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POTUS Preoccupation: At Least 36 Fall TV Shows Targeted Trump
Culture
January 18th, 2018 9:42 AM
The entertainment world has readied the battlefield for the resistance with scripted and unscripted shows.
Surprise: NY Times Reports 'SNL' Anti-Trump Bits Are Forgettable
December 29th, 2017 9:26 AM
In Wednesday's New York Times, three reporters reflected on "how Washington insiders are viewing pop culture" in 2017. The most interesting take was that the Saturday Night Live "Alec Baldwin bits" on Trump this year haven't "drawn a ton of blood" in Washington. Their mockery of female Trump aides also failed to score with insiders, they declared.
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SNL’s McKinnon Admits She Had Public Meltdown Over Hillary Name-Drop
December 6th, 2017 9:44 AM
Saturday Night Live comedian Kate McKinnon admitted on NBC’s Tonight Show Tuesday that she had a public meltdown when she heard that Hillary Clinton mentioned her in her election memoir. “I sank to my knees,” McKinnon admitted to host Jimmy Fallon, “So I would always remember that moment,” she gushed.
Cast of SNL Support Franken, Post Calls Franken ‘Disparaging Women'
Culture
November 21st, 2017 12:09 PM
Why do people who identify as feminist betray themselves when men aligned with them are accused of the worst?
The women of Saturday Night Live released a statement “Offer[ing] Solidarity in Support of Al Franken.” In their statement, assistants, writers, photographers, and cast members stated that they “are moved to quickly and directly affirm that after years of working with him, we would like…
'Saturday Night Live' Gets a Sex-Toy Boost from PolitiFact
October 22nd, 2017 2:01 PM
PolitiFact's "Truth-O-Meter" is an incredibly fickle instrument. It depends on who the liberals at PolitiFact want to paint as "True" and who they want to shame as "False." Bryan White at the blog PolitiFact Bias reports that in "fact checks" that were six days apart, PolitiFact demonstrated how two similarly un-enforced laws drew very different verdicts.
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SNL Mocks ‘Kellywise’ Conway as Evil Clown from Horror Film ‘IT’
October 15th, 2017 11:03 AM
After taking a week to slam alleged sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, NBC’s Saturday Night Live poured great detail into a skit that mocked White House adviser Kellyanne Conway as a loon and for her makeup. In a skit resembling the hit movie remake of Stephen King’s “IT,” comedian Alex Moffat played CNN’s Anderson Cooper who was being lured into the sewer by Kate McKinnon, who played Kellyanne…
LAME: 'SNL' Boss Claims They Skipped Weinstein Mockery as Too Local
October 11th, 2017 10:54 AM
As NBC faces questions about why it turned away Ronan Farrow’s story on Harvey Weinstein, it’s worth taking a minute to ridicule the idea that NBC’s Saturday Night Live skipped over Harvey Weinstein last Saturday because, as SNL boss Lorne Michaels told the Daily Mail that mocking Weinstein would be a “New York thing.” Ridiculous. The show featured ten sketches mocking legally blind New York Gov…
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SNL Smears Gun Owners as Crazy Poor People With Small Penises
October 8th, 2017 1:51 PM
While the adults were investigating the motives of the man responsible for the Las Vegas mass shooting, and others were discussing new regulations of bump stocks, the man-children at NBC’s Saturday Night Live were attacking all gun owners for the acts of one man. “The investigation into the tragedy in Las Vegas this week has sparked a larger debate in America between people who want common sense…
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SNL’s Michael Che Calls Trump ‘B*tch,’ ‘Cheap Cracker’
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October 2nd, 2017 3:11 PM
One can’t accuse people of being racist and then casually fling racial slurs around.
But Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che did just that, on the “Weekend Update” skit. After playing a video clip showing Trump criticizing the mayor of Puerto Rico, the actor ranted, (presumably as a part of the skit.) He said, “Oh really Donald? You bitch … write them a check with our money you cheap cracker!”
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Megyn Kelly Recalls SNL’s ‘Beautiful’ Mourning Over Hillary’s Defeat
September 29th, 2017 11:06 AM
Despite initially claiming she wanted to avoid politics on her new NBC daytime show, on Friday, during a fawning interview with the female cast members of Saturday Night Live, host Megyn Kelly fondly reminisced over comedian Kate McKinnon’s sorrowful opening of SNL after Hillary Clinton’s defeat in the 2016 election.
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TV Goes to War With Trump: 16 Shows Blast President This Fall
Culture
September 28th, 2017 3:54 PM
This is war. Hollywood is arming themselves with the written word and preparing to do battle in politics. With the fall television season, Hollywood writers and actors bring a barrage of material aimed at portraying President Trump and his policies in the worst light possible. As of September, there are 16 scripted television shows either already airing or scheduled to air that focus on…
CNN’s Jake Tapper: Media Much More Supportive of Obama Than Trump
August 15th, 2017 6:34 PM
Most people in today’s “mainstream media” almost never admit they have a liberal bias when covering the news, but Jake Tapper -- host of The Lead, a weekday program on the Cable News Network -- did just that during an interview with Andy Greene of the Rolling Stone magazine that was posted on Tuesday, August 15.
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SNL’s Weekend Update Portrays Eric Trump as Intellectually Disabled
August 11th, 2017 12:38 AM
The busy and eventful summer for the Trump administration was too much of a calling for NBC’s Saturday Night Live, still between seasons. Which was why, on Thursday night, the network brought back their Weekend Update skit for a half hour long comedy special. The special had some pretty humorous moments. But for good natured people, the show took a dark turn when a bit involving President Trump’s…
SNL Star Michael Che Yanks Pro-Trump, Anti-Media Post
July 15th, 2017 12:15 PM
The "brave" comic took down an Instagram message deriding our Fake News age. Looks like Michael Che ruffled the wrong feathers. Che, the Weekend Update co-anchor on the liberal Saturday Night Live. calls himself a “feather ruffler” on his official Instagram account.
