2016 Democratic Convention
Chelsea Clinton: Election Impacts Those with ‘No Gender Identity’
Culture
July 26th, 2016 6:56 PM
Think of the magazine Glamour and naturally thoughts turn to … left-wing politics. The women’s magazine hosted a Facebook Live conversation with Chelsea Clinton and avid Hillary supporters Lena Dunham and America Ferrara as part of Glamour's 51 million initiative. In this year's election, 51 million women under the age of 45 will be eligible to vote, and Hillary Clinton has an edge with that…
CNN Airs 19 Minutes of Clinton's VFW Speech; ZERO Minutes For Trump
July 26th, 2016 6:11 PM
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both spoke to the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, but CNN took clear sides in their coverage (or lack thereof) of their addresses. On Monday, the liberal network aired 19 minutes and 20 seconds of Mrs. Clinton's speech uninterrupted during the 11 am Eastern hour. The news channel didn't break away to carry any of Trump's speech during the 9 am…
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CNN's Gregory Hasn't Met Anyone Supporting Trump's 'Stupid Wall'
July 26th, 2016 5:30 PM
On Tuesday's New Day, CNN political analyst David Gregory inadvertently admitted to living in a liberal social bubble by declaring that he had never met anybody who supports Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall on the border with Mexico -- which the CNN analyst and former NBC anchor derided as a "stupid wall."
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Henderson: 'Law & Order' Has 'Racist Undertone,' Election 'About Race'
July 26th, 2016 5:16 PM
Appearing as a panel member on Tuesday's special edition of Inside Politics, CNN senior political reporter Nia-Malika Henderson warned that "a lot of people" believe that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's invocation of "law and order" has a "racist undertone." Moments later, she went on to assert that the election is "all about race in a lot of ways," before backing off slightly by adding…
Bernie Backer Sarandon Upset with ‘Disgusting’ Slight of Bernie at DNC
July 26th, 2016 4:59 PM
Radical-left actress/activist Susan Sarandon was probably feeling too much of a “Bern” at the DNC convention this past Monday. The longtime Bernie Sanders supporter called out the Democratic National Committee for their “disgusting” conduct which was revealed this past weekend thanks to WikiLeaks posting thousands of DNC staff emails.
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Humanity for Hillary Video: ‘Vote Some [Liberal] Women into Office’
Culture
July 26th, 2016 3:36 PM
In a new video released by Humanity for Hillary, celebs made a feminist plea for voting more women into office. And yes, #ThisIsWhatMyRevolutionLooksLike was a shameless plug for Hillary.
The advocacy group's website calls itself a "progressive collective of activists and artists creating smart, human strategies to counter false negatives about Hillary Clinton and communicate her truth." (Get…
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Media in Awe of Michelle’s Patriotism, Ignore Her Pride Started in '08
July 26th, 2016 3:05 PM
As the media swooned over First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention Monday night and applauded her defense of America’s “greatness,” journalists seemed to suffer from collective amnesia as they forgot Mrs. Obama’s controversial revelation that she was “proud” of the country for the “first time” during her husband’s 2008 presidential run.
NYT Lauds 'Stirring Speech' of' 'Pop-Culture Heroine' Michelle Obama
July 26th, 2016 2:27 PM
The bias highlight of Night One of the Democratic National Convention from the New York Times was the laudatory coverage of “pop-culture heroine” Michelle Obama’s prime-time anti-Trump speech. The most prominent was Michael Shear and Mark Landler’a “Stirring Speech by a First Lady Backs Another." Nick Confessore found it "a moving political speech.” Meanwhile, Matt Flegenheimer looked back…
Samantha Bee Tells Off Own Employer Over TBS Hillary Hyena Joke
Culture
July 26th, 2016 2:10 PM
Samantha Bee has a couple of claims to fame. She is late night TV's only female host and easily its most vulgar. Her TBS network show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is crass, nasty and predictably liberal. And, it seems, she’s capable of bullying the network that employs her to fall into political line.
Here's the story. On the first night of the DNC, @TBSNetwork tweeted out a video produced by…
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NBC Notes Bill Clinton’s ‘Political Baggage,’ Skips His Sex Scandals
July 26th, 2016 1:40 PM
In a report previewing Bill Clinton’s upcoming address to the Democratic National Convention, on Tuesday’s NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander actually alluded to some of the former president’s problems: “As a surrogate, President Bill Clinton, he boasts an incomparable resume – husband, adviser, and past president himself. But he also brings to the table tonight some significant personal…
Univision Scrambles To Spin DNC's Damning 'Latino Brand' E-mail
Latino
July 26th, 2016 1:21 PM
The establishment media is back on its heels in the wake of some of the more explosive revelations within the hacked DNC e-mails recently released by Wikileaks. One of those e-mails, however, cut a little too close to the bone for Univision News.
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Morning Joe: Michelle Obama Address in ‘Pantheon’ of ‘Great Speeches’
July 26th, 2016 12:28 PM
If you watched Morning Joe on Tuesday, you would think Michelle Obama was the only person who spoke on the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Co-host Mika Brzezinski called the First Lady’s remarks “chilling” while Willie Geist hailed it as “the greatest in the history of conventions.” Co-host Joe Scarborough went so far as to say “her optimism and her hope reminded me of Ronald …
Quote of the Day: Tom Brokaw Lauds 'Remarkable', 'Exceptional' Obamas
July 26th, 2016 10:19 AM
As we select a Quote of the Day for the Democratic convention, it will be useful to compare the two conventions. On our Monday contest last week, Tom Brokaw spoke for many liberal journalists by declaring “as you look at the message, even with Mrs. Trump saying what she said, it's a pretty divisive message. There was no attempt to really pull the country together.”
On this Monday night, Tom…
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NBC Cheers ‘Passion & Purpose’ at DNC, ‘Plenty of Celebration’
July 26th, 2016 9:52 AM
In an effort to downplay the chaos and division on display at the first day of the Democratic National Convention, on Tuesday’s NBC Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell celebrated Monday night’s speech from Bernie Sanders as “everything Hillary Clinton could have wanted, an unqualified endorsement.” The reporter gushed: “Passion and purpose at the Democratic National Convention."