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Skipped: Crowd Gasps at Scandal Question to Hillary from N.H. Man
SooperMexican at The Right Scoop reported on something the media wanted to ignore: a young voter in New Hampshire hit Hillary Clinton with Benghazi, the e-mails, and...even Whitewater, that golden oldie from the S&L-90s.
That's funny: Networks which love to obsess over a Trump questioner in New Hampshire talking about Muslims couldn't locate some "Clinton hater" millennial with a hardball:
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Shamed: CNBC Allows Just a Minute on GOP Firing NBC
Seemingly out of shame, CNBC has initially downplayed the breaking news that the Republican National Committee is punishing parent company NBC for Wednesday’s biased presidential debate. While MSNBC and CNN offered extensive commentary and analysis, CNBC allowed just a minute and eight seconds since the story broke around noon.
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RNC 'Suspending Partnership' With NBC for February Debate
In a letter to NBC News president Andrew Lack on Friday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus informed the network “that pending further discussion between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and our presidential campaigns, we are suspending the partnership with NBC News for the Republican primary debate at the University of Houston on February 26, 2016.”
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Even Kimmel Hated Jeb’s Attack on Rubio; ‘No One Outside of FL Cares'
While much of the media ruled that Jeb Bush did not have a satisfactory debate performance on Wednesday, the sentiment stretched even into the late-night comedy shows as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel panned the “embarrassing” Bush on Thursday for attacking Rubio on an issue “that literally no one outside of Florida cares about” concerning his Senate attendance record.
Reuters Report on Weak Personal Spending Has Key Errors and Omissions
The government's Personal Income and Outlays report for September bore more evidence of a slowing economy. Consumer spending rose by only 0.1 percent, trailing expectations of 0.2 percent. That's troubling news, given that the optimists believe that strong consumer spending will supposedly drive stronger fourth-quarter economic growth.
Lucia Mutikani's coverage at Reuters made a common error in…
HuffPo Denies Policy Change in Trump Coverage But Quickly Relapses
Last Monday your humble correspondent pointed out what was apparently a lapse in the absurd Huffington Post policy initiated in July to only cover Donald Trump on its Entertainment, not Politics, page. However, the Huffington Post denied to WND and Adweek that there was any such change in a policy which, the longer Trump remains in the lead, makes them look like a laughingstock for stubbornly…
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Stelter Blames GOP for ‘More Polarization’ by Exposing Lib Media Bias
CNN’s senior media correspondent, Brian Stelter, during Thursday’s AC360, lamented how Republican presidential candidates have often attacked the liberal media “to deflect tough, unwelcome questions,” arguing their conservative supporters have caused “more polarization” in the electorate by not trusting the media.
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Morning Joe: Carson a Leader, Right about the Need to Reform Debate
Friday's Morning Joe featured a discussion by the roundtable on the subject of the debates and the fairness needed for them. While Newsbusters previously discussed Morning Joe's discussion on the bias of moderators, Morning Joe also discussed their surprise and support of Dr. Ben Carson, who has come out leading the change to reform these debates.
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Oliver: ‘American Democracy Looks Like a Four-Year-Old’s Birthday'
The journalists at CBS This Morning fawned over liberal comedian John Oliver, Friday. Co-host Gayle King enthused that “I love watching your take on politics.” Co-host Norah O’Donnell offered him a softball on American politics: “You’re a Brit. What do you think about this process we have?”
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Pierce: GOPers Are ‘Unruly, Nasty’ Kids; Debate Should Be In 'Sandbox'
Making his now semi-frequent appearance on a primetime MSNBC show, lefty blogger Charles Pierce was on Thursday’s All In to trash the 2016 Republican presidential candidates as merely “a bunch of unruly, nasty children” during Wednesday’s CNBC debate and suggested that “the next one” should take place “in a sandbox.”
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NBC: GOP = ‘Grand Old Problems’; Candidates ‘Revolt’ Against RNC
On Friday, NBC’s Today tried to spin Republicans objecting to CNBC’s disastrous debate moderators as a problem for the GOP. Co-host Matt Lauer declared: “Grand old problems. Republican candidates reportedly planning to meet about changing how future debates are organized...”
There's Still Time to Vote on 'Best Anti-Media Slam' on CNBC
There is still time to vote in our NewsBusters poll on "Who had the best anti-media slam of the debate?"
Right now, Ted Cruz is winning with a whopping 71 percent of the vote. Come over and enjoy all three wicked counterpunches and share your opinion.
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MRC Study Proves It: CNBC Agenda Was to Undermine GOP Candidates
A Media Research Center analysis of the questions posed by moderators John Harwood, Carl Quintanilla and Becky Quick at CNBC's Republican presidential debate found nearly two-thirds (65%) hit the candidates with negative spin, personal insults or ad hominem attacks. In contrast, all of the questions posed by CNBC personalities Jim Cramer, Rick Santelli and Sharon Epperson focused on policy…
TV News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary
Former ThinkProgress blogger Lee Fang came at Hillary Clinton from the left on Glenn Greenwald’s blog The Intercept. The article was headlined “Television News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton.”
For example Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, which includes cable networks NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC, "has a number of lobbyists on retainer who are working to raise cash for…
