FLASHBACK: Remember THIS Dem Debacle? ABC Howled Over Anti-Dukakis Ad
September 14th, 2019 12:15 PM
It was 31 years ago this week that the Michael Dukakis for President campaign made a disastrous campaign appearance. It was so bad that it ended up in an ad for his opponent, George H.W. Bush. But, of course, that didn’t stop some in the media for rushing to the defense of the Democrat, crying foul on behalf of the liberal. Some things never change.
What Media Got Wrong About Jorge Ramos at Dem Debate
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September 13th, 2019 4:51 PM
In addition to grading individual candidate performances, media often reverts to its favorite topic: the media. But many in the media have misread, and subsequently misinterpreted Univision anchor Jorge Ramos’ performance in last night’s ABC-Univision Democratic presidential debates.
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New Media Spin on Dem Debate: ‘Revenge of the Moderates,’ ‘Centrists'
September 13th, 2019 1:36 PM
Thursday night and Friday morning saw the emerging of a new spin from the liberal media. The 2020 Democratic presidential field now has “moderates” and “centrists.” This only makes sense if journalists fully explain just how far left the party has lurched. Instead, they simply referred to people like Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg as the center.
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ABC’s Raddatz Gushes for ‘Really Real Authenticity’ from Dem Candidate
September 13th, 2019 1:42 AM
Running in tandem with ABC’s televised coverage of their Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, the network also streamed coverage and analysis online. And during that stream, chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz gushed about the “really real authenticity” she felt from the candidates during their closing comments.
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Penn: If Voters 'Are Paying Attention,' They Will Elect a Dem in 2020
September 13th, 2019 1:19 AM
Well known liberal celebrity Sean Penn appeared on a live, post-debate episode of Jimmy Kimmel to lecture Americans on their choice for 2020. The actor condescended, “If people truly want to vote against their own interests, [Trump will] be the president of the United States again.”
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Five Questions Conservatives Will LIKE From the Democratic Debate
September 12th, 2019 11:45 PM
It’s actually possible to ask 2020 Democratic candidates questions that conservatives want answered. Thursday’s debate was proof that it can be done. To be clear, there were plenty of liberal questions, including wondering how forcible gun confiscation “will work.” Yet, ABC did manage some queries of interest to conservatives, including demanding answers on eliminating private health insurance,…
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ABC's Focus: How 2020 Dem's Forcible Gun Grabbing ‘Will Work?’
September 12th, 2019 9:33 PM
ABC Democratic debate co-moderator David Muir on Thursday offered seven questions on guns and skirted around the main one: Will your plans violate the Second Amendment rights of Americans? For the most part, Muir simply wondered how forcible gun confiscation “will work.”
TILT: 29 ABC, Disney Execs Gave to Dems, NONE to Trump
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September 12th, 2019 2:15 PM
Given ABC’s choice of debate moderators, the likelihood of left-wing bias during the ABC/Univision Democratic debate is already well established. But it turns out, at least 29 executives from ABC, or parent company Disney, have donated to Democratic candidates.
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Debate Host ABC Has Ignored Most 2020 Dems This Year
September 12th, 2019 8:55 AM
The MRC found ABC’s World News Tonight awarded a majority of its news coverage to just one candidate: former Vice President Joe Biden. The ten candidates who will be appearing on tonight’s debate stage — Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, Julian Castro and Andrew Yang — collectively received 96 percent of the…
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Nets Ignore 9/11 Victim Blasting Omar, ABC Punts Remembrance to End
September 11th, 2019 8:44 PM
Just as he did during last year’s name-reading at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero, 9/11 victim Nicholas Haros Jr. used his time to speak to those in Washington, D.C. who fail in their duty to treat the day with reverence. On Wednesday, his denouncement was of anti-Semitic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for her infamous “some people did something” chide against the solemn day.
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Ahead of Debate, ABC Thrills: ‘Democrats Would Trounce’ Trump
September 11th, 2019 3:54 PM
On Wednesday, just one day before ABC News hosts the third Democratic primary debate ahead of 2020, Good Morning America co-host and debate moderator George Stephanopoulos excitedly touted new poll results showing President Trump “trailing all the top Democrats in head-to-head match-ups.” If only such hypothetical results nine months before the start of the general election campaign actually…
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King: Trump 'Locking Up Kids in Cages' Just Like My Horror Novel
September 11th, 2019 1:43 PM
Prolific horror fiction novelist Stephen King appeared on ABC’s The View, Wednesday to plug his newest book The Institute, about a group of teens with supernatural abilities who are kidnapped by a group of zealots, locked up and experimented on. While King claimed he left politics out of his stories, he connected the Trump administration “locking up kids in cages” as making his fictional novel,…
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Meet ABC’s Debate Moderators: A Clinton Spin Doctor and Trump Resistor
September 11th, 2019 8:00 AM
The moderators for ABC’s Thursday night Democratic debate include a former Bill Clinton campaign staffer and an anchor who was actually kicked out of a Donald Trump campaign event. So it’s safe to say ABC’s Democratic debate hosts won’t be asking any tough questions of the candidates – at least none from the right. The following are just a few examples of Thursday night’s debate moderators’…
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NBC Boasts About Putting CIA Asset and Family at Risk, Forced to Move
September 10th, 2019 10:41 PM
In the wake of multiple news reports that a secret CIA asset close to Vladimir Putin was spirited away in 2017 over fears Russian intelligence had uncovered him, NBC News decided to act on claims Russian officials made about the man’s identity and tracked down the asset themselves. The visit from NBC national security correspondent Ken Dilanian apparently prompted the U.S. government to move…
