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ABC Celebrates Flake’s Dem Donation, Downplays Conyers Resignation
December 5th, 2017 9:30 PM
On Tuesday, Democratic Congressman John Conyers (Mich.) announced his retirement following a flood of sexual harassment charges. Also in the world of sexual harassers: Fed up with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake sold out his supposedly conservative principles and donated $100 to Moore’s liberal opponent. During ABC’s World News Tonight, the network…
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Nets Hype Liberal ‘Backlash’ Against Trump Freeing Up Federal Land
December 5th, 2017 5:53 PM
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows touted the “immediate backlash” against President Trump’s decision to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah. Little, if any, attention was paid to supporters of the decision, but liberal opponents threatening legal action got all the headlines.
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MRC's Gainor Asks After False Flynn Report, 'Can You Trust' ABC?
December 5th, 2017 4:45 PM
ABC proved its network has a "fake news" problem, after false reports about a former Trump advisor led to a correspondent's suspension. The incident reflected on ABC as a whole because it took the network so long to acknowledge and correct the error, according to MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor. He said it should also leave people wondering “how can you trust anything” from…
Baldwin Set to Host Talk Show Because ABC Isn’t Liberal Enough Already
December 5th, 2017 1:39 PM
Mocking Trump on SNL apparently has its perks.
For Alec Baldwin, it was the perfect career choice, since now he is now promoted on not one, not two, but three media outlets: NBC, ABC, and NPR. ABC has just teamed up with the actor to produce a talk show based on his WNYC podcast, Here’s the Thing With Alec Baldwin.
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CBS, NBC Ignore Role of Anti-Trump FBI Agent in Clinton E-Mail Probe
December 5th, 2017 12:22 AM
Over the weekend, it was discovered that Special Counsel Robert Mueller kicked a veteran FBI agent, named Peter Strzok, off his team for sending text messages that were disparaging of President Trump. But on Monday, new information broke that Strzok was responsible for toning down former FBI Director Comey’s language when he was announcing he would not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton in…
Report: ABC News President Bars Brian Ross from Reporting on Trump
December 4th, 2017 10:28 PM
In a CNN scoop out Monday, Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter reported that ABC News President James Goldston angrily tore into his staff on Monday during an editorial conference call, “and announced that [Brian] Ross, the network's chief investigative reporter, will no longer cover stories related to President Trump.”
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CBS Skips SCOTUS Allowing Implementation of Temporary Travel Ban
December 4th, 2017 9:08 PM
President Trump scored a big victory on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the administration to enforce the third iteration of the travel ban until they could hear the case sometime in early 2018. The ban singled out counties with highly questionable or completely absent vetting processes for those looking to travel abroad. But the development was omitted from the first CBS Evening News…
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NBC 15X More Interested in Ex-Host Attacking Trump Than GOP Tax Bill
December 4th, 2017 6:05 PM
In its desperation to avoid any discussion of a potential major legislative win for the Trump administration and congressional Republicans, Monday’s NBC Today devoted an astonishing 15 times more coverage to the morning show’s fired co-host Billy Bush attacking President Trump in a New York Times op/ed than to the GOP tax bill working its way through Congress.
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ABC Fails to Report Top FBI Agent Reassigned Over Anti-Trump Texts
December 4th, 2017 11:20 AM
Saturday, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller removed a top FBI investigator from the Russia probe, after it was discovered the agent had sent anti-Trump text messages. Not only that, but this same agent also led the Clinton e-mail investigation.
Study: Documenting TV’s Partisan Tilt in Sex Scandal News
December 4th, 2017 11:14 AM
Both Republicans and Democrats have faced serious allegations of sexual misconduct, but in the month of November, ABC, CBS and NBC spent twice as much time telling viewers about the Republicans’ problems. Nearly two-thirds of this coverage (4 hours, 27 minutes) focused on Republican politicians, compared to 2 hours, 6 minutes spent on the Democrats, a greater than two-to-one disparity.
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All 3 Networks Ignore ABC’s Brian Ross Suspension Over False Report
December 4th, 2017 9:43 AM
Monday morning all three major broadcast networks, ABC, NBC and CBS failed to update their viewers with the news that ABC correspondent Brian Ross had been suspended over the weekend for his false “bombshell” report that led the media’s Russia reports Friday morning.
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Former Bush AG Shoots Down Media’s ‘Speculation’ About Flynn Deal
December 3rd, 2017 11:58 AM
The Sunday morning shows were dominated by wild fantasies from the liberal media regarding what was to come next in the Russia investigation after Michael Flynn’s plea deal on Friday. But during an appearance on ABC’s This Week, former Attorney General for George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, wrote off the press’s hopes as just “speculation” and “heavy breathing.”
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CBS Evening News Ignores Jury Acquitting Illegal in Steinle Case
December 2nd, 2017 8:49 PM
On Friday, the CBS Evening News conspicuously did not make time to inform its viewers of the outcome of the trial of an illegal immigrant charged in the killing of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle. Although all three broadcast morning newscasts had highlighted the failure to get a murder conviction in the case, on the evening shows, CBS omitted the story while ABC's World News Tonight…
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About Time: ABC Suspends Ross Without Pay for False Flynn Scoop
December 2nd, 2017 7:16 PM
Early Saturday night, ABC suspended chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross for only four weeks without pay for the latest and most egregious error of the journalist’s career, falsely claiming on Friday that candidate Donald Trump had instructed Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials.