NPR's Cokie Roberts: GOP's Debate Ban of CNN, NBC 'A Little Bit Childi
August 20th, 2013 4:36 PM
On Monday's Morning Edition on NPR, Cokie Roberts did little to hide her feelings about the Republican National Committee's recent decision to exclude NBC and CNN from hosting future debates between would-be GOP presidential candidates. Roberts asserted that "some might think it's a little bit childish."
Roberts also brushed off the impact of the RNC's move, stating that it's "not likely to…
Sorry, NYTimes, It's the Private Sector, Not Obama, Which Has Successf
August 20th, 2013 11:11 AM
The Gray Lady on Sunday packed a tremendous amount of bias into the opening sentence of their “Most of U.S. Is Wired, but Millions Aren’t Plugged In.”
Brace yourself - here goes:
NBC Barely Mentions RNC's Debate Boycott; CNN Drops the Story Over the
August 19th, 2013 4:18 PM
After the Republican National Committee voted to refuse CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 GOP primary debates, NBC took two days to even mention the news before again ignoring it. In fact, CBS spent more time covering the boycott of NBC than NBC itself did.
The RNC threatened a boycott after CNN Films and NBC Entertainment both planned productions on Democrat Hillary Clinton as she is predicted…
David Gregory: Do Americans Want Third Obama Term or Restoration of Cl
August 18th, 2013 2:22 PM
"Do Americans, specifically Democratic voters, do they want to see a third Obama term or would they like to see the restoration of the Bill Clinton era?"
So asked David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday (video follows with commentary):
Chuck Todd: Hillary Clinton Hurting Obama By Campaigning Too Soon
August 18th, 2013 1:53 PM
The liberal media sure love Hillary Clinton, but possibly not as much as they adore Barack Obama.
Such was witnessed on Meet the Press Sunday when NBC's chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd expressed regret that the former Secretary of State has apparently started her 2016 campaign already saying, "This hurts the current president of the United States as trying to be leader of the…
Morgan Freeman Developing Series About Female Secretary of State for C
August 17th, 2013 1:23 PM
With all the stink caused by CNN and NBC's planned programs about Hillary Clinton, you'd think other networks might shy away from such projects.
Not CBS who according to The Wrap is developing a new series about a - wait for it! - female secretary of state executive produced by the perilously liberal Morgan Freeman.
NBC: Hillary Miniseries Might Never Go To Production
August 17th, 2013 12:16 PM
Within hours of the Republican National Committee voting not to participate in presidential debates on CNN and NBC if those networks proceeded with plans to air programs about Hillary Clinton, one outlet appears to be caving.
NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt issued the following statement to Deadline Friday:
Hillary Would Be 'Perfect' As President, Gushes Belatedly Smitten Ed S
August 16th, 2013 4:25 PM
Hillary Clinton is so dreamy to Ed Schultz. More accurately, Hillary Clinton is so dreamy to Ed Schultz ... now.
The braying left-wing radio host and MSNBC weekend parolee is surely hoping that Clinton has a short memory. Clinton and her lesser half are many things, but they aren't possessed of short memories. With speculation already on the rise about the 2016 campaign, Schultz is wasting…
New York Times Reporter Sneers At Limbaugh's 'Usual Level of Factual A
August 16th, 2013 9:36 AM
New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore knows he has one goal in his professional life: not to help Rush Limbaugh’s radio show. After a tough front-page story Wednesday (with Amy Chozick) on the financial mess that is Bill Clinton’s foundation, Confessore appeared briefly that night on MSNBC’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.
O’Donnell warned that Limbaugh loved the Times article and…
RNC Comm Director Blasts NBC, CNN: 'Not the Be-All and End-All' of New
August 15th, 2013 2:58 PM
MSNBC host Thomas Roberts took a hostile tone with RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer in a Thursday interview on MSNBC Live, suggesting the GOP just wants “to scream into an echo chamber” during the 2016 presidential cycle. Roberts appeared to take issue with the RNC’s campaign against planned Hillary Clinton projects from CNN and NBC, asking if the RNC was “making a huge mistake with this…
NBC Suddenly Gets Tough on Clintons In Wake of Hillary Biopic Controve
August 15th, 2013 12:59 PM
Perhaps in response to the backlash against a planned miniseries on Hillary Clinton, Thursday's NBC Today aired an unusually critical story about the "chaos" at the Clinton Foundation and the possible negative political fallout for the would-be 2016 presidential contender. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
White House correspondent Peter Alexander informed viewers: "As…
On PBS, Glenn Thrush Says GOP Objection to Hillary Documentary Is ‘N
August 15th, 2013 12:12 PM
Politico’s Glenn Thrush attacked RNC chairman Reince Priebus last Friday for Priebus’s threat to withhold 2016 GOP primary debates from NBC and CNN. Priebus was upset because NBC and CNN are planning to run a miniseries and a documentary, respectively, about presumed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Appearing on PBS’s Inside Washington, Thrush dismissed Priebus’s criticism…
GOP Actually Considering Conservative Talk Radio Hosts as Debate Moder
August 15th, 2013 11:09 AM
After decades of submitting to biased questioning from liberal journalists in their presidential debates, the Republican National Committee is now considering allowing conservative media figures like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin to host such affairs.
This move is now being considered in light of the ongoing media campaign that RNC chairman Reince Priebus has been conducting…
NPR’s Voting Rights Battle: 92-Year-Old Black Woman vs. Racist Gover
August 14th, 2013 3:01 PM
Media liberals have been up in arms since the Supreme Court decision that Congress should revisit the Voting Rights Act. They’re also upset about North Carolina, which on Monday, August 12, passed sweeping new voter laws including the use of state issued ID cards in all elections starting in 2016.
On the August 13 All Things Considered on NPR, reporter Dave DeWitt of North Carolina Public…