Dana Bash

NewsBusters Podcast: Why CNN Deserves Low Expectations on This Debate
We've been clear that our expectations for Jake Tapper and Dana Bash in this CNN debate are low, considering their years of Trump-trashing antics. It's a little amazing that they are pledging in advance that they don't plan to "fact check" the candidates, because the moderators aren't "participating" in the debate. Don't buy it.

CNN's Hunt Ends Interview of Trump Aide Over Criticism of Bash, Tapper
Monday’s CNN This Morning illustrated the network’s long-standing arrogance, petulance, and version to outside criticism as host Kasie Hunt had a conniption when Trump campaign national press secretary Karoline Leavitt merely pointed out the…

Watch Out for Shenanigans From CNN Debate Moderators Tapper and Bash!
The following is a small sampling of the most liberal moments of Tapper and Bash’s time at CNN, via the MRC archives:

FLASHBACK: Media Seethed Over the 2020 ‘Sh*tshow’ Debate
Four years ago, when Donald Trump and Joe Biden met in the kickoff debate of the 2020 cycle, the liberal broadcast and cable networks crudely blasted Trump’s performance and crowned Biden the “winner” of “the worst debate in modern history.”

Bash Hesitant to Show Biden Footage for Fear of Boosting 'Cheap Fakes'
In the last few days, an uproar from the liberal media was sparked over the realization that President Joe Biden … is old, and there is no hiding it anymore. The concern comes after a great number of videos depicting Biden’s many public outings, and even more publicly known gaffes and moments of disorientation went viral. Upcoming CNN debate moderator and Inside Politics host Dana…

Bash to Pelosi: Biden's D-Day Speech Was 'Quite a Contrast' With Trump
Upcoming CNN debate moderator and Inside Politics host Dana Bash marveled to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday during a ten-minute interview that President Joe Biden’s speech at Pointe du Hoc in France “was quite a contrast” with recent statements from former President Donald Trump.

Debate Moderator Worries Dems May Suffer From GOP 'Baseless' Attacks
Inside Politics host and upcoming CNN presidential debate moderator Dana Bash worried on Wednesday that “baseless claims” against the Department of Justice by Republicans could hurt Democrats from President Joe Biden on down.

CNN's Bash Covers For Biden On Kamala's Cracks Against Him On Race
On CNN's State of the Union, host Dana Bash defends Joe Biden over critical remarks on his record on race that Kamala Harris made against him. Bash brushes off the remarks as having been made by Karris when she and Biden were running against each other for the Democrat presidential nomination. But as her guest Sen. Tim Scott points out, the truth of Harris's accusations can be confirmed.

The CNN Presidential Debate: A Trump Trap?
So the inevitable quadrennial debate announcement gets made. There will be two presidential debates, and Donald Trump let Joe Biden set the rules. This time around CNN will host the first, and ABC the second.
The Worst of Tapper and Bash: CNN Debate Moderators Lurch Left
The following is a small sampling of the most liberal moments of Tapper and Bash’s time at CNN, via the MRC archives:

CNN’s Dana Bash Hits Trump With A Smear Within A Smear
While forwarding the smear of former President Donald Trump as an antisemite due to his suggestion that Jews voting against him “should be ashamed”, CNN’s Dana Bash falsely suggested that Trump’s dinner with noted antisemite Nick Fuentes was intentional.

'No Evidence'! Dana Bash Yells at Gov. Kristi Noem Over Trump Trial
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) saddled up for another fight against CNN host Dana Bash on Sunday’s State of the Union. The combat resumed over the Trump trial in Manhattan. Bash kept pressing Noem about how she could possibly support Trump if he was convicted, and pulled out the usual “No Evidence” fussing when Noem attacked the Bidens.

Winner Take All: CNN Panics Over Nebraska Looking to Join 48 States
CNN’s Inside Politics was in a panic on Thursday over the “entirely possible” scenario that President Biden’s reelection (and thus the fate of America, the world, the known universe, the multiverse, and humanity’s re-admittance into Eden) hinged on one electoral vote in Nebraska. Meanwhile, the state’s proposed shift to a winner-take-all system for electoral college votes would put it…