‘Walls Are Closing in’; Nets Pummel Biden on Dems Ordering ‘Code Red’
With President Biden’s Wednesday Covid diagnosis and growing questions about his competence taking top billing over the Republican National Convention on Thursday morning, ABC, CBS, and NBC didn’t mince words in burying Biden by observing this “coordinated” push by other Democrats to force him out was reminiscent of a famous scene from A Few Good Men and deployed a term they’d repeatedly…
ABC, NBC Skip Gold Star Families at RNC; Nets Give Vance Strong Marks
With President Biden contracting Covid Wednesday and showing even more physical impairment in his grim gait on and off Air Force One, the Republican National Convention was knocked off the pole position Thursday morning for the flagship major news shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC. But when they did get there, they receive only mixed grades as ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today…
Charlamagne to Colbert: Trump's Rhetoric Is 'Not Even Safe For Him'
CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed radio host Charlamagne Tha God to a live edition of The Late Show on night three of the Republican National Convention to irresponsibly suggest that if President Biden, or some other Democrat, wins in November, the Supreme Court will nullify it. He also suggested that Donald Trump’s rhetoric led to his being shot on Saturday, while also attacking the…
Nets Cheer Biden in Nevada, Ignore Incendiary Rhetoric Toward Trump
On Wednesday, the flagship morning news shows of ABC, CBS, and NBC made sure to tout President Biden’s Tuesday afternoon address in Las Vegas to the NAACP convention, but only played up sanguine soundbites calling for a lowering of the temperature of our civic discourse, not those saying Republicans want to “erase..history” and want to take away the “freedom” of black people.
Colbert, Warren Agree: True National Unity Means Passing Gun Control
To help him make sense of night two of the Republican National Convention, CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed Sen. Elizabeth Warren to a live Tuesday edition of The Late Show, where the duo agreed that true national unity in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump means Republicans dropping their policy preferences and endorsing Democratic priorities, mainly gun…
CBS, Garrett Deliver Rambling Fact Check of Illegal Immigrant Numbers
CBS’ Tuesday night coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention unsurprisingly included a ridiculous distraction from the prominent issue of illegal immigration and the threat it poses to the United States. Chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett filled the time leading up to a speech by Michael Morrin, whose sister was murdered by an illegal immigrant, to spew a long-winded fact-…
Nets Rediscover Menendez Trial After Just 9 Mins Before Guilty Ruling
Prior to Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the corruption trial of Democratic Senator Bob Menendez (NJ), the major broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC spent only nine minutes (8:56) on their flagship morning and evening newscasts and Sunday morning political talk shows. But by Tuesday night, they came out of the wilderness with six minutes of coverage (6:08).
CBS’s Bob Costa Frets ‘24 Trump Opponents Endorsing, Not Holding Out
It is said that although tonight’s official RNC ‘24 theme is “Make America Safe Once Again”, it subtheme is “Unity”. However, some in the media are lamenting this unity.
Meyers Blames 'Too Many Guns,' Claims GOP Is Making 'Things Worse'
Seth Meyers, NBC’s host of Late Night, solemnly reacted on Monday to the Saturday attempted assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump by appropriately denouncing political violence, but inappropriately blaming the situation on the lack of gun control in America and accusing Republicans of making things worse in the aftermath of the shooting.
Colbert, Kinzinger Mock RNC For Encouraging Speakers To 'Dial It Down'
Following a solemn introduction where he recalled various acts of political violence dating back to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in his youth, CBS’s Stephen Colbert returned to the jokes on Monday's edition of The Late Show as he and CNN pundit and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger mocked the GOP and President Trump’s ability to “dial it down” at the Republican National Convention…
ABC, CBS, NBC WH Reporters Cheer Biden Speech, Omit Divisive Record
On Monday morning, the White House correspondents on ABC, CBS, and NBC all eagerly played the role of unofficial Biden press aides by touting his Sunday night address to the nation as a plea to use the attempted assassination of Donald Trump as “an urgent plea...to cool down the political temperatures” and a task for Americans “to unite” by “restor[ing] civility”.
After Shooting, CBS Anchor Raises January 6 to Former Speaker McCarthy
CBS ran a news special on Sunday night after President Biden’s remarks in the Oval Office. CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell interviewed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and dragged him right back to January 6 to discuss how rhetoric has grown hotter. Typically, CBS didn’t include itself in the atmosphere of overheated rhetoric.
CBS Gives Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna a Reality Check on Biden
On Friday, CBS Mornings hosted Biden campaign surrogate Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California. However, Khanna at least acknowledging President Biden’s gaffes and pleas for Democrats to stick with Joe fell on deaf ears at the table.
