NewsBusters Podcast: Tapper Fails and Fetterman Flails

October 12th, 2022 10:55 PM

There were two big TV interviews on October 11. CNN kicked off their primetime Jake Tapper show with a softball interview with Biden, while NBC reporter Dasha Burns sternly questioned John Fetterman. Kevin Tober joins the show to analyze it all.

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Fetterman Struggles in NBC Interview, Needs Closed Captioning

October 11th, 2022 8:14 PM

NBC correspondent Dasha Burns broke news Tuesday when she revealed on both MSNBC and NBC Nightly News that Pennsylvania Democrat Senate candidate John Fetterman is in worse shape than originally thought after his near-debilitating stroke. 

NY Times Alarmed By GOP Spreading ‘Racist Fears’ on Soft-on-Crime Dems

September 30th, 2022 11:54 PM

The crime issue’s potential positive impact on Republican prospects in November is coming into alarmed focus at the New York Times. A prime example: Tuesday’s 1,700-word front-page story by Lisa Lerer and Jonathan Weisman, “G.O.P. Redoubles Efforts to Tie Democrats to High Crime Rates.”

Journalists Are Hiding Radical Dems Who Support Abortion Up to Birth

September 7th, 2022 10:00 AM

In the month of August, Joe Biden’s approval rating climbed back into the low 40s and the Democrat/Republican congressional preference poll closed to a statistical tie. The liberal network newscasts are eager to promote a new narrative: Democrats are making a comeback in the midterms and it’s all because Republicans are extreme on abortion. CBS, CNN and other outlets have pushed the idea of a…

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They Won't Stop: CBS Beats Dead Horse on Biden’s Midterm Prospects

September 6th, 2022 3:28 PM

To borrow a headline from a recent episode of the NewsBusters Podcast, Tuesday’s CBS Mornings made it even more evident that, given their persistent simping for President Biden and his political allies ahead of the midterms, they need to hear this message: Stop trying to make fetch happen. CBS has gone above and beyond compared to its morning competitors with ABC’s Good Morning…

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Ruhle Lobs Softballs To Fetterman, Lauds His 'Entertaining' 'Trolling'

September 1st, 2022 10:00 AM

When The 11th Hour host Stephanie Ruhle sat down for a taped interview with Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman it was expected to be a softball interview, but what aired on MSNBC on Wednesday night was somehow even softer than those expectations.

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Morning Joe Cheers For Dems—'Momentum Shift, Turning Point, on a Roll'

September 1st, 2022 5:22 AM

The Morning Joe crew cheerleads for Biden and the Democrats, claiming that there is a "momentum shift and turning point" in their favor, and that Biden and the Dems are "on a roll" and have "the wind at their back" heading into the midterms. 

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CBS’s Biden Fluff Streak Drags on, Touts GOP Giving ‘Biden an Opening’

August 31st, 2022 2:34 PM

Having turned itself into the unofficial extension of the Biden administration’s press office, Wednesday’s CBS Mornings joined its sister newscast in the CBS Evening News by promoting the President’s latest attempt to salvage his side’s midterm prospects. On the former show, it insisted Republicans have “given [him] an opening” to position the left as the side that supports…

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CNN Hypes GOP Extremism on Abortion, No Mention of Radical Dem Stance

August 30th, 2022 1:00 PM

CNN on Tuesday spent over seven minutes hyping Republicans trying to atone and hide their allegedly extreme position when it comes to abortion. Reporter Kyung Lah spotlighted Republican senatorial candidates changing their website now that they have the nomination. But nowhere in the segment was there anything on the extreme stance of Democrats when it comes to abortion. 

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Joy Reid Fawns Over Gay Black State Rep Running for U.S. Senate

February 20th, 2021 7:07 AM

Shortly before an break near the end of Thursday's ReidOut, MSNBC host Joy Reid teased an “exclusive” scoop about Democrats potentially acquiring another Senate seat in 2022. Reid conducted a softball interview with Pennsylvania State Representative Malcom Kenyatta in which she fawned over his announcement of his bid to take retiring Republican Pat Toomey’s seat in the United States…

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Never Too Early for MSNBC Hacks: Pushing 2022 Lefties

February 9th, 2021 3:30 PM

The midterm elections may still be well over a year away, but MSNBC Live host Hallie Jackson is already inviting far-left Senate candidates on to her show to advocate for eliminating the filibuster in order to pursue progressive priorities. On Monday, Jackson welcomed Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman who is aiming to replace retiring Republican Pat Toomey. 

Democrat Mayor Threatens Reason's Nick Gillespie on 'Real Time': 'Want

July 23rd, 2011 10:20 AM
Reason TV's Nick Gillespie was threatened on HBO's "Real Time" by Mayor John Fetterman (D-Braddock, Pa.). After Gillespie made a joke about Fetterman being mayor of the poorest town in Pennsylvania, the Mayor responded, "You want to take it outside?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):