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NBC Enamored by ‘Barn-Burning’, ‘Powerful’ Obamas ‘Electrifying’ DNC

August 21st, 2024 3:50 PM

NBC’s Today gave ABC’s Good Morning America a run for its money Wednesday in the Obamagasam department as they too fell head over heels for Barack and Michelle Obama “energiz[ing]” and “light[ing] up the convention hall....with back-to-back barn-burning speeches” “sharing the powerful, contagious power of hope, as [Michelle] described it” doubling as a “takedown” of Donald…

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Todd Hails Michelle Obama As America's 'Best Nonpolitical Speaker'

August 21st, 2024 2:20 PM

MSNBC chief political analyst Chuck Todd twisted himself into a pretzel on Wednesday’s Jose Diaz-Balart Reports as he recapped former First Lady Michelle Obama’s Tuesday address to the Democratic National Convention. Todd argued that every four years, Obama reminds the country “she's probably the best nonpolitical speaker in the country.” That those reminders always line up with the…

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Daily Show Asks Dem To Make Sense of Vance's 'Anti-Woman Rhetoric'

August 21st, 2024 12:55 PM

The Daily Show’s temp host of the night, Desi Lydic, sought Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood’s help on Tuesday’s show from Chicago and night two of the Democratic National Convention as she tried to make sense of GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s supposed “anti-woman rhetoric.”

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Colbert Laments Pelosi's 'Unsatisfying' Answer To Anti-Israel Hecklers

August 21st, 2024 10:11 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s interview with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was derailed late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning on night two of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago by anti-Israel hecklers. The Late Show host struggled as he sought to control the unruly behavior, but also tried to appease them by noting Pelosi’s answers were “unsatisfying to some people” as he…

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‘The Best Party’: Networks Soak Up the ‘Ecstasy’ of Dem ‘Dance Party’

August 21st, 2024 12:12 AM

The broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC wear vibing during Night Two of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, letting themselves be swept up in the “ecstasy” of the “dance party” that occurred during the fake roll call vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris. They let their façade of objectivity slip as they lost themselves in the nirvana of being surrounded by people who…

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CNN Anchors Cheer DNC’s FAKE Roll Call: ‘Party that Wants to Party’

August 20th, 2024 10:29 PM

Downplaying the backroom deals that had Democratic Party delegates pledge themselves to Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee long before the Democratic Nation Convention’s Night Two proceedings, CNN anchors Jake Tapper (a former party operative turned “journalist”), Dana Bash, and Abby Phillip cheered on the fake and theatrical roll call vote that took place in prime time Tuesday night…

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CNN’s Chris Wallace Boasts Kamala Is Having ‘Love Affair’ With Voters

August 20th, 2024 7:53 PM

In a follow up to his nonsensical and false analysis from the previous evening, CNN’s Chris Wallace kicked off Night Two of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday by boasting about Vice President Kamala Harris’s “love affair” with American voters.

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Boring IS Propaganda: CBS, NBC Spoonfeed Lame Recaps on DNC Opening

August 20th, 2024 6:26 PM

Instead of sharing any number of the partisan and false statements from President Biden’s speech (which our friends at National Review, RedState, and Townhall ably took on) or any of the other speakers, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today attempted to lull viewers not so much with puffball, almost erotic adulation of the Democrats that we saw on ABC’s Good Morning…

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Dokoupil Grills DNC Chair on Kamala Being MIA, Night Ending Late

August 20th, 2024 5:14 PM

Amid the boringly promotional coverage masquerading as objective recaps on night one of the Democratic National Convention, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings delivered one example of a broadcast network pressing Democrats. Co-host Tony Dokoupil came through as he grilled Democratic National Committee Chairman Jamie Harrison on night one’s logistical nightmares, Kamala Harris’s lack of official…

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MSNBC Gushes Over 'Star' Hillary Clinton's DNC Speech, Clothes

August 20th, 2024 1:42 PM

Andrea Mitchell is theoretically an MSNBC journalist and anchor, but on Tuesday she was the president of the Hillary Clinton Fan Club as she gushed over the “star,” her clothes, and the “history and progress” she allegedly represents.

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ABC’s Bruce, Stephanopoulos Give Off North Korean Vibes in DNC Recap

August 20th, 2024 1:02 PM

Tuesday on ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos tag-teamed with chief White House correspondent and unofficial Biden-Harris official Mary Bruce showed they understood the assignment in fawning over the Democratic National Convention. In this case, it was hailing President Biden’s speech “passing the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris…

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'Fearful' Daily Show Implores Whitmer To Have A Strategy Versus Trump

August 20th, 2024 12:30 PM

A self-described “fearful” Michael Kosta welcomed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Monday’s edition of The Daily Show on Comedy Central on night one of the Democratic National Convention from Chicago to implore her and other Democrats to have a long-term strategy against Donald Trump.

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New Talking Points Dropped: Reporters Salivate over ‘Electric’ DNC

August 20th, 2024 12:05 PM

The media’s relentless astro-turfing of support for Kamala Harris went into overdrive on the first night of the DNC. Either somebody from the campaign distributed talking points to the media, or else everyone at CNN, MSNBC, and the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) independently rediscovered the word “electric” at exactly the same time.

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Colbert, Clinton Hail Biden's 'Patriotic' Decision To Step Down

August 20th, 2024 9:43 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to a live edition of The Late Show early Tuesday morning in Chicago to recap night one of the Democratic National Convention. Together, the duo would hail President Joe Biden’s “patriotic” decision to step aside after the party brass forced him out.