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NBC Groans About Calls to Investigate Biden: No ‘Huge Appetite’ for It

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 3rd, 2020 5:11 PM
Tucked into the final minutes of Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC political director Chuck Todd led a panel discussion, featuring Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter and NBC Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt, where they groaned about calls to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden for an allegation of rape. One even claimed there was no “huge appetite” for it. Meanwhile, the call…
 
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RNC Head DESTROYS ABC’s Raddatz on Media Ignoring Biden Rape Claim

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 3rd, 2020 12:01 PM
During an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel leveled the media by calling out their hypocrisy in blacking out the rape accusation against Joe Biden, while they had tried to eviscerate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The rebuke was so potent that fill-in host Martha Raddatz appeared unable to make eye contact and avoided looking at the camera while…
 

NY Times Media Columnist Wonders Why Tara Reade's Not on TV (Bias)

Clay Waters
May 2nd, 2020 9:22 PM
Recently appointed New York Times media columnist Ben Smith has hit the ground running. Unlike his predecessor Jim Rutenberg, Smith manages to find alternatives to attacking Fox News again and again. On Friday he dove in to the lack of press time for Tara Reader, who has accused probable Democratic nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault: “Why Won’t Television News Put the Accuser on the Air?” It's…
 

NBC Ignores Dow's ‘Best Month Since the 1980s'

Business
Joseph Vazquez
May 1st, 2020 6:32 PM
When CNBC reports the markets are showing signs of fighting back against the coronavirus fallout, you’d think that’d be newsworthy for sister network NBC’s evening news broadcast. Apparently not. CNBC had reported stunning results after the markets closed yesterday. The outlet noted that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 “posted their best month since the 1980s.” CNBC continued…
 
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Kavanaugh Sex Allegations Covered 38X More Than Biden on Latino Nets

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Jorge Bonilla and Alexander Reyes
May 1st, 2020 9:38 AM
When it comes to coverage of the serious allegations levied against former Vice President Joe Biden by former staffer Tara Reade, the nation’s Spanish-language national news media have been conspicuously absent. MRC Latino’s most recent study shows that, predictably, this wasn’t always the case.  
 
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Evening Nets End Their Tara Reade Blackout, Come to Biden’s Defense

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 30th, 2020 9:41 PM
Finally, the evening newscasts of ABC and CBS broke their silence on the rape accusation against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. While their respective morning newscasts had already covered the topic, Thursday night was the first time NBC News had dared to give it airtime. The contrast was stark in how they covered the accusations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where their mission was…
 
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Keep America Miserable: CBS Scoffs at Thought of Economy Improving

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 30th, 2020 12:13 AM
While Wednesday’s CBS Evening News was the only broadcast newscast to report on the stock market’s rally following a breakthrough with coronavirus-fighting drug Remdesivir, they threw cold water on anyone who dared to have hopeful thoughts about the economy improving.
 
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NBC Insists Governments Have ‘Moral Authority’ to Keep You Isolated

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 29th, 2020 9:32 PM

Disturbing and authoritarian tendencies were on full display during Wednesday’s NBC Nightly News, as anchor Lester Holt and reporter Gabe Gutierrez decried a gathering of mourning orthodox Jews in New York City recently. And despite cries of anti-Semitism against Mayor Bill de Blasio, the network suggested state and local governments had the “moral authority” to crackdown on public and private…

 
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Ignoring Rape Claim Against Biden, ABC/CBS Cheer Hillary’s Endorsement

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 28th, 2020 8:46 PM
It was one of the most predictable developments on the Democratic side of the 2020 presidential election: two-time presidential flunky Hillary Clinton endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. But that didn’t stop ABC’s World News Tonight from fangirling Tuesday and declaring it “another big milestone” for the campaign. At the same time, ABC News and CBS Evening News continued their blackout of…
 
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CBS Touts GM Making Ventilators, Skips Trump’s Defense Production Call

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 28th, 2020 12:10 AM
A month after President Trump had invoked the Defense Production Act calling on General Motors to manufacture ventilators for the coronavirus crisis, CBS Evening News refused to acknowledge that fact as they praised to automaker on Monday. This came after the newscasts had repeatedly insisted the Trump administration wasn’t doing anything to have desperately needed equipment made here at home.…
 
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CBS, NBC Rail Against Red States for Reopening, Shelter Blue States

Nicholas Fondacaro
April 27th, 2020 9:30 PM

There's perhaps nothing more elitist than major national journalists whining about unemployed people getting their income back since they don’t need to worry about losing their jobs overnight. But the elitist anger of CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News notably only found select targets Monday night: red states, while states ran by Democrats were largely sheltered from their scorn.

 
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CBS Touts Biden’s VP Short List, Skips Sexual Abuse Allegations

Kyle Drennen
April 27th, 2020 12:32 PM
On Sunday evening, CBS Weekend News marked one year since Joe Biden launched his presidential campaign. Rather use the occasion to hold the presumptive Democratic nominee accountable for sexual abuse allegations leveled against him by former Senate staffer Tara Reade, the broadcast instead focused on touting Biden’s all-female short list of vice presidential picks.
 

NYTimes Praises 'Eulogist and Comforter' Clinton vs. Detonating Trump

Clay Waters
April 27th, 2020 11:24 AM
Monday’s “Political Memo” from the New York Times’ Mark Leibovich was a more-solemn-than-usual take from the generally snarky Leibovich, but still in the service of the Democratic Party and in opposition to President Trump. The online headline: “Trump Turns Shared American Experiences Into Us vs. Them.” He began by noting the passing without much notice of the 25th anniversary of the bombing of…
 

NBC Mentions Parent Company Is Building Park in China Once in 6 Months

Business
Joseph Vazquez
April 23rd, 2020 12:33 PM
The coronavirus dominates the news on every network. NBC Nightly News had covered the virus that started in China since January 17, the “first day the networks arrived at the coronavirus story.” None of the on-air coverage between September 1, 2019 - April 14, 2020 mentioned how the network’s parent company is building a theme park … in China. In fact, NBC News has made only one online mention in…