Eugene Daniels Touts Radical Talarico as ‘Middle of the Road’
Barely a week after his contentious nomination as Democratic Texas Senate candidate, James Talarico is now being hailed a moderate, middle of the road candidate by the media. On MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera Reports this Tuesday, senior Washington reporter Eugene Daniels was enthused about Talarico’s chances of winning, citing Republican candidate Ken Paxton’s issues around corruption and,…
NYT Lauds Nutty Talarico's 'Unusually Complex Theological Arguments'
The front page of Tuesday’s New York Times was graced with a profile of James Talarico, the elitist media’s newest hope to finally elect a Democrat in Texas: “Progressive Faith Powers Texas Democrat’s Run -- Evangelicals See Threat in Talarico’s Pastor.” The online headline and subhead was more provocative: “Are Texans Ready for Talarico’s Kind of Christianity? …
MS NOW’s Phony Balance: Passes Off Mark McKinnon as GOP Strategist
Saturday's episode of The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW pretended to present a balanced discussion about the critical Texas Senate race between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. Co-host Elise Jordan introduced one of the guests this way: “Joining us now is Mark McKinnon, former advisor to George W. Bush and John McCain… Mark, you have a long career advising Republicans in Texas…
Snopes Denounces GOP on Talarico But Not Pro-Abort Conspiracy Theories
The self-styled fact-checkers at Snopes had an interesting Friday. On one hand, Rae Deng claimed there is insufficient evidence to label a left-wing conspiracy theory about a proposed bill in North Carolina making murdering women legal if they seek an abortion false. On the other hand, Jack Izzo was adamant that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is the victim of a “chronically…
Maher Describes Texas Senate Race As 'Attila The Hun' Vs. 'Nice Guy'
On Friday’s episode of Real Time, HBO’s Bill Maher sought to frame the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico as “Attila the Hun” versus “a nice guy.” At the same time, after former GOP Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pointed out that Talarico has said some whacky things in the past, MS NOW host Katy Tur stepped in to defend Talarico by claiming “he’s taken that…
PBS Claims 'Biden's Health Has Been Litigated In Public Exhaustively'
PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart teamed up to try to absolve the media from their past errors on Friday by making the curious claim that “Joe Biden's health has been litigated in public exhaustively.” For his part, Capehart went so far as to try to shift the presidential health concerns to President Trump for simply having three semi-annual…
Leila Coddle: NPR Asks Talarico to Lay Out Issues, Rebut GOP Insults
NPR promoted leftist Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico with an interview on Friday’s Morning Edition. The Democrat received open-ended softballs that didn't challenge any of his left-wing stands. She asked if he would abolish ICE, like the other "progressives."
Talarico Skates by CBS When Asked on Trans Lunacy, ‘God Is Non-Binary’
Far-left Texas State Representative and senatorial candidate James Talarico sat for a 15-minute interview on Wednesday with CBS News White House and election correspondent Ed O’Keefe and, thanks to its short duration and O’Keefe likely wanting to cover a whole slew of topics, skated by with dodgy answers on his radical views about transgenderism and his heretical claim that “God is non-binary…
PolitiFact Defends Talarico From Vegan Charge, Ignores Six Sexes Claim
PolitiFact’s Caleb McCullough has his priorities out of order. On Wednesday, he penned an article declaring GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton “false” for calling his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, a vegan. However, he could have rated Paxton “half-true” or written another article labeling Talarico “false” because Paxton also cited Talarico’s previous comments about there being six…
Giddy Networks Hope Paxton Win Will ‘Backfire,’ ‘Boost’ Dem Talarico
The “Big Three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC were enthralled Wednesday morning with the possibilities of a blue Texas Senate seat in November as they declared the Republican nomination of “controversial” Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn could “backfire for the GOP” with Democrat state Representative James Talarico serving “as their best chance to win in decades.”
CNN Selects Two Texas Republicans Who Say They Won’t Vote for Paxton
CNN This Morning began its coverage today of Ken Paxton’s decisive victory over John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary runoff by airing interviews with exactly two Texas Republicans who swore they won’t vote for Paxton. One even declared she will “absolutely” vote for Democrat James Talarico in November.
MS NOW: Talarico 'Can Out-Bible' GOP, Race Will Be 'Good Versus Evil'
After Tuesday’s GOP Senate Primary in Texas, MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera welcomed former Bush and McCain advisor Mark McKinnon to her show the following day to react. McKinnon twice stated that the matchup is more than Republican Ken Paxton versus Democrat James Talarico but that it is “good versus evil.”
‘CBS Mornings’ Becomes First Network Show to Air WILD Talarico Clips
In what took only a few seconds and thus proving how easy it should be to do their supposed jobs as journalists, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings became the first flagship morning or evening broadcast network newscast — meaning ABC, CBS, and NBC — to mention Texas Democrat senatorial candidate James Talarico’s radical views on gender and religion in a larger piece about Tuesday’s Texas…
MS NOW Panel Admits: Beating Ken Paxton in Texas An ‘Uphill Battle'
On Saturday’s edition of The Weekend on MS NOW, a panel discussion about the Texas Senate race offered some unusually candid pessimism about the Democrats' chances. The panel conceded that even with the more controversial Ken Paxton on the ballot, Democrats still face steep odds in Texas.
