Capitol Hill Riot
CBS Erroneously Links GOP Rep. to 1/6 Scouting Despite Clearing Probe
On Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Norah O’Donnell and congressional correspondent Seth MacFarlane erroneously linked Republican Congressman Barry Loudermilk to an alleged advanced reconnaissance inside the Capitol building prior to the January 6 riots at the Capitol. This despite Capitol Police stating that nothing suspicious or out of the ordinary was spotted on surveillance…
Joe Scarborough Thinks Bill Barr is Similar to Apu From 'The Simpsons'
The left’s reactions to the January 6 hearings just keep getting more and more entertaining. On the Tuesday edition of Morning Joe, main host Joe Scarborough took it to a heavily exaggerated level when talking about former Attorney General Bill Barr by comparing him to a character on The Simpsons.
NYT’s Douthat: Soft Coverage of Riots, Kavanaugh Radicalizes the Left
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat took a polite shot at the mainstream liberal press, including his own paper, in Sunday’s “Why the Memory of Jan. 6 Can’t Prevent a Trump Resurgence.” One major reason: The mainstream liberal press. Douthat argued that the liberal establishment (including its press handmaidens) unwittingly reinforce the idea that Trump isn’t a “uniquely malign…
WashPost Journo Moves Goalpost on 1/6 Committee Prosecuting Trump
During an appearance on the always unhinged Deadline: White House hosted by MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Monday, Washington Post congressional investigations reporter Jackie Alemany almost blew her back out moving the goalpost for the Democrat-led January 6 Committee. Claiming the hearings and the point of the committee was never to prosecute a literal case against former…
Morning Joe Trumpets 1/6 Ratings, But Bury Biden's -- And Their Own!
Morning Joe trumpets the ratings of the first night of the J6 ratings, which attracted, across several networks, a cumulative audience of about 20 million people. Joe and Mika make invidious comparisons with the ratings of Donald Trump's Apprentice shows. But Morning Joe rarely if ever mentions Joe Biden's terrible ratings. Not to mention Morning Joe's own terrible ratings: with a loss over…
Sunday Shows IGNORE Kavanaugh Threat, Spend Over An Hour on Jan 6
As previously reported, ABC’s This Week ignored the attempted assassination of Brett Kavanaugh, while gushing over White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and obsessing over the Democrats January 6 committee hearings which revealed very few new details about the riot at the Capitol eighteen months ago.
Joe Scarborough Compares Liz Cheney to Churchill and Zelenskyy
On the Friday edition of Morning Joe, the hosts and guests whined at Republicans for “deflecting and deflecting” the “attack on our democracy” and Joe Scarborough glorified Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the new Winston Churchill of our time.
NewsBusters Podcast: The Prime Time Riot Special Fails to Impress
Democrats talked all the networks (except Fox News) into a breathless hearing (or retelling) of January 6. But it felt like a summer rerun.
Toobin: 'We Saw Less Proof Of' Trump Responsibility for 1/6 Violence
On CNN's New Day, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says, regarding the first night of the January 6th committee hearings, "we saw less proof" that Donald Trump encouraged or was responsible for the violence. and that proving that will be "the biggest challenge so far." He adds that the committee is off to a "promising start" on that issue, but not as promising as their case that Trump and…
CBS Fawns Over ‘Shocking,’ ‘Harrowing’ J6 Hearings to ‘Change History’
Friday’s CBS Mornings went all out in reaction to Thursday’s primetime hearing of the House Select Committee on January 6, leading all broadcast network morning news shows with 16 minutes and 30 seconds on the liberal extravaganza and boasting the “historic” and “vital” gathering contained “shocking new evidence,” “harrowing testimony,” and a recognition that America’s still in grave…
Broadcast Jan 6 Hearings Draw Smaller Audiences than Nightly Newscasts
The preliminary broadcast network ratings are in for last night’s January 6 committee hearings, and they paint a disappointing picture for Democrats and their media pals. On any given night last week, evening newscast audiences were 1.6 times larger than the total number of broadcast viewers who tuned into the hearings on Thursday.
Behar Is 'Scared' AG Garland Waiting for Evidence to 'Jail' Trump
Thursday night was the first in a series of at least six public hearings put on by the Democrat-led January 6 House Committee, a spectacle adored by the liberal media. And to show just how important the rule of law and American institutions are, The View’s Joy Behar lived up to ABC standards and decried Attorney General Merrick Garland for waiting to see hard evidence and a report…
ABC Trumpets ‘Powerful’ January 6 Hearing as Liz Cheney’s ‘Moment’
Following months of build-up and a plethora of coverage (seven minutes and 56 seconds) previewing Thursday’s primetime hearing of the House Select Committee on January 6, ABC’s Good Morning America went all-out on Friday with nearly 12 minutes (11:55) hyping the “powerful,” “high-stakes, primetime hearing” detailing the “carnage at the Capitol” that included Congresswoman Liz Cheney (…
MSNBC: McConnell Wants Inflation to Stay High to Distract From Jan 6
During MSNBC’s recap of Thursday night’s hyper-partisan January 6 committee hearings, host Stephanie Ruhle brought on failed former Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill, to get her take on the fallout from the publicity stunt the Democrats put on.
