Departing NY Daily News Editor Posts Unhinged Anti-Trump Tweetstorm
December 10th, 2016 11:50 AM
The competition was fierce, but there's little doubt that the New York Daily News was in the upper echelon of publications which came down with a serious case of Trump Derangement Syndrome during the presidential election campaign.
We can now say with confidence that a major contributor to that posture at the Daily News was now-departed executive editor Rich O'Malley. On his way out the door, O'…
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Chris Hayes Asks Bernie Sanders if Reality's Going to Matter to Trump
December 9th, 2016 5:05 PM
While discussing President-elect Donald Trump's selection of Andrew Puzder -- the chief executive officer of the Hardees and Carl's Jr. fast food restaurants -- as the new labor secretary, All in host Chris Hayes asked Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders a curious question.
“How much will reality matter under the presidency of Republican Donald Trump?” the MSNBC anchor asked, and the former…
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MRC's Dan Gainor: 'Fake News Stories' Are the 'Shark Attacks of 2016'
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December 9th, 2016 3:46 PM
The media’s crusade against “fake news” on the Right is no more than an attempt to “shut down conservative outlets” according to Dan Gainor, MRC’s Vice President for Business and Culture. On December 9, Gainor and Fox Business Network’s Intelligence Report host Trish Regan discussed the left-wing media’s “feeding frenzy” on conservative fake news stories. “It’s more risk to the rest of us, but…
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Excited ABC Gushes Over Clinton's Popularity; 'She's Not Going Away!'
December 9th, 2016 12:11 PM
Every time Hillary Clinton has made a public appearance since losing the election, the media goes nuts. Even the New York Times opined about her “chance” appearances as a “political salve” for their sore loser wounds. Two of the three networks Friday morning used their morning shows to excitedly report on Clinton’s latest public appearance, where she condemned the media’s latest bogeyman, “fake…
Fusion Comic: Trump Assassination 'Best Case Scenario'
Culture
December 8th, 2016 3:13 PM
The media’s post-election treatment of President-elect Donald Trump has gone from downright ridiculous to downright terrifying. On December 8, the liberal news site Fusion posted a cartoon titled, “The Best Case Scenarios Under Trump.” One of the four scenarios suggested Trump’s assassination.
Former New York Times Editor: ‘Who Killed Hillary Clinton?’
December 8th, 2016 6:00 AM
Hillary Clinton’s failure to win the presidency means that her haters have reaped what they started to sow a quarter-century ago, argued former Times executive editor Jill Abramson in a Tuesday column for the liberal British newspaper The Guardian. “The activists, groups, think tanks and nonprofit ‘charities’ that made hay over the petty controversies that dogged [Clinton] had already succeeded…
The Messy Truth About Van Jones
December 7th, 2016 1:42 PM
They never learn. The grand journalism pooh-bahs at CNN were humiliated this election cycle when WikiLeaks revealed that former CNN contributor and interim DNC chair Donna Brazile had shared a question with the Hillary Clinton campaign in advance of a March Democratic primary town hall debate. According to CNN, "activist anchor" Roland Martin and his production team at CNN's debate partner and…
Majority Rule Equals Tyranny
December 7th, 2016 1:39 PM
It is alleged that Hillary Clinton won a popular vote majority. Therefore, if the nation were not burdened with the antiquated Electoral College, anguished and freaked-out Americans whine, she, instead of Donald Trump, would be the next president of the United States. You say, "Hold it. Before you go further, Williams, what do you mean it is alleged that Clinton received most of the popular vote…
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Michael Moore: GOP Congress will Pass 'Onslaught' of 'Suffering'
December 7th, 2016 12:58 AM
CNN political commentator Van Jones hosted a special town hall event titled The Messy Truth Tuesday night, to talk about how “both parties kind of suck.” During the forum, he admitted that there was an elitist vein running through the Democratic Party, and that many rust belt voters supported Donald Trump because their harsh economic reality. But the constructive conversation turned dark at the…
Evidente la disonancia cognitiva en Al Punto
Latino
December 6th, 2016 10:27 PM
Queda claro que muchos en Univision aún tratan de procesar lo que ocurrió el mes pasado. Esto fue muy evidente en la más reciente edición de Al Punto, donde tanto al anfitrión como al invitado se les hizo difícil entender el desenlace de las pasadas elecciones.
NY Times: 'Spontaneous' Hillary Sightings 'A Political Salve'
December 6th, 2016 6:21 PM
At the New York Times on Friday, Amanda Hess regaled readers over how the "spontaneous" and "chance" sightings of Hillary Clinton since Election Day have made Mrs. Clinton "a new folk hero." Her virtual hagiography even made it to Page C1 of the paper's Saturday print edition. There's more sap in Hess's writeup than one could likely collect from all of the trees in the wooded areas in which Mrs.…
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Cognitive Dissonance on Display at Al Punto
Latino
December 6th, 2016 5:19 PM
It is clear that many at Univision are still trying to process what happened last month. This much was evident on the most recent edition of the network's weekly public affairs program, Al Punto, as both host and guest struggled to understand the outcome of the election.
Slate Writer: Megyn Kelly Feeds ‘Red Meat to Her White Base’
December 6th, 2016 4:28 PM
Megyn Kelly is a journalist, but she’s also a sort of actress, suggested Isaac Chotiner in a Monday review of her new book, Settle for More. To Chotiner, Kelly’s a conservative who plays a nonpartisan on TV. She has “done her best to cloud her real agenda.” And it’s worked: she has “wide-ranging respect and admiration among a press corps generally (and rightly) suspicious and dismissive of Fox…
Dean Cain Tells Hollywood to Put on Their 'Big Boy Pants'
Culture
December 6th, 2016 2:49 PM
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign received unprecedented Hollywood support, from super PACs to TV shows, to social media, to concert endorsements. But actor Dean Cain warned celebrities, “Be careful about the things you say and vilifying the other side because it can come back to bite you.” On “Fox & Friends” on December 6, Cain, who stars in the film about convicted abortionist Kermit…