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‘WHAT I LIKE IS DATA’: Secy. Bessent SCHOOLS NBC’s Welker on Tariffs
As media-consuming stories go, Signalgate went out with nary a whimper- barely lasting a week. In its place, the media now caterwaul over the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discovered during his sit-down with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the Depressed.
Trump Ag Secretary Laughs! Jake Tapper Insists: 'I'm Not On The Left'
On State of the Union, when Secretary of Agriculture tells host Jake Tapper that "everyone on your side, the left" is freaking out over the Trump tariffs, Tapper insists, "I'm not on the left." Oh really?
Secy. Lutnick SHUTS DOWN Margaret Brennan’s ‘Penguin Tariffs’ Question
As the media continue to convulse over the fallout of President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs, there have emerged several goofy narratives. Chief among them, that the proof evident of the haphazard nature of President Trump’s tariffs is the reciprocal levy upon the largely uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, south of Australia. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick shut…
TARIFFDOME: Scott Jennings Stands Tall for American Snacks
A very interesting exchange on last night’s CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip (AKA The Thunderdome) proved that a worthy argument can be undermined by an ineffective spokesperson. In this case, a point on the everyday effects of tariffs on imported goods that ended with Scott Jennings standing tall in defense of American snack foods.
CBS’s Kelly O Brought The Lone Voice of Calm Reasoning on Tariffs
Tonight’s evening news coverage of the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump bordered on hysterical, to the tune of a combined 25 minutes and 34 seconds. Of those, only about a minute and a half was devoted to explaining things in a manner the public could understand.
ICYMI: Leavitt Tangles with Fox, NewsNation, Politico Over Tariffs
Tuesday’s White House press briefing came nearly 24 hours before President Donald Trump’s alleged blockbuster tariffs against foreign countries around the globe, so the questions naturally skewed toward this issue and good-faith, legitimate questions for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt from Fox’s Peter Doocy and Edward Lawrence, NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer, NOTUS’s Jasmine Wright, and …
Soros-Funded Group Spews INSANE Spin on Media's Bidenomics Coverage
It’s apparently Opposite Day. A leftist economic think tank funded by George Soros is crying that the media lied about President Joe Biden’s economy … by trying to convince everyone that it was bad. What is this, the Twilight Zone?
CNN Liberals Roll Eyes at Pushing 'Abundance' As Democrat Victory Path
The panel on Monday's edition of CNN This Morning discusses "Abundance," the new book by liberal commentators Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. The pair propose that liberals adopt a more relaxed approach to government regulation, which will in turn promote abundance for all. The panel is generally dubious. Host Audie Cornish points out that the energy in the Dem party is in the thousands turning…
How a Black Movement About Freedom Became a Movement About Welfare
The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Al Green, shook his cane and shouted at the president. When he refused to desist, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber. Two days later, in a bipartisan vote, the House censured Green.
MSDNC: Joe Scarborough Opens with Schadenfreude Over GOP Struggles
In a spurt of schadenfreude, Joe Scarborough gloats over perceived Republican woes. He plays an extended clip of a Republican congressman getting booed and jeered at a town hall in ultra-liberal Asheville, North Carolina, revels over the stock market having another bad day, and reports on Putin saying "no" to a ceasefire proposal.
RECESSION PORN: ABC Report on Stock Market, Tariffs is Pure DOOM
ABC World News Tonight opened their newscast by stoking recession fears among their viewership. This, just one day after being the only network evening newscast not to report on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key indicator for inflation, coming in below expectations.
CNN's Audie Cornish Prefers Farmer Calling Tariffs A 'P---ing Match'
On CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish plays a clip of an Iowa soybean farmer calling tariffs a "pissing match." The p-word is muted but it is clear what he said. A bit later, when a panelist begins a factual description of the effects of tariffs, Cornish eventually cuts him off, saying: "the farmer gave us a very, like, people understand what tariffs are now. Yeah. Right?"
THAT’S (D)IFFERENT: Nets Suddenly Not So Gleeful About Lower Inflation
There are many noticeable differences between the first and second Trump administrations, but some things remain constant throughout. Then and now, the major network newscasts are reluctant to report any good economic news to emerge from the Trump administration, in this case: the Consumer Price Index coming in lower than expected.
ABC Stokes Fear of Recession, Downplayed Biden's, Admits Media's Role
After telling the American people not to worry about the economy during the 2024 presidential election out of political convenience, the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View had suddenly found reason to fret as they pushed the notion that President Trump was bringing about a recession. They betrayed their motivations with a conversation about how media narratives play a role in…
