When the network anchors claim there's "no evidence" of a Democrat hoax on Trump-Russia collusion, it means they don't like the evidence. Why can't they acknowledge facts they don't like? All three broadcast networks had Sunday hosts "firefighting" Tulsi Gabbard's document dumps on Obama. MRC's Sunday-show monitor Jorge Bonilla explains.
Last Sunday, CBS’s Margaret Brennan did it on Face The Nation. The other two hopped on it on Sunday. On This Week, ABC's Jonathan Karl baldly asserted “The President of the United States accusing Obama of treason. Again, no evidence whatsoever for any of this stuff!" They're trying to tell the public that there's nothing to read, don't look at it!
On many occasions, conservatives wonder why a Republican would subject themselves to harassment by partisan liberal TV hosts. The obvious answer is to offer a strong counter-argument to their so-called “conventional wisdom.” On Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham responded strongly to host Kristen Welker:
“For years, and months, and days, and weeks, people had their lives turned upside down, chasing the Mueller narrative that Trump was in bed with the Russians, that the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians,” he said. “The only people colluding with the Russians were the Hillary Clinton campaign and Christopher Steele manufacturing a document to get warrants against Carter Page, based on lies and falsehoods…What you don't seem to acknowledge is there's something new being found."
Instead, the networks keep pushing the Epstein story as the sensation that won't stop. On Thursday's Today, guest host Peter Alexander oozed: "It is the controversy that will not go away for the White House." The screen promoted a "Growing Firestorm."
On Sunday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Hallie Jackson insisted: "Even overseas, the president cannot escape the firestorm over the Jeffrey Epstein case here at home. Asked about that today and denying trade talks are a way to try to turn the page."
On Saturday, NPR political analyst Ron Elving promised "right now, Epstein is the one name in the news as often as Trump, and the two are being endlessly linked in story after story, with all those chummy photos from back in the day." The message? We will endlessly link Trump and Epstein, because we hope to divide Trump's base and ruin his approval rating.
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