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Shock: Matthews Is Skeptical of Bernie's Claim Health Care Is a Right
June 17th, 2016 12:02 AM
MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews stumbled upon a thing called reason on Thursday night as he expressed stiff reservations over how Bernie Sanders and the far left argue that health care should be made right alongside, say, freedom of speech.
NYT Columnist Complains About Clinton Plan to Tax ‘Only $1.1 Trillion’
Business
June 15th, 2016 4:46 PM
For one New York Times columnist, democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton hasn’t been revolutionary enough in her economic policies. Times columnist Eduardo Porter complained that Clinton’s economic plan, which included “only $1.1 trillion” in new tax hikes and $275 million in infrastructure spending, was just a “careful collection of tweaks and prods.”
'Brilliant' 2016 Analogy by Louis CK: Hillary's Your Masterful Pilot
June 14th, 2016 10:47 PM
The liberal comedian Louis CK is a darling of the cultural Left. Esquire magazine hailed him for locating with few words “the awkward, painful truth of everyday life.” He explains the 2016 presidential election using a "brilliant airplane analogy.” It was simply this, the notion that Hillary is the sober, statesmanlike figure of experience, your most masterful airplane pilot:
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TV Review: 'BrainDead' The (Liberal) Insanity Principle
Culture
June 14th, 2016 9:31 AM
CBS’s new dramedy BrainDead is a lefty political version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Set in DC with a government shutdown looming, alien ants from a meteor that crashed in Russia enter the ears of humans, push their brains out, and give them a different personality. The pilot episode is titled “The Insanity Principle: How Extremism In Politics Is Threatening Democracy In The 21st Century.”
Washington Monthly: Liberals Need ‘Anti-Fox’ for Lefty Revolution
June 14th, 2016 8:31 AM
In a Sunday post, The Washington Monthly’s D.R. Tucker urged Bern-feelers to follow the example of conservatives who “rebounded from Barry Goldwater’s spectacular [1964] loss [and became] a dominant force. By forming influential think tanks and media outlets, pressuring the mainstream press to focus on issues right-wingers considered important, and voting consistently in even the most ‘minor’ of…
Politico Quickly Changes Story to Make Sanders Exit Seem Likely
June 9th, 2016 2:57 PM
Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky.
Oh Politico! You're going to have to wake up a lot earlier in the morning to sneak a fast one by your humble correspondent. And in this case, Politico tried to sneak a major story change by at 1:18 in the afternoon. What happened is that at 12:48 PM today, Politico published a story about Bernie Sanders staying in the race. That is big news since it means that Sanders…
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CNN Uses Sparkling, 'Twilight' Effect On Hillary Clinton
June 9th, 2016 1:03 PM
CNN's New Day apparently can't get enough of "enhancing" footage of a triumphant Hillary Clinton at her Tuesday victory rally, as the newscast on Thursday gave the video of the Democratic presidential candidate a sparkle/shimmer effect, while darkening the cheering crowd in the background. This modified video excerpt aired a day after the program gave Mrs. Clinton a "golden god" glow using the…
Has AP Become 'Actually Pravda' For Hillary's Campaign?
June 9th, 2016 6:21 AM
Until very recently, those of us who follow the routine instances of journalistic malfeasance committed at the Associated Press only thought that its writers are so enamored of the idea of a Hillary Clinton presidency that they simply accept her campaign's spin as the gospel truth and willingly dress it up as "objective news."
That's obviously bad enough. But Monday night, that all changed for…
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Matt Lauer Whines: Sanders Didn’t Give Hillary ‘Her Moment’
June 8th, 2016 3:49 PM
During a political panel discussion on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer bemoaned Bernie Sanders not yet conceding the Democratic race to Hillary Clinton: “...Bernie Sanders didn't give her, her moment last night. He didn't urge his supporters to get behind her. Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd noted how Democrats wanted to “give Bernie Sanders a little bit of space, give him a little…
NYT Suggests Sanders 'Sexist' for Getting in Way of First Female Prez
June 7th, 2016 9:16 PM
The press is really trying to put the Democratic Party nomination to bed, on the eve of what might be a tricky vote in California for likely party nominee Hillary Clinton. At a press conference in Emeryville, Calif., Monday, New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor actually asked Bernie Sanders if he was being sexist for staying in the race. Alcindor jumped in with this gem: “What do you say to…
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Shriver: We Must Pause in Awe of Hillary's 'Unprecedented' Nomination
June 7th, 2016 6:22 PM
With MSNBC Live host Thomas Roberts holding serve from Santa Monica, California on Tuesday afternoon, he brought on none other than NBC News special correspondent and former California First Lady Maria Shriver to demand the American people “pause...to think about how this is historic and unprecedented” for Hillary Clinton to become the first female presumptive presidential nominee.
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Nets Hail ‘History’ for Hillary, Urge Sanders to Get Out
June 7th, 2016 5:00 PM
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows celebrated the news that Hillary Clinton had won enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie heralded: “Making history. NBC News declares Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee. The first woman in history to be nominated on a major party ticket.”
No verás esto en Univisión o Telemundo: Maduro apoya Bernie Sanders
Latino
June 5th, 2016 3:27 PM
Curiosamente, los canales en español Números 1 y 2 de Estados Unidos, Univisión y Telemundo respectivamente, hasta ahora no han informado a sus televidentes que el presidente socialista de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ha dado un rotundo respaldo de la candidatura presidencial de su camarada estadounidense, Bernie Sanders.
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Bernstein: 'No Question' Clinton 'Lied,' But Trump 'Authoritarian'
June 3rd, 2016 10:22 AM
Appearing as a guest on Friday's New Day, CNN political commentator Carl Bernstein argued that, even though there is "no question" that Hillary Clinton "lied" about her improper use of a personal email server as Secretary of State, both she and Bernie Sanders are more in line with adhering to "constitutional traditions" than "authoritarian" Donald Trump, whom he compared to Latin American…