Spanish Nets Give Soleimani Reverential Treatment 

A revered commander, a military hero, a religious, loving man of the people. That's how the nation ́s Spanish-speaking liberal media is portraying Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani who as you’ll recall was killed last week under the orders of President Donald Trump: an act that, in the words of a Univision reporter, “has infuriated” Iranians.
Kathleen Krumhansl
January 8th, 2020 3:12 PM

Hostin Condemns Trump 'Provoking' Iran While They 'Show Restraint'

Even as the danger appears to deflate with Iran, the media won’t stop suggesting we are entering WWIII. The View hosts started Wednesday’s show with that same Chicken Little routine, worrying about their own kids getting drafted. Co-host Abby Huntsman also fretted that by taking terrorist Quasem Soleimani’s life, the U.S. would be on the wrong side of history, while fellow co-host Sunny Hostin…
Kristine Marsh
January 8th, 2020 2:30 PM

‘How R U Coping?’ ‘Not Good’: Trump/Iran Standoff Shakes Hollywood

Anyone watching celebrity Twitter last night might have gone to bed wondering which side Hollywood’s finest were on; Iran’s or America’s? As President Trump weathered the retaliatory storm that was fifteen ineffective Iranian missiles launched at a U.S. base in Iraq, the out of touch denizens of La La land acted as if they were suffering the real trauma of war, quivering with fear (while tweeting…
Gabriel Hays
January 8th, 2020 2:10 PM

Stephanie Ruhle Wonders Why Trump Suddenly Trusts Intel Agencies

Concerned that President Trump may not have fully thought through the possible ramifications of droning Qasem Soleimani, MSNBC Live host Stephanie Ruhle wondered on Monday why Trump suddenly trusts the intelligence agencies. Ironically, the answer she got from the panel showed it was MSNBC that is the one that apparently has problems trusting the IC.
Alex Christy
January 8th, 2020 1:47 PM

Chuck Todd Rants: Trump ‘Ham-Handedly Tried to Politicize’ Iran Speech

During NBC’s special coverage of President Trump’s speech on tensions with Iran on Wednesday, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd took time to scold the Commander in Chief for allegedly trying to “politicize” the address by calling out the Obama administration’s failed Iran policy. 
Kyle Drennen
January 8th, 2020 1:43 PM

Facebook Exec: Don’t Use ‘Lever’ to ‘Change the Outcome’ of Election

Democrats and the media have blamed Facebook for President Trump’s win in 2016. Now Facebook is firing back. Facebook Vice President of AR/VR Andrew Bosworth wrote an internal memo defending Trump’s 2016 campaign. Facebook Vice President of AR/VR Andrew Bosworth wrote an internal memo defending Trump’s 2016 campaign. He wrote, “Parscale and Trump just did unbelievable work. They weren’t running…
Corinne Weaver
January 8th, 2020 12:55 PM

MSNBC: ‘Rational’ Iranians Must Deal With ‘Irrational’ Trump

According to MSNBC, it’s the “rational” Iranians who must deal with the “unpredictable” Donald Trump as the world waits to see if the U.S. will escalate tensions. Appearing just prior to the President’s address on Wednesday about the latest actions in the Middle East, Mohyeldin mentioned an unidentified “colleague”: “He was saying that it’s unimaginable to think in this day and age it would be…
Scott Whitlock
January 8th, 2020 12:18 PM

Bloomberg’s $10M Super Bowl Ad Spot Meant to Get ‘Under Trump’s Skin’

Liberal billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has been putting his money where his mouth is by spending millions on campaign ads attacking President Donald Trump. Now, he’s taking his left-wing campaign message to the Super Bowl.
Joseph Vazquez
January 8th, 2020 11:48 AM

NBC’s Engel Fears Trump Will ‘Taunt’ or ‘Humiliate’ Iran

Appearing on the 3rd Hour Today show on Wednesday, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel fretted over the possibility that President Trump may “taunt” or “humiliate” Iran during an upcoming address to the nation and possibly spark “another cycle of violence.”
Kyle Drennen
January 8th, 2020 10:50 AM

FLASHBACK: ‘Cynical’ ‘Traitors’ Questioned Clinton’s Military Strike

Ever since Donald Trump last week ordered the killing of Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani, journalists have skeptically questioned his motives and the timing of the strike in the midst of an impeachment effort. On the Sunday Today, Harry Smith cynically noted that “impeachment, no one’s talked about impeachment, what, for two or three days now?” The New York Times wondered if Trump was trying to…
Scott Whitlock
January 8th, 2020 9:00 AM

NY Times Podcast Host: Soleimani's a Hero Like...Martin Luther King??

Iranian military general and terrorist operative Qasem Soleimani -- like civil rights hero Martin Luther King? That was one of several propaganda-type of comments about Soleimani, killed in a drone strike on Trump’s orders, that were heard on the Tuesday edition of the New York Times podcast The Daily. Host Michael Barbaro cited MLK, and reporter Farnaz Fassihi quoted supporters saying "Gen.…
Clay Waters
January 8th, 2020 8:21 AM

Sharpton Repeats Flawed Claim Hate Crimes Spiked After Trump Rallies

Over the weekend, MSNBC host Al Sharpton repeated a study highlighted last March by the Washington Post that made the claim that during the 2016 presidential race, there was an increase in hate crimes in counties that held Donald Trump rallies, even though the findings were discredited as misleading last September by another study published by Reason magazine. MSNBC host Yasmin Vossoughian also…
Brad Wilmouth
January 8th, 2020 8:10 AM

Tumblr to Teach Users to Find ‘Real News,’ Not ‘Misinterpretation’

Popular blogging forum Tumblr wants its users to beware of fake news online. The company, owned by WordPress company Automattic, launched a campaign called World Wide What. The company, owned by WordPress company Automattic, launched a campaign called World Wide What. In the form of a Tumblr blog, the campaign shares articles from The Washington Post about how students believed that the pro-life…
Corinne Weaver
January 8th, 2020 7:46 AM

CNN’s Amanpour Shows More Deference to Iranian VP than Sec. Esper

CNN International and PBS host Chrisitane Amanpour opened Tuesday’s joint program (airing live in the afternoon on the former then late-night on PBS) with two interviews in which she couldn’t have been more stark, going softer on an Iranian vice president than U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. In other words, it was par for the course with Amanpour.
Curtis Houck
January 8th, 2020 1:24 AM