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Chuck Todd Prods Adam Schiff to Restart Impeachment with Bolton Book

Tim Graham
June 21st, 2020 2:25 PM

One would think it’s a wacky idea to launch a second impeachment crusade a few months before an election, but NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd was prodding Adam Schiff from the left on Sunday to restart his engines, based on the new John Bolton “tell-all” book.

 
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MSNBC Crew Questions John Bolton's Patriotism, He's Too Late to Help!

Adam Burnett
June 20th, 2020 5:00 PM

During MSNBC’s Deadline: White House segment Thursday afternoon, host Nicole Wallace just could not help herself as she invited Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff and analyst Michael Steele to rip into former National Security Advisor John Bolton over his new tell-all book. The criticism of Bolton did not focus on the veracity of his nasty claims about President Trump, but the fact…

 
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MSNBC’s Hayes Calls ‘Duplicitous’ John Bolton the Leader of the GOP

Michael Dellanno
June 18th, 2020 7:21 PM

On Wednesday’s All In, MSNBC host Chris Hayes bizarrely insisted that the true leader of the Republican Party is John Bolton, not Donald Trump. Hayes described Bolton as “duplicitous, untrustworthy, extremely militaristic” in his Tuesday night rant on why the American people should trust what Bolton says in his new tell-all book.  Hayes also called Bolton “morally odious.” But, the…

 
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Morning Joe: Trump Would 'Execute' Journalists, Committed 'Treason'

Adam Burnett
June 18th, 2020 2:32 PM

MSNBC’s Morning Joe was certainly on a roll Thursday morning. While discussing the latest revelations hidden within former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s tell-all book that was leaked yesterday afternoon, co-host Joe Scarborough went on a rant saying that President Trump wanted to kill journalists.

 
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Nets Hype ‘Bolton Bombshells’: Trump Wanted China to Buy U.S. Soybeans

Kyle Drennen
June 18th, 2020 1:41 PM

On Thursday, all three network morning shows seized on excerpts from former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s new book trashing President Trump. The NBC, ABC, and CBS broadcasts repeatedly hailed supposed “bombshells” and “explosive” revelations in the nasty tell-all, including Trump’s allegedly treasonous attempt to get China to buy American agricultural products.

 

 

Column: Trashing Trump In Prime Time

Tim Graham
June 17th, 2020 6:12 AM

John Bolton recorded an interview promoting his new book for a prime time special on ABC, just like James Comey received a prime time special on ABC for an anti-Trump book. Now try to remember any Obama insider in a prime time special for a "tell all" book on Obama. Instead, ABC had a prime time special promoting Michelle Obama's book. 

 
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Brad Pitt Panders: This Speech Is '45 Seconds More' Than John Bolton

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Rebecca Downs
February 9th, 2020 9:07 PM
The first half hour of the 92nd Academy Awards started off very woke on Sunday night on ABC, from the opening musical number being sung by a self-declared "queer, black artist" to Steve Martin and Chris Rock going on a riff about all the white nominees.
 
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MSNBC Aims Massive Fire Hose of Venom at GOP Amid Celebrating Leak

Curtis Houck
January 31st, 2020 3:54 PM
Before Friday’s session of the Senate impeachment trial, MSNBC’s hatred was in full display for those who wouldn’t be voting and thinking the way they’ve demanded, lobbing one firebomb after another while simultaneously decrying the lack of bipartisanship and civility.
 
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'View' Hosts Call on God to Save America From Trump Being Acquitted

Kristine Marsh
January 31st, 2020 2:56 PM
The View hosts implored God to save America from President Trump, on Friday, after finding out there wasn’t enough votes from Republicans to allow witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial. Co-host Sunny Hostin seethed that the GOP was now a party of “extremists” who dismantle democracy and the Constitution for power. Friday co-host Ana Navarro tried to find the silver lining and begged John…
 
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Sour-Grapes Scarborough 'Fine' with Trump Acquittal

Mark Finkelstein
January 31st, 2020 9:35 AM
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough claims to be "fine" with President Trump's impending acquittal. Scarborough says that despite the coming vote to prevent John Bolton's testimony, "the truth will be shouted from the mountaintops" and "will only make the Republicans look worse."
 
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Chuck Todd Offers John Bolton ‘Full Hour’ of Meet the Press

Kyle Drennen
January 29th, 2020 12:44 PM
While discussing the possibility of former National Security Advisor John Bolton testifying in the Senate impeachment trial, during MSNBC’s special coverage Wednesday morning, anchor Chuck Todd eagerly offered the ex Trump aide the “full hour” of Sunday’s Meet the Press to air accusations against the President.
 
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CNN's Avlon: Bolton Testimony 'Equivalent of Nixon Smoking Gun Tape'

Mark Finkelstein
January 29th, 2020 10:47 AM
On New Day, CNN "senior political analyst" John Avlon offers the preposterous proposition that John Bolton's prospective testimony at the impeachment trial would be "the equivalent of Nixon's smoking gun tape." 
 
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Chris Matthews Compares Republicans to North Korean Soldiers

Alex Christy
January 28th, 2020 3:55 PM
While anchoring MSNBC's pre-impeachment trial coverage on Monday, Chris Matthews continued his ignoble history with analogies as he resurrected his comparison of Republicans to North Korean soldiers. This time, it came in the aftermath of revelations about former National Security Advisor John Bolton's memoir.
 

New York Times Hypes Watergate-Level ‘Smoking Gun’ in Bolton Book

Clay Waters
January 28th, 2020 10:34 AM
New York Times Peter Baker’s lead-story “news analysis” on Tuesday suggested revelations from an unpublished memoir by Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, John Bolton, could be a Watergate-like “smoking gun” -- or at least would in normal political times.  Baker eagerly and perhaps prematurely made his “smoking gun” case: “John Bolton’s Account Upends Trump’s Denials, but Will It…