NB Podcast: Zero Self-Respect Press Accepts Teleprompter Dem Campaign

August 7th, 2024 10:35 PM

Kamala Harris is treating reporters like a of troop of Typhoid Marys. Hello and welcome to the NewsBusters Podcast. Settle in. I’m Tim Graham. The Republicans, especially J.D. Vance are making a campaign issue of how Harris has been avoiding the press since July 21, when President Biden announced he was forced out of the race. So far, it’s another basement campaign, and why not?

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Mea Culpa: Van Jones Atones for Speaking Ill of Harris VP Pick Motives

August 7th, 2024 9:40 PM

On Tuesday, CNN’s Dana Bash filled in on Anderson Cooper 360 and gave Van Jones a second chance to praise Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’s vice president choice. Earlier in the day, Jones claimed that Walz was picked to appeal to “anti-Jewish bigots” among Democrats. This time around, Jones described Walz as “young” and “fresh” before Bash introduced new Harris/Walz campaign "…

PBS Defends Walz From 'Pouncing' Trump, Suggests He's 'More Moderate'

August 7th, 2024 8:08 PM

After the Kamala Harris campaign named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett conducted a cozy interview with his fellow Minnesota pol, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, on Tuesday evening, and quickly transformed himself into a liberal media cliché. Bennett: "The Trump campaign is already pouncing, calling him dangerously liberal and saying that the Harris/Walz…

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Making Fetch Happen: CBS Thrilled with ‘Electric’ Harris-Walz Rally

August 7th, 2024 6:59 PM

Sighh, they really are trying to make fetch happen. Like ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today, Wednesday’s CBS Mornings did what they thought was needed to project joy over the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket and claim they’re “electric” kick off rally was the start of something special. Reacting to clips of The Daily Show fawning over Walz, fill-in co-…

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NBC Buoyed by ‘Raucous Opening’ for ‘Plainspoken’ Tim Walz

August 7th, 2024 4:40 PM

Wednesday on NBC’s Today, the red carpet was rolled out for Vice President Kamala Harris’s new running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), cheering the “raucous opening rally” a day earlier to celebrate Harris naming a “plainspoken”, “progressive” man oozing “relatability” with “small town, Midwestern roots” and supports “LGBTQ protections”.

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NewsNation Questions If Kamala Picked Walz to Placate Dem Anti-Semites

August 7th, 2024 4:01 PM

Much like CNN’s Van Jones did earlier in the day, NewsNation spent part of their Tuesday night wondering if Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) to be her running mate out of fear she would lose the votes of the anti-Semitic wing of the Democratic Party if she chose Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D).

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Morning Joe Weirdly Hypes Tim Walz's 'Mind Your Own Damn Business'

August 7th, 2024 3:34 PM

On Morning Joe, after Mike Barnicle slobbers over the Walz VP announcement rally, Jonathan Lemire enthuses over Tim Walz's line, "mind your own damn business." Democrats the new libertarians? Hardly! They're the party that  wants to control countless facets of people's lives.  

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MSNBC And CNN Already Condemn 'Swift Boating' Of Walz

August 7th, 2024 2:44 PM

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had not even been VP Kamala Harris’s running mate for 12 hours before MSNBC’s All In host Chris Hayes accused Republicans of “swift boating” him on Tuesday. On Wednesday, CNN’s Jim Acosta and Brianna Keilar followed suit by also turning the clock back to 2004 as they defended Walz from GOP criticism.

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ABC Giddily Celebrates ‘Folksy’ Walz’s ‘Meteoric’ ‘Rise’ to Kamala VP

August 7th, 2024 1:23 PM

ABC’s Good Morning America understood the assignment on Wednesday to play proverbial clapping seals over Vice President Kamala Harris picking Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, casting him as a “folksy”, innocent guy from Minnesota with a “meteoric” “rise” who “fired up” a Philadelphia rally but can also “reach out to the rural conservative voters”.

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'Got a Lot Done': Daily Show Lauds Walz Selection

August 7th, 2024 10:06 AM

Comedy Central's The Daily Show’s temp host of the week, Michael Kosta, welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday by praising Walz’s liberal record as governor of Minnesota. Even jokes nominally about Walz were more about Midwestern stereotypes than Walz.

Column: Harris, Walz, and the 'Minnesota Freedom Fund' Scandal

August 7th, 2024 5:58 AM

Kamala Harris announced that her running mate will be Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who drew national huzzahs in the last few weeks for underlining the Democrat message that J.D. Vance is a major-league weirdo. J.D. Vance lowered the boom: Walz allowed rioters to "burn down Minneapolis" in 2020, and Harris "helped bail them out of jail."

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ABC, CBS, NBC Give A Warm Regime Media Welcome To Tim Walz

August 7th, 2024 1:06 AM

The network evening newscasts wasted no time welcoming Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to the bright lights of national politics as he was announced as Vice President Kamala Harris’s chosen running mate. And it was a warm welcome, indeed.

Mika Brzezinski Joe Scarborough Eugene Robinson MSNBC Morning Joe 8-6-24
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Scarborough's Christian Celebration of Dems: 'Unto Them Is Born'

August 6th, 2024 10:52 PM

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough invokes Christian liturgy to celebrate the Democrats' current good fortune: "Gene Robinson, before we get to the news of the day, behold, you bring tidings of good news to Democrats east, west, north, and South, for unto them is born the reason for exuberance."

PBS's Barron-Lopez Turns to Prof to Defend 'Dignity' of Kamala, Obama

August 6th, 2024 10:19 PM

The Saturday edition of PBS News Weekend was hosted by the paper’s most liberal reporter Laura Barron-Lopez, and she took full advantage, harkening back to Donald Trump’s wild appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists to accuse the former president of appealing to racists and anti-semites. Providing PBS-selected back up was a hard-left academic who hailed the…