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Bernstein: Comey Firing ‘More Dangerous Situation’ Than Watergate
In the immediate aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, CNN was a hub of outrageous hyperbole and rancor. Five days after the event, and CNN is still that hub. On Global Public Square, Fareed Zakaria claimed Trump was a “danger to American democracy.” Meanwhile, on Reliable Sources, analyst Carl Bernstein claimed the firing was worse than Watergate. “I think this is a potentially…
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CNN: Trump Is a ‘Danger to American Democracy,’ Media Are Saviors
Since President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, the media have been in an uproar with conspiratorial claims that the Russia investigation was the cause. On CNN Sunday morning, serial plagiarist Fareed Zakaria kicked off his show by declaring that there was only one group that could defend America from Trump: The Media. “Donald Trump in much of his rhetoric and many of his actions…
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ABC’s Karl Admits Comey Wasn’t Fired Due to the Russia Investigation
During President Trump’s interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, which aired on Thursday, the President admitted that one of the things that went through his head when deciding to fire FBI Director James was the Russia investigation. Many on the left took that to mean Comey was fired because of the investigation itself. “That admission shattered the early White House spin that the President's…
Robert DeNiro Rails Against Trump 'BS' on 'Life-Saving' Arts Funding
Actor Robert DeNiro has made no attempt to hide his contempt for President Donald Trump, often using interviews as a platform to rail against Trump. Last Monday proved no different when he accepted a lifetime achievement award and decided to use his acceptance speech and take aim at President Trump’s proposed budget, which would cut funds to the National Endowment for the Arts, National…
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Fugelsang: 'Right-Wing Christians' 'Rejected' Jesus, 'Voted for Judas'
On Saturday's AM Joy on MSNBC, liberal comedian John Fugelsang mocked "right-wing Christians" as people who have "rejected the teachings of Jesus," and, by voting for Donald Trump, were voting for "Caligula, Judas, and the Golden Calf all in one convenient package." A bit later, after right-leaning guest Kirsten Haglund recalled that evangelical Christian pastors have been under pressure from…
AP's Pace Hysterically Claims Comey Firing Is 'Unprecedented'
The Associated Press and reporter Julie Pace are among the last institutions and people on earth, respectively, with any credibility to harangue the public about the dangers of "a man willing to challenge - in dramatic fashion - the institutions created to hold the president accountable." But there they were on Wednesday morning, in the wake of President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI…
The President and the Media: Time to Re-Do Press Briefings?
Here’s the headline that is causing gasps of astonishment in the White House press corps and the larger liberal media. (The “Justice” referred to here is the title of Fox host Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News show.) 'Justice' Preview: Trump Says It's a 'Good Idea' to End Daily Press Briefings
The New Yorker's Impeachment Jokes Look Like Fake News on Facebook
Your average liberal journalist isn't going to think The New Yorker magazine when it comes to fake-news sites on Facebook. But my wife hopped in the car yesterday and asked, in a please-shoot-this-down tone: "Trump didn't really say that if I'm impeached, I'll have the greatest ratings ever." My first reply -- not kidding -- was "that sounds like Andy Borowitz and his brand of humor/hate at the…
Writer: MSNBC Boss Prefers the ‘Mushy Center’ to Profitable Liberalism
For a real-life example of how to succeed in business without really trying, check out the “Lean Forward” channel, suggests The Week’s Ryan Cooper. Cooper asserts that MSNBC is “attempting to ditch its entire brand as a liberal network just as it is starting to pay off handsomely,” and indicated that the driving force behind the ditchery is Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC News and MSNBC.
NY Times Uses Obscure Story to Show Inspirational JFK Some Love
Friday’s New York Times featured an obscure bit of history of interest to liberal Kennedy devotees, including perhaps Times reporter Matthew Haag, who used the hook to hang up some seriously starry-eyed hagiography in his news story, “Sounds of a Young Kennedy In a Harvard Classroom."
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NBC Frets Trump Admin Getting Tougher on Criminals, Reversing Obama
On Friday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Hallie Jackson filed a report that focused on concerns by liberals about Attorney General Jeff Sessions giving orders for federal prosecutors to charge criminals with the aim to give tougher punishments, reversing former President Barack Obama's trend toward releasing criminals and seeking softer charges.
Late-Night Comedians Only Use McCabe's Testimony to Mock Trump 'BS'
Some network newscasts, like NBC Nightly News, almost completely avoided the testimony of acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, skipping over how he put a severe crimp in anti-Trump narratives -- insisting the FBI's Russia probe was "adequately resourced" and that it hasn't been suppressed or impeded in any way. The late-night comedians were also allergic to those clips, but Trevor Noah was the most…
Dana Milbank Unleashes Petulant Fury Upon Rod Rosenstein
Waaaaah! Dana Milbank is really really angry at Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and if he doesn't do just want Dana wants him to do then he will be shunned by liberals forever and ever.
Milbank went into full petulant fury mode on this topic in his May 12 Washington Post column in which he angrily declares how betrayed he feels over the fact that Rosenstein did not follow the approved…
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Obama Slams Lunch Critics: They Want to Keep 'Kids Eating Crap'
An impassioned Michelle Obama slammed President Trump’s efforts to roll back some of the regulations on school lunches she started as First Lady. Obama stated bluntly that critics to her healthy lunch program simply “don’t care about your kid.”
