Biden Admin Signs Controversial Christchurch Pact to Push Censorship

May 7th, 2021 7:53 PM

The Biden administration signaled its intent to join an international agreement to stop “violent” extremism online.

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MSNBC's Heilemann: Don't Give Republicans Credit If They Dump Gaetz!

April 2nd, 2021 2:47 PM

On Morning Joe, MSNBC analyst John Heilemann says that if Republicans denounce Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz, who is facing accusations about his personal life, they will be doing so only out of a "totally self-interested, purely cynical, public-relations driven approach" for which "they have no moral standing."

AP Avoids Schneiderman's Party; LA Times Kept Story Out of Tues. Print

May 9th, 2018 11:45 AM
The establishment press appears determined to downplay the visibility of the bombshell news of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's resignation, and to avoid referring to him as a Democrat. The Associated Press avoided tagging him as a Dem in one story, and saved the tag for a very late paragraph in another. Meanwhile the Los Angeles Times found a unique solution to the problem in its…

NYT Foodie Mark Bittman Uncoils Leftist Inanities for Sunday Review

December 16th, 2014 1:38 AM
An epic example of fanciful, fatuous liberalism featured in the most recent New York Times Sunday Review, a screed from Times food writer Mark Bittman that tried to tie in every single current event into a neat package labeled Republican Evil: "The police killing unarmed civilians. Horrifying income inequality. Rotting infrastructure and an unsafe "safety net." An inability to respond to climate…

Networks Rush to Label Former Governor Bob McDonnell a Republican

January 22nd, 2014 10:53 AM
Less than 24-hours after former Governor Bob McDonnell (R-VA) was indicted on 14 charges including conspiracy and fraud, all three network morning shows immediately identified McDonnell as a Republican. While McDonnell’s potential crimes are serious, the media failed to uphold the same party ID standard when it involved a scandal plagued Democratic governor. NBC led their January 22 coverage…

Bill Maher Rips Chris Matthews for Attacking Weiner While Idolizing Cl

July 27th, 2013 11:45 AM
Bill Maher on Friday attacked the media – particularly MSNBC’s Chris Matthews – for hypocrisy concerning how they handle sex scandals based on whether or not they like the politician involved. The HBO Real Time host correctly pointed out that the Anthony Weiner-bashing Matthews absolutely adored John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton who were both involved in far worse sexcapades than the New York…

CNN Tries to Rehabilitate Scandal-Tainted Eliot Spitzer (Again

July 18th, 2013 12:07 PM
Would Eliot Spitzer be getting such a boost from CNN if he were a Republican? The former Democratic New York governor resigned in 2008 over a prostitution scandal, but less than three years later he snagged a prime-time show on CNN. On Wednesday night he enjoyed a nice promotion from CNN's Piers Morgan as he runs for New York City comptroller. Morgan largely avoided Spitzer's 2008 scandal –…

ABC Again Touts Eliot Spitzer: 'Infamy Might Work to His Advantage,' S

July 9th, 2013 12:06 PM
For the second day in a row, the journalists at Good Morning America failed to identify prostitution patron Eliot Spitzer as a Democrat. Yet, in a story on the politician's comeback, reporter Claire Shipman made sure to highlight former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford as a Republican. Regarding Spitzer's bid to be the New York City comptroller, Shipman enthused, "A new political lesson for…

Nothing to See Here: CNN Largely Omits Tainted Eliot Spitzer Was Once

July 9th, 2013 10:36 AM
CNN mentioned Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal in every single report on his comeback bid in politics on Monday and Tuesday, but hid that he was recently a CNN prime-time host in five of the seven reports. Spitzer was originally hired by CNN as a liberal voice, to co-host a prime-time show with "conservative" Kathleen Parker that debuted in October of 2010. When Parker left the show…

Spitzer's Feeble Defense: Hey, Politicians Lie All The Time About All

July 9th, 2013 10:20 AM
As defenses go to the charge of having lied to the people of New York about illegal activities, Eliot Spitzer's was feeble at best. Hey, politicans lie all the time about all sorts of stuff, was the essence of Client #9-turned-Comptroller-candidate's response. Spitzer's lame defense [he literally said: "I think we all know that politicians dissemble all the time about negotiations, on…

MSNBC's Smerconish to Spitzer: Was Your Resignation 'Unwarranted?' 'En

July 8th, 2013 6:29 PM
  Hardball guest host Michael Smerconish on Monday was so gentle with reformed prostitution patron Eliot Spitzer that even the former governor seemed uncomfortable. Talking about Spitzer's new run for New York City comptroller, Smerconish enthused, "Governor, does running now mean that resigning was unwarranted?" He continued, "Would a Spitzer victory mark the of end of the sex scandal as…

ABC Skips Dem Label of Prostitution Enthusiast Eliot Spitzer, NBC Hype

July 8th, 2013 12:28 PM
The journalists at Good Morning America on Monday offered an assist to liberal politicians trying to avoid being associated with the scandal-plagued former Governor of New York. While announcing Eliot Spitzer's return to public life, news reader Paula Faris avoided any mention of the fact that Spitzer is a Democrat. As she noted his bid to be New York City's comptroller, Faris simply referred…

Introducing Rachel Maddow's Integrity Expert: Eliot Spitzer

April 3rd, 2013 8:42 AM
I say "political integrity expert," you say "Eliot Spitzer."  I say "you're kidding me, right?" Rachel Maddow actually got off to a good start last evening in her segment on political sleaziness, ripping politicians both Dem and Republican for a variety of venal sins.  But of all the people to bring on as your expert to discuss how to raise the moral bar . . . Client 9?  Surely you make…

Kurtz Mocks Fox for Hiring Sex Scandal Plagued Former GOP Governor, Do

October 23rd, 2011 5:32 PM
CNN's Howard Kurtz on Sunday mocked the hiring of sex scandal plagued former governor Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) by Fox News. Hypocritically, the "Reliable Sources" host neglected to mention his own network's prior relationship with the prostitute loving former governor Eliot Spitzer (D-N.Y.) (video follows with transcript and commentary):