Daily Beast: ‘The Only Good Newsman on Facebook’ Is Dan Rather
Is the presidential campaign driving you crazy? Ben Collins knows someone who might be able to help. Collins recently interviewed perhaps “the only sane man writing about politics” on Facebook, and tells us that the experience was “like therapy.” Collins’s inadvertent therapist: former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather. As Collins indicated, for more than a year Rather, galvanized by Donald…
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ABC’s Crystal Ball: Democratic Senate ‘Likely’
Moving past a Hillary Clinton victory, ABC now sees a Democratic Senate “likely.” Reporter Jon Karl touted his conclusion, Monday, ignoring past media botches on predictions. Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos hyped, “Control of Congress at stake in this election. Both in GOP hands right now. Those majorities may be in jeopardy.”
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WashPost’s Phillip: Clinton Scandals Are Too ‘Complicated' to Explain
On the Monday edition of CNN’s Inside Politics, Washington Post political reporter Abby Phillip employed a tiresome tactic to deflect away from any number of the Clinton scandals and particularly the revelations via WikiLeaks because it’s all “too complicated” to explain to voters in building a case against her.
Ahí va otra vez: La reacción de Jorge Ramos a “bad hombres”
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Desde junio de 2015 el presentador de noticias Jorge Ramos nunca deja perder oportunidades para describir las declaraciones del candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump como supuestas expresiones desenfrenadas de xenofobia y racismo.
Mucha más cobertura a escándalos de Trump que a los correos de Clinton
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Durante un período de dos semanas los principales programas noticiosos nocturnos de las cadenas líderes en español del país, Univisión y Telemundo, dedicaron más de una hora de cobertura a las conversaciones sexuales de Donald Trump y las denuncias de abuso subsiguientes por parte de varias mujeres, en comparación con poco más de 12 minutos a la avalancha de revelaciones alarmantes sobre Hillary…
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Moore: Clinton’s Faith Is ‘Great’ Because ‘She Doesn’t Talk About It'
Ultra-left wing filmmaker Michael Moore appeared on ABC’s The View Monday, where he promoted his new film, Michael Moore in TrumpLand. But, as the hosts pointed out, the film really was more about Hillary Clinton then it was about Donald Trump. Moore expressed shock that any reasonable person could not vote for Clinton, gushing that she was not just a great leader but also a great Christian. The…
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Liberal Fantasies Comes True in New Anti-Bush Comedy 'Graves'
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We all know the George W. Bush years were hard for liberals, but EPIX takes Bush Derangement Syndrome to a whole new level with their new original series Graves.
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NYT's Friedman: ‘Maybe’ the GOP ‘Needs to Crash and Burn’ and 'Die'
New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman has never passed up a chance to trash the Republican Party and so during Sunday’s Meet the Press, he suggested that “maybe this party needs to crash and burn and this version of the Republican Party needs to die” in order for it to be reborn into a more competitive party against Democrats (translation: reshape their ideology).
There He Goes Again: Jorge Ramos’ Reaction to ‘Bad Hombres’
Since June of 2015, there’s something Univision’s chief news anchor Jorge Ramos has never missed a beat in doing: portraying Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s words as expressions of unbridled xenophobia and racism.
WashPost Q: 'How Fascist Is Donald Trump?' A: 'Semi-Fascist'
The Washington Post “Fact Checker” uses a Pinocchio scale to determine how much politicians are lying. In Sunday’s Post, they suggested Donald Trump can be measured in “Benitos” in the article “How fascist is Donald Trump?” On some measurements of fascism, he’s four Mussolinis.
The article’s author is Georgetown historian John McNeill, whose specialty is environmental history (think Al Gore),…
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Donald Trump Ruins the Party on ‘Last Man Standing’
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ABC’s Last Man Standing aired its Halloween special “Trick or Treat,” featuring Donald Trump as the most popular costume, but with a portrayal that was milder than what we’ve been seeing lately from liberal Hollywood.
Oregonian: 2.5-Percent Receipts Tax 'Could' Raise Consumer Prices
I hope I'm right when I contend that most people in Oregon aren't as dumb as the writer of a photo caption in an article found at Oregon Live, the web site of the Oregonian, apparently is (or, one hopes, is only pretending to be). The caption's writer, commenting on a 2.5 percent gross receipts tax — not an income tax, but a tax off the top on sales — claims that "One question Oregonians have…
Columbia Journalism Review’s Truth Problem
The truth, as they say, hurts. Nowhere is this better illustrated recently than over there at The Columbia Journalism Review. Where CJR staff writer and senior Delacorte fellow David Uberti has penned this seriously misleading piece about my recent remarks on CNN concerning the “rigged election” controversy brought to the fore by Donald Trump.
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RNC Official Schools CNN’s Brian Stelter on Liberal Media Bias
Liberal media bias has become painfully obvious during the 2016 election cycle. Between the severely lopsided coverage of political scandals and WikiLeaks exposing just how cozy the media is to the Clinton campaign, it’s nearly impossible to deny its existence. But that didn’t stop CNN’s Brian Stelter from trying on Reliable Sources Sunday. “But how is this anything more than the team that thinks…