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CNN Frets WH Will ‘Seize’ Upon I.G. Report, ‘Take’ a ‘Victory Lap’
June 14th, 2018 3:51 PM
Moments after Thursday’s long-awaited release of the Department of Justice Inspector General report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation, a CNN Newsroom panel dismissed it as a “mild” report in which “[t]he other shoe didn’t drop” and will provide “[p]lenty of ammunition for both sides.” However, they fretted that the White House will “seize” on its findings and “…
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CBS, NBC Skip News of DOJ Watchdog Finding Comey ‘Insubordinate’
June 7th, 2018 9:53 PM
On Wednesday, media outlets began reporting of a draft Justice Department Inspector General report floating around that was highly critical of former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. But come Thursday evening, both CBS and NBC failed to mention it even though they each had the opportunity to report the development during two of evening broadcasts and their…
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Smackdown: Jordan Destroys Cuomo in Debate on Collusion, Russia Probe
May 23rd, 2018 5:31 PM
Wednesday saw the latest edition of CNN’s New Day co-host Chris Cuomo throwing down with Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan as the topics du jour featured calls for a second special counsel, Russian collusion, and a Thursday meeting of congressional Republicans having access to some of the most sensitive documents related to the Trump-Russia probe.
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OMG: Ryan Wonders If Scandals Make Trump an Illegitimate President
May 1st, 2018 4:26 PM
Well, that’s one way to show your partisan colors. American Urban Radio Networks correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan showed why she’s a chief White House press briefing carnival barker as she used Tuesday’s installment to wonder whether the various Trump scandals lay claim to credence to the notion that he’s an illegitimate President.
Seriously? ‘Straight Shooter’ Comey Graphic Novel Is Now Available
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April 27th, 2018 1:56 PM
It turns out that the uncanny ability to make people from all sides of the political spectrum hate you is a comic book-worthy superpower. The former FBI director will be starring in a gritty, true-crime graphic novel, titled “Political Power: James Comey.”
Networks Punt on Bret Baier’s Fox News Interview of James Comey
April 27th, 2018 1:54 PM
In what should sadly be to the shock of no one, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC all refused on Friday morning to cover the hard-hitting but fair Fox News Channel interview of new author and former FBI Director James Comey by Special Report host Bret Baier.
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Tour De Force: Bret Baier Grills James Comey in Epic Interview
April 26th, 2018 9:11 PM
Former FBI Director and new author James Comey has spent the past 12 days on his book tour promoting A Higher Loyalty, the supposed greatness of Comey himself and the lack thereof on the part of President Trump. However, no prior interview compared to his Thursday hit on the Fox News Channel’s Special Report as host Bret Baier offered a masterfully tough tour de force akin to interviews of…
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CNN Stacks Comey Town Hall Audience Questions 2:1 Against Trump
April 25th, 2018 11:29 PM
CNN’s major primetime event on Wednesday night was their town hall featuring former FBI Director James Comey taking questions from the students, faculty, and staff at the College of William and Mary (his alma mater). Being a town hall-style event, the evening was filled to the brim with questions, a majority of which were asked by moderator Anderson Cooper. But when it came to the questions asked…
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CNN's Toobin Has Sad News for James Comey on Leaked Memos
April 24th, 2018 9:22 AM
If CNN's Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin has bad news for former FBI Director James Comey you know it has to be real bad. Toobin delivered his bad news about Comey's leaked memos on Monday's The Lead which was hosted by Jim Sciutto. The news that Toobin presented might be enough for Comey to break out his worry beads: he placed himself in a "pretty vulnerable position" by leaking them.
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Former AG: Comey Memos Were Classified; Hillary Cleared to Spare Obama
April 23rd, 2018 7:40 PM
Laura Ingraham interviewed Former Attorney General and former federal District Judge Michael Mukasey on her Friday Ingraham Angle show. Mukasey reminded viewers, contrary to assertions made by most other so-called experts, that memos and notes prepared by former FBI Director James Comey while he performed his federal duties "were classified as soon as he wrote them." He also recalled that James…
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo Accuses GOP Guest of Engaging in ‘Ugly Politics’
April 23rd, 2018 6:39 PM
CNN's pompous New Day co-host Chris Cuomo kicked off the new week by hammered Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan, pathetically accusing the GOP official of taking part in “ugly politics” and claiming that he and his fellow Republicans are guilty of “selective outrage” depending on the person or issue involved.
AP Won't Admit That Comey 'Leaked' Last Year (Instead, He 'Revealed')
April 20th, 2018 8:10 PM
Friday, the Associated Press reported that in early 2017, President Donald Trump and then-FBI Director James Comey agreed there should be a crackdown on leaks from within the administration. But the AP reporters refused to apply any form of the word "leak" to Comey's release of a memo through an intermediary to the New York Times in May 2017 — even though it did when the leak originally occurred.
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Eric Holder Howler: No Talk of 'Partisan Things' at the Justice Dept.
April 20th, 2018 2:34 PM
Former Obama attorney general Eric Holder made an incredibly sober and unfunny appearance on Comedy Central on Tuesday night's The Daily Show. Host Trevor Noah turned to the Jim Comey book, noting Comey trashed Trump, that "He's a liar, he mistreats women, he's not fit to be in office." Holder quipped back: "Well, Jim got those three things right." But what about what he got wrong?
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Nets Hype ‘Bombshell,’ ‘Infamous’ Comey Memos, Skimped on McCabe
April 20th, 2018 1:07 PM
All three networks on Friday hyped the “bombshell,” “infamous” James Comey memos released overnight. ABC, CBS and NBC devoted 12 minutes and 12 seconds to the documents with each network claiming they “obtained” them. In contrast, the same outlets skimped on coverage of the Justice Department recommending charges against the fired-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe.
