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It’s More Than the Economy

For more than a generation, James Carville's campaign maxim, "It's the economy, stupid," has been held up as an essential truth of American politics. There's no denying that a strong economy is an incumbent president's best friend. Seventy-three percent of voters currently rate the economy as a very important issue. As a result, if the economy remains strong for another 1 1/2 years, many analysts…

Scott Rasmussen

June 7th, 2019 10:57 AM

MRC’s Tim Graham: Media’s ‘Hatred and Loathing’ Much More Obvious Now

The Media Research Center’s Tim Graham on Friday declared that “hatred and the loathing and the disgust” is a lot easier to spot from journalists these days. Appearing on Fox and Friends to promote Unmasked: Big Media's War Against Trump, Graham called for journalists to simply do their jobs: “We want reporters to tell us what happened today. What did politicians say today? And I would even like…

NB Staff

June 7th, 2019 10:43 AM

Really, NYTimes? Trump Denial of ‘Nasty’ Comment Ominously ‘Orwellian'

New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers latched on to a minor Trump quote controversy and elevated it to Orwellian importance in Thursday’s edition: Did Trump call former actress Meghan Markle, now wife to Prince Harry and called the Duchess of Sussex, “nasty?” The online edition of the paper upped the significance of the silly spat into a battle over ultimate truth: “An…

Clay Waters

June 7th, 2019 8:10 AM

'Mostly False'? PolitiFact Goes Soft on Obama's Pants-on-Fire Gun Rant

PolitiFact has gone many months in between making judgments on Barack Obama comments. It must have made their liberal bones ache to give him a "Mostly False" for shamelssly un-factual comments he made about America in Brazil, like this: "Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns."

Tim Graham

June 7th, 2019 3:59 AM

MSNBC's Melber/Matthews Trash Pelosi's 'See Trump in Prison' Line

MSNBC hosts Ari Melber and Chris Matthews trash Nancy Pelosi's line that, rather than seeing President Trump impeached, she'd like to see him "in prison." Melber suggests it's the equivalent of President Trump's "lock her up" line, and Matthews says it's worthy of a "rinky-dink, fourth-world" country like "Pakistan."

Mark Finkelstein

June 7th, 2019 12:30 AM

CBS, NBC Forced to Admit Tariff Threats Causing Mexico to Take Action

Despite decrying President Trump’s threats to impose escalating tariffs on goods from Mexico, CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News were forced Thursday to admit the tactic appeared to be working as intended. But that didn’t stop them from continuing to whine anyway.

Nicholas Fondacaro

June 6th, 2019 11:06 PM

Matthews Hits Colleagues for Talking ‘Nasty Boy Politics’ in Normandy

While the liberal media on-site spent portions of Thursday chastising President Trump for his Ingraham Angle interview in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial prior to his moving speech marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews told viewers that he was uneasy with his colleagues in the press “talk[ing] nasty boy politics in front of the graves.” How…

Curtis Houck

June 6th, 2019 10:18 PM

Fresno Bee Glosses Over Issue of AOC's Far-Left Agenda

Since the Memorial Day controversy in Fresno when the Grizzlies minor league baseball team showed a video depicting Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (shown speaking at the 2019 Women's Rights March in New York) as an "enemy of freedom," the Fresno Bee has published multiple stories on the controversy which conveniently skipped right over the socialist firebrand's ideas for eroding many of…

Jay Maxson

June 6th, 2019 10:00 PM

Morning Joe Compares D-Day to Russian Interference

Thursday is the 75th anniversary of D-Day, which was one of the most consequential military victories in world history. MSNBC, overall, took a break from its daily crusade against the Trump administration in order to honor the men who stormed the beaches of Normandy. Morning Joe, however, just couldn’t help itself.

Gregory Price

June 6th, 2019 9:53 PM

NBC Was Excited to Learn Pelosi Wants to Put Trump ‘Behind Bars’

Both ABC and CBS managed to keep the sacredness of the 75th anniversary of D-Day intact Thursday by keeping divisive domestic politics largely out of their flagship evening newscasts that night. But NBC once again proved that they kept little above exploiting every opportunity to go after President Trump and pushing for his removal from office. NBC Nightly News was particularly excited this time…

Nicholas Fondacaro

June 6th, 2019 9:08 PM

Geoff Bennett Tries to Diminish Trump's 'Scripted' D-Day Speech

On Thursday, President Trump gave a speech at Omaha Beach to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing that was widely praised in the media and even by those who are usually his fierce critics. However, MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin guest host Geoff Bennett seemed to wonder if Trump really meant what he said.

Alex Christy

June 6th, 2019 8:49 PM

CNN Believes Supporting Abortion Restriction Amendment Is Indefensible

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has come under fire from the left and the media after he vocalized his support of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment, which restricts the use of federal funds on abortions unless it’s in cases of rape, incest, and protecting the life of the mother. Thursday, CNN Newsroom ran a segment on the apparent controversy with CNN chief political…

Joseph Chalfant

June 6th, 2019 8:31 PM

NY Times Bashes Trump in UK: ‘Blustering...Bellicose...Loathed'

Covering Donald Trump’s trip to the United Kingdom, New York Times U.K. correspondent Benjamin Mueller unloaded hostile mockery of President Trump worthy of the left-wing British press in “Unloved in Britain but Still Willing to Play Kingmaker,” in Thursday’s edition. In case you didn't catch from the headline that Trump isn't beloved in Brtain, don't worry, Mueller mentions it every other…