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Chuck Todd Irritated Dubious Buzzfeed Used to ‘Tar All Media’

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 20th, 2019 4:21 PM
In an outburst on Twitter on Saturday, NBC moderator Chuck Todd lashed out at “those trying to tar all media” with the dubious Buzzfeed story by suggesting they “aren’t interested in improving journalism but protecting themselves.” That irritation carried over to Sunday’s Meet the Press where he ended the show by decrying those people once again, despite “all media” pouncing on the now-debunked…
 
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On CNN, Buzzfeed Defends Dubious Report With Shady Deflections

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 20th, 2019 2:07 PM
Buzzfeed News got into hot water over the weekend, after the Special Counsel’s Office issued a rare public rebuke regarding the outlet’s claim President Trump directed his attorney to lie to Congress. Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith and co-author of the dubious piece Anthony Cormier appeared on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” to defend themselves and “to talk about process”, but what viewers got were shady…
 
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Hannity: Buzzfeed Article One of Many Examples of Inaccurate Reporting

Ryan Foley
January 19th, 2019 4:07 PM

During Friday's edition of Hannity, host Sean Hannity played clips of media figures falling hook, line, and sinker for a Buzzfeed report alleging that President Trump asked his attorney Michael Cohen to lie under oath; which later turned out to be faulty. Hannity also highlighted the story as one of many examples of reporting on the Trump-Russia probe that later had to be backpedaled, at least…

 
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Nets Ignore Dem Congresswoman Accused of Firing a Rape Accuser

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 17th, 2019 11:17 PM

On Thursday, news broke that Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was named in a lawsuit accusing her of firing a female staffer in retaliation for their plan to sue the Congressional Black Caucus for an alleged rape she was a victim of. While the news was slow to circulate, it broke in the afternoon and thus gave the broadcast networks plenty of time to get a report together. But…

 
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CBS Tries to Shame Karen Pence for Working at a Christian School

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 17th, 2019 1:25 AM
As part of her Art Therapy: Healing with a Heart initiative, Second Lady Karen Pence started working part-time with Northern Virginia’s Immanuel Christian School. Of course, this “generated controversy” because the school promoted Christian values such as traditional marriage. And during Wednesday’s edition of CBS Evening News, the network apparently tried to shame Mrs. Pence for sticking with…
 
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CNN Loves Idea of Trump as a Russian Agent

Bill D'Agostino
January 15th, 2019 4:40 PM
On Friday, the New York Times published an article revealing that the FBI opened a probe in 2017 to investigate whether President Donald Trump was acting as a Russian agent. CNN hosts spent more than three hours over the weekend brandishing the report as “devastating” news for Trump, but gave only a minuscule portion of the coverage included any reference to the disclosure by the Times that “no…
 
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CNNers Insist Trump Held Address to Distract from Manafort Scandal

Nicholas Fondacaro
January 9th, 2019 1:24 AM
Reminder: Trump Derangement Syndrome is very real and a terrible affliction that rots the patient’s brain. A particularly advanced case was on full display during Cuomo Prime Time following President Trump’s address on border security. According to two afflicted patients, the Trump administration approached the media on Monday to request airtime on Tuesday in order to distract from news about…
 

NYT Former Washington Bureau Chief Screams: Impeach Trump Now!

Clay Waters
January 7th, 2019 11:25 AM
David Leonhardt made the front of the New York Times Sunday Review wanting Congress to hurry up with the vital task of impeaching President Trump in “The People vs. Donald J. Trump.” The subhead: “He is demonstrably unfit for office. What are we waiting for?” Leonhardt, who was the paper's Washington bureau chief from 2011-2013, garnered front-page, over-the-fold placement in the prominent Sunday…
 
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‘The Walls Are Closing In’: Cable Journalists Chant Dems' New Mantra

Bill D'Agostino
December 20th, 2018 4:10 PM
Over the past 10 days, journalists on CNN and MSNBC have dutifully repeated the Democrats’ claim that “the walls are closing in” around President Trump. Cable hosts and their guests have used this precise verbiage a total of 50 times since December 10 – and that’s not including the instances in which Democratic politicians repeated the assertion on TV.
 
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Fox Calls Out Media for 'Fueling that Fire' for Trump Impeachment

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 19th, 2018 9:08 PM
As NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham recalled Wednesday morning, December 19 marked 20 years since President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives. The date largely went unnoticed by the liberal media but it was noted by Fox News Channel’s Special Report. Immediately following that notation, anchor Bret Baier called out the media for wishing “to see President Trump go…
 
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Tom Brokaw Hopes Trump ‘Learning’ From Watergate

Kyle Drennen
December 18th, 2018 4:03 PM
On Tuesday, after concluding a full report for NBC’s Today show marking 50 years since the election of Richard Nixon, Senior Correspondent Tom Brokaw expressed his hope that the country, and particularly President Trump, would be “learning” a lesson from the White House scandal.
 

NYT Laments HRC, Cruz Hits by Enquirer; Should Have Hit Trump Instead

Clay Waters
December 17th, 2018 4:35 PM
Media reporter Jim Rutenberg’s column in Monday’s New York Times went after the National Enquirer for supposedly installing Donald Trump in the White House by withholding scandal dirt on him while throwing it at his opponents: “2016 Put Full Might Of a Tabloid On Display.” Curiously, Rutenberg didn’t come out against tabloid journalism per se, just its target; he would have preferred it to be…
 
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CNN Guest: Trump Scandal 'Probably Worse Than Watergate'

Ryan Foley
December 17th, 2018 3:49 PM
During Sunday’s edition of Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter and most of his panel seemed quite confident that the walls are closing in on President Trump. Stelter opened the show by asking “does the public understand just how much trouble the President is in? If not, that’s a failing of the press.” After playing some clips of TV personalities declaring that the President is in serious trouble…
 
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Upset With GOP Guest, Stephanopoulos Causes Microphone Mishap

Nicholas Fondacaro
December 16th, 2018 12:36 PM
George Stephanopoulos had a mishap on the set of ABC’s This Week on Sunday when Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union (and the lone conservative on the panel) clashed with liberal ABC commentator Roland Martin during the Powerhouse Roundtable. And after hearing Schlapp’s opinion about the plethora of investigations into President Trump, host and Clinton lackey George Stephanopoulos was…