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NBC Touts Clinton Campaign Resurrecting Nasty Nuclear Smear
November 1st, 2016 3:13 PM
On Tuesday, NBC’s Today eagerly touted the latest nasty attack ad from Hillary Clinton’s campaign, with correspondent Hallie Jackson proclaiming: “With just seven days to go, Hillary Clinton’s trying to hammer home her argument that Donald Trump is simply too dangerous to be commander-in-chief by referencing one of the most famous and scariest political ads ever.”
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NPR Show: Trump Ushered in ‘Rebirth' Of 'Nation’s Hatred’
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November 1st, 2016 11:35 AM
On October 21, radio show This American Life featured a song imagining how President Obama feels about “flexing” “demagogue” Donald Trump.
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Telemundo Anchor Smokescreens Clinton E-Mail Story
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November 1st, 2016 8:00 AM
One of the most insidious forms of bias in the media is through anchor framing of an otherwise neutral story. The most recent example comes via Telemundo's coverage of the reopened FBI investigation into the Clinton e-mail scandal.
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Networks Aid Clinton’s Bashing of Comey, Calm Worried Supporters
November 1st, 2016 12:28 AM
In the wake of the FBI’s announcement on Friday, that they discovered new e-mails possibly pertaining to Hillary Clinton’s private server, the liberal networks have taken every opportunity to slam FBI Director James Comey and cast doubt on his investigation. It was the exact same thing on Monday as ABC, CBS, and NBC joined the “chorus” of Democrats criticizing the FBI Director.
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Democrat Pollster Doug Schoen Pulls Support For Hillary: Media Mum?
October 31st, 2016 11:36 PM
When the outrageous remarks about women Donald Trump made in 2005 became known just before the second presidential debate, the press compiled exhaustive lists of Republicans far and wide who would no longer support the Republican presidential nominee.
Will the press compile similar lists of those who won't support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in light of new developments during the past…
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ABC Ignores CNN Splitting with Brazile as She Remains Tied to Network
October 31st, 2016 8:38 PM
CNN parted ways with commentator and Interim Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile Monday, as yet another batch of damaging e-mails was released by WikiLeaks. According to the e-mails Brazile told Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Chair, John Podesta, that she sometimes acquired access to debate questions and that she’ll “send a few more.” Both CBS and NBC covered to the developing…
Blogger: Before Trump, There Was Bush 41’s ‘Race-Baiting on Steroids'
October 31st, 2016 5:58 PM
George H. W. Bush apparently won’t vote for Donald Trump and reportedly “harbors a deep disgust” for him. Still, according to The Washington Monthly’s D. R. Tucker, the “race-baiting on steroids” of Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign paved the way for Trump’s current approach. Tucker was referring to two television ads: the so-called Willie Horton ad, from a pro-Bush PAC, and the Bush campaign’s “…
Jorge Ramos Will Be Judged By His Silence On Clinton E-Mail Scandal
Latino
October 31st, 2016 3:48 PM
2016 is the election season in which Univision/Fusion anchor jorge Ramos finally emerged from his journalist shell and engaged in full activism, going so far as to cast judgment upon those who may disagree with him. But as the election draws to a close, it is Ramos who may face judgment...from his own words.
Sunday NY Times Goes on the Couch With Neurotic Trump Loathing
October 31st, 2016 2:55 PM
The New York Times Sunday Review section featured various neurotic Donald Trump-loathing articles, delving into personal psychological issues while blaming him and Republican men in general for pretty much everything. Besides Susan Faludi seeing anti-feminist hatred in opposition to Hillary Clinton, novelist Kaitlyn Greenidge blamed Trump for making tthe author age rapidly, and writer Peter Orner…
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NPR Host Brings Holocaust Analogies to Trump Spox Who Said 'Illegals'
October 31st, 2016 11:31 AM
NPR’s anchor/activist Maria Hinojosa uncorked wacky Holocaust analogies on MSNBC on Saturday morning. Trump surrogate Steve Cortes dared to use the word “illegals” in a panel discussion, and Hinojosa made faces and broke out the language-police lecture. Somehow, it’s okay for Hinojosa to compare Trump to the Nazis and imply illegal aliens fear death camps, but you can’t say “illegal alien.”
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Mediaite: CNN Falsely Claimed Trump Encouraged Voter Fraud [UPDATED]
October 31st, 2016 11:05 AM
On Sunday night, Justin Baragona at Mediaite caught CNN red-handed nine days before the election in the highly unprofessional act of fabricating claims that Donald Trump told a Colorado rally that they should vote repeatedly on Election Day.
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Mika and Joe Scorch Hillary, Her Friends in the Media Over Spin
October 31st, 2016 10:26 AM
Monday morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, a mortified Mika Brzezinski went after Democrats who are now treating FBI Director James Comey as the devil personified, and came perilously close to delivering a mea culpa for her harsh criticisms of Republicans who support Republican nominee Donald Trump.
The NYT Watergate Double Standard with Social Media's FBI Coverage
October 30th, 2016 11:05 PM
The more things change the more they stay the same. Let’s begin with a specific Sunday. October 21, 1973. The three tier headline of The New York Times, all in capital letters, covered the entire top of the paper in true banner style. It read as follows: NIXON DISCHARGES COX FOR DEFIANCE; ABOLISHES WATERGATE TASK FORCE; RICHARDSON AND RUCKELSHAUS OUT
New Republic Writer: Trump, Pro-Lifers Prone to Simplistic Thinking
October 30th, 2016 6:10 PM
Generally, pro-lifers support Donald Trump not because they believe he’s truly one of them, but because he’s clearly preferable to Hillary Clinton. Sarah Jones, however, claims Trump is “the candidate the pro-life movement deserves.” That’s not meant as a compliment to either Trump or pro-lifers. Jones wrote that “Trump understood that he simply needed to repeat a few pieces of boilerplate in…