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Amanpour Teams Up With Obama To Warn That The GOP Threatens Democracy
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour recently interviewed former President Barack Obama for an hour-long special that aired Thursday night that carried the pretentious subtitle Will Democracy Win? CNN was not subtle in trying to portray Republicans as a threat to democracy, beyond the subtitle, the opening narrator hyped the location of the interview, “An in depth conversation on the state of…
CNN: Scott, Haley Ignore Discrimination, Don't Understand Minorities
CNN This Morning criticized GOP primary candidates Senator Tim Scott (SC) and former Ambassador Nikki Haley for opposing Obama’s stance on race this Monday, hinting that they betrayed their own. Commentators LZ Granderson and Ron Brownstein called the candidates’ actions “disappointing” and “unfortunate” and claimed that ignoring racism and sexism defined the Republican coalition.…
Flashback: When ABC Tapped Hard-Core Clinton Partisan As Top Anchor
In his on-air role at ABC, former Clinton campaign operative George Stephanopoulos has been a reliable mouthpiece for the Democratic spin of the day — using his perch as an analyst and correspondent to boost liberals, undermine conservatives and lobby for liberal policies.
CNN Goes Negative on Tea Party in Retrospective
In the latest installment of CNN's special series on the 2010s, from Sunday, the liberal news network devoted an hour to recalling prominent political movements that occurred during the decade. The network was true to form in putting a positive spin on left-wing protests but made sure to try to undermine right-wing activism. The special also employed many freshly recorded clips of liberal…
FLASHBACK: David Letterman and the Liberal Politics of Late Night
Eight years ago, the Late Show’s David Letterman ended his record-setting 33-year run as a broadcast late-night host. Letterman was an obvious liberal who used the platform of his show to promote and flatter liberal politicians like Barack Obama, and to ridicule Republicans with whom he disagreed on issues such as gun rights.
The Worst Political Scandal in American History?
This week, Special Counsel John Durham released a 316-page report detailing the origins of Operation Crossfire Hurricane -- the FBI’s investigation into supposed connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. The report is an astounding expose of corruption and collusion -- not between Trump and Russia, but between the Hillary Clinton campaign, friendlies at the FBI and top…
CBS Gushes Over Obama Pushing Australian-Style Gun Control
The cast of CBS Mornings oohed and aahed on Tuesday in a response to their interview of Barack Obama where the former president pushed Australian-style gun control and lamented that networks like CBS do not have the power they once did. Nate Burleson claimed the interview made him want to be a better journalist, Tony Dokoupil claimed Obama’s views on guns were “historically” correct…
MSNBC Blames U.S. Sanctions On Communist Cuba For Border Crisis
With Title 42 set to expire, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell welcomed on two former Obama officials to discuss the border crisis on her Thursday show. One of those officials was former deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes who claimed that one reason the border crisis is so bad is because the U.S. is just too mean to the communist and socialist dictatorships in Cuba and Venezuela.
PBS Doc Reduces Tea Party Opposition To Obama To Racism, Bigotry
For the third episode of Iconic America, PBS explored the history and meaning of the Gadsden Flag and during the portion covering the Tea Party protests during the Obama era, the assorted cast sought to reduce those protests to racists and other bigots.
With the Debt Limit, It’s the Same Old Song
The very term “debt limit” makes a mockery of any kind of responsible budgeting. Each time the government reaches the “limit” it gets raised with the familiar scenarios that include threats of a government shutdown (an idea that increasingly appeals to some conservatives) and the claim that the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. is at stake. We have faith and credit? Who knew?
Media VILIFIED GOP Budget-Cutters During 2011 Debt Fight
During the 2011 debt ceiling fight, the media relentlessly harassed Republican attempts to rein in spending, as journalists demanded tax increases and blasted conservatives as hostage takers and bomb-toting terrorists.
Sad Trombone: NYT Calls Out WH for Hiding Biden from the News Media
In a nearly 1,800-word piece posted Thursday afternoon at The New York Times website (but buried on A-16 of Saturday’s print edition), longtime White House reporter Michael Shear blasted the Biden administration for having “protect[ed]” the President through his first two years in office with only 54 interviews and the fewest press conferences in his first two years since Richard…
Daily Show Attacks GOP 'Bull**** Coming Out of Florida'
Roy Wood Jr. kicked off the correspondents and contributors stretch of The Daily Show temp hosts on Comedy Central on Monday with the unoriginal idea that Republicans are racist, specifically condemning the “bullshit coming out of Florida.”
Flashback: Year of Media Spin Gave Us Budget-Busting ObamaCare
Thirteen years ago this week, the liberal media celebrated the final passage of the Affordable Care Act, aka “ObamaCare,” President Barack Obama’s big government answer to the millions of Americans without health insurance. Passage came after a year of media cheerleading, as journalists trumpeted the alleged benefits of Obama’s plan and denigrated conservative critics as racists or terrorists…