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Univision News Needs Donald Trump
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February 29th, 2016 11:53 PM
The relationship between Univision and Donald Trump, far from being adversarial, is symbiotic.
Networks Devote Over 62 Percent of Super Tuesday Eve Coverage to Trump
February 29th, 2016 9:58 PM
On the eve of Super Tuesday, the network evening newscasts went all out with 24 minutes and 31 seconds of 2016 coverage and made it clear Donald Trump was far and away the most important story to them with over 62 percent of that time spent salivating on how “there’s not much” Trump opponents “can do to stop him from getting the nomination.” Trump fetched an astonishing 15 minutes and 19 seconds…
Lefty Pundit Amanda Marcotte: ‘I’m Rooting For Donald Trump’
February 29th, 2016 9:51 PM
Some people say that in the general election, they typically vote for “the lesser of two evils.” Since it’s still primary-and-caucus season, however, lefty pundit Marcotte had to choose the least of three supposed evils -- the main Republican presidential contenders -- to arrive at a favorite. In a Monday Salon piece, she explained why she’s “rooting for Donald Trump” to get the nomination.
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CBS Blames Rubio’s ‘Inner Trump’ for ‘Obscuring’ Debate on Businessman
February 29th, 2016 4:36 PM
On the same day that the CBS President admitted that Donald Trump’s “circus” is “damn good for the network,” reporter Major Garrett blamed Marco Rubio for “obscuring” the debate on the businessman. All three networks on Monday slammed the Republican primary as “ugly,” “strange” and hitting “new lows.”
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CBS Chides Rubio for Hitting Trump; Escalated a 'Crippling Civil War'
February 26th, 2016 10:55 PM
Pretending to show compassion and interest in the future of conservatism and the Republican Party, Friday’s CBS Evening News and anchor Scott Pelley lectured Marco Rubio for triggering “a crippling civil war” by attacking Donald Trump in Thursday’s debate that “reached lows that many Republicans would say are beneath the dignity of the office that the candidates are seeking.”
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NBC Urges Rubio to Attack Trump, Then Says He’s Taking ‘Low Road’
February 26th, 2016 1:05 PM
Despite the hosts of NBC’s Today repeatedly demanding that Marco Rubio attack Donald Trump just two days earlier, after the Florida senator did just that in Thursday’s GOP debate, Friday’s edition of the morning show led off with co-host Matt Lauer fretting: “Texas smackdown. Things get ugly at the Republican debate, with Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz both taking repeated shots at Donald Trump....Has…
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Rubio Slams ‘Biased’ Media for Covering Up Trump’s Liberal Past
February 26th, 2016 11:47 AM
Marco Rubio on Friday appeared on all three morning shows and denounced the “biased” media for ignoring Donald Trump’s liberal past, asserting that journalists were enabling a “con artist” to take over the conservative movement. Talking to Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos, the Senator speculated on what a Trump nomination might mean: “For those who are biased, this means you will…
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CNN, MSNBC Pundits Decry ‘Scatterbrains’ GOP Causing ‘Injury' to Brand
February 26th, 2016 3:16 AM
CNN and MSNBC pundits had no shortage of hot takes following Thursday’s CNN Republican Presidential Debate and among the noticeable talk points was the belief that the spirited debate in Houston caused a “long-term injury” to the party as the five remaining candidates “looked like a bunch of third graders arguing over the monkey bars on the playground.”
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Chris Matthews Brushes Off Trump's Illegal Hires, Focuses on Opponents
February 26th, 2016 1:28 AM
On a special post-GOP debate edition of Hardball Thursday night Chris Matthews turned up the spin to brush the dirt off of Donald Trump. “I thought the funniest line tonight was when Rubio was doing his upper cuts … He said ‘you hired illegal immigrants,’ people without documentation and trump says ‘you've never hired anybody.’"
Arraras Pits Rubio vs. Puerto Rican Voters Over Island Bankruptcy
February 25th, 2016 11:26 PM
Earlier tonight I noted how Telemundo journalist and CNN debate panelist Maria Celeste Arrarás suggested that Sens. Cruz and Rubio were out of touch with most Latino Americans and didn't care about expanding the GOP's appeal beyond its base. Well, towards the close of tonight's debate, Arraras again posed a question which implied that Cuban-American Sen. Rubio was out of step with the interests…
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Telemundo's Arraras: 'Latino Community' Displeased with Cruz, Rubio
February 25th, 2016 9:43 PM
During tonight's Republican debate on CNN, panelist María Celeste Arrarás of Telemundo implied that both Sens. Cruz and Rubio were Hispanics who had little if any regard for fellow members of their ethnicity and were instead playing to a largely-white GOP base.
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Telemundo Anchor Pleads with Rubio to Keep DACA in Place If Elected
February 25th, 2016 9:40 PM
Telemundo anchor Maria Celeste Arraras made her debut in Thursday’s CNN Republican Presidential Debate by not surprisingly touting the liberal line on illegal immigration by pleading with Republican Senator Marco Rubio (Fl.) to keep President Barack Obama’s executive action on young illegal immigrants (known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA). Later, she demanded: “Why does…
Debate Preview Update: Yep, Telemundo's Arrarás Preparing To Be Awful
Latino
February 25th, 2016 3:08 PM
Telemundo's María Celeste Arrarás, in an interview with Politico's Hadas Gold, confirms our pre-debate analysis and concerns.
Press Accepting Hillary's Bogus Transcript 'Challenge' as Legitimate
February 24th, 2016 6:37 PM
Hillary Clinton is still sticking to her "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" strategy as the reason she won't release transcripts of her paid speeches to big banks and Wall Street firms.
She can do this because outfits like the Associated Press are covering for her. The only recognition of Mrs. Clinton's problem, beyond a strategically segregated story (more on that later), is buried deep…