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Cognitive Dissonance: Nets Cause Unease With Conflicting COVID Reports
May 14th, 2020 9:48 PM
What makes a crisis, such as the one we’re all living through, worse is when the public gets mixed and/or conflicting messages about what to expect. This causes confusion and anxiety. And that’s exactly what the broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC have been creating with the cognitive dissonance plaguing their evening news reports, which reach millions of people.
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Nets Ignore Radical Provisions in Dems' $3 Trillion Stimulus Package
May 14th, 2020 9:33 PM
All three of the morning news shows on the alphabet soup networks mentioned that House Democrats had unveiled a $3 trillion stimulus package that included economic relief for Americans facing economic hardship because of Coronavirus. All three reports made sure to mention that President Trump and/or the Republicans had vowed to block the bill. None of the reporters mentioned that radical…
Not a Joke: Lefty Group Cites 2nd Amendment in Virus Suit Against FNC
May 14th, 2020 7:20 PM
Back on April 10, NewsBusters wrote about a bizarre move by the far-left group WASHLITE to have a judge removed from their farcical lawsuit trying to destroy Fox News for its supposedly dangerous, deadly, and inept coronavirus coverage. Earlier this week, the case took an even more baffling turn when, as part of a new filing, WASHLITE cited the Second Amendment in a case pertaining to the First…
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Amanpour and Goodwin Cheer Higher Taxes and Increased 'Welfare State'
May 14th, 2020 5:30 PM
On Friday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour and former NBC presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin spoke favorably of higher taxes on the wealthy in the U.S. and the increased welfare state in Britain that came about post-World War II.
Opening Up America
May 14th, 2020 5:06 PM
The choice before us seems to be no choice at all: stay inside and have no human contact with another soul, keep businesses closed, denying a livelihood to millions, or step outside and risk death. Though I believe the risk is small when comparing the number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and have recovered with the number who have died, fear may be the greater threat.
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Fake News: CNN’s Darcy Claims Fox News ‘Largely Ignored’ Coronavirus
May 14th, 2020 4:21 PM
Former conservative media writer-turned-CNN media quack Oliver Darcy pinch hit Wednesday night for Brian Stelter in the daily media newsletter and, predictably, it was dominated by his deep hatred for Fox News. Even worse, Darcy’s falsely claimed that Fox News “largely ignored the virus in the afternoon and into its primetime programming” due to the declassified unmasking list on Michael Flynn…
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Mitchell Decries ‘Resurgence of Xenophobia,’ ‘Anti-China Scapegoating'
May 14th, 2020 3:25 PM
On Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell feared that President Trump’s criticism of China’s mishandling of coronavirus amounted to a “resurgence of xenophobia” and “anti-China scapegoating.” She even cast doubt on U.S. intelligence warning that the communist regime was looking to hack organizations conducting medical research on the pandemic.
Bloomberg News: China Attacks U.S. with ‘Russian-Style’ Disinformation
May 14th, 2020 3:20 PM
Move over Russia. China is waging a massive disinformation war in an attempt to destabilize the United States by scapegoating it for spreading the COVID-19 virus. “An army of bot accounts linked to an alleged Chinese government-backed propaganda campaign is spreading disinformation on social media about coronavirus and other topics, including an exiled businessman, according to a London-based…
'Covid 45’: ‘Guns N’ Roses’ Sell Anti-Trump Band T-Shirts
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May 14th, 2020 2:47 PM
One 80s rock group isn’t content with being a part of rock ‘n’ roll history and has been trying way too hard at gaining relevance by selling band merch with political attacks against President Trump. Spurred on by its frontman’s hatred for the 45th president, legendary hard rock band Guns N’ Roses has started marketing band T-shirts which include hateful messages directed at Trump and his…
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NY Times Scribe Gets Admonished by His Own Paper for Too Much Opinion
May 14th, 2020 12:22 PM
On Tuesday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, New York Times health and science reporter Donald McNeil insisted Centers for Disease Control boss James Redfield should just resign. Even the Times issued a statement saying that was too much opinion.
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Nets Tout Whistleblower Testifying Today, Ignore Dem Ally Ties
May 14th, 2020 10:03 AM
ABC, NBC and CBS spent Thursday morning eagerly touting anti-Trump “whistleblower” Dr. Rick Bright testifying against the Trump administration on Capitol Hill today for their response to the coronavirus, but left out a crucial detail surrounding his testimony. Namely, that he was going to be questioned by a friendly Democrat ally, who’s district benefited financially from him.
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Obsessed Joe Scarborough's Meltdown: 'Donald! Donald! Hey, Donald!'
May 14th, 2020 9:30 AM
Nary a day goes by that Morning Joe does not aver some variation on the notion that President Trump is not "well." But perhaps the time has come for Scarborough to take a hard look in the mirror. The corrosive effects of his unrelenting hatred of the president seem to be taking a toll on Scarborough's psyche.
CNN's Van Jones Plays Dumb as Panel on Corona-Racism Is Canceled
May 14th, 2020 8:59 AM
As journalists have come under attack for accepting and forwarding Chinese propaganda about the coronavirus they unleashed from Wuhan, the National Association of Black Journalists was forced on Tuesday to cancel a panel discussion with CNN host Van Jones and former CNN analyst Roland Martin on the "rise of misinformation" on the virus when it became controversial due to its financial backer --…
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While His Brother Put COVID in Nursing Homes, Cuomo Smeared Florida
May 14th, 2020 12:20 AM
We now know that Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had been packing coronavirus patients into nursing homes for weeks, possibly killing untold numbers of people. But while he was doing that, his CNN host little brother, Chris “Fredo” Cuomo was lashing out at Florida and Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, suggesting they didn’t care about the lives of non-residents. Now, we know that New…
