PBS Defends Walz From 'Pouncing' Trump, Suggests He's 'More Moderate'
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…
Making Fetch Happen: CBS Thrilled with ‘Electric’ Harris-Walz Rally
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-…
NBC Buoyed by ‘Raucous Opening’ for ‘Plainspoken’ Tim Walz
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”.
NewsNation Questions If Kamala Picked Walz to Placate Dem Anti-Semites
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).
Morning Joe Weirdly Hypes Tim Walz's 'Mind Your Own Damn Business'
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.
MSNBC And CNN Already Condemn 'Swift Boating' Of Walz
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.
ABC Giddily Celebrates ‘Folksy’ Walz’s ‘Meteoric’ ‘Rise’ to Kamala VP
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”.
'Got a Lot Done': Daily Show Lauds Walz Selection
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
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."
ABC, CBS, NBC Give A Warm Regime Media Welcome To Tim Walz
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.
Scarborough's Christian Celebration of Dems: 'Unto Them Is Born'
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
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…
'Twinkle'-Eye Tim: Morning Joe Fawns Over ‘Happy Warrior’ Walz
Vice President Kamala Harris announced her running mate pick, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D), on Tuesday morning. MSNBC’s Morning Joe wasted no time in showering praise on the Governor for his apparently numerous positive qualities, insisting he would help secure the win for the Harris campaign with a “twinkle in his eye.”
Cozy! NPR Books Klobuchar To Praise ‘Optimistic’ and ‘Thoughtful’ Walz
Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio hosted Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Morning Edition with A Martinez. The whole interview was dedicated to praising “thoughtful” and “optimistic” Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, who Kamala Harris chose to be her running mate on Monday.
