing Beto O’Rourke’s goofy grin everywhere during the 2018 midterm election cycle, then you’re in for a little more lefty superhero fatigue. HBO recently announced that it will be releasing a Beto O’Rourke documentary about the former punk rocker turned political “rockstar’s” failed Texas senatorial candidacy, giving viewers “intimate access” to his 2018 campaign.
 
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MSNBC Only Spends 91 Seconds on Four Cops Shot in Houston

Brad Wilmouth
January 29th, 2019 10:12 PM
After news broke around 6:30 p.m. Eastern on Monday that four narcotics officers were shot while trying to serve a warrant in Houston, over the next 24 hours, the three broadcast networks, CNN and Fox News Channel all gave substantial attenton to the story. But MSNBC has so far only given the dramatic event a total of 91 seconds in spite of being a 24-hour cable news channel.
 

Beto Loses, NY Times Gushes: ‘Could Even Bigger Things...Be in Store?'

Clay Waters
November 8th, 2018 7:18 PM
Texas-based New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez sounded perturbed that the “Kennedyesque” Texas hope, Democrat Beto O’Rourke, lost to that unlikable conservative incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday: “Cruz Stays in Senate As Democratic Gains Fall Short in Texas.” On Thursday, Fernandez hewed to Democratic talking points by proclaiming Beto O’Rourke the moral victor in “Texas Looks Less…
 
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ABC Still Stumping for Beto After He Loses to Cruz: ‘Hope for 2020!’

Kristine Marsh
November 7th, 2018 9:38 AM
The morning after the midterms, the media was busy celebrating Democrats winning the majority in the House of Representatives. Despite this win, many of the media-hyped Democrats running for office lost their races last night, much to the chagrin of the news media who blamed everything from racism to voter fraud. But over on Good Morning America, ABC tried to spin Ted Cruz’s win over media…
 
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MSNBC Puzzled by ‘Beto Paradox’: ‘Energy’ Not Translating to Votes

Kyle Drennen
October 29th, 2018 6:17 PM

On his 3:00 p.m. ET hour show on Monday, MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi eagerly touted the “real possibility” that Texas Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke “could win a shocking upset next Tuesday” against incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz. However, in the segment that followed, the host worried that all the “national attention” O’Rourke was receiving from the media wasn’t translating into…

 
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Excited ABC Journalists: ‘Almost Inevitable’ That Texas Turns Blue

Scott Whitlock
October 23rd, 2018 4:33 PM
Journalists just cannot contain their excitement over Beto O'Rourke and the possibility of turning Texas into a Democratic stronghold. Despite the fact that O'Rourke has NEVER LED in a single poll, reporters have decided this is the year. Appearing on Nightline, Monday, ABC News political reporter Rick Klein enthused, “The idea that Texas is ripe for the picking, it's powered by the growing…
 

Politico Wag: 'Stop the Press Before It Profiles Beto O'Rourke Again'

Tim Graham
October 12th, 2018 7:51 AM
Politico magazine media writer Jack Shafer is not your typical lefty media type, as demonstrated by his latest piece "Stop the Press Before It Profiles Beto O’Rourke Again." Shafer calls out his colleagues for overdoing the Beto "buzz," and then  underlines his agreement with the conventional wisdom that O'Rourke's opponent Ted Cruz is a terrible human being. 
 

NYT Lauds Christian Love for Beto 'in Conservative, Bible-Belt Texas'

Clay Waters
October 10th, 2018 1:12 PM
The New York Times is still leading the cheers for Democrat Beto O’Rourke in his quest to unseat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in November. In Wednesday’s lead story for the National section, Elizabeth Dias devoted 1,900 words to sudden respect for Christian evangelicals: “In Deep-Red Texas, Evangelical Women Trickle Toward O’Rourke -- Citing moral imperative to fight Trump’s agenda.”
 
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CBS Hypes ‘Rising Star’ Beto O’Rourke in Fight Against Cruz

Scott Whitlock
October 5th, 2018 11:12 AM
CBS on Friday touted Democrat Beto O’Rourke as a “rising star” in his race against Ted Cruz in Texas. Both Cruz and O’Rourke were interviewed on This Morning, but the Republican endured tougher questions. Bianna Golodryga hyped O’Rourke’s eclectic background: “Before running for Senate, O'Rourke was a punk rock bassist who also ran a software company before being elected to three terms in…
 
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CNN's Enten: 'Unfortunately' Ted Cruz Is Ahead of O'Rourke in Polls

Brad Wilmouth
September 21st, 2018 10:33 AM
On Friday's New Day show on CNN, during a discussion of the upcoming congressional midterm elections and high desires by Democrats to defeat Texas Senator Ted Cruz, CNN Politics senior writer Harry Enten actually declared that, "unfortunately," Cruz is ahead of Democrat Beto O'Rourke in most of the polls.
 

NY Times Reporter Rides Along With Beto, Wonders When Texas Goes Blue

Clay Waters
September 4th, 2018 10:52 PM
Reporter Matt Flegenheimer made the front of Sunday’s New York Times with the suddenly interesting Senate race in Texas pitting conservative Sen. Ted Cruz versus liberal Rep. Beto O’Rourke: “Old Texas and New Texas Clash Over a State’s Political Identity.” The flattering profile of the paper’s great Texas hope raises the eternal puzzle for Democrats and their friends at the Times: When will Texas…