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Liberal Nets Spend Nearly 10 Minutes Hyping Fake Hate Crime [UPDATED]
September 30th, 2019 11:37 PM
As previously documented by NewsBusters, a number of shows on the major networks late last week ran with reports of a racist bullying incident at Springfield, Virginia's Immanuel Christian School that, by late Monday morning, was revealed to be a hoax. The family of 12-year-old Amari Allen admitted that their daughter made up her story accusing three white classmates of forcibly cutting her long…
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Todd Dismisses Idea That Hunter Biden Should Have Been Surveilled
September 30th, 2019 4:55 PM
Near the end of Sunday’s Meet the Press, panelist Hugh Hewitt responded to a question by host Chuck Todd regarding whether or not the Ukraine scandal would hurt Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. In his response, Hewitt stressed the importance of relying on “one standard” when it comes to surveilling Americans; arguing that if enough probable cause existed to use a FISA warrant against Carter Page…
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NBC Freaks Out Over New Clinton Email Investigation ‘Striking Fear’
September 30th, 2019 11:41 AM
On Monday, NBC’s Today show was the only network morning show to cover the State Department reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. However, the entire report was designed to immediately discredit the probe and even touted Clinton telling CBS Sunday Morning’s Jane Pauley that Donald Trump was an “illegitimate president.”
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Media Link Karen Pence to Racial Bullying Incident [UPDATED]
September 29th, 2019 10:45 PM
Between Friday morning and Saturday morning, several shows on CNN, CBS, and NBC took the time to highlight a bullying case in which three white boys allegedly held down a black classmate and forceably cut her long hair after a history of taunting her. Even though it had nothing to do with the story, several shows made a point of noting that Vice President Mike Pence's wife, Karen, teaches at the…
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With Impeachment Shiny Object, Media Admit Mueller Was a Flop
September 28th, 2019 10:15 AM
Move over Robert Mueller, the liberal media have found a new love. With House Democrats announcing an impeachment inquiry against President Trump over his phone call with the president of Ukraine, the media promptly dropped the Special Counsel’s inconclusive Russia investigation in favor of the latest promise of Trump’s political downfall. Reporters even went so far as to admit Mueller’s two-…
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NBC Anchor's 'Powerful Monologue' on Truth... After Skipping Schiff
September 27th, 2019 9:09 PM
Mediaite touted some end-of-show braggadocio on Thursday's NBC Nightly News: "Lester Holt Delivers Powerful Monologue on Trump Impeachment Drama." It sounded like an advertisement as Holt promised NBC would "examine the facts and demand nothing short of the truth." This came after they skipped over Adam Schiff's completely phony summary of Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine.
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'America Is the Best'! New NBC Comedy Looks on the 'Sunnyside'
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September 27th, 2019 12:53 AM
Sunnyside just aired its pilot episode "Becoming a Citizen is Complicated" Thursday and for once NBC put out an episode that properly recognizes and celebrates the American dream. Garrett Modi (Kal Penn) is a young, irresponsible councilman who has just been unanimously voted out of office due to his excessive partying and lack of real political action.
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Not So ‘Perfect Harmony’ Goes Off Key with Portrayal of Christians
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September 27th, 2019 12:11 AM
NBC premiered Perfect Harmony, on Thursday, September 26, a new show about a former Princeton music professor who trains a small church choir in Kentucky. While the comedy does show some heart, it still relies on stereotypes about rural Christians who need an arrogant agnostic professor to help them reach their full potential.
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Nets Ignore Dem Schiff Reading FABRICATED Trump Transcript in Hearing
September 26th, 2019 10:49 PM
As part of his opening remarks during the highly anticipated House Intelligence Committee hearing with acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire Thursday, chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) read from a transcript of President Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine. The only problem was; he was making it up with the goal of dramatizing it into a mafia-style shakedown. And, while the…
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Super Woke ‘Superstore’ Fights ICE and Corporations
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September 26th, 2019 10:11 PM
Last season, the NBC comedy Superstore ended with a dramatic ICE arrest. During last season’s finale, the audience was supposed to feel sympathy for Mateo (Nico Santos), the illegal immigrant who stole a woman’s identification to get his job. The season premiere, “Cloud 9.0,” on September 26 began with a vigil by the Cloud 9 store’s employees to protest their illegal co-worker's detainment.
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ABC & NBC Dismiss Whistleblower’s Credibility Problems
September 26th, 2019 4:10 PM
During Thursday’s special reports on ABC and NBC covering the House Intelligence Committee hearing with Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, journalists rushed to the defense of the anonymous whistleblower accusing President Trump of wrongdoing in a phone call with the president of Ukraine. Any of the serious questions about the unknown official’s credibility were dismissed…
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ABC, NBC: Congress Can ‘Read Between the Lines’ to Impeach Trump
September 25th, 2019 10:53 PM
With the infamous phone call between President Trump’s and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appearing to be a nothingburger following the release of a transcript of the conversation, the liberal media appeared to be urging Congress to find a way to use it for impeachment anyway. During the Wednesday evening newscasts of ABC and NBC, ‘reading between the lines’ was a common refrain.
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ABC, NBC Hide IG Warning of the Whistleblower’s ‘Political Bias'
September 25th, 2019 8:43 PM
While the liberal media was treating the newly released transcript of President Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the smoking gun they needed to impeach him, CBS Evening News flashed a shred of honesty on Wednesday and reported that the Justice Department was warning lawmakers of the whistleblower’s anti-Trump “political bias”. Although, CBS’s reporting did have…
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Impeachment Hacks ABC, NBC Seethe at ‘Unrepentant,’ ‘Untruthful’ Trump
September 25th, 2019 7:11 PM
Just as they were in their Wednesday morning special reports following the release of the transcript from the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ABC and NBC were indignant and raging against the “unrepentant,” “untruthful” Trump following a press conference which they deemed to have been an incoherent mess.
