The NY Times Takes a ‘Hard-Line’ on the GOP -- But No Labels for Dems?
February 22nd, 2016 3:15 PM
The New York Times continues to list portside in its labeling, going particularly overboard in the last several months in using “hard-line” and “hard-right” to describe conservative presidential candidates, their policy positions, and the voters those candidates are appealing to. Yet no similarly unflattering term emerged in stories about liberal presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and…
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Zakaria Hails 'Responsible' Dems Versus Implausible, 'Outlandish' GOP
February 21st, 2016 3:53 PM
CNN host and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria lived up to his reputation as someone who’s always willing to trash conservatives and praise liberals at the top of his Sunday morning CNN program by blasting the GOP’s “unwillingness to produce serious proposals” verus the “responsible” Democrats who “buttress their policy with real research.”
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Martin: GOP 'Invited Evil in' Against Obama That's 'Taking Over'
February 21st, 2016 2:36 PM
Appearing on the Powerhouse Panel for the Sunday edition of ABC’s This Week, News One Now anchor Roland Martin chided those in the Republican Party that have animosity toward Donald Trump because “they invited evil in and now evil is taking over” that began by standing in firm opposition to President Barack Obama and having supposedly accepted Trump’s “whole birther deal.”
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Chuck Todd Perpetuates Myth Planned Parenthood Performs Mammograms
February 21st, 2016 11:21 AM
On today's Meet the Press, Chuck Todd helped perpetuate the myth that Planned Parenthood provides mammograms. Interviewing Donald Trump, Todd said "Democrats will say the money they give to Planned Parenthood does not go to abortions. That the money they give to Planned Parenthood only goes to other women's health issues including mammograms and things like that."
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MSNBC Ties GOP to Trump Tweet on Obama’s Religion, Scalia Funeral
February 20th, 2016 9:40 PM
With Donald Trump winning on Saturday night in South Carolina, the liberal pundits of MSNBC commenced their latest efforts to tie Trump’s views and questioning President Barack Obama’s religion to the rest of the conservative movement as Andrea Mitchell whined that the collective GOP “is looking for is anyone who will absolutely be crude and rude and take on Barack Obama.”
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CNN Touts Evangelicals Who Find Cruz 'Against the Teachings of Jesus'
February 20th, 2016 5:11 PM
On Friday's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, correspondent Randi Kaye filed a report recounting her discussions with mostly young evangelical Christians in South Carolina as she asserted that the group she spoke with think GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz is "against the teachings of Jesus" on the issues of "poverty, war, and how to treat strangers." Implying that Cruz is not "compassionate," she…
Liberal New Republic: Trump the ‘True Heir’ to Movement Conservatism
February 20th, 2016 12:55 PM
From a flawed premise, it’s easy to reach a silly conclusion. TNR’s Jeet Heer proved that in a Thursday piece in which he argued that “racism [is now] integral to right-wing ideology” and that therefore Donald Trump is authentically conservative -- a “natural evolutionary product” of long-term trends in movement conservatism.
“If Republican voters were anywhere near as diverse as the Democrats…
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Scarborough: I'm Not Voting for Trump!
February 18th, 2016 9:01 AM
On today's on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough flatly stated that people that know him, as in his family, know whom he's voting for, and "it's not Donald Trump!" That's newsworthy because Scarborough has been accused by many, as here, here and here, of being in the tank for Trump. Clashing with Time's Joe Klein, Scarborough said that, while not supporting Trump, he and Mika Brzezinski have simply…
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Leno Mocks Clintons, Trump’s Dislike of Megyn Kelly in Guest Monologue
February 18th, 2016 3:39 AM
Former longtime Tonight Show host Jay Leno returned to the deliver part of the monologue on Wednesday’s show for current host Jimmy Fallon (as the show was held in Los Angeles for the week) and Leno used the opportunity to pan Republicans but also the Clintons for their countless scandals, Bernie Sanders over his age, and Donald Trump for his disdain of Megyn Kelly.
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Pelley Jokes Cruz & Trump ‘Might Like to Try’ Waterboarding Each Other
February 17th, 2016 10:43 PM
At the onset of the 2016 coverage on Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Scott Pelley mentioned how Donald Trump discussed torturing terrorists at one appearance and then joked that perhaps Trump and GOP rival Ted Cruz “might like to try” waterboarding each other due to the heightened tensions between them. Before tossing to correspondent Major Garrett in South Carolina, Pelley first noted that…
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CBS, NBC Barely Acknowledge Gov. Haley’s Endorsement of Rubio
February 17th, 2016 9:01 PM
Moments after South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley endorsed Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and NBC Nightly News saw almost zero interest in this massive endorsement to the tune of only a combined 32 seconds. In contrast, ABC’s World News Tonight reserved two minutes for the big breaking story…
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Matthews Scoffs at GOP 'Religion' That GW Bush 'Kept Us Safe'
February 17th, 2016 7:35 PM
The correct notion that President Bush's presidency post-9/11 saw no successful terror attacks on American soil is simply Republican "religion" among the party faithful, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews scoffed on his February 17 program.
NewsBusted: So Trump Would Make Lady Justice Gorgeous Again?
February 17th, 2016 4:49 PM
"Donald Trump said HE is the candidate best qualified to choose Scalia’s successor – because he’s appointed a lot of judges for his Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants." – Jodi Miller of NewsBusted.
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Andrea Mitchell Frets Over ‘Painful’ and ‘Insulting’ Attacks on Obama
February 17th, 2016 4:40 PM
While discussing Barack Obama’s comments about Donald Trump, Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday lamented the “painful” and “insulting” attacks the President has endured. Regarding Obama’s assertion that Trump won’t be president, Mitchell worried, “He’s speaking from the perspective of someone who was so demeaned by Donald Trump back in 2008.”