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Press Definition of 'Joke': Any Statement That Insults or Threatens a Republican or Conservative
By Tom Blumer | November 11, 2015 | 11:39 PM EST

Just as a reality check, I asked a friend today what his reaction would be if I said with a sincere-sounding voice that he makes me want to strangle him. He said, "Almost sounds like a threat." I said, "No, it was supposed to be a joke." He said, "No it's not."

I also asked another person what her reaction would be if I earnestly called her "demented." She said, "You'd be insulting me." I asked, "What if I said I was just joking?" Response: "I'd say, 'The heck you were.'" In the past ten days, members of the press have decided that threatening language and an insult, both directed at GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, were only "jokes." There is virtually no chance that these same people would give the same treatment to threats and insults directed at Democrats and leftists.

ABC, NBC Cheer ‘Fierce,’ ‘Dramatic Divisions’ in GOP Field After Debate on Illegal Immigration
By Curtis Houck | November 11, 2015 | 9:58 PM EST

The Wednesday editions of ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News each provided their own wrap-ups of the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate from the night before, but the theme was predictably similar as both networks spun the event as illustrating “fierce opposition” and “dramatic divisions” within the GOP on apparently every issue.

Joy Behar Actually Scolds Hillary Over ‘Strangle’ Fiorina Moment
By Jeffrey Meyer | November 11, 2015 | 12:12 PM EST

On Wednesday's The View, liberal co-host Joy Behar surprisingly hit Hillary Clinton for failing to condemn one of her supporters who said he wanted to “strangle” Carly Fiorina. Behar admitted that “if somebody had said that to Donald Trump and he had laughed, we would be ripping him a new one and she did not -- she should have stood up to him, I'm sorry, I have to say that.”  

Nets Line Up to Hit Rubio on Immigration; GOP ‘Alienating’ Hispanics
By Kyle Drennen | November 11, 2015 | 10:45 AM EST

On Wednesday, all three network morning shows interviewed Florida Senator Marco Rubio following Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate and grilled him on GOP opposition to illegal immigration. On NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: “One of the most heated exchanges...came over immigration, and Trump's vow to deport 11 million illegal immigrants. Some on the stage suggested that is a gift to Democrats....I asked him if he agreed that his party’s handling of that issue is alienating the Latino voters.”

ABC, NBC Ignore Hillary Laughing at Supporter’s Call to ‘Strangle’ Carly Fiorina
By Jeffrey Meyer | November 11, 2015 | 9:44 AM EST

During a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton refused to condemn a supporter of hers who said they wanted to “strangle” Carly Fiorina and instead laughed at his violent proclamation. ABC and NBC have so far ignored the story altogether.

ABC’s Nightline Skewers GOP Debate as ‘Reality Show Getting Realer by the Day’
By Curtis Houck | November 11, 2015 | 2:59 AM EST

Without a hint of irony, the most superficial network news show in ABC’s Nightline mocked Tuesday’s Fox Business Network Republican debate on their early Wednesday morning installment as nothing more than a “reality show” along the lines of The Bachelor and Survivor “where the stakes couldn’t be higher.”

Liberal West Wing Actor Praises Kasich: He ‘Brings the Clown Car Under Control’
By Scott Whitlock | November 11, 2015 | 12:55 AM EST

Liberal West Wing actor Bradley Whitford appeared on a special post-debate edition of Hardball, Tuesday, to trash the Republican candidates. However, he singled out one person for praise, cheering, “[John] Kasich was certainly agitated and seemed to try and, you know, bring the clown car under control, I thought.” Overall, however, the actor sneered: “Generally this field I feel...makes Ronald Reagan look like Abbie Hoffman and Herman Cain look like Winston Churchill.”

ABC, NBC Yawn at Missouri Media Professor's Attack on Reporter; CBS Covers
By Matthew Balan | November 10, 2015 | 1:46 PM EST

CBS This Morning stood out as the sole Big Three network morning newscast on Tuesday to cover a University of Missouri academic shouting down a reporter, briefly physically attacking him, and then calling people over to "get this reporter out of here...I need some muscle over here." Norah O'Donnell spotlighted Melissa Click, "an assistant professor of mass media," who along with "students, were telling the media...to back off." ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today didn't mention Click.

Networks Lament ‘Setback’ for Obama Trying to ‘Protect’ Millions of Illegal Immigrants
By Kyle Drennen | November 10, 2015 | 12:23 PM EST

On Tuesday, all three network morning shows recited identical liberal talking points on President Obama’s unconstitutional executive order granting amnesty to illegal immigrants being overturned by a federal appeals court. On Monday’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie fretted: “A federal appeals court has dealt a major new blow to President Obama’s plan to protect millions of people from being deported.”

ABC Warns: Bio Controversy Could Be ‘Devastating’ to Ben Carson
By Scott Whitlock | November 9, 2015 | 3:22 PM EST

The media-driven controversy surrounding Ben Carson’s biography could be “devastating” for the candidate who is “under fire” and “on the defensive,” according to the journalists at Good Morning America on Monday. The hosts repeatedly hyped alleged discrepancies in Carson’s background. 

‘View’ Host Demands Carson Books be Moved to Fiction Section
By Jeffrey Meyer | November 9, 2015 | 2:56 PM EST

On Monday, the co-hosts of ABC’s The View continued the media obsession with trying to discredit Dr. Ben Carson’s personal narrative with liberal co-host Michelle Collins going so far as to suggest his books should no longer be considered non-fiction: "I do think they should put his book in the fiction section."

MRC Study: TV News Is Trying to Winnow the Field of GOP Candidates
By Rich Noyes | November 9, 2015 | 9:16 AM EST

During the past three months, the big broadcast networks have essentially stopped covering most of the GOP presidential candidates, a lack of national news attention that presumably affects the national poll ratings used to determine which candidates are included in televised debates. Instead of covering the top 10 Republican candidates, or the entire current field of 15 candidates, the networks have now essentially pared down the field to five candidates: Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina.