Who's More 'Authoritarian'? Trump or Media That Want Him to Shut Up?
December 6th, 2016 5:30 PM
After Trump's thank-you rally in Cincinnati, CNN's Dana Bash complained. “There were lots of divisive comments, especially and unfortunately about the press, which I wish he would stop doing." CNN's Brian Stelter said his anti-media remarks make him an "authoritarian." But which is more authoritarian? A president that criticizes the press? Or a press that insists that the president must shut up…
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Cognitive Dissonance on Display at Al Punto
December 6th, 2016 5:19 PM
It is clear that many at Univision are still trying to process what happened last month. This much was evident on the most recent edition of the network's weekly public affairs program, Al Punto, as both host and guest struggled to understand the outcome of the election.
NPR Lets 'Anti-Poverty' Activists Lament Carson Pick; Omits Obama Ties
December 6th, 2016 5:15 PM
NPR's Morning Edition on Tuesday touted how many "anti-poverty advocates across the political spectrum" are now "worried" after President-Elect Donald Trump picked Dr. Ben Carson to be secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Correspondent Pam Fessler spotlighted how "advocates fear the worst — that it will lead to deep cuts in programs to reduce homelessness, and to subsidize affordable…
Slate Writer: Megyn Kelly Feeds ‘Red Meat to Her White Base’
December 6th, 2016 4:28 PM
Megyn Kelly is a journalist, but she’s also a sort of actress, suggested Isaac Chotiner in a Monday review of her new book, Settle for More. To Chotiner, Kelly’s a conservative who plays a nonpartisan on TV. She has “done her best to cloud her real agenda.” And it’s worked: she has “wide-ranging respect and admiration among a press corps generally (and rightly) suspicious and dismissive of Fox…
NYT’s Rutenberg, in Panic, Warns of Putin-Style Thuggery Dawning
December 6th, 2016 4:19 PM
We’re just a few steps away from Putin-style reign in America under the Trump regime, New York Times media reporter Jim Rutenberg implied in his “Mediator” column on the front of Monday’s Business Day: “From Russia Comes a Warning for Americans.” Rutenberg used Tolokonnikova, who has also attacked Trump, to make dubious parallels between the Russian media situation and America’s: “...as an…
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Whoopi Claims No One in the Media Fact-Checked Trump
December 6th, 2016 3:26 PM
Tuesday on The View, the panel discussed “fake news” and how Trump has contributed to the proliferation of “fake news” and the consequential distrust in the media. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg then made the ludicrous claim that the media gave Donald Trump a free pass and never called him out for making false statements.“There was no one saying, ‘Hey, wait a minute. That’s not true, you can’t say that…
Dean Cain Tells Hollywood to Put on Their 'Big Boy Pants'
December 6th, 2016 2:49 PM
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign received unprecedented Hollywood support, from super PACs to TV shows, to social media, to concert endorsements. But actor Dean Cain warned celebrities, “Be careful about the things you say and vilifying the other side because it can come back to bite you.” On “Fox & Friends” on December 6, Cain, who stars in the film about convicted abortionist Kermit…
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CBS: ‘Climate Change Denier’ Trump May Be ‘Thinking About the Issue’
December 6th, 2016 1:13 PM
CBS This Morning’s Gayle King on Tuesday labeled Donald Trump a “climate change denier,” using the loaded term in a story on Al Gore visiting with the President-elect. All three networks promoted the global warming activist’s meeting, but it was co-host King who lectured, “President-elect Trump is on the record as a climate change denier. But a meeting with former Vice President Al Gore suggests…
Celebrity Apprentice Star: Media Distorts Trump’s Views on Race, Women
December 6th, 2016 12:29 PM
According to Donald Trump’s campaign director for African-American outreach, the liberal media has distorted the president-elect’s views on race and diversity. In a guest column penned for The Hollywood Reporter, Omarosa Manigault, who is now involved in the Trump administration’s national engagement efforts, aimed to debunk the idea that the President-Elect is misogynistic and racist.
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Bozell: Reporters Are ‘Being Neutered’ as Trump Goes Around Them
December 6th, 2016 12:24 PM
According to Brent Bozell, liberal journalists are “being neutered” by Donald Trump as he goes around them and talks directly to Americans. Appearing on Varney and Co., the MRC president discussed Trump’s use of Twitter. Bozell concluded, “I see CNN and others growing as well because of their opposition to Trump. However, I see them being neutralized. And I see them being neutered, again, because…
Trump Derangement Reaches New Lows in Washington Post, Blade
December 6th, 2016 11:29 AM
Liberal post-election tears have really been delicious, but this is just getting silly. On December 5, The Washington Post’s Stephanie Land wrote a completely serious, non-satirical article titled, “Trump’s Election Stole My Desire to Look for a Partner.” Before the election, she had been searching for a “supportive” partner to quench her loneliness and help raise her two kids.
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ABC, NBC Knock Trump for Taiwan Call, Ignore Weapon Sales Under Obama
December 5th, 2016 9:43 PM
The liberal media was still up in arms Monday night over President-Elect Donald Trump accepting a congratulatory phone call from the president of the island of Taiwan. “Already, Trump has caused quite a stir on the world stage,” whined ABC’s Jon Karl on World News Tonight, “Ruffling China’s feathers by talking to the president Taiwan.” While chastising the president-elect for his phone call and…
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CNN Hypes Concerns Trump Will Put Muslims in 'Internment Camps'
December 5th, 2016 5:07 PM
Monday's New Day on CNN ran a pre-recorded report by correspondent Kyung Lah in which she highlighted two Japanese-American women who suffered through living in internment camps during World War II, and touted their concerns that Donald Trump "could make a dark moment in history a reality again," this time targeting Muslims.
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MSNBC: ‘Let’s Focus Less on Press’s Role’ in Hyping Trump Tweets
December 5th, 2016 4:39 PM
Filling in for MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell on Monday, NBC national correspondent Peter Alexander wrung his hands over President-elect Donald Trump using social media to circumvent the liberal media: “...one of the real challenges here with social media is that Donald Trump can spew an idea that millions of people voted illegally and ultimately not be pressed to defend such a thing. We just talked…