The CBS Evening News spent the first seven minutes and 36 seconds (over three different segments) touting the result and hyping Democratic divination of future elections.
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Cheers Heard on CNN as Dem Jones Takes the Lead in Alabama
In the early part of the 10:00 p.m. Eastern hour, and before the Alabama Senate race was called for Democrat Doug Jones, cheers could be heard on CNN’s live broadcast as Wolf Blitzer announced Jones had taken the lead.
CBS’s Jeff Glor Questions Macron About Trump Screwing Things Up
In a one-on-one interview with the French President, anchor Jeff Glor appeared to be fishing for him to say something disparaging of Trump.
Bob Mueller vs. Ken Starr: A Classic Media Double Standard
The media’s fierce protectiveness of the investigation into Trump is the utter opposite of how they reacted in 1998, when the Clinton White House openly challenged independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Back then, many liberal reporters enthusiastically joined the effort to discredit the prosecutor and save their hero.
Networks Freak Over Trump Reversing 70 Years of US Policy with Embassy Move
The three network newscasts seemed to be doing their best to stir the public up into a full-blown panic Wednesday evening, feverishly slamming President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
ABC’s Brian Ross Should Be Fired
It’s a little bizarre these days that sexual harassers like Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer are dumped abruptly, while Brian Williams has an hour-long nightly show on MSNBC and Brian Ross gets a slap on the wrist. These supposed guardians against “fake news” look like fact-mangling isn’t really a serious offense.
Media Celebrated Known Sexual Harasser Ted Kennedy
For decades, the Massachusetts Senator and known sexual harasser was celebrated by the media, even though tales of his womanizing ways were well known by reporters who covered Capitol Hill.
Bias by Omission: Univision Leaves Out Half the Pocahontas Story
Univision made no effort to explain to its viewers that “Pocahontas” is, rather than a racial slur as reported and parroted throughout the media, a harsh critique of Elizabeth Warren’s misappropriation of Native American heritage in order to land teaching jobs at Harvard and Penn.
BBC Recruiting Journalists — But Whites Shouldn’t Apply
The BBC posted a job listing offering “an exceptional and unique opportunity to train as a broadcast journalist…” BUT the year-long paid internship is “only open to candidates from a black, Asian or non-white ethnic minority background.”
CNN’s Dylan Byers Laments “Drain of Talent” with Harassers Leaving Hollywood, Media
In an unbelievable and now deleted tweet, CNN senior media reporter Dylan Byers openly lamented how much “talent” the media and the entertainment industries was losing because of the flood of sexual harassment allegations.
MSNBC Downplays Franken Sex Abuse: Maybe He Just “Needs a Talking-To”
You may be wondering how liberal journalists have been covering the sexual assault accusations against Democratic Senator Al Franken. Well, if you were expecting unreserved condemnation and calls for Franken to resign his seat, you would be pretty disappointed, at least if you were watching MSNBC.
Fox’s “Family Guy” States That Putin Is Trump’s Best Friend
When “Family Guy” swings left, it swings moronically to the left. The latest episode proves that with a visit from Russian president Vladimir Putin where the show obediently parrots the rigged election narrative.
CNN Panel Brushes Aside Franken Allegations
A Thursday afternoon CNN Newsroom panel showcased political tribalism as three liberal journalists downplayed the disturbing sexual misconduct allegations against Democratic Senator Al Franken (Minn.) by harping on the fact that Franken was “just a comedian” while those against Roy Moore and President Trump were far more serious.
USA’s “Mr. Robot” Takes Cheap Shots Against “Buffoon” Trump
The show clearly wants to televise the Trump resort as a meeting ground for evil corporate overlords, but that’s not enough for them. Eventually talk comes towards the “buffoon” owner himself, though not directly by name.
NBC’s Chuck Todd Gets Off Easy Hosting Parties for Democrats
Todd hosted a party at his home in September 2015 for Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri and her husband Jim Lyons.
Journalists Complain About Trump Not Taking Questions in China; Obama Did the Same Thing
Proving they always can find something to complain about when it comes to Trump, journalists from NBC, MSNBC and CNN all took to Twitter to whine about the “freedom of the press” being squashed during Trump’s trip to China this week, where he conceded to China’s request for no press questions during their joint conference.
CBS Fawns Over Winning Democratic Candidates
CBS was still in a state of euphoria Wednesday evening after Democrats won big on Election Day the previous night. During CBS Evening News, the network ran two different segments glorifying Democratic victories in Virginia and elsewhere.
WashPost Ignores Nasty Democrat Ads in Virginia: “Triumph of Decency Over Dread”
The Virginia governor’s race was pretty rough on the TV airwaves, but somehow the Washington Posteditorial board wants to pretend that all the nasty commercials were aired by the Republicans.
On CBS’s “Superior Donuts,” Even Good Police Officers Are Bad
It’s already well-established that CBS’s Superior Donuts has a very clear bias, especially when it comes to race, Christians and its main target – police officers. The episode on November 6 was no exception, with a ridiculous storyline that attempted to make all police officers appear guilty of brutality.
Alec Baldwin Bumbles into Blaming Weinstein Victims for Settling
Alec Baldwin committed a gaffe in an interview on Friday’s PBS NewsHour. Anchor Jeffrey Brown asked about the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and Baldwin made the mistake of making it sound like the victims like Rose McGowan made it worse by agreeing to confidential settlements instead of going public.
Press Attack Murdoch Outlets for Not Being Trump-Russia Obsessed
Most establishment press outlets initially gave wildly disproportionate time and attention to the Monday indictment of March-August 2016 Donald Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort…Several outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. have not — and the press is furiously and often dishonestly attacking them.
Didn’t Take Long: CNN Leaves NYC Terror to Hype Mueller Investigation
CNN broke away from a terror attack that left at least 8 people dead and 15 injured, not to report the President fired Special Counsel Bob Mueller, but to report Trump was listening to his lawyers and would play nice with him.
3 Evening Newscasts Dedicated 70% of Time to Mueller Indictments
CBS Evening News dedicated the largest amount of time to Russia related news of the day at 13 minutes, 33 seconds…CBS also failed to mention that Mueller was also investigating Tony Podesta for his undeclared lobbying for Ukraine, just like Manafort.
“Madame Secretary” Claims Refugee Crime Virtually Non-Existent
In the October 29 episode, CBS’s Madam Secretary is trying to convince us of so many things that might be true in the liberal world but not in the real one.