Now the NY Times Tells Us: Mueller’s ‘Wobbly’ Testimony No Surprise

Clay Waters
July 25th, 2019 12:08 PM

The New York Times gave former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on Capitol Hill a negative review in Thursday’s edition, terming it “shaky” and “halting,” even “excruciatingly awkward,” while tucking in rumors that he wasn’t fully engaged in the prosecution. Can one detect some frustration, even embarrassment in the paper’s coverage, now that the former special counsel, whose…

 
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Behar Sneers, Republicans Are 'Disrespectful to Veterans' Like Mueller

Kristine Marsh
July 25th, 2019 12:04 PM
Thursday the hosts of The View reacted to Robert Mueller’s testimony Wednesday and as to be expected, attacked Republicans, while touting how untainted Mueller was from controversy. ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams argued Mueller had done Trump a “huge favor” and was clearly not anti-Trump, while Joy Behar attacked Republicans as being “disrespectful” to veterans.
 
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Mitchell: 'Shameful' Republicans 'Undermined' Unbiased Investigation

Kristine Marsh
July 25th, 2019 9:34 AM
On MTP Daily Wednesday evening, Trump-deranged host Chuck Todd commiserated with fellow liberal MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell over Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress. Mitchell sadly conceded that this whole Russia investigation was probably finally over, but she couldn’t help but take swings at “shameful” Republicans while expressing her disappointment.
 
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CNNers Whine Mueller 'Muddied' Impeachment Waters With 'Shaky' Hearing

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 24th, 2019 10:52 PM
While many on CNN were trying to keep the faith and suggest the disastrous House hearings with Special Counsel Robert Mueller were somehow going to lead to President Trump’s impeachment, some couldn’t help but admit that Mueller’s testimony was an absolute mess that hurt their cause. During the five-o’clock-hour of CNN’s Situation Room, senior justice correspondent Evan Perez kicked off a round…
 

Bozell & Graham Column: Mueller Bumbles, Networks Grumble

Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
July 24th, 2019 10:45 PM
Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress was painted as the Super Bowl of scandal hearings. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie gushed 36 hours before the event that “We are drawing closer tonight to what may be the most anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill in a decade.” And then the testimony happened. By the lunch break, even MSNBC was crestfallen. Mueller "sucked the life out of the report."
 
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Matthews on Hearings: It's ‘Second Term or Prison Term’ for Trump!!

Curtis Houck
July 24th, 2019 10:13 PM
Continuing on MSNBC’s theme on Wednesday of panic regarding the Robert Mueller hearings, Hardball featured a number of panelists melting down at the possibility that President Trump won’t be impeached, removed from office, and/or be criminally charged, but it was host Chris Matthews who tried to keep up the fight with this opening tag of “second term or prison term.”
 
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Nets Try to Keep Impeachment Dream Alive, But Some Express Doubt

Nicholas Fondacaro
July 24th, 2019 9:42 PM
In the wake of the “disaster” that was the Democratic-led House hearings with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday, some in the liberal media were honest about how it blew up in their faces. Yet, during the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC, the liberal media were desperately holding onto the dream that Mueller would help Democrats impeach President Trump. But there were a couple of…
 

NYT Perked Up in the PM: Democrats 'Painted' Trump as 'Risk to Nation'

Clay Waters
July 24th, 2019 8:03 PM
Wednesday was Mueller Day on Capitol Hill. For seven hours the special counsel provided testimony before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, carried live for those Americans still interested in his completed investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. electoral process in 2016. The Times saw "conservative conspiracy theories" and griped that Rep. Devin Nunes…
 
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Watch as Reporters Get Their High Hopes Crushed by Mueller ‘Disaster’

Bill D'Agostino
July 24th, 2019 6:59 PM
If the left-wing media were hoping for a slam dunk during Special Counsel Mueller’s testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, it’s clear from their reactions that they don’t think they saw one. The responses from TV journalists ranged from nonplussed to outright upset (aside from weirdly giddy CNN panels), with some analysts and reporters going so far as to declare the hearings “a disaster,” and the…
 

Politico Admits 'Bob Mueller Is Struggling' In House Hearings

P.J. Gladnick
July 24th, 2019 6:42 PM

There was just no way around avoiding the fact that Robert Mueller turned in a rather lackluster performance at the Congressional hearings on Wednesday. His appearances before Congress, upon which many Democrats pinned their hopes for harming or even impeaching President Trump, turned out to be something of a dud.  This was the conclusion of Politico's Senior White House Reporter, Darren…

 
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CNN Mess: Panelists Concede Trump Won, But Still Insist Dems Impeach

Curtis Houck
July 24th, 2019 6:14 PM
Just after 3:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, the Robert Mueller hearings came to a merciful end. In the immediate 30 minutes or so, an assembled group of CNN personalities painstakingly admitting that the President had won the day while others also insisted that Congress can only sufficiently protect American democracy if the President is impeached.
 
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Keep the Faith: CNN Boasts Mueller Hearing, Report Lead to Impeachment

Curtis Houck
July 24th, 2019 4:09 PM

During a brief break in Wednesday afternoon’s House Intelligence Committee hearing with former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, CNN again did its best to keep the faith for their boss Jeffrey Zucker and fellow lefties amidst their permanent impeachment campaign, hailing the hearing as part of a “Watergate roadmap” to begin ridding America of President Trump.

 

PBS Spin: 2020 Could Determine Trump's Status as 'A Free Man'

Alex Christy
July 24th, 2019 3:56 PM
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller's underwhelming testimony to the House Judiciary Committee, PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor declared that Mueller had raised the stakes in 2020. No longer is 2020 a contrast of visions between President Trump and whoever the Democratic nominee is, but, "it may also come down to [Trump] being a free man." Host Judy Woodruff agreed, "That's a good…
 
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Todd: ‘Complete Failure,’ Can’t ‘Combat’ Right’s ‘Propaganda Machine’

Geoffrey Dickens
July 24th, 2019 3:07 PM
NBC’s Chuck Todd echoed his MSNBC colleagues when he expressed disappointment over Robert Mueller’s testimony on Wednesday. On NBC News’ live coverage of the event, the Meet the Press moderator called the testimony “a complete failure” and added “on optics this was a disaster.” Later on in the coverage Todd whined that “you have a propaganda machine on the right” and “the Democrats haven’t…