HuffPo Tweets Trigger Warning as It Finally Covers Hillary's Health
The Huffington Post faced a quandary yesterday.
Because of the "medical episode" Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton suffered yesterday, HuffPo Senior Politics Editor Sam Stein knew that far-left website, after months of avoidance, would have to break down and start treating her health and stamina as genuine news topics. But he also decided that he needed to tweet the equivalent of a…
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Nets Play Up Kaepernick’s Protest, Give It More Time Than U.S. Economy
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When it came to covering voters’ most important issue, networks fumbled again in August. Instead, the networks spent more time tackling a football player who protested the national anthem.
NYT’s Public Editor Decries Liberal Complaints of ‘False Balance’
New York Times “public editor” or ombudsman Liz Spayd is probably not making many friends inside corporate headquarters (and Dan Rather doesn’t approve either) after her latest Sunday Review piece attacked a liberal assumption: “Here’s the Truth About ‘False Balance.’” The text box reads: “For some critics, stories are deemed fair only if they serve their cause.” Paul Krugman, call your office.
MRC’s Notable Quotables: Don’t Bother Asking About Benghazi Anymore
In the September 12 edition of Notable Quotables: NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell declared questions about Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy judgement are no longer “on the table," while CNN’s Van Jones concluded “when you look at the fact checkers” Clinton is "one of the most honest politicians in America.” At the same time, Donald Trump’s slogan “Making America Great Again” is deemed…
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‘Miss America’ Puts Spotlight on Liberal Media Bias
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Who would have thought it would be the 2017 Miss America Competition that would force ABC to talk about liberal media bias? Of course, it took the liberal media freaking out that Hillary wasn’t handled with kid gloves by Today show host Matt Lauer at MSNBC/NBC’s Commander in Chief Forum last week for this to become an issue raised during the pageant.
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Stephanie Cutter: Far More Than Half of Trump Backers 'Deplorables'
Stephanie Cutter believes that Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton really made a mistake in her Friday evening "basket of deplorables" statement about Republican nominee Donald Trump's supporters at a fundraiser in New York City when she limited the "basket" to "half" of them. On Sunday's Meet the Press on NBC, Cutter, the former 2012 Obama presidential campaign manager and…
Hypocritical NYT Sheds Fake Tears for Giuliani's Marred 'Legacy'
On the front of Saturday’s New York Times, reporters Jonathan Mahler and Maggie Haberman shed hypocritical tears over the risks to Rudy Giuliani’s “legacy” -- one the paper has spent over a decade doing its best to slur. The former New York City Mayor oversaw a record plunge in city homicides, led the city through 9-11, and currently advocates for Donald Trump. That last detail was the key to “…
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NY Times Howler: Bill Clinton Has Had a 'Year of Restraint'
Apparently just arriving after over a year spent in a virtually news-free, hermetically sealed cave, New York Times reporter Matt Flegenheimer pretended that former President Bill Clinton has, until he recently began complaining about the treatment of the Clinton Foundation, had "more than a year of uncharacteristic restraint." In the real world the rest of us inhabit, Clinton has benefited from…
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Bouie on CBS: Clinton 'Correct' to Call Trump Voters 'Deplorables'
Appearing as a panel member on Sunday's Face the Nation, Slate's Jamelle Bouie -- also a CBS political analyst -- asserted that Hillary Clinton was "correct and accurate" to deride half of Donald Trump supporters as "deplorables," linking them to racism, sexism, and xenophobia.
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CNN Whines About Public’s Lack of ‘Connection’ with Post-9/11 Clinton
September 11 is a sacred day for America where we try to put our political squabbles aside and come together to moan an unbelievable tragedy. But not on CNN’s New Day Sunday where they complained that American’s don’t know the “empathetic leader” Hillary Clinton was after the attack. “A British newspaper and New York radio station are claiming the Clinton of today is vastly different than the…
When the Clintons Went Soft on Terrorists to Elect Senator Hillary
As Hillary Clinton is offered air time to recall her heroic actions for 9/11 victims and survivors, no one will recall the Clintons showing support for terrorists.
On August 11, 1999, the Associated Press reported on President Clinton’s decision to offer clemency to 11 members of FALN – Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional ("Armed Forces of National Liberation") – a militant “Puerto Rican…
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Lemon Bizarrely Insists Guest 'Can't Say' Clinton 'Committed' Crimes
On Friday's CNN Tonight, during a discussion of public attitudes toward Hillary Clinton, host Don Lemon was oddly set off when GOP guest and Donald Trump supporter Boris Epshteyn declared that Clinton is viewed as untrustworthy because "she's committing so many crimes," as the CNN host jumped in and spent almost two minutes insisting that it is somehow unacceptable to claim that someone "…
Neal Gabler: Media ‘Have Worked Tirelessly’ to Trash Hillary, Brady
Journalists are cynical grouches who like dragging people down, suggests author and former Fox News Watch panelist Gabler. The rich and famous are inviting targets, especially if journos sniff a scandal. Take Hillary Clinton and Tom Brady, who in Gabler’s view "have been victims of the media’s strong predisposition to presume guilt, whether there is evidence for it or not."
NYT, WashPost Ignore Bill Clinton’s Role in North Korea Nuclear Test
Bill who? At a time when Mrs. Bill Clinton is running a race for president and suggesting husband Bill will play a role in her administration “in charge of revitalizing the economy, because, you know, he knows how to do it,” the media has been happy to cover he story as seen here in The New York Times.
