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CBS Lectures Scalise on Rhetoric, Whines GOP Is ‘Angry’ Trump Was Shot

July 14th, 2024 1:56 AM

On Saturday following the attempted assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, CBS was out of control in demanding Republicans be the ones to lower the proverbial temperature and alter their rhetoric to soothe our collective body politic. Of course, as our Alex Christy wrote about earlier, they even expressed concern about the well-being of…themselves.

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New ‘Tone’? NBC Frets GOP Is ‘Seizing on’ Trump Assassination Attempt

July 14th, 2024 12:47 AM

Giving credit where credit is due, NBC (and simulcast on MSNBC) wasn’t anywhere near the dumpster fire on Saturday night that CBS was in covering the assassination attempt against former President Trump that left at least one Trump rally attendee dead and others injured. That said, there were still a few humdingers, such as pathetic use of the GOP drinking game/bingo word “seizing” and more…

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ABC and NBC Omit CMP Videos in Coverage of House Vote to Defund PP

September 19th, 2015 2:01 AM
While the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC all miraculously acknowledged on Friday evening the House’s passage of a bill defunding Planned Parenthood, ABC and NBC provided no context in mentioning the horrifying videos released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) that exposed gruesome practices by the abortion provider. 

CBS's Harry Smith: GOP On 'Fool's Errand' of 'Dismantling Health Care

January 3rd, 2011 12:50 PM
Filling in for Bob Schieffer on Sunday's Face the Nation, CBS's Harry Smith grilled Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann on Republican efforts to repeal ObamaCare: "One of the things the Tea Party has talked about is dismantling health care. And we're wondering if, in the end of the day, that ends up being a fool's errand...it will face a certain veto. Is it worth the effort to try to do…