MS NOW’s ‘Heavy Lift’ Copium: 5x for Doug Jones, the Alabama Longshot
Saturday night’s episode of The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW featured Democrat Doug Jones discussing his long-shot bid to become governor of Alabama in a race against Tommy Tuberville. In a remarkable display, ex-Senator Jones and the MS NOW hosts combined to use the phrase “heavy lift” five separate times.
Nets End AM/PM Blackout on Platner, What ‘Some Say’ Is Nazi Tattoo
After the Sunday morning talk shows broke the dam on the broadcast network-wide blackout of coverage on Maine Democrat senatorial candidate Graham Platner and his umpteen scandals, Sunday’s NBC Nightly News and the Monday morning shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC covered the “fresh controversy” hitting “one of the most-talked-about candidates in the midterms” who’s “critical to Democrats’…
MS NOW’s Phony Balance: Passes Off Mark McKinnon as GOP Strategist
Saturday's episode of The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW pretended to present a balanced discussion about the critical Texas Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. Co-host Elise Jordan introduced one of the guests this way: “Joining us now is Mark McKinnon, former advisor to George W. Bush and John McCain… Mark, you have a long career advising Republicans in Texas…
Snopes Denounces GOP on Talarico But Not Pro-Abort Conspiracy Theories
The self-styled fact-checkers at Snopes had an interesting Friday. On one hand, Rae Deng claimed there is insufficient evidence to label a left-wing conspiracy theory about a proposed bill in North Carolina making murdering women legal if they seek an abortion false. On the other hand, Jack Izzo was adamant that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is the victim of a “chronically…
Maher Describes Texas Senate Race As 'Attila The Hun' Vs. 'Nice Guy'
On Friday’s episode of Real Time, HBO’s Bill Maher sought to frame the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico as “Attila the Hun” versus “a nice guy.” At the same time, after former GOP Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pointed out that Talarico has said some whacky things in the past, MS NOW host Katy Tur stepped in to defend Talarico by claiming “he’s taken that…
PBS Claims 'Biden's Health Has Been Litigated In Public Exhaustively'
PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart teamed up to try to absolve the media from their past errors on Friday by making the curious claim that “Joe Biden's health has been litigated in public exhaustively.” For his part, Capehart went so far as to try to shift the presidential health concerns to President Trump for simply having three semi-annual…
PolitiFact Defends Talarico From Vegan Charge, Ignores Six Sexes Claim
PolitiFact’s Caleb McCullough has his priorities out of order. On Wednesday, he penned an article declaring GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton “false” for calling his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, a vegan. However, he could have rated Paxton “half-true” or written another article labeling Talarico “false” because Paxton also cited Talarico’s previous comments about there being six…
Kimmel Freaks Out Over Support For Spencer Pratt in LA Mayoral Race
Polls show that former reality TV personality turned Republican candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Spencer Pratt, has a real shot to advance to November’s general election, which caused ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel to stage an intervention on Wednesday and plead with people not to vote for him.
Velshi: Voters Could Stop U.S. Elections Becoming Like Iran and Russia
During MS NOW’s Texas Senate Primary election coverage, the new helm of the spin-off network’s election big board, Ali Velshi said American elections could turn into elections in Russia and Iran with meaningless ballots. He then stated he felt a groundswell movement, as seen with anti-DOGE and Minneapolis’s protests, would rise to vote in the upcoming midterms to stop it.
Giddy Networks Hope Paxton Win Will ‘Backfire,’ ‘Boost’ Dem Talarico
The “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC were enthralled Wednesday morning with the possibilities of a blue Texas Senate seat in November as they declared the Republican nomination of “controversial” Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn could “backfire for the GOP” with Democrat state Representative James Talarico serving “as their best chance to win in decades.”
CNN Selects Two Texas Republicans Who Say They Won’t Vote for Paxton
CNN This Morning began its coverage today of Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff by airing interviews with exactly two Texas Republicans who swore they won’t vote for Paxton. One even declared she will “absolutely” vote for Democrat James Talarico in November.
MS NOW: Talarico 'Can Out-Bible' GOP, Race Will Be 'Good Versus Evil'
After Tuesday’s GOP Senate Primary in Texas, MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera welcomed former Bush and McCain advisor Mark McKinnon to her show the following day to react. McKinnon twice stated that the matchup is more than Republican Ken Paxton versus Democrat James Talarico but that it is “good versus evil.”
Column: Graham Platner's Comedic Potential Lost In Joke Drought
Bonchie of RedState.com asked an interesting question on X: Has a single late night comic told a single joke about Graham Platner? Our Alex Christy found nothing on ABC, CBS, or NBC. Comedy Central had a bit, but made more fun of stupid rural Mainers.
‘CBS Mornings’ Becomes First Network Show to Air WILD Talarico Clips
In what took only a few seconds and thus proving how easy it should be to do their supposed jobs as journalists, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings became the first flagship morning or evening broadcast network newscast — meaning ABC, CBS, and NBC — to mention Texas Democrat senatorial candidate James Talarico’s radical views on gender and religion in a larger piece about Tuesday’s Texas…
