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Dem Falls Short in Georgia, But NBC Sees ‘Ominous Sign’ for GOP

Kyle Drennen
April 19th, 2017 12:18 PM

Despite acknowledging that the media’s chosen candidate in Georgia’s special congressional election on Tuesday, Democrat Jon Ossoff, had fallen short of the 50% threshold necessary to avoid a runoff, on Wednesday, NBC’s Today touted the failed liberal effort as a near win that would send an “ominous sign” to Republicans.

 
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Are You Kidding Me? Don Lemon Compares Jon Ossoff to Barack Obama

Curtis Houck
April 19th, 2017 2:23 AM

No, that headline is not a joke. Just before midnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, CNN Tonight host Don Lemon swooned that Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff sounded just like former President Barack Obama when addressing supporters after Tuesday’s special election. 

 
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ABC, NBC Fawn Over Ossoff: Democrats’ ‘Best Chance’ Against Trump

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 18th, 2017 10:11 PM

With the polls getting ready to close in Georgia’s 6th congressional district, ABC and NBC flaunted their admiration for the young Democrat Jon Ossoff Tuesday evening. “Tonight, the eyes of the political world are on a congressional district in Georgia where an upstart Democrat is trying to win a special election in what has been a Republican-held district for years,” announced Anchor Lester…

 
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Matthews: All Trump Does Is ‘B**ch, B**ch'; While Obama Was Justified

Curtis Houck
April 18th, 2017 9:35 PM
MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews is notorious for saying stupid things, but salty language is not usually associated with him. While trashing President Trump and his criticism of President Obama, Matthews whined to his panelists that all Trump does is “bitch, bitch.”
 
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MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Trump Has Given WH 'A Mad King Air to It'

Randy Hall
April 18th, 2017 6:23 PM
During Monday's edition of CBS's The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert asked guest Chris Hayes who he trusts “over there” in the Trump administration. Hayes, the host of MSNBC's All In weeknight program, responded quickly: “No one.”
 

Shame: AP Assists Muslim Fresno Shooter, Claims He Said ‘God Is Great’

Curtis Houck
April 18th, 2017 6:08 PM
As part of its coverage on the deadly Tuesday shooting at a number of Fresno, California locations (including a Catholic charities building), the Associated Press (AP) Twitter account went into full spin mode on behalf of the alleged Muslim shooter, claiming in a tweet that he “shouted ‘God is great’ before killings” instead of, you know, Allahu Akbar.
 

Hillary Began Campaign With Soft CNN Interview, But Wanted Softer

Kyle Drennen
April 18th, 2017 5:17 PM
On Tuesday, a new book looking back at the 2016 presidential campaign revealed that despite Hillary Clinton starting off her candidacy with a relatively easy national TV interview conducted by CNN’s Brianna Keilar in July of 2015, the Democratic candidate actually wanted an even friendlier sit down with Yahoo’s Bianna Golodryga.
 

Sam Bee’s Show Tweets Support for Democrats in Georgia House Race

Curtis Houck
April 18th, 2017 3:26 PM
On Monday and Tuesday, the Twitter account for NewsBusters-stalking, far-left host Samantha Bee’s TBS show did its part for The Resistance by openly advocating for a Democratic Party victory in the Georgia sixth congressional district special election. 
 
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NYT's Kristof: Media Were 'Profoundly Unfair' to Jimmy Carter

Brad Wilmouth
April 18th, 2017 1:42 PM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's Tavis Smiley show on PBS, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof lamented that the media "truly wronged" Jimmy Carter and were "profoundly unfair" to him while he was President, due to "snobbishness" by the media. He also seemed happy to report that Hillary Clinton's personality has improved since her electoral loss, as the liberal columnist also recalled that…
 
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Today Hosts Eager to Launch 2020 Bid of Trump’s ‘Top Agitator'

Kyle Drennen
April 18th, 2017 12:08 PM
On Tuesday, the hosts of NBC’s Today were thrilled to have an exclusive live interview with Donald Trump’s “top agitator” and left-wing bomb thrower Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. In addition to inviting her to blast the President over his tax returns and praising her “fight” for “the middle class, the person who doesn’t seem to catch a break,” Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie made it…
 
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Lib, Anti-Gun Professor Gets Schooled on This NBC Drama

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Karen Townsend and Alexa Moutevelis
April 18th, 2017 8:48 AM
Based in a city that’s the murder capital of the country with some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, it was only a matter of time before NBC’s new spin-off show Chicago Justice dealt with the issue of guns. But the surprise was how they handled it. Star Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Stone (Philip Winchester) is the only adult who defends gun rights in a story that sheds a light on what…
 
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Attn. NBC Legal: Matthews Says IRS Leaking Trump Taxes Would Be 'Good'

Tom Blumer
April 17th, 2017 11:22 PM
In early March, Nick Kristof at the New York Times solicited a felony in a tweet by virtually begging someone at the Internal Revenue Service to leak Donald Trump's tax returns. On Monday, Chris Matthews was more interested in settling the supposedly questionable matter of whether Trump's prior returns are under audit, but he went down the same path. During his Hardball broadcast, he effectively…
 
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CBS Hypes Young Democrat in Georgia Primary: ‘Hopes’ ‘Invested’ in Him

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 17th, 2017 9:05 PM

With the polls in Georgia’s special election closing in roughly 24-hours, CBS Evening News spent a segment of Monday night’s program seemingly hyping up the young Democrat running, Jon Ossoff. “30-year old John Ossoff has gone from unknown documentarian to Democratic-cause-celeb in the space of two months,” praised Correspondent Nancy Cordes. This, while poking fun at Republicans who they…

 
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Run, Liz, Run! Andrea Mitchell & Company Want Warren in 2020

Kyle Drennen
April 17th, 2017 4:31 PM
On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Monday, anchor Andrea Mitchell and USA Today’s Susan Page were positively giddy about the prospect of Senator Elizabeth Warren running for president in 2020. Promoting an interview she just conducted with the Democrat, Page excitedly recalled: “I asked if she was going to promise Massachusetts voters that she would serve all six years of her second Senate term…