Scott Jennings Disrupts CNN’s Storyline, Points to Trump’s ‘Success’
Scott Jennings, former special assistant to George W. Bush, provided his usual, much-needed touch of sanity to CNN Sunday morning, on State of the Union. As a panel hosted by Dana Bash railed against the Trump administration in a by now pretty true-to-form way, Jennings forced them to listen as he confronted them with actual facts about the current state of affairs, and the proper respective…
WH’s Leavitt Battles FNC’s Kurtz Over AP Suit, Changes to Press Pool
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared Sunday on the Fox News Channel’s MediaBuzz and debated host Howard Kurtz on a slew of subjects over two segments, including the Associated Press hubbub over its ban from the press pool (the smaller, rotating group of journalists that follow the President to smaller events and on Air Force One) and the press shop taking over the pool’s make-…
On PBS, Amanpour's Kooky on Hillary and Handmaid’s Tale 'Manosphere'
Christiane Amanpour is an international affairs correspondent, but for Friday’s PBS edition of Amanpour, she interviewed playwright Joe Murphy and actor Stephen Kunken at the Soho Place theatre in London, where the climate change message play Kyoto, cowritten by Murphy and starring Kunken, is being performed. Amanpour, who surely considers herself an intellectual, sounded like any other knee-…
Whoopi Supports Ukraine By Smearing America, Demands Media 'Be Vocal'
After spending the first segment of Monday’s show talking about the Oscars and commending ABC moderator Whoopi Goldberg’s dress at the event, The View pivoted to talking about the confrontation between President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House last week. In leading the discussion, Goldberg came out in support in Ukraine but did so at…
POLL RESULTS: Worst Media Take of the Week Winner!
The results of the Worst Media Take of the Week are in and the winner is….
Media and Dems in LOCKSTEP on Zelensky Meeting: ‘It Was an Ambush!’
The media were predictably horrified by the explosive Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky. But notably, the language journalists have been using to describe the meeting is virtually identical to that of Democratic politicians: namely, that the whole thing was a “premeditated,” “deliberate ambush,” meant to provide justification for the USA’s…
CNN Pushes Pool On How Long Rubio 'Will Last' As Secretary of State
On her first day as host of CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish assembles a panel consisting of Never Trumper Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch, and two New York Times journalists. The panel pushes a pool on how long Marco Rubio will last as Secretary of State, based on the notion that the views he is obliged to promote in the position are antithetical to his historical views.
MSNBC's Mohyeldin Slams GOP Transgender Policies as 'McCarthyism'
On Saturday night, MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin used his eponymously named show to paint Republican efforts to roll back the liberal agenda on transgenders and gays as a new "McCarthyism," and his guests pushed the conspiracy theory that recent actions are an "experiment" by Republicans to prepare to take rights away from a larger number of Americans later so they can stay in power.
Treasury Secretary Zings Pushy CBS Host: 'I Haven't Seen This Program'
On Sunday, CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan presented new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with a CBS News poll that they used to insist Americans already think President Trump is failing them on the economy. Bessent was sworn in on January 28. When Bessent challenged the pro-Biden/Harris media spin, Brennan got defensive and ended up a little embarrassed.
CNN's Smerconish Slams 'Disgraceful' Ban on Transgenders in Military
Appearing as a guest on Friday's CNN This Morning, CNN weekend anchor Michael Smerconish lamented the Donald Trump administration's ban on transgenders in the military, calling it "disgraceful."
MSNBC: Under Trump, America's No Longer Leader Of The Free World!
After Michael Steele, co-host of MSNBC's The Weekend, accuses President Trump of a planned "ambushing" of Zelensky, MSNBC contributor and Never Trumper Charlie Sykes claims that under Trump, the United States is no longer the leader of the free world, and to the contrary, in many cases "might be an adversary."
Stephanopoulos Cues AP Boss to Lie: AP's 'Independent, Nonpartisan'
On Sunday's This Week, host George Stephanopoulos brought on Associated Press Executive Editor Julie Pace to discuss Ukraine, and the AP being kept out of the White House press pool because they're #Resistance media. They picked the weird battle of refusing to write "Gulf of America" because they hate President Trump that much. Pace lied: "We're a global, independent, non-partisan news…
N.Y. Slimes: 'In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold'
White House correspondent Peter Baker indulged his paranoia in a story in Friday’s New York Times: “In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold -- A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia.” The odious Russia comparison is not just a stray…
'PUBLIC' Broadcasting Watch: NPR's Tamara Keith Is NOT 'Independent'
NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith joined the conga line of journalists protesting President Trump for taking the press-pool and press-credential powers away from the White House Correspondents Association. As a former WHCA president, Keith tweeted: “An independent press makes our leaders more accountable and our nation stronger.” Keith is not independent. NPR and PBS both rely on her…
