Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | September 26, 2019
Full Frontal host Samantha Bee joined a long list of media figures Wednesday as she heaped praise on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. Bee noted that "there's nothing more terrifying than a teenage girl" before introducing Thunberg as "one teenage girl in particular" who "is scaring the crap out of all of us." Bee appeared to buy into Thunberg's climate alarmism, praising Thunberg for…
Ryan Foley | September 25, 2019
During Tuesday's edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight, the eponymous host brought in radio host Chris Plante to weigh in on the media hysteria surrounding the push for President Trump's impeachment. Plante described the media's behavior as "pathological," "manic," and "really nutty." Plante accused the media of "faithfully and dutifully carrying out the mission of the Democratic Party" before…
Ryan Foley | September 23, 2019
CNN's Brian Stelter devoted an entire segment of Sunday's Reliable Sources to complaining about "Trump's Anti-Media Playbook." The chyron at the bottom of the screen suggested that President Trump treats the media with "hostility and mockery," apparently failing to realize those adjectives perfectly describe the media's treatment of President Trump. Stelter's guest for the segment, Baltimore Sun…
Ryan Foley | September 21, 2019
During the most recent edition of Real Time, the panel discussed the whistle-blower scandal that the media have treated as the apocalypse over the past few days. Andrew Sullivan of New York Magazine described a President's conversation with a foreign leader as "pretty close to pure executive privilege," stressing that "if every presidential conversation like that were to be subject to exposure,…
Ryan Foley | September 21, 2019
Weighing in on the whistle-blower scandal that the media have treated as the apocalypse over the past few days, Real Time host Bill Maher noted that "a lot of people were saying today, 'oh, we've got him.'" A disheartened Maher said "I wouldn't get my hopes up" that the whistle-blower scandal will bring President Trump down before begging his panel to convince him "that this is going to be…
Ryan Foley | September 20, 2019
During a monologue on the blackface controversy surrounding Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Fox News host Tucker Carlson pointed out CNN host Don Lemon's double standard when it comes to accepting apologies.  Carlson played a clip of Lemon reacting to Trudeau's apology: "Wow, a leader apologizing...it seems odd, doesn't it? I mean, because we have one who doesn't but he says, you know, he…
Ryan Foley | September 19, 2019
On Wednesday's edition of Full Frontal, host Samantha Bee devoted an entire segment to trashing the Koch brothers; describing them as "two guys" who "managed to radically damage planet Earth." In addition to taking countless jabs at Republicans, Bee's monologue was awash in climate change alarmism. After playing a clip of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich telling Sean Hannity he was "really…
Ryan Foley | September 19, 2019
In recent weeks, "comedian" Samantha Bee has used her TBS program Full Frontal to advocate for left-wing policy proposals from gun control to student loan forgiveness. This week, she gave a lecture on climate change. Bee looked back favorably on 1988 as "a time when pretty much everyone agreed that not only was climate change real but also that we would need to take steps to keep it from getting…
Ryan Foley | September 18, 2019
During on a conversation on the Trump administration’s impact on the judicial branch Tuesday night, two CNN prime time hosts expressed disappointment about the administration’s progress in transforming the judiciary and slammed Christian conservatives for supporting President Trump in spite of his personal moral failings. CNN Tonight host Don Lemon complained that President Trump is “stacking the…
Ryan Foley | September 16, 2019
During Sunday's edition of MediaBuzz, host Howard Kurtz and the panel discussed the biased performance of Jorge Ramos, who was one of the moderators at the most recent Democratic debate. After playing some clips of Ramos putting his left-wing bias on display for all to see, Kurtz asked "how is Jorge Ramos able to sit on that ABC panel and crusade and is that kind of an embarrassment to the…