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Chris Matthews Fears ‘Horror’ of Ted Cruz Presidency; Calls Him ‘Enemy of the State’

By Kyle Drennen | December 22, 2015, 7:58 PM EST

Appearing in the 3 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live on Tuesday, Hardball host Chris Matthews revealed how terrified he is at the prospect of Texas Senator Ted Cruz becoming president: “...Cruz is scarier than Trump and that will be a frightening prospect to rea ...

NBC Gushes Over ‘Comedian-in-Chief’ Obama Appearing on Seinfeld Web Show

By Kyle Drennen | December 22, 2015, 1:38 PM EST

On Tuesday, NBC’s Today devoted two full reports to President Obama appearing on Jerry Seinfeld’s web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The first report came late in the 7 a.m. ET hour, with co-host Carson Daly proclaiming: “President Obama and Jer ...

MSNBC’s Russert Offers ‘Kudos’ to NPR’s Inskeep for Teeing Up Obama to Blast GOP as Racist

By Kyle Drennen | December 21, 2015, 6:00 PM EST

Talking to NPR’s Steve Inskeep on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, fill-in anchor Luke Russert congratulated the Morning Edition host for teeing up the President to slam Republican critics as racist in a recent interview. A clip played of Inskeep asking t ...

CBS Muslim Focus Group: Don’t Let Children Watch ‘Hateful’ GOP Debates

By Kyle Drennen | December 18, 2015, 11:11 AM EST

In a focus group with American Muslims on CBS This Morning, participants told political strategist Frank Luntz that Republicans discussing terrorism was so offensive that their children could not be exposed to GOP debates. One woman warned: “I actually di ...

Ted Koppel Downplays ISIS Threat, Claims U.S. Created Al Qaeda ‘Franchise’

By Kyle Drennen | December 21, 2015, 9:01 AM EST

On Wednesday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly pressed NBC’s Ted Koppel on the state of the country: “...a new Wall Street Journal poll says just 20% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction....do you believe the USA is in bad sh ...

NBC, CBS Eager for Brokered GOP Convention; Pushed Obama-Hillary ‘Dream Ticket’ in ‘08

By Kyle Drennen | December 17, 2015, 10:18 AM EST

Interviewing Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Wednesday, the hosts of both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning pushed the idea that the 2016 Republican field was so divided that there would have to be a brokered convention to pick the ...

NBC Ignores Own Poll Showing ‘Plummet’ in Obama Approval; CBS Covers

By Kyle Drennen | December 16, 2015, 11:35 AM EST

On Tuesday, NBC left it to CBS to report its own poll showing a significant drop in President Obama’s overall approval rating and specifically regarding his handling of terrorism. CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King covered the numbers from the latest NBC ...

NBC Touts Hillary’s ‘Preemptive Strike’ Against GOP Before Debate

By Kyle Drennen | December 15, 2015, 11:50 AM EST

After covering the upcoming Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer promoted Hillary Clinton preparing to attack her GOP rivals: “Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is planning a preemptive strike against the barrage of ...

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 ...

CBS Hypes: Ted Cruz ‘Deeply Unpopular’ With GOP Leadership

By Kyle Drennen | December 14, 2015, 12:41 PM EST

On Monday’s CBS This Morning, while covering Ted Cruz’s rise in the polls, correspondent Nancy Cordes noted the Republican presidential candidate’s “outspoken opposition to ObamaCare and his willingness to take on both sides of the Washington establishmen ...

Jane Fonda Writes ‘Note to Self’ on CBS, Praising Herself for Her Anti-War Activism

By Kyle Drennen | December 14, 2015, 11:13 AM EST

In the latest edition of its Note to Self series, Monday’s CBS This Morning featured left-wing actress Jane Fonda reciting a letter to herself in which she praised her own activism against the Vietnam war: “Your biggest strength will be that you won' ...

Seth Meyers Tees Up Hillary Clinton to Push Gun Control

By Kyle Drennen | December 11, 2015, 1:04 PM EST

While interviewing Hillary Clinton on Thursday’s NBC Late Night, aired early Friday morning, host Seth Meyers lobbed softballs to the Democratic frontrunner on gun control: “...we have lived through so many tragic shootings...in recent months. You know, o ...

Fiorina Destroys CNN’s Cuomo for Pushing Planned Parenthood Propaganda

By Kyle Drennen | December 11, 2015, 10:52 AM EST

In a hostile interview with Carly Fiorina on CNN’s New Day on Friday, anchor Chris Cuomo accused the Republican presidential candidate of inciting violence with her criticism of abortion provider Planned Parenthood: “Do you feel any sense of regret about ...

Even Washington Post Admits No Proposed Gun Laws Would Have Stopped Mass Shootings

By Kyle Drennen | December 10, 2015, 4:35 PM EST

After Florida Senator Marco Rubio rejected demands from the hosts of CBS This Morning for gun control in a recent December 4 interview, Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler took it upon himself to examine the claim. Much to the chagrin of the rest o ...

NBC Uses Cabdriver Jumping on Moving Car to Go After Uber

By Kyle Drennen | December 10, 2015, 3:19 PM EST

On Thursday, NBC’s Today seized on a cabdriver in Toronto attacking the car of an Uber driver as a chance to attack the entrepreneurial car service, with co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaiming: “A cabbie confronts an Uber driver and gets dragged 60 feet dow ...