Silly PBS: Harris Makes Dems ‘Feel Seen,’ ‘Trump Derangement’ Not Real

August 24th, 2024 8:54 AM

PBS opened its fourth and final night of coverage from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with reporting from the PBS News Hour, with congressional reporter Lisa Desjardins, reporting from D.C. a segment on the Republican’s “counterprogramming” of the convention. She proceeded to defensively explain Trump rhetoric to her viewers as if they were toddlers. Once the actual…

PBS’s Capehart on Horror of USA Chants at GOP Rallies: ‘Felt Menacing'

August 23rd, 2024 7:52 AM

Reporter Laura Barron-Lopez set the scene for Night Three of the Democratic National Convention on the preceding episode of the PBS News Hour Wednesday evening, looking back with joy at Barack and Michelle Obama’s speeches from Night Two.

News Hour co-anchor Amna Nawaz opened PBS’s Night Three convention coverage by also finding “a message of hope” in Barack Obama’s…

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…

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-…

PBS’s Woodruff Apologizes for Forwarding Bad Reporting on Trump Call

August 21st, 2024 8:30 PM

During Night One of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, veteran reporter Judy Woodruff falsely reported on a Donald Trump phone call to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that never happened, a call that would have made Trump appear to influence Israel’s war policy in order to help himself win election. Discussing how lame-duck President Joe Biden could still help VP Kamala…

SHOOT? NPR Airs Kinzinger Comparing Trump to Enemy in Trench Warfare

August 21st, 2024 11:41 AM

Leftist media outlets like National Public Radio may not have forgotten entirely about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but it doesn’t enter their brains when “Republicans for Harris” compare Trump to an enemy in mortal combat. In this case, it’s Pelosi-Picked Panelist Adam Kinzinger.

PBS Claim of GOP ‘Demonizing’ Dem Women Popped by Brooks in Two Words

August 21st, 2024 10:12 AM

Although he appears as the ostensible voice from the right on the PBS News Hour’s Friday evening political discussion, New York Times columnist David Brooks is no one’s idea of a hard-core conservative. He said “I love Joe Biden” before criticizing Biden’s angry speech on Night One of the Democratic National Convention, after previously stating “I do think Donald Trump is…

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PBS’s Barron-Lopez Eats Up ‘Kamala Cake’ and DNC ‘Palpable Excitement’

August 20th, 2024 12:50 PM

While covering Night One of the Democratic convention from Chicago, PBS News Hour reporter Laura Barron-Lopez was as energized as a Democratic delegate (or PBS’s introductory voiceover to its coverage), gushing over a “Kamala Cake” featured by a local bakery and relaying the “palpable enthusiasm” from the convention floor. Barron-Lopez, who usually covers the White House, was quite…

PBS Launched DNC Coverage: 'Enthusiasm... Joy, Excitement' in Chicago'

August 20th, 2024 9:56 AM

PBS News Hour anchors Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz on Sunday night in Chicago, where they were preparing for the start of the Democratic National Convention on Monday by gushing over new Democratic “enthusiasm.” Next, journalist Judy Woodruff’s history of the notorious Democratic National Convention of 1968, where she made an extraneous “convicted felon” reference, and made…

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Brooks Surprised 'Responsible' Harris Backs Soviet-Like Price Controls

August 17th, 2024 9:47 AM

New York Times columnist and PBS News Hour theoretical conservative David Brooks was shocked on Friday’s show that “a responsible Democratic candidate” would endorse Soviet-like price controls on food.

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PBS Promotes Leftist ABA Effort to 'Defend Democracy' Against Trump

August 17th, 2024 6:22 AM

The PBS News Hour promoted more liberal election fear-mongering, this time from the ostensibly objective but actually leftist American Bar Association. Anchor Amna Nawaz was eager to push its fear against the threat of authoritarianism in America under a second Trump term as a bipartisan concern by pairing former Obama DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson with retired "conservative" judge…

NPR Links Walz's Service Questions to 'False' 2004 Swift Boat Charges

August 11th, 2024 8:06 PM

National Public Radio’s Rachel Treisman followed MSNBC and CNN in equating Trump running mate Sen. J.D. Vance’s claim, that Kamala Harris’s running mate Gov. Tim Walz was guilty of “stolen valor,” to the 2004 controversy over the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. That group credibly attacked the Vietnam record of Sen. John Kerry when he ran against George W. Bush for president in 2004. The…

PBS’s Get-Out-Vote Drive for Dems Continues: Is Muslim Mayor Aboard?

August 11th, 2024 7:23 AM

The PBS News Hour on Wednesday continued to act as a get-out-the-vote movement for the Harris/Walz Democratic presidential campaign, with the second guest appearance on the program of Abdullah Hahmoud, the Democratic Muslim mayor of Dearborn, Michigan. It wasn’t a challenging interview, but instead a delicate probe to see if the pick of Walz (and not the Jewish Pennsylvania Gov. Josh…

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Free Beacon Editor Corrects PBS 'No Evidence' Claim Walz Padded Resume

August 10th, 2024 9:45 AM

Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson was forced to correct PBS News Hour host Amna Nawaz on Friday after the latter claimed “there’s no evidence” Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz has embellished his military resume. Johnson correctly pointed out that, on the contrary, “there’s no question” he has “padded and inflated his resume.”