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Nets Bash Christie on Temper, Bridgegate Feeding 'Image as a Bully'

June 30th, 2015 9:45 PM
The “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC were out in full force on Tuesday night following New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie’s 2016 presidential announcement to attack Christie over his temper and use the Bridgegate scandal to argue that it’s “fed his image as bully” leading to “a long road ahead” for the nomination. CBS and NBC also earned the distinction of featuring a clip of Christie…
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Christie Launches and ABC Hypes His Unpopularity, Forgets Clearing

June 30th, 2015 11:44 AM
ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday used Chris Christie's presidential announcement as an opportunity to remind viewers just how unpopular the Republican looks. Yet, co-anchor George Stephanopoulos and guest Matt Dowd ignored the fact that Christie was ultimately cleared for Bridgegate, the main reason for his faltering polling. CBS and NBC mentioned the scandal, but not the clearing of the…
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CBS This Morning Hypes Christie’s Negatives Ahead of 2016 Launch

June 30th, 2015 11:43 AM
During a discussion with Bloomberg Politics’ John Heilemann on Tuesday, CBS This Morning played up how Chris Christie is damaged goods ahead of his 2016 presidential announcement. In introducing the segment, co-host Norah O’Donnell made sure to point out that “[n]ational polls show Christie’s support is in single digits. Only 30 percent of voters in his home state approve of Christie’s…
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Crowning Christie as Corrupt: The Media's Rush to Judge NJ Governor

June 30th, 2015 9:28 AM
Despite the liberal media's disinterest in pursuing investigations into Barack Obama's scandals, the case of Republican Chris Christie proves the existence of a blatant double standard. The New Jersey Governor, who will announce his presidential bid on Tuesday, endured a media frenzy when the Bridgegate scandal erupted 17 months ago. And, when they're not impugning him as a Nixonian crook,…

WaPo, NYT Hype How Fictional Villain Polls Better Than GOP Candidates

June 9th, 2015 4:12 PM
The editorial page editors at the New York Times posted a Tuesday item on their blog that shamelessly played up how the main villain from the Harry Potter book series, Voldemort, has a "higher rating than six Republicans, including Jeb Bush." The Washington Post's WonkBlog "compared polling data on the presidential hopefuls with Google Consumer Survey results on the fictional characters."

Chris Christie Spanks News Media for Scandal Double-Standard

May 21st, 2015 11:32 AM
On CNBC’s Squawk Box on May 21, GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie argued that the media’s coverage of Hillary Clinton’s political scandals compared to his own was “absurd.”  “If I had come out, the day after the BridgeGate thing was announced, and said ‘by the way, all my emails are on a private server, and I deleted a whole bunch of them, and I destroyed the server, but you need to take…
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Gov. Christie on CNBC: Middle Class 'Getting Nowhere' with Obama

May 21st, 2015 11:29 AM
The middle class is “getting nowhere” thanks to President Barack Obama, according to Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J. Christie criticized Obama’s economic policies on CNBC’s Squawk Box May 21, and emphasized the need for restoring economic growth, reforming entitlements and investing in national defense.
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Barnicle: Cash Scandals Won't Hurt Hillary -- Too Tough to Describe

May 6th, 2015 8:24 AM
Timer ready? Go!: foreign countries and rich people gave millions to the Clinton Foundation and/or paid Bill big bucks to give speeches. In return, Hillary's State Department pushed policies favorable to them.  And, stop!  I timed that at exactly eleven seconds. On today's Morning Joe, Mike Barnicle made the absurd claim that the shady dealings described in Clinton Cash, officially out today,…
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ABC, NBC Hype Bridgegate Guilty Plea; Still Pass on Clinton Scandal

May 1st, 2015 11:16 PM
ABC and NBC's evening newscasts on Friday both spotlighted how a former New Jersey government official pled guilty as a result of Bridgegate. On World News Tonight, ABC's Ron Claiborne touted how "this scandal has taken a tremendous toll on Governor [Chris] Christie's presidential prospects," even after pointing out how "nowhere in today's indictments is Governor Christie said to have known about…
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CBS Highlights 'Pattern' of Clintons Hiding Foreign Donors; ABC Skips

May 1st, 2015 11:22 AM
While the journalists at Good Morning America on Friday hyped details on the "devastating" Bridgegate scandal that is creating a "headache" for Chris Christie's 2016 presidential bid, they avoided the latest on the unfolding revelations enveloping the Clinton Foundation and its foreign donors. However, CBS This Morning reporters actually followed up with Nancy Cordes alerting viewers that "the…

NYT Reporter-Now-Columnist Cheers Traffic-Blocking Lefty NYC Protest

April 20th, 2015 9:21 PM
Chris Christie who? Rachel Swarns, who for years fawned over Barack and Michelle Obama for the New York Times, wrote an "open letter" column to actor Adam Baldwin in defense of a left-wing group which tied up traffic in mid-town Manhattan in the name of a $15-an-hour "living wage."
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Chris Christie Scolds Media for 'Incredible Coverage' of Bridgegate

April 17th, 2015 12:13 PM
In a Wednesday interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie – aired in full on Thursday morning – NBC's Today co-host Matt Lauer grilled the potential 2016 contender on the year-old Bridgegate controversy: "...we could be talking during a week where indictments could be handed down in what has now become known as Bridgegate....How much, in real terms, has Bridgegate tarnished you Governor?"
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NBC Moves on from Hillary's E-Mail Scandal, But Raises Bridgegate

April 15th, 2015 11:12 PM
On Wednesday night, ABC and CBS continued to ignore the latest development in the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal while NBC moved on to instead ask Republican Governor Chris Christie (N.J.) if “your moment” had “passed” as the Republican front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination due to the Bridgegate scandal.

Yahoo: Tax Hike Talk Spurs 'Speaking-in-Tongues Madness' in GOP

April 15th, 2015 10:22 AM
Yahoo national political columnist Matt Bai – a former staff writer for Newsweek and The New York Times Magazine – wants to be impressed that Gov. Chris Christie is proposing Social Security reforms as he visits New Hampshire and flirts with a presidential campaign. "Chris Christie bets on bold" is his headline. But Bai chided Christie for failing to raise the cap on Social Security payroll…