Atlantic Writer: Ignoring Truth ‘Helps the GOP to Fire Up the Base'
NewsBusters readers likely are familiar with the saying “It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Conor Friedersdorf thinks Republicans have a propensity for certitude about false beliefs, and that as a result they’re susceptible to “demagogues” such as Donald Trump.
As for why GOPers are frequently mistaken in the first place,…
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Morning Joe Rips HuffPo for Relegating Trump to Entertainment Section
Arianna Huffington is no pachyderm, politically speaking, but like the elephant, she apparently never forgets--or forgives. Three years ago, Donald Trump called Huffington "unattractive both inside and out." Arianna has now returned the favor, relegating HuffPo's coverage of Trump to its entertainment section.
On today's Morning Joe, HuffPo's Sam Stein was put in the unenviable position of…
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CNN: Bush Accused of Being 'Hypocritical' on 'Infamous' Anti-Kerry Ads
On Tuesday's The Situation Room on CNN, host Wolf Blitzer and correspondent Dana Bash followed the lead of CNN's New Day in forwarding accusations that Jeb Bush and other Republicans have been "hypocritical" in slamming Donald Trump's dismissal of John McCain's military record, while Republicans supported the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004 when they ran ads discrediting some of John Kerry'…
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CNN’s Kohn: ‘We Should be Worried’ About Who Trump is ‘Speaking To'
Tuesday morning on CNN Newsroom, CNN contributor Sally Kohn slammed Donald Trump and his supporters. Kohn argued that the billionaire real estate mogul’s rise “is troubling to anyone who cares about this country and its values.” Kohn asserted there was something more “insidious” about Trump’s surge: “You know, there is disaffected, highly racialized, highly us versus them part of the American…
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CNN Hits GOP for Slamming Trump But Not Anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans
So far this week, CNN's John King and Chris Cuomo on New Day have both felt the need to dredge up the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads exposing negative aspects of then Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's military service and anti-war activities, as CNN personalities have suggested "hypocrisy" in Jeb Bush and other Republicans condemning Donald Trump's dismissal of John McCain's…
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On CNN, Montel Williams Blasts 'Black Lives Matter' Protesters
On Monday's CNN Tonight, Montel Williams targeted the activists who recently shouted down former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at the left-wing Netroots Nation conference for his "all lives matter" remark: "I'm sick of the fact that we now have to think that this term only belongs to one community. You know, lives matter in America. Black lives definitely matter. But every life in this…
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MSNBC's Reid: Trump Attack on McCain Won’t Hurt with ‘Republican Base'
During an appearance on Monday’s Hardball, failed MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid argued that Donald Trump attacking John McCain’s military service likely will not hurt him among the “Republican Party base.”
Big Three Nets Spend More Than 11 Minutes on Trump/McCain Row
The Big Three broadcast network evening newscasts spent a total of 11 minutes and 19 seconds on Donald Trump's dismissive remarks regarding John McCain's heroic endurance of brutality at the hands of the North Vietnamese during his time as a prisoner of war.
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CBS Tries to Trap GOP: Does Trump 'Damage' Entire Party?
Despite the fact that most Republicans condemned Donald Trump, a CBS journalist on Monday speculated that the candidate's attack on John McCain's war record might "damage" the entire party. CBS This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell talked to contributor Frank Luntz and wondered, "Does what he's saying damage at all the Republican brand?" Luntz speculated, "It could because it just makes all of…
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CNN’s Bash: Many Voters Not ‘That Offended’ by Trump Attacking McCain
On Sunday’s State of the Union, CNN’s Dana Bash reacted to Donald Trump’s attack on John McCain’s military service by arguing that a lot of Americans likely weren’t bothered by his comments.
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McCain: 'Term of Endearment' To Call Trump Supporters 'Crazies'
If calling constituents concerned about illegal immigration "crazies" is a term of endearment, what would be an insult?
On today's Morning Joe, John McCain refused to apologize to the thousands of Arizonans attending a Trump rally that McCain called "crazies." According to McCain, "crazies" is a "term of endearment" and a "term of affection."
Major Retweets for Reporter Oozing on John Kerry 'War Record Impugned'
Boston Globe White House reporter Matt Viser created a popular tweet among Democrat partisans over the weekend on the Donald Trump gaffe alleging Sen. John McCain wasn't a war hero because he was captured. Viser noted Kerry came to McCain's defense, and worked in the Swift Boat veterans controversy. Kerry, "who knows something about having a war record impugned," stood up for McCain.
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Chuck Todd: Is Trump ‘Reap What You Sow Issue’ for GOP?
Building on comments he made on NBC’s Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd wondered if Donald Trump’s attack on John McCain were a “reap what you sow issue here for the Republican Party?” Todd brought up the “reap what you sow” argument during an interview with Rick Perry as he played up how the “party embraced Donald Trump four years ago...during his whole birther craze at the time and you…
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Campaña de desprestigio contra patrocinador principal de Cruz
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Después de despacharse por semanas con Donald Trump, la policía de pensamiento parece estar apuntando a la campaña de Cruz. MundoFox dedicó un reportaje completo a un manifestación orquestada por una coalición de organizaciones latinas en frente a las oficinas de Robert Mercer, en Nueva York, quien es el principal patrocinador del candidato presidencial Ted Cruz.
