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PBS's Washington Week Won't Own Up to Previous Praise of Biden Acuity
Washington Week with The Atlantic’s year-in-review episode Friday contained a fleeting reference to a bombshell Wall Street Journal story about how the White House and Democrats actively hid President Joe Biden’s descent into decrepitude, including several public stumbles, shaking hands with the air, and taking the “short stairs” up Air Force One.
PBS Blames X After CEO's Murder, Not Left-Wing Ghouls on Bluesky
The PBS News Hour avoided the nihilist-leftist take of too many media and social media liberals in its Monday evening segment on the capture of a suspect in the murder in Manhattan of UnitedHealthCare chief executive Brian Thompson. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett…
Atlantic Mag Recommends Angry Books to Make Angry Voters Even Angrier
In response to Donald Trump's re-election, The Atlantic suggested a book list for angry liberals, curated by Ruth Madievsky, aiming to channel their frustration. However, the titles, such as "Which Side Are You On" and "Riot Baby," seem more likely to intensify rather than soothe upset emotions, as they focus heavily on themes of societal injustice and despair. Critics suggest alternatives,…
Column: Why Is PBS Allowed to Be Mangle-MAGA TV?
Nothing underlines the partisan nature of PBS right now than The Atlantic magazine being allowed to take over the long-running Washington Week program in August of 2023. This was not a hostile takeover, but a deeper branding of what PBS is – taxpayer-funded mangle-MAGA TV.
‘Campaign of Lies’; Glasser Takes to PBS to Vent Anti-Trump Bitterness
On the post-election edition of PBS’s Friday political roundtable, Washington Week with The Atlantic, Susan Glasser of The New Yorker delivered the bitter highlights, covering the same ground as she did in her New Yorker article, “Donald Trump’s Revenge -- The former President will return to the White House older, less inhibited, and far more dangerous than ever…
PBS Snob: People Who Call Kamala a Fascist Don't Understand the Word
In the latest turn in the circle of symbiosis, Amanpour & Co., which airs on PBS, invited PBS’s Washington Week host and Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to discuss his anonymously sourced hit piece, which dropped two weeks before the presidential election, alleging Donald Trump envied…
The Atlantic Becomes a 'Dehumanizing' Tool for Kamala
The Atlantic was once a respectable publication founded in 1857 and in the following decades featuring some of the most valued writers in America with names like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others. Now it's trashing Trump for "dehumanizing language" -- as if the Left hasn't done that to Republicans for decades.
Goldberg: Harris Calling Trump a Fascist Is Only 'Allegedly Extreme'
After days of declaring that Donald Trump admires Adolf Hitler and dismissing evidence that his scoop that Trump cursed in a racist manner at the cost of a military funeral was false, The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, took his place in the anchor’s chair of PBS’s Washington Week with The Atlantic and declared it is only “allegedly extreme” for Kamala Harris to…
CNN Kasie—Kamala's Message Not 'Hate Trump': Just Calling Him Fascist!
On CNN This Morning, host Kasie Hunt denies that Kamala Harris' closing message is "hate Trump." Right. Kamala's just calling him a fascist and comparing him to Hitler!
CNN and MSNBC Mostly Ignore Debunking Of Anti-Trump Atlantic Piece
According to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, former President Donald Trump was dismayed at the cost of the funeral of Army Private Vanessa Guillen, a child of Mexican immigrants who was brutally murdered at Fort Hood in 2020. As Goldberg tells it, Trump raged, “It doesn’t…
On CNN, Alter Mangles Metaphors: Kamala Is Like Abe Lincoln in 1864!
On CNN This Morning, liberal author Jonathan Alter gets emotional as he inveighs against Trump, and the risk of electing this "dangerous" man. Host Kasie Hunt teed up Alter, citing statements in an Atlantic article by former Trump aides about his supposed danger. Alter compared Kamala Harris to...Abe Lincoln in 1864.
On CNN, David Frum Compares Trump To Mass Murderer Charles Manson
On CNN This Morning, David Frum compares Donald Trump to mass murderer Charles Manson: "Asking Donald Trump to talk about policy, it's like teaching Charles Manson to foxtrot. He can manage a step or two, but then he's going to put a pencil in your eye, because he's Charles Manson. And Donald Trump is Donald Trump."
Mika and NBC Doc Double-Team Zeke Emanuel on Biden Acuity
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Vin Gupta, an MSNBC doctor, double-team Democrat Zeke Emanuel, also a doctor, who has written that although there are sharp octogenarians, Biden isn't one of them, and should be replaced on the ticket.
