CNN Tries to Downplay Attempted Hijacking as ‘Suicide By Pilot’
On Wednesday, CNN’s The Arena With Kasie Hunt gave the recent stabbing of a Flydubai’s captain by his first officer mid-flight a much more mundane approach. Citing it as an “attempted” “suicide by pilot” rather than a potential hijacking, CNN’s Aviation Correspondent Pete Muntean compared this flight to past pilots commandeering their planes into danger.
MS NOW Boosts Author Claiming 2nd Amendment Was for Slave Patrols
On Wednesday's Morning Joe show, co-host Joe Scarborough gave no pushback to liberal author Malcolm Gladwell claiming that the Second Amendment was meant to apply to slave patrols as he complained about the U.S. Supreme Court making gun control more difficult to enact.
Klepper Thinks Hegseth Quoting The Bible Is Iran-Like Fanaticism
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper closed out the week on Thursday with an intellectually lazy attack on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During Hegseth’s Wednesday State of the Force address, Hegseth quoted the Bible on multiple occasions, but instead of giving context to the specific passages, Klepper tried to paint Hegseth as a hypocrite because he previously…
OMISSION ROUNDUP: Slain NYT Exec, Noncitizen Voting, French Riots
Once again, it is time to get caught up on some of the stories deliberately missed by the Elitist Media Evening News, which is deeply invested in delivering political narrative and anti-news. Here are some of those stories.
ABC Continues to Milk Paxton Gaffe While Pushing Poll DOOM
For a second consecutive evening Disney-owned ABC World News Tonight, the most Trump-deranged of the Elitist Media evening newscasts, has elected to run a news item highlighting Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s remarks complaining on the GOP Midterm Convention. For the second consecutive night, ABC pushed “Republicans in Disarray” and polling DOOM!!11!!
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CBS Joins Giddy ABC in Boasting GOP Has ‘Struggling’ Candidates, Polls
Slowly providing more midterm coverage after relatively few direct segments post-primary season (aside from passing nods to, say, gas prices hurting voters), ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS Mornings both touted on Thursday leaked audio from Texas Republican senatorial candidate Ken Paxton criticizing the party’s Dallas midterm convention and reveled in painting a near-inevitable blue…
Erin Burnett Now Fears Protecting Elections from Foreign Interference
In Tuesday’s OutFront, Erin Burnett once again dove into her, and the leftwing media’s, obsession with Russia’s apparent collusion in U.S. elections. With the November midterms now just weeks away, Burnett couldn’t resist piling on another claim: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s order to defend this election season from foreign interference was another ploy for Republicans to steal votes.…
The View Demands Politicians Actually Have Debates Before the Midterms
In a rare moment of actual bipartisanship, The View cast shared their displeasure with how politicians on both sides of the aisle where refusing to do “the absolute bare minimum if you want to be in public service,” and debate each other. The only politician to be named for their refusal to debate their opponent, during their Thursday show, was Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Jolly (FL…
Small Business Health, Cash Flow Improve in Q3, U.S. Chamber Reports
Small business confidence improved in the third quarter as owners reported stable business health and greater comfort with their cash flow, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported Wednesday.
Stewart Mourns Being Called a Socialist For Hyping Socialized Medicine
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart welcomed Iowa Democratic Senate Josh Turek to Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast, where he lamented that people call him a socialist for wanting socialized health care. During their discussion Stewart and Turek would make several misleading claims about the nature of private health care in Iowa.
Top ABC, CBS Morning Shows Duck Foiled Anti-Semitic Attack in Austin
On Wednesday night, the Texas Department of Public Safety revealed it had arrested a man who had planned to attack the Texas State Capitol because of his hatred for Jews, specifically the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the boogeyman organization pilloried by the left (and, increasingly, on the right) as a shadowy group of Jews controlling U.S. politicians on behalf of Israel…
Ivy League Trustees Overwhelming Identify as, and Donate to, Democrats
Trustees who identify as Democrats greatly outnumber those who identify as Republicans at the nation’s Ivy League schools and, as a result, Democrats receive far more money in political donations from members of these governing bodies than do Republicans, a study by the Buckley Institute reveals.
O'Donnell Compares GOP Senator To 'Drunk,' Insists Trump Has Dementia
On Wednesday night in the world of The Last Word’s Lawrence O’Donnell, the MS NOW nighttime host went after Republican Senator Eric Schmitt after Tuesday’s Jack Smith hearing and compared the senator, “at best,” to the “equivalent of a Drunk Joe McCarthy.” He did not stop there, and later insisted President Trump had dementia.