Brad Wilmouth
bradwilmouth | January 15, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Tuesday's Amanpour & Co., PBS's Michel Martin interviewed Lee McIntyre -- author of the book Post-Truth -- with the two discussing perceptions that lying is more accepted from political figures than in the past because of the election of Donald Trump as President. Without any pushback from Michel, McIntyre argued in favor of journalists censoring…
bradwilmouth | January 14, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Monday;s Anderson Cooper 360, CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin declared that President Donald Trump is "guilty," and seemed to worry that Senate Republicans might block the inclusion of witnesses harmful to Trump by demanding the "poisoned pill" of pushing for Hunter Biden to also give testimony. At 8:17 p.m. Eastern, after his fellow CNN…
bradwilmouth | January 10, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Friday's The Lead on CNN, host Jake Tapper ran a report by correspondent Will Ripley which promoted the alarmist view that global warming is to blame for the unusually bad wildfire season in Australia, and that skeptics deserve scorn for undermining the alarmists who are trying to cut carbon dioxide levels. More conservative-minded scientists who…
bradwilmouth | January 10, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Thursday's Erin Burnett Outfront, CNN host Erin Burnett tried to dismiss the "death to America" chants that Iran has been infamous for as just being a "trope" that is not "seriously meant" as she discussed President Donald Trump's Iran policy with Ohio Republican Congressman Mike Turner, As the two discussed President Trump's recent claim that…
bradwilmouth | January 9, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Thursday morning, Fox News Channel highlighted efforts by Democrats to impose more gun control in Virginia as gun rights activist Dana Loesch appeared as a guest on Fox and Friends. Loesch not only discussed efforts to push back against the Democratic legislature which is trying to pass new gun laws, but she also correctly pointed out that crime…
bradwilmouth | January 8, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On Monday's Amanpour & Co., PBS host Christiane Amanpour devoted a segment to allowing an Australian global warming alarmist to blame the more conservative skeptics in his country for the disastrous wildfires currently hitting the country. Not included on the show was the opposite point of view, which has recently been highlighted by the right-…
bradwilmouth | January 7, 2020
Cross posted to the MRC's NewsBusters blog On the late Monday, early Tuesday edition of Late Night with Seth Neyers on NBC, the liberal host devoted his nightly commentary to trashing "lumpy white guys" who have appeared on Fox News recently to defend President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Meyers accused Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and…