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Melber Looks Forward to Kamala Calling Out MAGA ‘Phonies,’ ‘Fakes’

August 22nd, 2024 10:00 PM

With MSNBC finally attending a party convention this cycle (they refused to do their show live from the Republican National Convention), host Ari Melber kicked off the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention by giving his hopeful requests for what Vice President Kamala Harris was going to address in her speech. He was apparently itching for her the attack the “…

Kamala Harris’s Authoritarian ‘Joy’

August 22nd, 2024 8:03 PM

We’ve been told, over and over and over again, that Kamala Harris is the candidate of “joy.” Tim Walz, upon accepting his vice presidential nomination, thanked her for “bringing back the joy.” Rolling Stone gushed that Harris’ “new politics of joy is the best way to fight fascism.” The New York Times headlined, “Harris used to worry about laughing. Now joy is fueling her…

Here’s the Worst Moments From CBS’s Syrupy Celebration of Oprah/Walz

August 22nd, 2024 7:56 PM

Thursday’s CBS Mornings spent nearly its entire two hours of run time (with commercials) celebrating the previous day’s proceedings at the Democratic National Convention as if they have a personal stake in ensuring Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) win in November. Not only that, but the show felt the need to ebulliently hold up the various speakers at the DNC,…

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CNN: 'It's a Vibes Election!' No Need for Kamala to Publish Policy

August 22nd, 2024 6:33 PM

In a follow-up to their idea from the previous evening when CNN host Erin Burnett floated the idea that Vice President Kamala Harris shouldn’t do interviews, a panel of CNN “journalists” led into the final night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday by arguing that she should not even publish her policy positions for the public to scrutinize. And according to another host, the…

PBS Goes Full Feminist: US on the ‘Cusp' of a Female President (Again)

August 22nd, 2024 5:24 PM

On Night 2 of the Democratic Convention, anchor Amna Nawaz was talking to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the PBS booth when they were joined by veteran PBS journalist Judy Woodruff. Nawaz took advantage by tossing aside her journalist hat and hosting a heartfelt feminist kaffeeklatsch hailing VP Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, as a feminist hero on “the…

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Morning Joe Loves Michelle's 'Hope Making A Comeback'

August 22nd, 2024 4:28 PM

Morning Joe is enraptured by Michelle Obama's line from her DNC speech: "hope is making a comeback." But remind us: who's been in charge for the last—apparently hopeless—four years? Oh, right: it was the administration of Joe Biden and . . . Kamala Harris.

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NBC Drools Over Strong ‘Midwest Dad Energy’, ‘Star Power’ at DNC

August 22nd, 2024 4:17 PM

NBC’s Today came out firing Thursday thoroughly pleased with how their friends at the Democratic National Convention programmed the night prior, deeming it an “unforgettable” and “supercharged” night “heavy on star power” with vice presidential nominee Tim Walz giving off “Midwest dad energy” hounded by Republicans and Oprah Winfrey “expand[ing] the tent” for Democrats.

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CBS: DNC Has Better Music Since 'They Travel,' Have 'Common Humanity'

August 22nd, 2024 3:17 PM

Before Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, CBS Mornings sought to answer a critically important question: “Why is it that the Democrats' music is just better?” Co-host Tony Dokoupil mused that it is because they travel more, while The Daily Show’s Ronny Chieng surmised it was because art best fits inside a left-wing worldview.…

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'Do You Have Any Tissues?' CNN Tears Up Over Walz's Son

August 22nd, 2024 12:14 PM

CNN This Morning repeatedly runs the clip from the DNC of Tim Walz's son Gus getting emotional and pointing to his father: "That's my dad." The panel collectively tears up, with Mark McKinnon saying "do you have any tissues?" 

ABC Gets Hots for ‘Coach Walz’ Giving ‘Pep Talk’ With ‘Queen’ Oprah

August 22nd, 2024 12:08 PM

On Thursday, the nervous sweat had yet to wear off on ABC’s Good Morning America from their weak knees and clammy palms from their Tuesday and Wednesday shows recapping the Democratic National Convention. This time, the played the role of Russia Today anchors promoting their party’s vice presidential candidate Tim Walz as a scandal-free “[s]ocial studies teacher, retired National…

PBS Harkens to 'Joyful Warrior' Harris Rekindling Excitement of Obama

August 22nd, 2024 9:51 AM

The “excitement” began right from the introduction of PBS’s coverage of Night Two of the Democratic National Convention from Chicago, which featured consecutive speeches by Michelle and Barack Obama. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett set up this T-ball of a question: “And former president Barack Obama speaks to the city that helped launch his political career.” Next, in a staged soundbite, someone off-…

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CNN DNC Panel Grits Their Teeth, Reluctantly Praises JD Vance

August 22nd, 2024 2:03 AM

Amidst of the “joyous” and spellbound coverage of the Democratic National Convention, there was time on CNN for a little GOP counterprogramming between vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance and Jake Tapper.

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An Aroused CBS News Pushes DNC Sycophancy Into Overdrive

August 22nd, 2024 12:50 AM

The Regime Media are having a grand old time at the Democratic National Convention, as they chronicle the coronation of their new figurehead with a verve and zeal more in place in Pyongyang than in Peoria. And the old Tiffany Network is no exception.

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CNN’s Erin Burnett Floats the Idea Kamala SHOULD NOT Do Interviews

August 21st, 2024 9:44 PM

Vice President Kamala Harris had not done a press conference nor an interview since Democratic Party elites installed her as their presidential nominee following a coup against President Joe Biden. But, amid their coverage of Night Three of the Democratic National Convention on The Situation Room on Wednesday, CNN host Erin Burnett floated the idea that Harris should just ignore the…