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Another Great Jobs Report? NBC Skipped It, The Others Talked Past It
March 7th, 2020 8:08 PM
On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the economy gained 273,000 jobs in February, well above economist predictions, and the unemployment rate fell from 3.6 percent to 3.5 percent. Wage growth ticked up slightly to 3 percent for the year. But Friday night's newscasts either skipped this news (NBC) or downplayed it as stocks continued to decline (ABC, CBS, PBS).
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CBS Ties Coronavirus to Medicare for All, Wonders If It'll Hurt Trump
March 4th, 2020 1:43 AM
Before it became clear that Super Tuesday would be an overwhelming success for liberal media candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, CBS News spent a few minutes talking up the coronavirus, wondering if it would it “infect” President Trump’s reelection chances. CBS also tried to tie the virus to Medicare for All. To borrow a Bidenism, this was not a joke.
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The Debate Questions You Didn’t Expect (and That One You Totally Did)
February 25th, 2020 10:47 PM
CBS’s Democratic debate on Tuesday was a confusing, tumultuous mess with the candidates repeatedly screaming over each other and co-moderators Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell seemingly unable to keep the event from devolving into chaos. Yet, the moderators deserve some credit for occasionally and surprisingly asking a few tough questions. Here’s the questions you might not have expected (and the…
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Sen. Graham Slams CBS Host: 'Media's So In The Tank' on Biden Scandal
February 9th, 2020 5:40 PM
On Sunday's Face the Nation, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told CBS host Margaret Brennan the media's "so in the tank" on the Biden scandal in Ukraine. It came right on the edge of a commercial break, when Brennan felt compelled to add the usual in-the-tank disclaimer that "nothing" has been "substantiated" on Biden corruption. Graham made the obvious point: the media make zero or near-zero effort…
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CBS HAILS ‘Showman’ Trump’s ‘Restrained’ SOTU as ‘Morning in America’
February 5th, 2020 1:26 AM
What was going on CBS Tuesday night during the State of the Union? In their post-speech reactions, CBS journalists praised the “master showman” President’s “incredible remarks” that, while “restrained,” showcased “a strong record on the economy” and “emotionally compelling stories” about “great Americans.” Even more surprisingly, the praise was juxtaposed with condemnation for Democrats.
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FLASHBACK: Super Bowl Softballs for Obama; Hardballs for Trump
February 1st, 2020 2:15 PM
Just prior to the Patriots facing off against the Rams in Super Bowl LIII, Donald Trump will talk to CBS journalist Margaret Brennan during the pregame show. It’s his second as President since talking to Fox's Bill O’Reilly for the 2017 Super Bowl (skipping it in 2018). For most of Barack Obama’s eight years, he had the luxury of softball interviews with liberal journalists. (Except in 2011 and…
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Nets Celebrate Amb. Sondland as ‘the Most Pivotal Witness Yet’
November 20th, 2019 9:31 PM
Despite how they were dismissive of his truthfulness prior to Wednesday and the fact that he could not directly implicate President Trump in a quid pro quo scheme with Ukraine, ABC, CBS, and NBC heralded the public testimony of E.U. Ambassador Gordon Sondland as a “bombshell” from “the most pivotal witness yet.”
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NBC & CBS: Dems ‘Need to Weave a Compelling Tale of Wrongdoing’
November 19th, 2019 11:33 AM
As Tuesday’s impeachment hearing was about to begin, special coverage on NBC and CBS focused not on facts but on how House Democrats could “weave a compelling tale of wrongdoing” against President Trump that would result in them “winning the court of public opinion.”
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Pelosi Orders CBS Not to Ask Her About GOP Impeachment Criticism
November 18th, 2019 11:33 AM
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became quite agitated during an interview with Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan, aired on Sunday, when the CBS anchor dared to mention Republican criticism of the impeachment process against President Trump.
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Graham Pushes Back on CBS's Brennan Hyping Whistleblower Hearsay
September 29th, 2019 6:45 PM
Margaret Brennan on Sunday's Face The Nation seemed to place her faith in the veracity of second hand information produced by the whistleblower concerning the phone call between the Ukrainian president and President Donald Trump. Secondhand information which could be properly labeled as "hearsay" which is what guest Senator Lindsey Graham called it.
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CBS Claims Raging Climate Teen ‘Stares Down’ Trump, She Was Behind Him
September 23rd, 2019 9:04 PM
Of course, the liberal media heaped praise onto the teenage prop their fearmongering had driven to hysterics. Radical climate activist Greta Thunberg threw a temper tantrum at the United Nations on Monday where she claimed the world ruined her childhood, threatened her opponents, and made faces at President Trump’s back. It was that later action that CBS Evening News falsely suggested was some…
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‘Sometimes Controversial Views’: CBS Offers Weak Interview With Omar
September 15th, 2019 3:01 PM
It might have been football Sunday, but CBS and Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan offered up slow-pitch softballs to anti-Semitic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (MN). Downplaying her guest’s “sometimes controversial” comments, Brennan asked simple questions that allowed Omar to freely make excuses. Of course, Brennan ignored Omar’s raging anti-Semitism.
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Crystal Ball CBS Reveals Precise Dem Delegate Counts Months Early
September 10th, 2019 10:38 AM
Bernie Sanders now has 286 delegates for next year's Democrat convention. Not 285 nor 287 but precisely 286 delegates according to CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto. Yes, Elizabeth Warren might have a plan for...whatever but Anthony Salvanto has the precise delegate count despite the fact that we are months before the first Democrat primary.
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Nets Bury Kamala Harris Laughing at ‘Retard’ Insult Against Trump
September 9th, 2019 1:28 PM
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gleefully laughed on Friday when a voter mocked Donald Trump with what is considered a slur against handicapped people. Yet, NBC has still not covered the incident. ABC and CBS have offered scant coverage and The View hosts defended the intentions of the Democratic senator. On Friday, a man at a Harris rally asked about Trump: “What are you going…
