Brad Wilmouth
bradwilmouth | November 16, 2020
In the aftermath of violent attacks on pro-Trump protesters by left-wing rioters in Washington, D.C., CNN's flagship morning show, New Day, has barely touched the story while Fox & Friends has given the matter the substantial attention and condemnation that it deserves. In fact, when the Sunday edition of New Day covered the violence, the liberal network hinted that President Donald Trump or…
bradwilmouth | November 15, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Friday's The 11th Hour, MSNBC host Brian Williams devoted a segment to comparing President Donald Trump to authoritarians, and suggested that millions of Americans who voted for him are "tyranny-curious." He also picked up on a tweet by NBC News historian Michael Beschloss to muse over what it might be like if President Trump were forcibly removed …
bradwilmouth | November 15, 2020
On Friday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS and CNN International, host Christiane Amanpour provided an unchallenged forum to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd to complain about Rupert Murdoch's influence on issues like global warming, and to talk up an effort he is pushing to regulate Murdoch's right-leaning media in Australia. She went on to further cue up the left-wing Australian…
bradwilmouth | November 15, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Sunday's Fareed Zakaria GPS, as he opened the show complaining about President Donald Trump refusing to concede defeat, host Zakaria likened the actions of the President and his supporters to "ultra-right-wingers" in 1920s Germany who helped give rise to Adolf Hitler by scapegoating Jews and communists for the country's loss of World War I. The CNN…
bradwilmouth | November 14, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Saturday's AM Joy show, the MSNBC show gave frequent guest and The Nation correspondent Elie Mystal a forum to spew hate for Donald Trump supporters holding a rally in Washington, D.C., as he declared that "I hope they get frostbite," and, invoking Jane Goodall, vaguely likened them to gorillas. Earlier in the show, host Tiffany Cross had lauded…
bradwilmouth | November 11, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Tuesday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and MSNBC national security analyst Frank Figliuzzi engaged in wild speculation about the possibility that, as a former President, Donald Trump might betray the country by divulging national security secrets for financial gain. Figliuzzi went on to advise that the FBI should "restart their…
bradwilmouth | November 9, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Monday's Deadline: White House, MSNBC contributor and Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson pushed for Donald Trump administration members to be jailed for following the law in implementing a zero tolerance policy against illegal agreements, and garnered agreement from host Nicolle Wallace. After MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff updated…
bradwilmouth | November 9, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Monday's New Day show, CNN's Alisyn Camerota fretted over President Donald Trump's decision to hold off on conceding the election as she teed up her guest, Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn, to complain that such a delay would hinder the transition to a Joe Biden presidency. The CNN host posed: President Trump is not conceding, and the people …