The 2016 Debates: How the Media Hailed Hillary and Trashed Trump

September 8th, 2024 10:10 AM

Using the media's coverage of Donald Trump’s three debates with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016 as a guide, expect the press on Tuesday night to adore Kamala Harris’s performance, while deriding Trump as someone out of a “third world” “banana republic.”

Why Would Harris Duck a Press Corps That Asks Questions Like These?

August 25th, 2024 10:05 AM

Democratic presidential nominees have never had a problem finding friendly journalists who will toss easy softballs, inviting the nominee to bash their Republican opponent while showcasing their own warm wonderfulness.

PBS Claim of GOP ‘Demonizing’ Dem Women Popped by Brooks in Two Words

August 21st, 2024 10:12 AM

Although he appears as the ostensible voice from the right on the PBS News Hour’s Friday evening political discussion, New York Times columnist David Brooks is no one’s idea of a hard-core conservative. He said “I love Joe Biden” before criticizing Biden’s angry speech on Night One of the Democratic National Convention, after previously stating “I do think Donald Trump is…

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MSNBC Gushes Over 'Star' Hillary Clinton's DNC Speech, Clothes

August 20th, 2024 1:42 PM

Andrea Mitchell is theoretically an MSNBC journalist and anchor, but on Tuesday she was the president of the Hillary Clinton Fan Club as she gushed over the “star,” her clothes, and the “history and progress” she allegedly represents.

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Colbert, Clinton Hail Biden's 'Patriotic' Decision To Step Down

August 20th, 2024 9:43 AM

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to a live edition of The Late Show early Tuesday morning in Chicago to recap night one of the Democratic National Convention. Together, the duo would hail President Joe Biden’s “patriotic” decision to step aside after the party brass forced him out.

FLASHBACK: Liberal Reporters Are Always Democrats’ Biggest Fans

August 18th, 2024 10:09 AM

The Democratic Convention begins tomorrow in Chicago, and there should be absolutely no suspense over how the media will treat Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and the party’s other stars. The MRC’s archives, going back to 1988, show that Democrats always get a huge tailwind of good press coming out of their party conventions.

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The Left Eats Its Own: Hollywood Edition

July 13th, 2024 1:30 PM

They’ve ravaged cities, destroyed businesses, torn down statues and made a mockery of the rule of law.

Politico Hypes Inaccurate Partisan Hack Pollsters: Hillary Beats Trump

July 10th, 2024 9:29 AM

Politico Media is reportedly favoring Hillary Clinton for the 2024 presidential race following a debated poll conducted by Fernand Amandi. The poll revealed Vice President Kamala Harris and former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton outperforming Biden. It also suggested a Clinton-Harris ticket would be of strong position against Trump. The blog article expresses disdain for the survey's…

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'As Hillary Clinton Said,' PBS Anchor Cheerleads For Abortion Activism

June 27th, 2024 12:14 PM

Part of the American tax-paying experience is knowing that eponymous Amanpour and Company host Christiane Amanpour will use her PBS show to promote Hillary Clinton and abortion. On Monday, she did both, concluding her show by reciting, “As Hillary Clinton famously once said, ‘human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.’”

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Hillary Clinton Emerges to Standing O At Tony Awards, Talks Up Voting

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June 17th, 2024 6:27 AM

Broadway stars and celebrity elites gave Hillary Clinton a standing ovation at the 77th Tony Awards that aired live on CBS on Sunday night, at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

FLASHBACK: How TV News Botched Clinton’s 1996 ‘Filegate’ Scandal

June 9th, 2024 9:58 AM

After the confidential files of hundreds of Republicans were found in Democrat Bill Clinton’s White House safe, journalists decided quickly to chalk it up to the “general incompetence” of Clinton’s youthful staff, and instead blasted Republicans for making “ugly” charges in an election year.

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Scarborough Clings to NYT Article to Keep Hope Alive for Biden

June 3rd, 2024 11:09 AM

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough clings to an article by Nate Cohn of the New York Times to keep hope alive for Biden's chances in the 2024 election. Scarborough also boasts about having predicted in 2016 that Trump could win, omitting the fact that just a few days before the 2016 election, he told worried Democrats; "Just relax. Don't go under your bed and get in the fetal position and get…

Column: Hillary Clinton’s Conspiracy Privilege

May 15th, 2024 7:02 AM

It’s hard to watch the incessant gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Donald Trump trial in Manhattan without feeling like you’re traveling in a time warp back to 2016. We’re back reliving the “Access Hollywood” tape and talk of how Trump would have never been elected except porn star Stormy Daniels accepted a six-figure check to keep quiet.

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FLASHBACK: When ABC News Buried Top Anchor’s Ethical Scandal

May 12th, 2024 10:10 AM

Nine years ago this week, ABC News was roiled by a journalistic scandal: Their top political anchor had refused to disclose his big dollar contributions to the Clinton Foundation at the same time he used ABC’s airwaves in an attempt to discredit an anti-Clinton author, an obvious favor to the just-launched Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign.