George H. W. Bush
Ministry of Truth 2.0
May 28th, 2021 11:32 AM
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly considering the development of tools that would help America's children discern truth from lies and know when they are being fed “disinformation.” The Washington Times, which first reported the story, says a department spokesperson declined to give details, but that more information would be revealed “in the coming…
Inauguration 2021: Completely Different, Yet Same Old Bias
January 18th, 2021 8:45 AM
Reviewing the media’s inauguration coverage since 1989 finds that no incoming Republican president receives the worshipful coverage that accompanies the ascension of Democratic Presidents.
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CNN Cheers Clyburn on to Complain About Trump Not Conceding
November 12th, 2020 2:53 PM
On Monday's New Day show, CNN's Alisyn Camerota fretted over President Donald Trump's decision to hold off on conceding the election as she cued up her guest, Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn, to complain that such a delay would hinder the transition to a Joe Biden presidency.
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NPR Host Dwells on Race as the 'Original Sin' of the Modern GOP
April 2nd, 2020 8:51 AM
On Tuesday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS, NPR hoste Michel Martin did an interview with Stuart Stevens, one of those GOP strategists who became red-hot Never Trumpers. Stevens insisted "the original sin of the modern Republican party is race," and Martin used that to rip into Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush....inaccurately.
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FLASHBACK: Hours After Bush Died, MSNBC, CNN Hit ‘Racial Animus’
November 30th, 2019 12:15 PM
One year ago today, on November 30, 2018, George H.W. Bush passed away. And while there was some very positive coverage, MSNBC and CNN made sure to hammer the former President for “racial animus.” He was, after all, a Republican. During live coverage on December 1, just hours after Bush’s death, MSNBC analyst Eddie Glaude insisted, “We have to bring up with Willie Horton.…
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Nets Celebrate Ross Perot: 'Joined Clinton on the Attack' Against Bush
July 9th, 2019 8:56 PM
The broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) seemed to be in such a rush to praise Perot for his performance ’92 that they forgot to mention his age until the very last moments of their reports (as the transcripts below show). In fact, they focused so much on celebrating the effect he had on the election that only one of them (CBS Evening News) cared to mention how he died. But that too…
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Scarborough Calls Pompeo a ‘Disgrace’ and a ‘Joke’ After FNC Interview
June 18th, 2019 8:10 AM
When Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough runs out of things to use in slamming President Trump, the MSNBC anchor is more than happy to instead roast someone who is a member of the GOP official’s administration. That was the case on Monday, when Scarborough used an interview of Mike Pompeo by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace to hammer the secretary of state as “a joke” and…
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CNN Lauds Bush 41 Raising Taxes, 'Owed It to All Americans'
March 1st, 2019 3:13 PM
Appearing as a guest on Thursday's CNN Tonight to preview the network's upcoming special on the Bush political family, CNN historian Tim Naftali was true to form as a CNN analyst as he praised President George H.W. Bush for, among other things, raising taxes, stating that he "owed it to all Americans," as he also complained that Bush ran a "dreadful" campaign…
It’s Time for Ingrates to Go
February 6th, 2019 6:24 PM
Crying “hate” is a lazy way to debate. But in the Beltway, where honest discussion and vigorous deliberation are desperately needed, the rhetorical sloth is so thick you need a Big Foot circular saw to cut it. Take Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who thrust a Liberian immigrant, Linda Clark, into the limelight as her State of the Union special guest and poster child. “She…
‘Vice’ Director: ‘Orangutan’ Trump ‘Nowhere Near’ as Bad as Bush Admin
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December 26th, 2018 3:29 PM
In a statement that most modern liberals would consider to be blasphemous, “Vice” movie director Adam McKay told the Daily Beast that President Trump has done “nowhere near the damage” to America that Bush and Cheney did.
One Final Word for George Herbert Walker Bush
December 13th, 2018 3:29 PM
WASHINGTON -- Now that America has had its holiday from politics, we can get back to poking one another in the eye, and otherwise breaking the rules of decorum for the ladies and gentlemen of public life. Our holiday from politics was occasioned by the death of George Herbert Walker Bush, as fine a gent as has entered public life in decades. Every testimonial delivered to him last week was…
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CNN’s Zakaria Blames Bush’s Famous Demeanor on His White Privilege
December 10th, 2018 9:41 PM
During Sunday’s Global Public Square, CNN host Fareed Zakaria’s tribute to former President George H.W. Bush involved him touting the President’s famous leadership and demeanor. But it was a backhanded compliment seeing as how Zakaria attributed those aspects of Bush 41 to his pervasive white privilege.
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Maureen Dowd's 180 on Bush: From 'Cruise Director' to Hero
December 7th, 2018 4:18 PM
In a column she wrote over the weekend, Maureen Dowd of The New York Times joined a long list of media personalities who have used the death of President George H.W. Bush to trash President Trump. Dowd contrasted the “narcissistic, amoral, vulgar reality-TV president” with the “modest, principled, classy, old-world president.” She made similar comments …
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Amanpour Invokes Bush 41, Throws Pity Party for ‘Moderate’ McCaskill
December 7th, 2018 2:40 PM
While invoking the passing of former President George H. W. Bush, CNN International and PBS host Christiane Amanpour fretted on Thursday’s show that “[a]s President Bush One is laid to rest, one of the Senate’s true moderates heads home in defeat,” blaming it on “conservative dark money,” “negative ads,” and a refusal by voters to accept McCaskill…
