Sleazy: CNN, NY Times Headlines Punish Mark Meadows, Downplay Democrat

November 17th, 2018 7:39 PM

The House Ethics Committee reprimanded Democrat Rep. Ruben Kihuen, accused of sexual harassment, and Republican Rep. Mark Meadows for his handling of sexual harassment by an aide.   The resulting coverage from the New York Times and CNN was a classic example of the double standards the media applies to Democratic and Republican scandals.

When Will CNN Stand Up for a Free Press?

November 17th, 2018 4:00 PM
So on Friday, a Trump-appointed federal judge, per Fox News, “ruled in favor of CNN...allowing the network’s star reporter Jim Acosta to temporarily regain access to his White House press credential.” Full stop. Let’s turn to Fox’s own Tucker Carlson the night before this decision was issued. CNN, he said, is “claiming to defend free speech only when it is their free speech.” He also said:
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Opposition Propaganda: CNN Set to Reair Gooey Obama WH Film

November 16th, 2018 2:13 PM
Throughout the week, CNN has been airing promos for a Saturday night reairing of its two-hour work of liberal propaganda falling in love head over heels for the Obama administration that first aired two days before Donald Trump’s Inauguration on January 18. The End: Inside the Last Days of the Obama White House was a two-hour documentary of sorts without a narrator, but instead carried by behind-…
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CNN's Stelter: Democracy Saved From 'Rotting From Inside' By Ruling

November 16th, 2018 11:32 AM
CNN’s Brian Stelter reassured Americans on Friday that the integrity of the nation’s institutions had been saved. 
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Self Important CNN: Acosta Win Will Keep U.S. From Becoming China

November 16th, 2018 11:29 AM
CNN’s excited reaction on Friday to a judge’s ruling giving Jim Acosta back his press pass continued as Newsroom host Jim Sciutto compared the U.S. to the oppressive China (where he served under the Obama administration). Also, co-host Poppy Harlow treated Acosta like a conquering hero: “I have always been proud to call Jim Acosta a colleague and a friend...  This is not about him. This is about…
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Watch an Ebullient CNN React to Its ‘Victory’ for Acosta Over Trump

November 16th, 2018 10:58 AM
Not surprisingly, CNN was in an exuberant mood on Friday morning after federal judge Timothy Kelley ordered their chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta to have his White House press credentials restored following the Trump administration’s decision on November 7 to yank his pass following yet another act of showboating by Acosta hours earlier at a White House press conference. 
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CNN’s Cuomo Blames Trump for Dysfunctional VA, Done Nothing for Vets

November 15th, 2018 11:49 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been a dysfunctional mess for decades and thus taking place over multiple presidencies. The latest example of the VA’s dysfunction has been an apparent “computer glitch” that resulted in veterans not receiving their G.I. Bill benefits. But facts be damned (like most nights) to CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Thursday night’s Prime Time as he blamed all the VA’s…

Check Out These Key Takeaways from Hollywood Reporter’s Media Poll

November 15th, 2018 3:59 PM
On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter released an extensive poll on the news habits of consumers plus a poll of 51 cable and broadcast network news hosts and late-night comedy hosts. In the full blog, check out the seven areas that The Hollywood Reporter article on their own poll didn’t have quite the time to do a deep dive on.
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Avenatti Who? CNN, MSNBC Skimp on Porn Lawyer’s Arrest on Abuse Charge

November 15th, 2018 1:14 PM
CNN’s New Day and MSNBC’s Morning Joe, two programs with a combined six hours of air time, on Thursday managed a total of 67 seconds on the felony abuse arrest charges against Michael Avenatti. This is despite their previous fascination with the porn lawyer and Democratic antagonist to President Trump. 
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CNN, MSNBC Downplay Michael Avenatti’s Domestic Violence Arrest

November 14th, 2018 9:15 PM
At 5:45 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, TMZ first broke the news that Democratic lawyer and 2020 presidential hopeful Michael Avenatti was arrested by Los Angeles police on domestic violence charges. Despite the fact that Avenatti granted them over 200 combined appearances on their networks, both CNN and MSNBC downplayed the charges. MSNBC brushed over it while CNN spent part of the time correcting…

Trump on Acosta: He’s ‘A Grandstander’ Who’s ‘Bad for the Country’

November 14th, 2018 5:55 PM
Speaking exclusively Wednesday afternoon in the White House to The Daily Caller’s Benny Johnson and Saagar Enjeti, President Trumps sounded off on the antics of CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta and CNN’s lawsuit in federal court to get his White House credentials back after they were revoked on November 7.
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CNN: Media 'So Tough' With Obama, Gives CNN Lawsuit 'Credibility'

November 14th, 2018 1:44 PM
CNN defended its absurd move to sue President Trump for revoking reporter Jim Acosta’s White House press pass, by bringing on a former Obama staffer to tout the network’s credibility. On CNN Tonight November 13, host Don Lemon talked with Obama’s Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton and NYU law professor Burt Neuborne, about the lawsuit, with all three agreeing that the media treated Obama with the…
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CNN: Trump White House 'Maury without Paternity Test', Banana Republic

November 14th, 2018 7:32 AM
CNN's New Day panel twice refers to the Trump White House as a "banana republic." And former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart claims that a Washington Post article quoted a "White House official saying on background that 'this is like the Maury show. The only thing we're missing is a paternity test.'" Alisyn Camerota responds: "oh my God." Problems: the article was in Politico, not the…
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CNN Highlights White Supremacists Praising GOP; But Ignored Farrakhan

November 14th, 2018 12:50 AM
On Monday evening and Tuesday morning, the same CNN that largely ignored actual links earlier this year between Democratic members of Congress and Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan did find time to highlight examples of white supremacists who cheered for Republicans to retain the U.S. Senate in the midterm elections.