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NBC: Watch Jon Stewart Call Chris Christie A D**k!
On Thursday's NBC Today, while scolding New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his handling of a heckler, correspondent Kelly O'Donnell declared: "Christie's week has been a lot like a series of battle rounds, from tangling with nurse Kaci Hickox over [Ebola] quarantine conditions....to the verbal towel snap Christie delivered in a live Today interview when Matt referred to the nurse's lawyer as…
October 30th, 2014 12:02 PM
Networks Ignore Christie Heckler's Wacky HuffPost Blogs
The networks jumped on footage of Chris Christie yelling at a protester...but did you notice where they acquired it? ABC and NBC each tried to obscure the logo of American Bridge PAC, a Hillary-favoring Democrat outfit.
The protester was also a leftist, even though he was presented as an “independent.” Jim Keady appeared Wednesday night on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes.” No one pointed out…
October 30th, 2014 11:57 AM
ABC: Chris Christie 'Lashes Out' While Hillary Shows 'Softer Side'
Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Thursday couldn't help but contrast Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton as "lashing out" vs. the "softer side." Featuring the two possible 2016 contenders, George Stephanopoulos chided, "We're going to turn to politics now and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie lashing out on the stump." An ABC graphic underlined, "Caught on Camera: Chris Christie Lashes Out."
October 30th, 2014 11:28 AM
Judge Rules MSNBC's Donny Deutsch Denied His Broker a Cool Million
A New York judge has ruled that frequent MSNBC Morning Joe guest, Donny Deutsch, scammed over a million dollars in commission from his real estate broker in the sale of a $30 million home in the Hamptons. For those who don't remember, Deutsch was the one who stated on Morning Joe that the Occupy Wall Street movement needs a Kent State moment to "articulate this clash."
October 30th, 2014 11:28 AM
CBS Pounces On Gov. Christie Fight With Heckler: ‘Don’t Poke The Bear’
After ABC and NBC played up Governor Chris Christie’s (R-N.J.) confrontation with a heckler at an event marking the two-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy during their Wednesday night broadcasts, all three network morning shows (ABC's Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, and NBC's Today) predictably continued to pile on against the Republican on Thursday morning. On CBS This Morning,…
October 30th, 2014 10:50 AM
Scarborough Raps Obama Hypocrisy on Civilian vs. Military Quarantines
You really have to watch the clip of President Obama strutting his self-righteous anger at states that are imposing Ebola quarantines. I, Barack thunders that such quarantines reflect a lack of leadership, and "that's not who I am." Thank you, sir, for letting us know what a strong leader you are.
On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough scalded President Obama's self-righteous hypocrisy. …
October 30th, 2014 9:12 AM
CBS Anchors, Brass Stonewalling Sharyl Attkisson’s 'Stonewalled' Book
Sharyl Attkisson, the ex-CBS investigative reporter who has called out CBS’s liberal bias since her resignation earlier this year, continues the attack in her new book, Stonewalled: My Fight for Truth Against the Forces of Obstruction, Intimidation, and Harassment in Obama’s Washington, set to be released next Tuesday, November 4.
And just where is CBS’s comment on Attkisson’s accusations of…
October 30th, 2014 8:04 AM
CBS Laments Spending in N.C. Senate Race; Blames Citizens United Case
CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes profiled the North Carolina Senate race during Wednesday night’s CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and devoted much of her report highlighting the fact that the race between incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan and Republican challenger and State House Speaker Thom Tillis has become the most expensive Senate race of the cycle.
Specifically,…
October 30th, 2014 1:06 AM
Ex-Newsweek Writer: Liberal Bias a ‘Minor Factor’ in News Reporting
Steven Waldman, a former Newsweek reporter and Obama adviser to the FCC, concedes that liberal bias can have an effect, but says that overall it’s a “minor factor,” far less important than journalists’ interest in advancing their careers.
October 30th, 2014 12:09 AM
NBC Nightly News Broadcasts Critical Story About Common Core
Until recently the mainstream media has portrayed the opponents of Common Core to be just a bunch of conservative yahoos incapable of understanding what a wonderful education program it is. However that might now be changing. Last night, NBC Nightly News surprisingly broadcast a segment highly critical of Common Core.
October 29th, 2014 11:27 PM
AP's Scott Bauer Effectively Admits That Media Didn't Vet Mary Burke
M.D. Kittle at Watchdog.org's Wisconsin Reporter scooped everyone covering the Badger State Governor's race on Tuesday when he reported that Democratic candidate Mary Burke's resumé is not what her campaign's web site says it is.
Burke's campaign bio claims that she "played a central role in Trek’s expansion as the Director of European Operations." Kittle found "multiple former Trek executives"…
October 29th, 2014 11:17 PM
ABC, NBC Skip Midterms, Yet Go After Christie 'Lashing Out' at Heckler
ABC and NBC failed to cover the upcoming midterm elections during their Wednesday evening broadcasts, but instead devoted over three-and-a-half minutes to going after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) for confronting a protestor earlier in the day during an event marking the second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy.
Christie, who has received some rare praise from the mainstream media for a…
October 29th, 2014 10:08 PM
Hysterical Media Tells US to Calm Down?!
In the past week, The New York Times has ridiculed Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Gov. Chris Christie for having "fed panic" by ordering quarantines for health workers arriving from Ebola-plagued countries.
NBC News' Brian Williams opened his broadcast last Friday announcing that the Obama administration was trying "to restrain the Ebola panic."
October 29th, 2014 9:56 PM
USAT Lists 7 'Things' Middle Class Can't Afford; Includes Medical Care
On Saturday, Erika Rawes at USA Today's Wall Street Cheat Sheet engaged in some impressive gymnastics as she discussed the middle class and identified seven things its members "can't afford anymore" (the headline) or that "a larger percentage of people have trouble paying for" (the content).
It's a sloppy list. One of the items — debt — isn't a "thing" at all, but rather the result of buying too…
October 29th, 2014 9:02 PM