NYT Exec. Editor: Fox News, CNN Campaign Coverage ‘Bad for Democracy'

October 28th, 2016 4:07 PM
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet criticized the coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign by the Cable News Network and the Fox News Channel as being “in the long run, bad for democracy and those institutions” in an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday. “This mix of entertainment and news, and news masquerading as entertainment, is kind of funny except that we now…

AP Concocts 'GOPers Going to Hillary' Meme in Ohio — Based on One Guy

October 28th, 2016 3:36 PM
Thursday, Dan Sewell at the Associated Press worked hard to create something out of almost nothing in Southwestern Ohio, where I happen to live. Sewell's work oddly appeared only as a very short squib with no follow-up at the wire service's main national site, while the AP published his full story at its "Big Story" site. The theme: "Hillary Clinton campaign's hopes are rising" in the Buckeye…
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CNN, AP Hype Trump's Hours Off the Trail, Omit Light Hillary Schedule

October 28th, 2016 2:30 PM
On Wednesday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was in Washington to formally open the new Trump Hotel in Washington. This set off a media chorus of, "Oh my gosh, he's taking time off from campaigning! How can he do that when he's behind in the polls?" Meanwhile, Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton's public appearance schedule during this 2016 campaign has been among the lightest…
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Brinkley: Voters Are ‘Tired’ of Talk About Hillary’s E-Mails, WikLeaks

October 28th, 2016 12:19 PM
CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley was at it again on Thursday’s CNN Tonight spinning for liberals as he aired his discomfort with discussing the WikiLeaks e-mail dumps from John Podesta’s account since it was “an illegal one” but brushed them aside as not “really that damning” because “a lot of voters have been hearing about Hillary Clinton's e-mails and servers and WikiLeaks for a year…

Salon Writer: ‘Bad-Faith Criticisms of Liberalism’ Led to Trump

October 28th, 2016 10:12 AM
Some left-wing pundits, anticipating that Donald Trump will lose on November 8, are pre-emptively trying to make sure that conservatives take the blame for Trump’s nomination. Gary Legum of Salon argued that right-wing news outlets “have both spent the better part of the Obama administration pushing the exact silly demagoguery  and conspiracy theories that riled up the conservative base and…
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NBC Spotlights Extravagant Anti-Trump Halloween Decorations

October 28th, 2016 12:09 AM
With Halloween just a few short days away, and Election Day 12 days away, NBC Nightly News thought it would be fun to show off of a series of “spooky” house decorations. They weren’t any old Halloween decorations, “Many neighbors are decorating their homes this year to make a political statement. And it is giving a whole new meaning to election scare tactics,” joked NBC Anchor Lester Holt. But…

NPR's Fox-Bashing Media Reporter Delights in 'Kelly File' Fight

October 27th, 2016 9:46 PM
NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik loves to report negative stories about Fox News, over and over again. Since July 6, he’s filed 16 negative reports on Fox News and the sexual-harassment lawsuits, leading to the departure of longtime boss Roger Ailes. The least surprising story on Wednesday night’s All Things Considered was Folkenflik enjoying the Tuesday night Fox News fight between…
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MRC’s Noyes Hammers Media Burying Hillary Scandals, Harping on Trump

October 27th, 2016 9:08 PM
Media Research Center Research Director Rich Noyes continued his media blitz by appearing on the Thursday installment of Fox Business Network’s Lou Dobbs Tonight to promote his must-read study on a stunning disparity by the major broadcast networks in coverage of Donald Trump’s scandals versus Hillary Clinton’s pitfalls. 
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Vicente Fernández hace campaña por Clinton en Univisión y Telemundo

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October 27th, 2016 4:25 PM
La campaña de Hillary Clinton festejó con bombos y platillos el apoyo que la candidata presidencial demócrata recibió del legendario cantante mexicano Vicente Fernández. Tanto Univisión como Telemundo dieron cobertura elogiosa a la participación activa de Fernández, al tiempo que eludieron a los partidarios latinos del candidato republicano Donald Trump, entre ellos varios artistas, para que no…
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Cokie Roberts' Sudden Sympathy for Sexual Assault Victims

October 27th, 2016 12:34 PM
Thursday morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, anchor George Stephanopoulos and commentator Cokie Roberts repeatedly cast doubt on the idea that Donald Trump’s sexual assault accusations could be false. After being grilled by Stephanopoulos, Trump dismissed the accusations as made up stories but that wasn’t adequate for ABC’s Cokie Roberts who reacted skeptically.
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Trump Zings George: Wish You Didn’t Donate to the Clinton Foundation?

October 27th, 2016 11:37 AM
Former Bill Clinton operative turned Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos grilled Donald Trump about his campaign against the wife of his old boss. The businessman brought up Stephanopoulos’s shady connections, including $75,000 in secret donations to the Clinton Foundation.      
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‘South Park’ Trolls Hillary Just Before Election

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October 27th, 2016 2:37 AM
In Wednesday's episode of South Park before the election, "Fort Collins," the show seems to be facing the same electoral struggle the rest of the country is going through right now: Donald Trump is a Giant Douche, but Hillary Clinton is such a Turd Sandwich. 
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Nets Hype Kelly/Gingrich Bout, Downplay Democratic Controversies

October 27th, 2016 12:20 AM
The “Big Three” networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) found yet another topic to distract themselves from talking about issues damaging to Democrats Wednesday evening. “Trump's message today, overshadowed by the man in the front row,” explained ABC’s Tom Llamas on World News Tonight, “Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, fresh off his explosive interview with Megyn Kelly.” According to the nets the…
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MRC's Bozell Slams ‘Stunning’ Media Double Standard on Trump

October 26th, 2016 5:58 PM
According to Brent Bozell, the media’s double standard on how they treat Donald Trump vs. the fawning over Hillary Clinton is “stunning.” The Media Research Center president appeared on Fox News and the Fox Business Channel, Wednesday, and marveled at the bias: “In 30 years of tabulating this empirically, we've never seen anything like it.” Bozell cited a new MRC study finding that 91 percent of…