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Nets Cheer Protesters, Politicians ‘Defying’ Trump on Immigration
January 26th, 2017 3:42 PM
All three network morning shows on Thursday hailed left-wing protesters and Democratic mayors across the country denouncing President Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border security. Co-host Matt Lauer led off NBC’s Today by proclaiming: “Breaking overnight....Protests across the country after President Trump orders a Mexican border wall to be built immediately.” Clips played of…
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NBC, CBS Tee Up Schumer to Announce Dem Obstruction Plan
January 20th, 2017 11:40 AM
In back-to-back interviews on NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning on Friday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was largely treated to softball questions that allowed him to advance the Democratic Party’s strategy to obstruct President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda.
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CBS Grills Conway Over BuzzFeed's Unsubstantiated Trump Reporting
January 11th, 2017 1:57 PM
On Wednesday, CBS This Morning's anchors hounded Kellyanne Conway over an appendix to a recent intelligence report given to Donald Trump that supposedly highlighted Russia's attempts to compromise the President-Elect, as well BuzzFeed's unsubstantiated document dump related to it. Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell, and Gayle King repeatedly tried to get Conway to verify something that she wasn't…
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Nets Hype ‘Confirmation Chaos,’ ‘Head-Spinning’ Hearing Schedule
January 9th, 2017 4:28 PM
On Monday, all three network morning shows parroted Democrats’ complaints that confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees were being scheduled at too fast a pace and promoted fears that the President-elect’s picks may be plagued by scandals that had yet to be discovered.
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Kantor Lauds Obama's ‘Above the Fray, Unifying, Nonpartisan Tone'
January 9th, 2017 1:06 PM
Fresh off her glowing column on Sunday polishing First Lady Michelle Obama’s apple, author and New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor appeared on Monday’s CBS This Morning to similarly praise President Obama for being “a big believer in taking a kind of above the fray, unifying, nonpartisan tone.”
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NBC Devotes Full Story to GOP Corruption Case, Skips Dem Sentencing
December 14th, 2016 12:58 PM
On Tuesday, NBC’s Today featured a nearly two-minute long report on former Republican Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock being arraigned on corruption charges in federal court. However, the morning show completely ignored the 10-year prison sentence handed down against former Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah for racketeering.
Alarmist Al Gore Gets Media Help for #24HoursofReality Push
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December 9th, 2016 10:52 AM
Media outlets hyped former vice president Al Gore’s recent meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump. Since becoming a full time climate alarmist Gore has earned wealth and the accolades of the liberal news and entertainment media. His slideshow turned him into the “darling of Hollywood” according to the news media.
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CBS: ‘Climate Change Denier’ Trump May Be ‘Thinking About the Issue’
December 6th, 2016 1:13 PM
CBS This Morning’s Gayle King on Tuesday labeled Donald Trump a “climate change denier,” using the loaded term in a story on Al Gore visiting with the President-elect. All three networks promoted the global warming activist’s meeting, but it was co-host King who lectured, “President-elect Trump is on the record as a climate change denier. But a meeting with former Vice President Al Gore suggests…
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King Shocked That Trump Would Call CBS News ‘Dishonest Media’
November 23rd, 2016 10:40 AM
During an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers early Wednesday morning, CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King expressed surprise at being called the “dishonest media.” Meyers asked King about the news networks meeting with Donald Trump on Monday morning, where Trump reportedly called the journalists in attendance, the “dishonest media.” King said the characterization made her “uncomfortable”…
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CBS Fawns Over 'Special' Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show;' 'Cultural Event'
November 22nd, 2016 2:53 PM
On Tuesday, CBS This Morning went gaga over liberal comedian Jon Stewart's and the 17 years of his Daily Show. Charlie Rose gushed that "it became, for all of us, a, kind of, cultural event — more than a show." He later added, "There was nothing quite like him. A lot of people did it very well....But Jon had a special place." Rose, along with Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, later marveled over…
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On CBS, Heilemann Hypes Trump's 'Hardline Group Ideologically'
November 21st, 2016 2:11 PM
Bloomberg's John Heilemann played up President-Elect Donald Trump's "very monochromatic group" of Cabinet picks so far during a segment on Monday's CBS This Morning. Gayle King underlined how Vice President-Elect Mike Pence stated that Trump "will represent all of the people of the country," and added that "when you look at the picks so far, there are some troubling signs, some say, about lack of…
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Gayle King Baffled at Being Told Hillary Was a Bad Candidate
November 9th, 2016 9:50 AM
After Donald Trump’s major upset victory in the presidential race, on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King was perplexed by political analyst Frank Luntz explaining that Hillary Clinton “was actually not a good candidate.” She replied: “Did we hear that she was not a good candidate before last night?”
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King Freaks Out on Close FL Vote; ‘How Do We Explain This Is Possible'
November 8th, 2016 9:51 PM
Just after the 9:00 p.m. Eastern hour on Election Night, Donald Trump remained ahead in Florida and it triggered CBS This Morning co-host and Obama family friend Gayle King into two brief freak-outs at the closeness of the election between Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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Networks Fawn Over Obama's Anti-Trump 'Phone Drop Moment' on 'Kimmel'
October 25th, 2016 3:58 PM
On Tuesday, the Big Three networks' morning newscasts all hyped President Obama's appearance on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live the previous evening. On CBS This Morning, Gayle King, a political donor for the Democrat, marveled how the President's "timing is good. He seems to have a lot of fun with 'Mean Tweets.' He takes it all in stride." On Today, NBC's Matt Lauer touted Obama's "phone drop moment"…