Mika: With Biopic, NBC Trying To 'Climb Up' Team Hillary's 'Something
August 6th, 2013 8:07 AM
Wow: Joe Scarborough just outed something naughty that Mika Brzezinski had to say about the Hillary biopic that her parent network NBC is planning.
After Mika admitted on today's Morning Joe that she doesn't disagree with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus's warning that the RNC might not cooperate with NBC or CNN on Republican debates should the networks proceed with their biopic plans, Joe took…
RNC Chair Priebus Tells CNN and NBC to Cancel Hillary Clinton Shows or
August 5th, 2013 1:13 PM
As NewsBusters reported, CNN and NBC are planning programs about Hillary Clinton in the coming months.
On Monday, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus sent letters to both organizations informing them that if they don't cancel these shows, he will recommend the RNC not participate in any primaries sponsored by their networks:
Former NYT Columnist Rich: Weiner Scandal Won't Harm Hillary, Will Boo
August 2nd, 2013 3:33 PM
Former New York Times columnist Frank Rich showed up on Joy Behar’s Current TV program Say Anything! on Wednesday to chat about some hot news topics – chief among them, the ongoing Anthony Weiner saga. Rich assured Behar that the Weiner situation would not affect Hillary Clinton’s future. On the contrary, he said, it would make people love her husband Bill Clinton even more.
Rich made his…
MSNBC's Brzezinski: Barack Obama Above the 'Fishbowl of Idiots' in the
August 1st, 2013 3:56 PM
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough blasted Barack Obama’s decision to run for president in 2008 on Thursday’s Morning Joe, claiming Obama was “only in [office] for about two minutes before he decided he was bored with the Senate and wanted to be president.” Co-host Mika Brzezinski pushed back throughout the segment, suggesting that then-Sen. Obama was above “that fish bowl of idiots that nobody likes” –…
CBS Dubiously Implies McCain Supports Hillary Over Rand Paul For Presi
August 1st, 2013 3:26 PM
This just in: John McCain supports Hillary Clinton over Rand Paul for president in 2016! That was the message that CBS’s Gayle King implied during a news brief on Thursday’s CBS This Morning. King reported on a recent interview in The New Republic in which Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) was asked who he would vote for in 2016 if former Secretary of State Clinton faced Sen. Paul (R-Ky.) in the general…
NBC Touts Hillary Keeping 'Safe Distance' From Weiner at Obama Lunch
July 31st, 2013 10:29 AM
On Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams declared that Hillary Clinton's lunch with President Obama put the possible 2016 Democratic contender "a safe distance from the scandal in New York that now includes a longtime aide." Introducing a report on the meeting, Williams noted how "Bill and Hillary Clinton are trying to keep their distance from any associations with Anthony Weiner,…
ABC Touts the Official Word on Weiner: Bill and Hillary Clinton's 'Pat
July 30th, 2013 11:53 AM
Tuesday's Good Morning America, just as NBC did on Monday, offered concern about how the Weiner scandal would impact the real victims, Bill and Hillary Clinton. Reporter Linsey Davis breathlessly explained that for the power couple, "...Patience has run out." An ABC graphic worried, "Clintons Put Pressure on Candidate: Upset at 'Comparisons' With Weiner."
Davis informed viewers that,…
'Disgusted' Deutsch Hits Huma As 'Opportunist
July 30th, 2013 9:44 AM
Was this a case of Donny Deutsch expressing sincere sentiments—or wanting Weiner out of the way to help Hillary?
Whatever the explanation, the ad man unleashed on Huma Abedin on today's Morning Joe, saying he was "disgusted" by the spectacle of her press conference, accusing Abedin of being an "opportunist" who wants to be First Lady of New York. A much more understanding Mika Brzezinski…
CNN Taps Leftist For Its Own Film on Hillary Clinton
July 29th, 2013 5:34 PM
Add CNN to the networks who are producing a Hillary Clinton movie. “CNN Films has tapped documentary filmmaker Charles H. Ferguson to direct a film about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,” reports Dylan Byers at Politico. The film will air on CNN and be released in theaters (no word of a release date).
Like NBC News, CNN is insisting this doesn’t reflect on their editorial content.…
'Today' Show Promotes NBC's Upcoming Hillary Clinton Biopic
July 29th, 2013 4:48 PM
On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie seized on Hillary Clinton having lunch with President Obama to promote NBC's upcoming four-part miniseries on the former secretary of state and first lady: "[She] has been traveling around the country giving speeches as you know, as she considers whether to get into the 2016 presidential campaign. Well, whether she runs or whether she doesn't, NBC…
NBC: Weiner Scandal 'Terribly Painful'... for Hillary Clinton
July 29th, 2013 1:18 PM
On Monday's NBC Today, following a report on the latest fallout from the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, Hillary Clinton sycophant Andrea Mitchell fretted over the impact of the controversy on the former secretary of state: "This is terribly painful....this is getting to the point where it is really splashing up against the Clintons because it's almost unavoidable that people are making…
Bob Schieffer: 'Huma Doing Hillary No Favors
July 28th, 2013 4:13 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the media these days seem to see everything through the prism of what helps and hinders Hillary Clinton's path to the White House.
On CBS's Face the Nation Sunday, Bob Schieffer said Huma Abedin, by standing by her disgraced husband Anthony Weiner, was "doing Hillary Clinton no favors whatsoever if Hillary Clinton is planning to run for president" (video…
Chuck Todd: 'NBC News Has Nothing To Do With Clinton Miniseries
July 27th, 2013 6:00 PM
As NewsBusters reported, NBC announced Saturday that it will be airing a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton.
Shortly after the announcement, NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd tweeted, "NBC News has nothing to do w/Clinton mini series":
NBC To Air Four-Hour Miniseries About Hillary Clinton
July 27th, 2013 2:27 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the media are now in a full court press to get Hillary Clinton elected president in 2016.
Apart from a new biopic set to be released in the middle of the campaign season, it was announced Saturday that NBC has purchased the rights to a four-hour miniseries about the former first lady starring Diane Lane.