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ABC Wonders If SNL Is ‘Going Too Far’ Attacking Trump Administration
February 13th, 2017 12:59 PM
While the rest of the media were swooning over recent Saturday Night Live episodes almost exclusively devoted to anti-Trump sketches, Monday’s Good Morning America hit pause on that narrative, wondering if it’s “going too far” “pushing their politics” and “sacrificing some laughs along the way.”
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NBC, ABC Seize on Left-Wing ‘Rallying Cry’ Against GOP
February 9th, 2017 2:55 PM
On Thursday, both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America gleefully touted a new “rallying cry” among Democrats and liberal activists in the wake of Republicans admonishing Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren for attacking Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the Senate floor ahead of his confirmation vote.
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Nets Cheered On Democrats’ Failed Effort to Dump DeVos
February 7th, 2017 2:55 PM
Before Vice President Mike Pence delivered the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to confirm President Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos during the noon ET hour on Tuesday, all three network morning shows heralded Democratic senators pulling an “all-nighter” in an attempt to obstruct her confirmation.
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Nets Can't Get Enough of 'Athletic' 'Smiling' Obama Kitesurfing
February 7th, 2017 11:37 AM
Just like they did when he was President, the morning news networks Tuesday gushed over pictures of Obama vacationing, as if he was some kind of Hollywood celebrity. ABC, CBS and NBC couldn’t get enough of the former president kitesurfing in the Virgin Islands with Virgin mobile billionaire Richard Branson, oohing and ahhing at his athleticism and relaxed demeanor.
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ABC: Founders Would Support Federal Judge's 'Check' on Trump Over Ban
February 6th, 2017 10:28 AM
On Monday’s Good Morning America, ABC analyst Matthew Dowd blasted Donald Trump for criticizing the federal judge who blocked his executive immigration order. Playing off of the New England Patriots’ win last night, Dowd said the true “patriots” were the ones standing up to President Trump.
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GMA Whines Halftime Show Wasn't 'Political' or 'Provocative'
February 6th, 2017 9:29 AM
Monday on Good Morning America, ABC entertainment contributor Larry Hackett appeared to give his take on the Super Bowl's halftime show with Lady Gaga. Hackett whined that Gaga’s performance wasn’t political, admitting he was disappointed she didn’t do anything “incredibly provocative” during the show.
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Networks Refuse to Call Out Berkeley Violent Mob as 'Liberal'
February 2nd, 2017 12:03 PM
Last night the ultra liberal campus of U.C. Berkeley erupted in violence after an estimated 1,000 students came out to protest Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who was invited to speak by the school’s College Republicans. The crowd quickly turned into a mob when they began setting fires, throwing smoke bombs, breaking windows and punching Trump supporters. But instead of accurately identifying…
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Only CBS Explains That Hillary, Obama Previously Supported Gorsuch
February 1st, 2017 12:45 PM
NBC and ABC on Wednesday danced around explicitly explaining that liberal Democrats like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer previously supported Neil Gorsuch when he was up for an appeals court judgeship. Only CBS This Morning went beyond the bland notation of the now-Supreme Court nominee’s “unanimous” approval.
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Nets Thrilled by Obama Attacking Trump’s Immigration Order
January 31st, 2017 4:38 PM
Tuesday’s network morning shows cheered a statement from former President Obama blasting President Trump’s executive action on immigration and praising leftist protesters taking to the streets. Leading off NBC’s Today, fill-in co-host Hoda Kotb hailed: “In his first statement since leaving office, former President Obama is expressing support for the ongoing protests against Trump’s orders, saying…
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Networks Hype Possible Court Picks as 'White,' 'Solid Conservatives'
January 31st, 2017 2:34 PM
The Big Three networks' morning newscasts on Tuesday forwarded the same language about two of President Trump's possible Supreme Court picks. On CBS This Morning, Jan Crawford labeled Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman "solid conservatives." ABC's George Stephanopoulos used the same term on GMA, and played up that "either one of these finalists could be picked by any Republican president — both…
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‘Massacre’: Nets Decry ‘Drama’ of Trump Firing Obama AG
January 31st, 2017 1:16 PM
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows hyperventilated over President Trump lawfully firing acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama political appointee, after she refused to do her job and enforce his executive order on immigration. Co-host Matt Lauer began NBC’s Today by proclaiming: “You're fired! President Trump gives the acting attorney general the boot for refusing to defend his…
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ABC: Trump Picks 'White Men,' Like Most 'Conservative' Justices
January 31st, 2017 10:27 AM
During Tuesday’s Good Morning America, anchor George Stephanopoulos spoke with ABC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl and Chief Foreign Correspondent Terry Moran about Trump’s potential Supreme Court Justice pick. Karl’s report described both front-runners, Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman, as conservative picks that would get pushback from Democrats. Stephanopoulos agreed by oddly…
57X Coverage of Trump’s Temporary Ban v Obama Ending Wet Foot Dry Foot
January 30th, 2017 1:24 PM
On January 30, the first weekday morning after President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order which temporarily banned immigration from several Middle East countries, the networks devoted 64 minutes, 8 seconds of coverage to this topic. However, on January 12, then-President Obama ordered the ending of America’s longstanding “wet foot, dry foot” policy, which had allowed Cuban refugees…
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NBC Ties Canadian Mosque Attack to Trump Immigration Order
January 30th, 2017 11:04 AM
In a report at the top of Monday’s NBC Today, Canadian reporter Genevieve Beauchemin of CTV News wasted no time trying to connect a mass shooting at a Quebec mosque to President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning immigration from seven Middle Eastern nations: “Investigators say the motive of the attack remains unknown. It comes just days after President Trump's controversial immigration…