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Trump ‘Attacking Bill Clinton’ Exasperates NBC’s Andrea Mitchell

By Brent Baker | December 28, 2015, 10:35 AM EST

You could hear it in her voice. Hosting Meet the Press on Sunday, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was clearly exasperated by Donald Trump daring to warn Hillary Clinton he would raise Bill Clinton’s “penchant for sexism” if he campaigns for her. Mitchell was so ann ...

CBS Downplays Sanders vs. Clinton-DNC Data Scandal; Merely a ‘Brewing’ ‘Family Feud’

By Curtis Houck | December 19, 2015, 2:12 AM EST

On Friday, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC covered the new scandal brewing inside the Democratic presidential campaign with the data breach involving the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton campaigns (plus the Sanders camp suing the Democratic Nationa ...

NBC's Mitchell Claims 'A Lot of Discrimination' Vs. Muslims, GOP Says 'Really Troubling' Things

By Brad Wilmouth | December 17, 2015, 10:02 PM EST

Nearing the end of her MSNBC program Andrea Mitchell Reports on Thursday, NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell claimed that "there is a lot of discrimination" against Muslims as she was introducing President Barack Obama' ...

Networks Cheer Hillary as ‘Grown Up’ on ISIS Compared to GOP, Chelsea Joining Campaign Trail

By Curtis Houck | December 15, 2015, 8:23 PM EST

Just after the undercard Republican presidential debate began on Tuesday night, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC offered previews of the impending “freewheeling and fiery slugfest” debate and contrasted that with plenty of laudatory rhetoric ...

Andrea Mitchell Blames ‘The South’ for New York Gun Violence

By Kyle Drennen | December 14, 2015, 3:36 PM EST

During a segment on her Monday MSNBC show using the third anniversary of the Newtown school shooting to demand gun control, host Andrea Mitchell pleaded for national legislation: “Andrew Cuomo, the governor who passed really tough gun legislation in New Y ...

Andrea Mitchell Compares Trump and George Wallace Voters, 'I've Seen This Before'

By Brad Wilmouth | December 12, 2015, 11:37 PM EST

On Friday's Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, as guest and NBC host Chuck Todd attempted to psychoanalyze Donald Trump supporters, host Mitchell compared Trump voters to those who supported segregationist Alabama Democratic Governor George Wallace in ...

Obsession: Network Evening Shows Spend 24 Minutes on Trump’s Muslim Ban

By Curtis Houck | December 10, 2015, 9:09 AM EST

Acting as though the latest news the war against ISIS, new developments in the Hillary Clinton scandal or any other story barely existed, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC devoted a whopping 24 minutes and three seconds of their Tuesday evenin ...

NBC Rips Obama Speech: ‘He Didn’t Offer Anything New’

By Kyle Drennen | December 7, 2015, 1:30 PM EST

Moments before President Obama’s Sunday night address to the nation about the San Bernardino terrorist attack, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt hoped the speech might be “a defining moment for his presidency.” By Monday morning, reaction from hosts and ...

MSNBC’s Most Pressing Concern? ‘Fear’ and ‘Anti-Muslim Rhetoric’

By Scott Whitlock | December 4, 2015, 5:18 PM EST

With the unfolding news that Wednesday’s mass shooting in California was, in fact, terrorism, the main concern on MSNBC appears to be an anti-Muslim backlash by Americans and politicians. On Friday, Andrea Mitchell lectured, “In the midst of a political c ...

NBC Nightly News Runs Report Attacking Prayer, Praising Gun Control; Cheers Lefty Pundit

By Curtis Houck | December 4, 2015, 8:55 AM EST

Following the liberal media’s strategy of attacking God-fearing people for offering their “thoughts and prayers” concerning the San Bernardino shooting, Thursday’s NBC Nightly News joined that chorus with a unrelenting report from NBC News correspondent a ...

NBC, CBS Tout NY Daily News Attacking Prayer After Shooting

By Kyle Drennen | December 3, 2015, 11:55 AM EST

On Thursday, both CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today eagerly promoted the New York Daily News attacking Republicans for sending “thoughts and prayers” to victims of the San Bernardino shooting but not signing on to liberal gun control measures. This Morning ...

ABC and CBS Omit Obama Backpedaling on ISIS Strategy, Disconnect with Joint Chiefs Chairman

By Curtis Houck | December 2, 2015, 12:19 PM EST

On Tuesday night, ABC and CBS refused to acknowledge a pair of points in its respective stories concerning news that additional U.S. special forces will be stationed inside Iraq to fight ISIS and will engage in combat roles.  Along with not mentioning tha ...

MSNBC Feminists Roll Out Plush Carpet for Planned Parenthood

By Michael McKinney | November 30, 2015, 4:31 PM EST

Planned Parenthood executives appeared twice on MSNBC on Monday with female interviewers who acted more like facilitators than journalists. Planned Parenthood boss Cecile Richards appeared on Andrea Mitchell Reports. Mitchell noted that Republican respons ...

Andrea Mitchell: Senate’s Dislike of Cruz Should Have Made Candidacy ‘a Non-Starter’

By Curtis Houck | November 26, 2015, 10:25 AM EST

Closing out the Wednesday edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell remarked how the presidential candidacy of Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex) would have been sunk and declared “a non-starter” under so-called normal circumstances due ...

NBC NN Frets Turkey Shooting Down Russian Jet ‘Managed to Overshadow’ Obama/Hollande Meeting

By Curtis Houck | November 24, 2015, 9:04 PM EST

In NBC Nightly News ’s coverage of President Obama’s Tuesday meeting with French President Hollande, the newscast complained that Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian fighter jet had “managed to overshadow” the “crucial meeting at the White House” an ...