Politico Appears To Be Addicted to 'Crack'
With the midterms approaching, Politico highlights supposed "cracks" in the GOP—especially in Florida and within Trump’s coalition over deportations. The blog suggests Politico is overstating GOP divisions to demoralize Republican voters, casting doubt on polling and media narratives about Republican weakness.
CBS Reporter Tries Making Pope's France Trip About Trump
Pope Leo recently kicked off a four-day visit to France, and CBS assigned correspondent Chris Livesay to follow him around. Amid all the France-specific aspects of the trip, Livesay bragged to CBS Saturday Morning that he tried to make it about Trump.
Walk Out This Way: The Media Versus Bibi
There is someone out there that is targeted for as much disdain from the media and the political establishment as Donald Trump. That would be Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Melber Hails Mamdani's 'Compelling Offer Against Fascism'
MS NOW’s Ari Melber welcomed author Naomi Klein to The Beat on Friday to continue her End Times Fascism book tour. Both would hail New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “compelling offer against fascism,” while showing a fundamental lack of understanding of what fascism actually is.
WRONG: Capehart Says Journalism Is Only Job Protected By Constitution
MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart’s Friday appearance on PBS News Hour provided a revealing look at the media’s Main Character Syndrome as he falsely declared that journalism is the job protected by the Constitution while taking a victory lap on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico returning to the White House. Meanwhile, The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks was not completely useless. While he criticized…
PBS Leans on 'Lifelong Kansas Republican' Who Keeps Backing Dems
In its rush to paint the GOP as Doomed in November, Wednesday’s PBS News Hour not only made a full meal out of a new PBS-NPR poll showing lagging enthusiasm for Republicans, but interviewed former Kansas Republican Gov. Bill Graves who was apparently making big news by (once again!) endorsing a Democrat, this time one running against sitting Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.
CNN 'Barred' From Trump Trip to Tennessee, React As You Would Expect
On Friday night, CNN announced they were “barred” from traveling with President Trump on his trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, and gave the story on themselves the breaking news treatment. CNN reported they were due to travel on Air Force One, as it was the channel’s turn in the network press pool on Saturday, before they were removed.
ABC Only Net to Still Bash Trump Over WH Media Bans During Xi Visit
On Friday, as the news cycle focusing on the Trump White House barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico seemed near its close, ABC World News Tonight was the only network evening newscast to still mention the ban of the network after they were allowed back on White House grounds after a court order. ABC’s report from Rachel Scott bashed President Trump and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s summit and their…
The Atlantic's Chait RIPS Peltola Aides Tattling to The New York Times
Here's how you know The Atlantic is a Democrat Party organ: it dumps on a "mainstream media" outlet when it prints anything damaging to a Democrat. Everyone can read the "gift article" by leftist screed-demon Jonathan Chait under this headline: "Another Female Democrat Is Mean, Apparently." It's about a tough piece on Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola.
'Like Watergate!' Scarborough's Tantrum Over Press Ban Compliance
Joe Scarborough went on a rant on Friday's Morning Joe, demanding that whoever instructed Secret Service agents not to immediately restore access to previously banned outlets—even after a judge issued a temporary order—should be jailed. Scarborough continued: "I want to know who is saying, ignore a federal judge's order, because this sounds a lot like Watergate to me."
Sunny Hostin Condemns Success in America Unless It's for 'Collective’
Apparently, The View’s Sunny Hostin had an insatiable appetite for putting her foot in her mouth this week. During Friday’s episode of the ABC News program, Hostin lashed out at Judge Judy Sheindlin for praising America for her success. Hostin proclaimed personal success meant nothing if it wasn’t about ensuring success “for the collective.” Possibly irritated about the scrutiny her tall tale…
Cornish Rebukes Panelist For Laughing At Bar That Had a Mask Mandate
The Friday edition of CNN This Morning closed out with a small blue-on-blue scuffle as host Audie Cornish told Vox podcaster Noel King, "Don't laugh," when she was discussing a Massachusetts lesbian bar that recently upset its customers by partially removing its COVID mask mandate. At the same time, New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro insisted, “This is complicated.”
NY Times Frets Over Squashing of Political Dissent, But Only by Trump?
The New York Times devoted 2,400 words by editor-at-large Matthew Purdy and Alan Feuer to "How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk -- The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech." Yes, after years of crackdowns on free expression…
Top ABC, CBS Shows Skip Calls for NJ Dem to Resign; NBC Omits Party ID
On Thursday night, an independent investigation commissioned by Governor Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) into fellow Democrat and Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell concluded he abused his position to, in the words of the New York Post, “score expensive event tickets for his romantic conquests, pull strings to try to get his secret girlfriend a cushy state promotion, and task his own aides with finding…
