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Shriver: We Must Pause in Awe of Hillary's 'Unprecedented' Nomination
With MSNBC Live host Thomas Roberts holding serve from Santa Monica, California on Tuesday afternoon, he brought on none other than NBC News special correspondent and former California First Lady Maria Shriver to demand the American people “pause...to think about how this is historic and unprecedented” for Hillary Clinton to become the first female presumptive presidential nominee.
June 7th, 2016 6:22 PM
Nets Hail ‘History’ for Hillary, Urge Sanders to Get Out
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows celebrated the news that Hillary Clinton had won enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie heralded: “Making history. NBC News declares Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee. The first woman in history to be nominated on a major party ticket.”
June 7th, 2016 5:00 PM
Pro-Trump Republicans MIA on Univision, Telemundo Sunday Shows
In what could be a preview of things to come, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee failed to have any voices in his corner on the latest round of Sunday talk shows broadcast by leading U.S. Spanish-language television networks Univision and Telemundo.
June 7th, 2016 4:59 PM
Real Headlines: ‘It’s Hillary; It’s History’ and ‘a Singular Triumph'
With Hillary Clinton on the verge of officially becoming the Democratic nominee for president, outlets such as the Washington Post and U.S. News are not holding back. “It’s Hillary; it’s History” and “For a generation of women pushing against the limits, a singular triumph” are two examples.
June 7th, 2016 4:21 PM
Media Censor Clinton Wearing $12K Armani Jacket at Inequality Speech
Hillary Clinton made herself look like the out-of-touch elitist she is often criticized for being, but rather than reporting that, broadcast networks hyped her “historic” nomination. When Clinton spoke against income inequality during a April 2016 speech, she wore a jacket, reportedly costing $12,495, from high-end designer Giorgio Armani. The New York Post reported on the jacket and its price on…
June 7th, 2016 4:19 PM
MSNBC's Scarborough Rips Couric's 'Hit Job' Against Gun Advocates
MSNBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday finally mentioned the controversy over the misleading edits in Katie Couric's recent documentary, Under the Gun. Joe Scarborough blasted the production as "one of the most stunning things I've ever seen...just a complete hit job on a group of Americans." The host prompted his panel for their take on the "purposely biased" documentary. The Washington Post's Eugene…
June 7th, 2016 3:36 PM
Glenn Greenwald Slams AP Declaration of Hillary as Presumptive Nominee
Hey! It's all over! Hillary Clinton is now the presumptive Democrat nominee. So declared the Associated Press last night to much media acclaim. However, amidst such celebrations, a sour note from the left has sounded. It comes from spoilsport Glenn Greenwald who poured some cold water upon the party with some very apt observations via The Intercept where he is one of the co-founding editors.
June 7th, 2016 3:29 PM
Wilmore: Muslim Muhammad Ali 'Embodied Unapologetic Blackness'
Time.com posted a eulogy to Muhammad Ali from Comedy Central Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore. It’s titled “Muhammad Ali Embodied Unapologetic Blackness.” Somehow, Wilmore repeatedly implied converting to Islam equals blackness. So then, Christianity is...the white man’s religion? Someone never told Martin Luther King.
June 7th, 2016 3:14 PM
Kelly, Napolitano Slam 'Weak' Press Lobbing Softballs to Clinton
Monday evening on FNC’s The Kelly File, host Megyn Kelly and senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano eviscerated the media for their most recent line of “questioning” for Hillary Clinton. While Clinton claimed she has done more than 300 interviews in 2016, she has not held a single press conference in 2016. Her most recent Q&A lasted for eight short minutes. What was missing? A…
June 7th, 2016 2:40 PM
Stephanopoulos Gushes to Pelosi on ‘First Female Nominee’ Hillary
Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday could barely contain himself as he gushed to Nancy Pelosi about the historic nature of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. Stephanopoulos, who previously worked for Bill Clinton, wondered about Hillary: “You were the first female Speaker of the House.... What does it mean to have the first female nominee for a major party?”
June 7th, 2016 12:06 PM
WashPost: German Right Opposes Muslim Immigration Because Hitler!
The Washington Post’s Anthony Faiola is worried about Germany. Actually, he’s worried about the thousands of Muslim refugees inundating the country and “testing the national will to protect minority rights adopted after World War II.”
June 7th, 2016 11:23 AM
NY Times Hates 'Theocratic' Pool Hours for Women -- With One Exception
Seth Lipsky of the New York Post found a dramatic contrast on swimming pools and religious orthodoxy on June 2 (and additionally mocked Monday by James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal). Call it Islamic privilege. The Times can't stand Orthodox Jewish women having sex-segregated swimming hours in a public space....but lauded it for Muslim women in February.
June 7th, 2016 10:45 AM
NYT Happy Over VA Felons Voting, Casts Doubt on Terror Convictions
The front of the National section of Monday’s New York Times featured two race-and-ethnicity-charged reports from Minnesota and Virginia, one trying to corrode confidence in three Islamic terrorist convictions of Somalis in Minnesota, the other on a “Racially Charged Fight” over granting blanket voting rights to felons in Virginia, a move expected to benefit the Democratic nominee in November.…
June 7th, 2016 8:25 AM
LA Times Touts Bogus 7-Year 'Expansion,' Despite 2 Negative Quarters
Taking a cue from the Associated Press's Martin Crutsinger in March of last year, two Los Angeles Times reporters told readers on Monday that the economy is about to complete a seventh year of expansion. No it's not, at least not if historical benchmarks for determining expansions are consistently and properly heeded.
Reporters Jim Puzzanghera and Don Lee couldn't even keep their own standards…
June 6th, 2016 11:59 PM