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Friday's edition of Real Time closed with host Bill Maher issuing a warning to "be careful what you apologize for." Maher's closing monologue did contain some good points, including a suggestion that "If we start turning history into a big game of guilt by association, it never ends." While Maher spent much of the monologue suggesting that it was a mistake to "pack up our government and pretend…
On The Late Show Thursday, host Stephen Colbert had two co-hosts of Showtime's The Circus as guests: Mark McKinnon and Alex Wagner. Wagner was obviously giddy about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate, praising her "incredible interpersonal skills." Not surprisingly, the trio recycled liberal talking points about President Trump using "…
On CNN's New Day Wednesday, co-host John Berman and his panel obsessed over Fox News host Tucker Carlson's mispronunciation of Biden VP pick Kamala Harris's name. Berman played a clip of Carlson arguing with Democrat Richard Goodstein about the importance of getting the pronunciation right. During one point in their conversation, Carlson asked "I'm disrespecting her by mispronouncing her name…
Toward the end of Friday's 2-hour edition of Cuomo Prime Time, host Chris Cuomo slammed President Trump's press conference giving updates about coronavirus. Cuomo accused Trump of calling a press conference "to lie to you about the nature of the coronavirus threat." According to Cuomo, Trump was "lying to you in a way that actually threatens your children." The CNN host attacked Trump over his…
Left-wing comedian/artist Jim Carrey appeared on Friday's edition of Real Time. Initially, the discussion was not that political but that changed when host Bill Maher held up Carrey's painting depicting President Trump as "the Wicked Witch of the West Wing," which he claimed to have bought at a gallery showing. Carrey described the painting as his "picture of baby Dumb Dumb." Maher praised Carrey…
In an hour-long CNN special titled "Donald Trump's Conspiracy Theories," host Fareed Zakaria ironically dabbled in a few conspiracy theories himself. Zakaria used claims that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election as an excuse to dismiss the "voter fraud conspiracy theory." According to Zakaria, "voter fraud is virtually nonexistent because it doesn't make sense for…
As he interviewed House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Sunday's edition of This Week, ABC's George Stephanopoulos invoked a quote from James Madison in an effort to make the case that President Trump should be impeached for his commutation of Roger Stone;s prison sentence. Throughout the conversation, Stephanopoulos acted as if he still held one of his previous positions, White…
Friday's edition of Hannity featured a segment discussing CNN's hard left turn. Guest host Jason Chaffetz began the conversation by noting that CNN host Don Lemon's exchange with Terry Crews earlier this week caused a former CNN staffer "to admit that the network has taken a turn for the worse in the Trump era." One of the guests for the segment, The Hill media reporter Joe Concha, described…
On Thursday, CNN's Don Lemon was absolutely thrilled about the fact that New York City painted the phrase "Black Lives Matter" on the street in front of Trump Tower. According to Lemon, "Donald Trump just hates this." The entire segment basically acted as a public service announcement for Black Lives Matter. He had political analyst Jared Yates Sexton as a guest, in addition to Iesha Sekou, whose…
On Sunday's edition of Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter declared that "President Trump only seems to make sense if you know how to speak the Fox News language." Stelter brought in CNN presidential historian Douglas Brinkley to discuss the "warped view of reality and history" that President Trump and Fox News subscribe to. Brinkley proceeded to refer to Trump as "the InfoWars President" and a…