Press Falsely Treats Trump's Rescission Proposal As 'Cuts'
May 9th, 2018 7:33 PM
The press has mostly gone off the rails in covering President Trump's proposal to rescind $15 billion in unspent funds, insisting on characterizing the move as "cuts." The competition for the worst coverage is fierce, but Andrew Taylor's story at the Associated Press, as carried at the Washington Post, probably wins the prize for the most incoherent headline: "Administration proposes cutting $15…
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Ad on MSNBC: Don’t Just Watch Us, Follow Other Liberal News, Too
May 9th, 2018 6:37 PM
While observing World Press Freedom Day on May 3, MSNBC aired an advertisement encouraging viewers to watch not just that liberal channel, but also follow more than 25 other left-leaning sources and newspapers while not mentioning Fox, the most-watched news network on cable TV. The spot, which was created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), begins by…
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ABC’s Vega Presses WH’s Sanders on Trump Tweet; Sanders Unloads
May 9th, 2018 6:04 PM
In Wednesday’s must-see exchange during the White House Press Briefing, ABC senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega grilled Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about an early morning Trump tweeting wondering whether it was time to revoke media press credentials (presumably from the White House). Needless to say, Sanders was locked and loaded to respond.
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MSNBC Hails Avenatti as ‘Savior’; 'Democrats Can Learn' From Him
May 9th, 2018 5:39 PM
During her 9:00 a.m. ET hour show on Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle and her panel of anti-Trump guests cheered Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti as “a beast” who was “brilliant” at garnering media attention, even hailing him as “the savior of the republic” for his latest revelations that the pundits thought could take down the President.
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About Time: CNN Guest Calls Out Ex-Obama Aide’s Sour Grapes on Iran
May 9th, 2018 3:58 PM
As the headline indicated, it’s about time a former Obama official was called on the carpet. Thankfully, CNN political commentator and former George W. Bush special assistant Scott Jennings did that on Tuesday’s CNN Tonight, blasting former Obama National Security Council member-turned CNN national security analyst Samantha Vinograd over her bitterness surrounding President Trump’s withdrawal…
Before and After Welfare Handouts
May 9th, 2018 12:55 PM
Before the massive growth of our welfare state, private charity was the sole option for an individual or family facing insurmountable financial difficulties or other challenges. How do we know that? There is no history of Americans dying on the streets because they could not find food or basic medical assistance.
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…
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Matthews, Panel Go Nuts Over 'Chick Hawks,' Giving Iran 'High Ground'
May 8th, 2018 10:20 PM
Just CNN and the major broadcast networks earlier Tuesday after President Trump’s Iran Deal speech, MSNBC’s Hardball was beside itself over the President’s decision to withdrawal the U.S. from the deal, dubbing it a victory for “chick hawks” like John Bolton drawing America into war with Iran while also “surrender[ing] the moral high ground to Iran.”
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Samantha Bee Hailed Disgraced Eric Schneiderman as a ‘Superhero'
May 8th, 2018 5:47 PM
Have you ever wanted to go back in time and do something differently? That’s what Samantha Bee, the liberal host of TBS's Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, apparently wants to do since last November she called now-disgraced Democratic New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman a “superhero” before he was accused on Monday of sexually abusing four women.
NY Times Loved Schneiderman, Laments Fall of ‘Champion’ of Women
May 8th, 2018 5:17 PM
Monday evening, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a purported "champion of women" and an "outspoken figure in the #MeToo movement," became a pariah in barely three breathtaking hours. At 6:47 p.m., the New Yorker published "Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse." Just after 10 p.m., Schneiderman, a Democrat who was the nationwide point man for state-level anti…
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MELTDOWN: Behold CNN's Apocalyptic Reactions to U.S. Leaving Iran Deal
May 8th, 2018 4:20 PM
From the moment President Trump ended his remarks announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran Deal, it was DEFCON-1 at CNN with panelist after panelist losing their minds over the President’s decision. One after another, they almost universally claimed that leaving the deal has left America less safe, jeopardized progress with North Korea, handed Iran a “propaganda victory,” and destroyed “…
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MSNBC Mourns Schneiderman Resignation as ‘Big Loss’ for Dems
May 8th, 2018 3:40 PM
During a panel discussion on her 12:00 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Tuesday, anchor Andrea Mitchell and her guests feared that the resignation of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman over domestic abuse allegations would hurt ongoing legal challenges to President Trump’s policy agenda and be a “big loss” for the Democratic Party.
AP's Scott Bauer Fails to ID Party of Dem Charged in Racial Incident
May 6th, 2018 12:56 PM
Despite relatively recent Associated Press Stylebook changes mandating that elected officials' political party "should be routinely included" in stories about them, the wire service appears to be backsliding. On Saturday, I noted the wire service's failure – before being shamed into a partial remedy — to tag DC politicians engaged in public anti-Semitic outbursts and conspiracy theories as…
AP Shamed Into Naming One Dem's Party in DC Anti-Semitism Controversy
May 5th, 2018 12:07 PM
The Associated Press apparently was shamed by a Washington Examiner reporter Wednesday when it revised a story on District of Columbia Councilman Trayon White to include his Democratic Party affiliation. White has been sharply criticized and ridiculed for anti-Semitic remarks, including claiming that Jews control the climate. The Democratic Party tag didn't arrive in the AP's revision until…
