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Cable News Erects Wall of Falsehoods Around Caravan
November 26th, 2018 11:37 AM
For the past month, talking heads on CNN and MSNBC have repeated numerous outright falsehoods about the Central American caravan: namely, that it is comprised of “mostly women and children”; that there is “no evidence” of criminals participating; and that none of those marching north are “economic migrants.” An MRC analysis of cable news coverage also identified eight instances in which panelists…
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Camerota Defends Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory: They 'Sound Contrite'
November 23rd, 2018 11:59 AM
Interviewing Women's March head Teresa Shook, who has called for her co-chairs including Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory to resign over issues of anti-Semitism and homophobia, CNN's Alisyn Camerota pointed to a statement that Sarsour and her fellow co-chairs put out. Camerota challenges Shook, saying, "they sound contrite. They're apologizing. They want to continue to learn. Why can't they stay…
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Toobin: Trump's a Dictator Who Thinks DOJ Are His 'Personal Servants'
November 22nd, 2018 8:30 AM
During Tuesday’s edition of CNN's The Situation Room, CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin warned of creeping fascism, saying “this is what happens in authoritarian countries...The President, the leader orders the investigation and prosecution of his political enemies,” without even bothering to mention that strong evidence exists that crimes have been committed. Comey laid out a very strong…
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Media Silent: Judge Overturns Law Against Female Genital Mutilation
November 21st, 2018 12:36 PM
Liberal cable and broadcast networks have completely ignored a Detroit Judge’s finding that federal laws against female genital mutilation are unconstitutional. As of noon on Wednesday, Fox News remains the only television news outlet to have reported on this controversial decision.
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CNN: US Celebrating Thanksgiving in a Time of ‘Illness’, ‘Depredation'
November 21st, 2018 12:33 AM
CNN seems to be staffed almost exclusively with prolific grandstanders and pontificators of a very high caliber. One of their loudest, angriest, and overly dramatic orators is Prime Time host Chris Cuomo. During Tuesday’s edition of the show, he ended the first hour of his program by telling the story of how Thanksgiving got reinvented during times of great hardship and strife in America.…
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CNN: Obama Can Bypass Congress on Immigration, Trump Can't
November 20th, 2018 12:42 PM
On Tuesday, CNN’s New Day hosts John Berman and Alisyn Camerota brandished a decision by a California judge that temporarily halted President Trump’s recent executive action on asylum. Yet back in 2012 when it was former President Obama’s DACA order on the chopping block, hosts on CNN rushed to defend the President’s ability to enact immigration policy without Congressional approval.
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CNN: We Regret Giving ‘Bogus’ Clinton Email Server Story Too Much Time
November 20th, 2018 10:34 AM
The panel on CNN’s New Day Tuesday morning used the Ivanka Trump email story to fawn over Hillary Clinton, admitting regret over giving it “too much” attention during the 2016 election cycle. The journalists revealed their bias in calling it a “bogus” story to begin with, complaining that they probably helped seal her defeat by giving it attention.
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Camerota: Trump Fans Chanting 'Lock Her Up' About Hillary, or Ivanka?
November 20th, 2018 8:39 AM
On CNN's New Day, co-host Alisyn Camerota, reacting to the news that Ivanka Trump used personal email, turned to former Trump aide Marc Short and snidely asked: "Marc, at Trump rallies, they chant 'lock her up, lock her up.' Who are they referring to? Hillary, or Ivanka?"
CNN, MSNBC Yawn as Actress Files Restraining Order Against Avenatti
November 20th, 2018 12:31 AM
After being arrested on felony domestic violence charges last week, there was a new chapter in the saga of Michael Avenatti’s alleged abuse late Monday night when news broke that New York actress Mareli Miniutti had filed a domestic violence restraining order against him. Both CNN and MSNBC couldn’t be bothered to mention the development on air that night.
That Means You, Jim! WH Unveils ‘Rules’ of Decorum for Journalists
November 19th, 2018 5:16 PM
On Monday afternoon, the White House released a series of brief but simple guidelines for journalists in light of CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s carnival-barking at not only press conferences with the President, but a pattern of bombastic, self-centered behavior that resulted in a ten-day legal standoff that began on November 7.
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CNN’s Camerota Hopes For ‘Superstar’ Michelle Obama 2020 Run
November 19th, 2018 11:49 AM
CNN's New Day co-host Alisyn Camerota broke out the pom-poms for Michelle Obama on Monday, wistfully speculating (on multiple occasions) that the “superstar” and “rockstar” might consider a presidential run in 2020.
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CNN's John Berman Suggests Trump 'Full of Schiff'
November 19th, 2018 9:55 AM
Does John Berman see himself as a news host, or is he auditioning for a late-night, Trump-trolling, "comedy" gig? The question arises after CNN's Berman, on this morning's New Day, suggested that President Trump is "full of schiff."
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Tapper Pushes, Stacey Abrams Won't Admit Kemp 'Legitimate' Georgia Guv
November 18th, 2018 3:10 PM
On CNN's "State of the Union," host Jake Tapper three times presses losing Dem Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams as to whether she acknowledges that her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp, will be the "legitimate" governor. Abrams refuses to do so, conceding only that Kemp "received an adequate number of votes" and hence would be the "legal" governor.
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CNN: Pro-Trump White Women Are 'Racist,' Benefit from 'White Supremacy
November 17th, 2018 8:38 PM
On Friday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon hosted a panel discussion of why most white women voted for Donald Trump that was stacked three to one against conservatives. Liberal contributor Kirsten Powers argued that such women must be "racist" because they voted for Trump, while UC Berkeley Professor Stephanie Jones-Rogers argued that women have long benefited from "white supremacy" even while being "…