Daily Kos Writer: Media ‘Skewing Their Agenda to Undermine’ Hillary

August 30th, 2016 5:59 PM
The mainstream media’s campaign coverage is perverse, believes Laurence Lewis. The MSM should be explaining that Donald Trump is “the least fit nominee for president in living memory, if not all of American history,” but instead they’re attacking Hillary Clinton. In a piece pegged to the uproar over the Clinton Foundation pay-for-play story, Lewis complained, "The Clinton critics just can't…

¿De cuándo acá fue la neutralidad una opción para Jorge Ramos?

Latino
August 30th, 2016 3:43 PM
Si estos artículos tipo "cosas que dice Jorge Ramos" parecen repetitivos, es porque no hay precedente de un presentador nacional de noticias que publique sus opiniones (en plataforma multinacional) sobre un candidato presidencial, porque la prensa estáblishment ha colaborado con esta rotura con tradición de años, y porque es importante crear y preservar -conforme a la misión de MRC Latino- una…

Where There's Smoke There's Fire

August 30th, 2016 12:45 PM
The prize quote of this incendiary political year may go to Hillary Clinton. In response to Donald Trump's charge that the Clintons set up a pay-for-play arrangement that granted big contributors access to Clinton while she was secretary of state, Hillary Clinton said, "My work as secretary of state was not influenced by any outside forces. I made policy decisions based on what I thought was…
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Anti-Trump Song Gets Top Billing on Azteca America TV

Latino
August 30th, 2016 7:20 AM
As usual, Azteca America takes the cake for the most over-the-top anti-Trump news on U.S. Spanish-language television. In its national evening newscast, the U.S. subsidiary of the Mexican television conglomerate devoted almost three minutes to what amounted to an extended anti-Trump ad in the form of a musical rant by Mexican singer-songwriter Serralde.
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Morning Joe's Mika Brzezinski: I Can't Be Objective About Trump

August 30th, 2016 6:22 AM
In what must be at least the twentieth media installment of "I can't be objective about this," MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski brought out her death stare as she reacted on Friday's Morning Joe show to Donald Trump's characterization of Hillary Clinton as a bigot — after several months during which Mrs. Clinton, her campaign and the press (but I repeat myself) have routinely called Trump or his rhetoric…

'I'm A Journalist Asking Questions': Ramos' Shield Becomes A Sword

Latino
August 29th, 2016 5:19 PM
As expected, Jorge Ramos went on CNN's Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter, justified his abandonment of neutrality with regard to Donald Trump, and evaded the question about MRC Founder Brent Bozell's call for his removal from Univision's anchor chair until after the election. The linguistic dodge that Ramos deployed in order to effectively to do so warrants additional analysis.

Flashback: Media Loved ‘Whole Foods’ Weiner Marriage; 'New Feminism'

August 29th, 2016 3:48 PM
As most of the internet knows by now, top Hillary Clinton confidante and lifeline Huma Abedin announced her separation from soon-to-be-ex-husband and former New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner following new allegations that Weiner (aka Carlos Danger) is still sexting women despite being caught multiple times and led to his resignation from Congress (thanks to the late Andrew Breitbart…
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Jorge Ramos en pie de guerra contra el anuncio de Trump

Latino
August 29th, 2016 3:47 PM
Entrando evidentemente de lleno en la campaña política de este otoño, Jorge Ramos ha puesto en marcha un ataque en gran escala contra el primer aviso de televisión para las elecciones generales por el binomio Trump-Pence, con un discurso que elimina cualquier duda que aún pudiera haber de que él es partidario abierto de Hillary Clinton.

Brent Bozell desafía a Jorge Ramos a un debate

Latino
August 29th, 2016 2:16 PM
El presidente del Centro de Investigación Mediática, Brent Bozell, publicó la siguiente declaración desafiando al presentador de Univisión Jorge Ramos a debatir, un día después de que Ramos apareciera en el programa de CNN Reliable Sources para hablar sobre su capacidad para cubrir honestamente la elección presidencial de 2016. El presentador de CNN Brian Stelter le preguntó a Ramos en el…
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NBC Censors Clinton Foundation Donor Seeking Favor from State Dept.

August 29th, 2016 12:28 PM
On Monday morning, NBC News and Today kept their viewers in the dark on new details from e-mails of Clinton aides that showed the head of the Rockefeller Foundation sought preferential seating at a luncheon held by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s State Department after the organization had given between $10 and $25 million to the Clinton Foundation. 

Univision Announces GOTV Event For 'Rising American Mainstream'

Latino
August 29th, 2016 11:46 AM
Univision and Fusion Media Group (FMG) have announced the creation of "Rise Up As One", a "celebration of music and unity" designed to help us "awaken to the power of a changing world". But from the way this event is billed and pushed, though, it has the look and feel of a GOTV event targeted at Univision and FMG's digital audience.

What Really Drove Target's Single-Stall Bathroom Move: Falling Traffic

August 29th, 2016 10:18 AM
When Target Stores reported results for its second-quarter, which ended on July 31, on August 17, the Associated Press's Anne D'Innocenzio told readers that "Sales at stores open at least a year fell 1.1 percent, reversing seven straight quarters of gains," and that "Customer traffic fell for the first time in a year and a half." What could have caused such a stark reversal, especially in light…

MRC's Brent Bozell Challenges Univision’s Jorge Ramos to Debate

August 29th, 2016 10:14 AM
Reston, VA – Media Research Center President Brent Bozell issued the following statement challenging Univision anchor Jorge Ramos to a debate a day after Ramos appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to talk about his capacity to fairly cover the 2016 presidential election. 
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Jorge Ramos Responds to MRC’s Call for Removal from Anchor Chair

August 28th, 2016 1:09 PM
On Sunday August 28 Univision’s Jorge Ramos appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to talk about Donald Trump, immigration, and respond to the Media Research Center’s call for him to be removed from the anchor chair. Because of Ramos’ active opposition to Trump, MRC Founder Brent Bozell put out a statement which said, “At the very least, Univision should remove Ramos from the network’s national…