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'Tallying Trump's Tab': NBC Suddenly Cares About Excessive Spending

August 18th, 2015 11:31 AM
NBC finally cares about government spending. The network that has been very friendly to Barack Obama (under whom the national debt will reach $19 trillion) worried that Donald Trump's policy goals may cost too much. Today reporter Hallie Jackson on Tuesday fretted: "The candidate known for his big money...turns out to be a big spender when it comes to his presidential proposals." Jackson lamented…
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ABC Rediscovers Clinton E-Mail Scandal as NBC Notes Walker's Hecklers

August 17th, 2015 8:49 PM
After having ignored Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal since Saturday night, ABC emerged out of the wilderness during Monday’s World News Tonight to again cover the latest development while CBS and NBC went in the opposite direction Monday evening and ignored the story following three minutes of airtime on their Monday morning newscasts. On NBC, Katy Tur made sure to mention to viewers that…
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Nets Focus on ‘Summer of Trump’; Barely Mention Hillary Scandal

August 17th, 2015 11:58 AM
Out of the nearly 15 minutes of coverage the network morning shows devoted to the 2016 presidential race on Monday, only three minutes of that air time focused on the e-mail scandal continuing to plague Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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Nets Cheer ‘Historic Moment’ in Cuba, Barely Note Dissidents Kept Out

August 14th, 2015 4:38 PM
While all three broadcast networks on Friday morning celebrated the American flag being raised at the newly-reopened U.S. embassy in Havana, CBS ignored Cuban dissidents not being invited to the ceremony, while NBC and ABC gave mere seconds to the controversy.
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Yawn: ABC Skips Hillary's Classified Chatter, Opts for Tennis Talk

August 14th, 2015 11:26 AM
Moving on? ABC's Good Morning America on Friday skipped the latest bombshell revelation in Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal, the news that her communications on a private server included talk about top secret CIA drones. The program instead hyped irrelevant stories throughout the two hour program. NBC's Today mentioned the AP report on the topic, but during a larger segment on whether Al Gore…

Lois Lerner Rages Against 'Evil and Dishonest' Republicans

August 13th, 2015 2:30 PM
Lois Lerner’s utter contempt for Republicans was on full display in a newly uncovered email in which she railed: “They called me back to testify on the IRS ‘scandal,’ and I too[k] the 5th again because they had been so evil and dishonest in my lawyer’s dealings with them.”
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Not a Joke: Hillary Wanted How-to Book on Deleting E-Mails; Nets Skip

August 13th, 2015 11:11 AM
In what sounds like a story from the satirical Onion, it turns out that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requested a book on how to delete your e-mails. However, ABC relegated this news to its website. CBS and NBC also avoided discussing the book, Send: Why People Email So Badly and How to Do It Better. The ABCNews.com story was co-written by Jon Karl, yet on Thursday's Good Morning…
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Networks Allow Scant Attention to Clinton E-Mail Bombshell

August 12th, 2015 11:52 AM
The bombshell news that Hillary Clinton will finally turn over her private e-mail server, as well as the confirmation that her electronic communications as Secretary of State included top secret material, warranted a mere nine and half minutes on Wednesday's network morning shows. This is out of a combined eight hours on NBC, CBS and ABC. ABC's Good Morning America offered the least, a scant one…
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Lazy GMA: ABC Replays the Same Trump Segment 24 Hours Later

August 11th, 2015 10:56 AM
Laziness or just an incompetent screw-up? On Tuesday, the journalists at Good Morning America replayed the exact same segment (in its entirety) on Donald Trump that ABC used on Monday morning. This, despite the fact that one of the statements within the story became out of date and inaccurate. On both days Tom Llamas insisted of Megyn Kelly: "She hasn't spoken about his latest statements, but now…
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ABC Has No Time for Rubio or Walker, Again Makes Debate All Trump

August 7th, 2015 9:06 AM
Despite having two debates featuring 17 Republican candidates the day before, Good Morning America on Friday only found time for Donald Trump. For the second time in three days, the ABC News program highlighted the former reality TV star turned candidate, minimizing all the other contenders. NBC's Today featured Trump as well as Rubio. CBS This Morning's anchors talked to Scott Walker and John…
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Liberal Nets Mourn Loss of Jon Stewart: 'Trusted,' 'Profound' 'Beacon'

August 6th, 2015 11:57 AM

The three liberal networks on Thursday mourned the loss of Jon Stewart's Daily Show, hyping the comedian as a "trusted," "profound" "beacon" who became a "true 21st century anchor." Never directly identifying Stewart's left-wing slant, Good Morning America's Chris Connelly offered the most effusive praise: "Along the way, for many millennials and for the media elite, Stewart came to be…

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George Stephanopoulos Grills Trump on His Long Liberal History

August 5th, 2015 11:36 AM
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos actually managed a conservative question on Wednesday, hitting Donald Trump on his vast history of supporting liberal causes, candidates and beliefs. Yet, one issue the host skipped is Trump's support for the Clinton Foundation. That's probably because Stephanopoulos secretly donated $75,000 to the organization. Stephanopoulos highlighted, "One of the…
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GMA: No Time for Planned Parenthood Vote; 18 Minutes to Boy Band

August 4th, 2015 11:48 AM
ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday completely ignored the Senate's vote on Planned Parenthood, yet devoted 18 minutes of air time to boy band One Direction. Only CBS This Morning bothered with the Republican effort to defund the abortion group, allowing a meager 25 seconds. Even in that scant amount of time, co-host Norah O'Donnell managed to spin the undercover footage of the organization in…
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Nets Hail Amy Schumer’s ‘Emotional Plea’ for ‘Gun Control’

August 4th, 2015 10:36 AM
On Tuesday, the “Big Three” network morning shows all went to bat for comedian Amy Schumer and helped promote her call for greater gun control in the wake of a shooting at a Louisiana movie theater during a showing of her movie Trainwreck. Today co-host Savannah Guthrie praised Schumer’s “emotional plea in the wake of that deadly theater shooting in Louisiana...This is a very public call for…