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All three network morning shows on Thursday reveled in the news that during an upcoming White House meeting, President Obama would “nudge” Bernie Sanders out of Hillary Clinton’s way. NBC’s Today set the tone, as co-host Savannah Guthrie led the broadcast by proclaiming: “The presidential push. Bernie Sanders heads to the White House today,…
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During live MSNBC coverage of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv in the 3 p.m. ET hour on Wednesday, NBC correspondents Ayman Mohyeldin and Martin Fletcher took turns blaming Israel’s “right-wing” government for Palestinian “frustration.”
Mohyeldin ranted: “...in terms of the context of what has been happening in the occupied Palestinian…
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During a political panel discussion on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer bemoaned Bernie Sanders not yet conceding the Democratic race to Hillary Clinton: “...Bernie Sanders didn't give her, her moment last night. He didn't urge his supporters to get behind her.”
Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd noted how Democrats wanted to “give…
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Appearing on NBC’s Today Wednesday morning, correspondent Andrea Mitchell could not contain her excitement as she swooned over Hillary Clinton becoming the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party: “...after two bruising presidential primary campaigns, Hillary Clinton, finally able to write her page in the history books....embracing her…
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While the networks basked in the “history” of Hillary Clinton becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee on Tuesday, all three morning show broadcasts still fretted over Bernie Sanders remaining in the Democratic race and demanded he get out of Clinton’s way. On Today, Guthrie asked: “Bernie Sanders, what is his rationale for saying he needs…
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On Tuesday, all three network morning shows celebrated the news that Hillary Clinton had won enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie heralded: “Making history. NBC News declares Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee. The first woman in history to be nominated on a…
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On Monday, rather than simply remember Muhammad Ali’s boxing career and humanitarian work around the world, NBC’s Today chose to politicize the athlete’s death and praise the liberal activism of his youth. Co-host Savannah Guthrie wanted to avoid a “gauzy portrait” of Ali and instead focus on “How radical, how controversial, and how expensive…
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Leading off a discussion with Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg at the top of 8 a.m. ET hour of CBS This Morning on Friday about Hillary Clinton's Trump-bashing speech, co-host Charlie Rose hoped: “Is this perhaps a turning point for the Clinton campaign in terms of the way she ridiculed Donald Trump?” Goldberg asserted: “Right, it…
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On Friday, all three network morning shows hailed Hillary Clinton’s vicious tirade against Donald Trump during a speech on Thursday. On NBC’s Today, correspondent Kristen Welker excitedly asked: “Did Hillary Clinton finally crack the code for taking on Donald Trump? That's the big question this morning after Clinton delivered a withering 35-…
Thursday’s Good Morning America featured the Democratic Attorney General of New York, Eric Schneiderman, who has led the charge on the 2013 Trump University case in the state. The prominent Clinton supporter insisted to Co-host George Stephanopoulos (who is also a notorious Clinton Foundation donor) that the case was “not political!”
In 2013, Schneiderman filed a $40 Million lawsuit against…
