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Nets Tout Anti-Trump Rioters ‘Protesting With a Purpose’
May 25th, 2016 3:20 PM
On Wednesday, the network morning shows all promoted violent left-wing protests outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico as a sign of trouble for the “controversial” GOP candidate and even provided a platform for rioters to justify their actions. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Matt Lauer breathlessly declared: “Breaking overnight, protests turn violent at a Trump rally in New Mexico.…

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ABC, CBS Fail to Cover Investigation of Dem VA Governor; NBC Notices
May 24th, 2016 3:33 PM
After a network blackout on Monday night of news the FBI has been investigating Democratic Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe for possible illegal campaign donations, ABC and CBS kept the streak alive on Tuesday morning as Good Morning America and CBS This Morning made no mention of the probe. In contrast, NBC’s Today provided a full report from Justice correspondent Pete Williams.

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Nets Rush to Defend Clintons Against Trump’s ‘Discredited’ Attacks
May 24th, 2016 1:13 PM
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows denounced Donald Trump’s campaign ad going after Bill Clinton’s treatment of women as a “another low” in the presidential race and parroted Hillary Clinton’s campaign talking points dismissing numerous sex abuse allegations against her husband as “old” and “discredited.” On NBC’s Today, Matt Lauer warned the campaign was “getting even nastier.”

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NBC Skips ‘Communist’ Label, Horrid Human Rights Record for Vietnam
May 23rd, 2016 1:12 PM
On Monday morning, NBC’s Today and correspondent Ron Allen omitted any mention to viewers that Vietnam remains a authoritarian, communist regime as it welcomed President Barack Obama on the first stop of his week-long Asia tour.

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CBS Throws Softballs to Gun-Grabbing Governor, Talks Up as Hillary VP
May 23rd, 2016 12:34 PM
Gun-grabbing Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper enjoyed softball questions on Monday as the co-hosts of CBS This Morning uncritically hyped his gun control moves in the state and talked him up as a potential vice president to Hillary Clinton. Attempting to spin Hickenlooper as a moderate, Charlie Rose touted, “What's the difficulty in explaining, on the one hand, that certain kinds of guns you…

Nets Spend Less Than 5 Minutes on Clinton Foundation Scandals in 2016
May 23rd, 2016 9:33 AM
Despite more evidence that The Clinton Foundation was used as a slush fund to enrich the Clintons and their cronies, the Big Three networks have all but stopped covering the scandal swirling around the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s charitable organization. A review of the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) evening and morning programs (since January 1) shows only a total of 4 minutes and 24…

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CBS: ‘Great Risk’ as Trump ‘Dredges Up’ ‘Unproven’ Rape Accusation
May 20th, 2016 11:20 AM
A day after NBC dismissed the Bill Clinton rape accusation as “discredited,” CBS This Morning journalist Julianna Goldman on Friday warned that there was “great risk” for Donald Trump as he “dredges up” an “unproven” sex claim. Showing her distaste, Goldman chided, “Trump's most recent attack, dredging up this nearly 40-year-old unproven accusation.” Co-host Gayle King lamented, “Donald Trump is…

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ABC and CBS Groan: Trump ‘Rehashing’ ‘Old’ Rape Allegations
May 19th, 2016 12:39 PM
The journalists at ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning on Thursday offered groaning coverage of Donald Trump “rehashing” “old” rape allegations about Bill Clinton. Given the networks’s past hesitance in covering the claims against the Democrat, it’s clear these journalists probably didn’t enjoy highlighting them now. On CBS, Major Garrett reminded, “In an interview Wednesday, Donald…

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CBS Host's Freudian Slip: 'We Were All Laughing' At GOP Primary Fight
May 19th, 2016 12:36 PM
Gayle King quickly corrected herself on Thursday's CBS This Morning, after revealing that "we were all laughing" at the strife within the Republican Party during the presidential primaries. The open Obama supporter pointed out that Bernie Sanders was "clearly very irritated that Democratic leaders would even suggest that he has something to do with the violence that may or may not occur," and…

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Paging Chelsea: CBS Grills Ivanka Trump on Dad’s Treatment of Women
May 18th, 2016 5:30 PM
It’s hard to imagine a network journalist repeatedly grilling Chelsea Clinton over her father’s sexual misconduct and poor treatment of women. But co-host Norah O’Donnell hammered Ivanka Trump on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning. O’Donnell highlighted the New York Times piece investigating Mr. Trump and reminded, “It says many of the women interviewed, quote, ‘reveal unwelcomed romantic advances,…

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Nets Fret Over Sanders ‘Not Going Quietly,’ Hurting Hillary
May 18th, 2016 3:22 PM
After Hillary Clinton lost yet another primary contest to Bernie Sanders in Oregon on Tuesday, Wednesday’s network morning shows began sounding the alarm that he could damage her chances in the general election and lamented that the socialist senator was “not going away.” On NBC’s Today, correspondent Kristen Welker declared: “The Democrats are as divided as ever this morning....All of this…

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CBS Defends Facebook: ‘They Didn’t Have to Meet’ With Conservatives
May 18th, 2016 2:06 PM
CBS and ABC on Wednesday highlighted a meeting with influential conservatives and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over allegations that the social media site is censoring right-leaning news stories. Yet, ABC’s Good Morning America allowed a mere 14 seconds on the story and CBS This Morning’s Gayle King defended the company. Co-host Gayle King spun, “They didn't have to meet at all. So, call it PR or…

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Networks Yawn At Pastor Admitting to Whole Foods Cake Hoax; CNN Covers
May 17th, 2016 2:20 PM
ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts punted on covering an openly-homosexual pastor dropping his lawsuit against Whole Foods on Monday, after accusing the grocery chain of including the word "fag" on a cake he ordered from a location in Austin, Texas in April 2016. Jordan Brown disclosed that "the company did nothing wrong" in a statement, and apologized to the "LGBT community for…

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CBS Worries About ‘Risks’ of Trump’s ‘Aggression’; ‘Smart or Stupid?’
May 17th, 2016 12:32 PM
The journalists at CBS This Morning on Tuesday worried about the “risks” of Trump’s “aggressive” attitude towards Hillary Clinton. Charlie Rose pondered as to whether it was “smart or stupid.” Journalists don’t often worry about the fate of Republican candidates. Yet, Face the Nation host John Dickerson appeared on the show and fretted over journalists being manipulated: “So what [Trump] does is…