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NBC’s Guthrie Asks: ‘Were Democrats Able to Rehabilitate’ Cohen?
February 28th, 2019 11:44 AM
Following media efforts to lionize former Trump attorney Michael Cohen in the wake of Wednesday’s public Capitol Hill hearing, on Thursday, Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie hoped House Democrats were able to “rehabilitate” the convicted felon and help him “overcome” his complete lack of credibility.
Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, But Nets Ignore Massive Cost
Business
February 28th, 2019 9:01 AM
How much would a Green New Deal cost? That’s the $93 trillion question some media outlets won’t ask.
New estimates suggest the price tag of the climate and economic ideas contained in the Green New Deal promoted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could cost $93 trillion, Bloomberg.com reported. That’s a very green deal, indeed. However, the evening newscasts ignored the new information about the…
NBC's Calcaterra Pressures MLB to End Tomahawk Chop
Culture
February 27th, 2019 10:00 PM
As NBC's departed PC legend and opponent of Indian nicknames Bob Costas fades into the sunset, the network's baseball writer Craig Calcaterra promptly renews his attack on Indian nicknames and imagery in sports.
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Nets Lionize Cohen, Chide Republicans for ‘Attacking His Credibility’
February 27th, 2019 9:50 PM
Despite Michael Cohen’s shady history and federal conviction for lying to Congress, the liberal broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) hung on his every word following Wednesday’s hearing before the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee. While glowing about his “dramatic public reversal” and “deeply personal takedown of a sitting president” (as NBC reporter Kate Snow did) they all chided…
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Eye Roll: Liberal Celebs Page, Perry Run Defense for Jussie Smollett
February 27th, 2019 8:06 PM
In two separate mediums on Wednesday, openly gay actress Ellen Page and actor Tyler Perry did their best to respectively downplay and defend the alleged hate crime hoax concocted, rehearsed, and carried out by Empire star Jesse Smollett with two Nigerian bodybuilders who had been his drug suppliers.
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NBC Enthuses Over 'Quintessential Cooperating Criminal' Michael Cohen
February 27th, 2019 2:08 PM
During the first break in Michael Cohen’s testimony on Wednesday, NBC’s panel of anchors, reporters and legal analysts all celebrated his performance. “Michael Cohen has comported himself pretty well,” NBC’s Chuck Todd asserted. NBC News legal analyst Chuck Rosenberg, touted Cohen as “the quintessential cooperating criminal....This is what cooperating witnesses look like, sound like, and feel…
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Nets on Cohen Hearing: Impeachment ‘Test Drive,’ ‘Bullet to the Heart'
February 27th, 2019 2:06 PM
Moments before Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen began, the broadcast networks reveled in their own excitement as anchors and correspondents predicted doom for President Trump. The hearing was framed as everything from an impeachment “test drive” for Democrats to “a bullet right to the heart of the investigation into the President.”
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NBC Defends Ocasio-Cortez From Ivanka Trump’s ‘Explosive’ Criticism
February 27th, 2019 11:28 AM
On Wednesday, NBC’s Today show rushed to defend socialist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her proposed Green New Deal legislation from common sense criticism offered by First Daughter Ivanka Trump. The broadcast touted leftists on social media attacking Trump for daring to dissent to Ocasio-Cortez’s radical policy ideas by simply saying that Americans “want to work” for financial…
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NBC Fearful Kim Will 'Flatter' Trump into 'Giving Up Too Much'
February 26th, 2019 9:11 PM
Broadcasting live from Hanoi, Vietnam for the second U.S./North Korea summit on denuclearization, NBC kicked off Tuesday’s Nightly News with a report giving a rundown of the current state of the negotiations after last year’s historic summit. But towards the end of that report, which was delivered by anchor Lester Holt, he shared concerns from “critics” who feared Kim Jong-un would “flatter” his…
‘Socialism,’ a Word Too Honest for 93% of Nets’ Venezuela Reports
Business
February 26th, 2019 2:08 PM
Socialism causes “hellish” suffering and desperation for Venezuelans. But there’s been a major failure by the broadcast networks in their coverage of the South American country’s economic collapse. They’re not mentioning socialism, hardly at all.
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ABC Hypes Cohen Testimony, Ignores Him Lying to Congress
February 26th, 2019 12:39 PM
While all three broadcast network shows on Tuesday hyped Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen preparing to testify before Congress throughout the week against the President, amazingly, ABC’s Good Morning America completely skipped any mention of the convicted felon’s massive credibility problems and that he previously lied to Congress.
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Chuck Todd: Will Dems ‘Regret If They Don’t’ Impeach?
February 26th, 2019 9:03 AM
The panel on Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press seemed to agree with an article in The Atlantic when it came to the Mueller probe, agreeing with its premise that the Mueller probe may “end with unfinished business.” The panel, along with host Chuck Todd, seemed to feel that enough evidence has been gathered without the release of the Mueller report to warrant President Trump’s impeachment.
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Despite Contradictions, NBC Pushes Dubious Kiss Claim Against Trump
February 25th, 2019 10:51 PM
In what seemed like an echo of how they handled the shady sexual misconduct claims against Justice Brett Kavanaugh by Julie Swetnick, Monday’s NBC Nightly News pushed a claim that then-candidate Donald Trump kissed a campaign staffer without consent. They were the only broadcast network to give the claim airtime that evening. They ran with the claim despite admitting to major contradictions…
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‘Hurricane Mueller’: Todd Compares Coming Report to Natural Disaster
February 25th, 2019 3:09 PM
At the top of Sunday’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd thought it would be fun to compare the upcoming report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller to a deadly hurricane poised to hit the east coast. He noted how “Democrats are hoping it’s a category five whopper” while Republicans were wishing for “the dud of a storm that turns and goes out to sea.”
