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NBC’s Melvin Asks Bloomberg: ‘What Makes Donald Trump So Dangerous?’
January 20th, 2020 11:22 AM
On the eve of the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, on Monday, NBC’s Today show co-host Craig Melvin lobbed several softballs on the topic to 2020 Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg. The anchor especially wanted to know: “What makes Donald Trump so dangerous?”
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Nets Join Dems in Painting Gun Rights Advocates as Violent Terrorists
January 17th, 2020 1:05 PM
On Thursday and Friday, all three broadcast networks eagerly joined Virginia Democrats in attempting to smear gun rights advocates in the commonwealth as violent, racist terrorists who were plotting “a rerun of the deadly Charlottesville protests.” Reporters seized on Governor Ralph Northam declaring a “state of emergency” ahead of a pro-Second Amendment rally at the statehouse in Richmond.…
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Ok, Boomer: NBC Blames Climate Change for Generational Divide
January 16th, 2020 3:27 PM
On Thursday, NBC’s Today show devoted a full segment to examining the popular “Ok, Boomer” meme on social media by talking to a group of teenagers and senior citizens about the generation gap. Amid other reasons for the divide, correspondents Savannah Sellers and Harry Smith touted climate change as a major cause of generational tension.
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NBC Suggests Trump Trade Policy Caused Farmers to Commit Suicide
January 16th, 2020 11:15 AM
On Thursday, only NBC’s Today show provided a full report on the landmark trade deal President Trump signed with China on Wednesday. However, that coverage included a shocking claim that U.S. trade policy pursued by the Trump administration actually caused American farmers to commit suicide.
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NBC Very Worried About Media Bias...Against Harry and Meghan
January 14th, 2020 11:27 AM
On Tuesday, NBC’s Today show finally began taking the subject of media bias seriously – at least when it comes to British tabloid coverage of their favorite royal couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Lacking the slightest amount of self-awareness, hosts complained that the royals “weren’t covered fairly in the press” and subjected to a negative media “narrative” in the U.K.
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Networks Ignore Covington Lawsuit Settlement; CNN Barely Covers
January 13th, 2020 2:42 PM
Last Tuesday (January 7), it was announced that Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann would settle his lawsuit with the Jeffrey Zucker-led CNN for an undisclosed amount after they tried to ruin his life last year. Luckily for CNN, they’ve all but ignored this on-air (save 29 seconds from Brian Stelter on Reliable Sources) and had help with blackouts from ABC, CBS, MSNBC, and NBC.…
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Larry David Claims Bernie Sanders Will Be ‘Great For the Country’
January 10th, 2020 4:25 PM
On Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David – who portrays the socialist senator on Saturday Night Live – were both booked on NBC’s Today show. Taking advantage of the situation, the broadcast arranged a brief comedy skit between their two guests in which David proclaimed that Sanders becoming president would “be great for the country,…
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NBC Worries Sanders ‘Too Far Left to Win A General Election’
January 10th, 2020 11:45 AM
During an exclusive interview with Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday’s Today show, co-host Savannah Guthrie actually worried that the self-avowed socialist was “too far left to win a general election.” While she never actually pressed him on the specifics of some of his radical policy proposals, the NBC anchor did channel Democratic Party fears over…
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Nets Tougher on Pence Than Iranian Propagandist Zarif
January 9th, 2020 11:41 AM
During interviews with all three broadcast networks on Wednesday and Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence was confronted with hostile interrogations over the U.S. killing of Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani. In sharp contrast, NBC, ABC, and CBS have all treated Iran’s Foreign Minister and chief propagandist Mohammad Zarif to softball exchanges in which his anti-American pronouncements have…
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Chuck Todd Rants: Trump ‘Ham-Handedly Tried to Politicize’ Iran Speech
January 8th, 2020 1:43 PM
During NBC’s special coverage of President Trump’s speech on tensions with Iran on Wednesday, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd took time to scold the Commander in Chief for allegedly trying to “politicize” the address by calling out the Obama administration’s failed Iran policy.
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NBC’s Engel Fears Trump Will ‘Taunt’ or ‘Humiliate’ Iran
January 8th, 2020 10:50 AM
Appearing on the 3rd Hour Today show on Wednesday, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel fretted over the possibility that President Trump may “taunt” or “humiliate” Iran during an upcoming address to the nation and possibly spark “another cycle of violence.”
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NBC’s Engel Touts Soleimani Mural Taunting U.S. Diplomats in Baghdad
January 7th, 2020 1:13 PM
After claiming on Monday that the U.S. turned Qasem Soleimani “into a martyr, if not a saint,” on Tuesday’s Today show, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel touted a “large mural” of the Iranian terrorist being put up across from the U.S. embassy in Baghdad as a way of taunting American officials in the Iraqi capital.
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Nets Allow Scant Seconds of Gervais’s BLISTERING Attack on Hollywood
January 6th, 2020 12:31 PM
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais delivered a blistering, brutal attack on liberal Hollywood, Sunday night, bringing up awkward topics like covering for Harvey Weinstein. All three morning shows covered the Globes on Monday, but they allowed just seconds to the biting commentary that Gervais served up to the not-so-pleased crowd. CBS This Morning included just 7 seconds to playing the words the…
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NBC Hypes ‘Pressure’ on Iran to ‘Retaliate In A Big Way’ Against U.S.
January 6th, 2020 12:06 PM
On Monday, while marveling over the “massive crowds” that “filled the streets of Tehran” following the U.S. killing of Iran’s leading terrorist Qasem Soleimani, NBC’s Today show hyped the notion that the authoritarian regime was under “pressure” to “retaliate in a big way” by killing Americans.
