Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | June 13, 2019
During Morning Joe Wednesday, the panel sat down with New York Times contributing opinion writer Pete Wehner, who wrote a book called "The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Fractured Republic After Trump." The conversation focused on evangelicals' support for President Trump. Wehner argued that evangelicals who support President Trump "have degraded themselves and the movement so badly." Wehner…
Ryan Foley | June 12, 2019
As NewsBusters has previously reported, CNN's Chris Cillizza wrote an op-ed torching the idea of raising "unfounded questions about a presidential candidate's health." Fox News host Laura Ingraham addressed this op-ed during her opening monologue Tuesday night, exposing the media's hypocrisy when it comes to the idea of questioning a candidate's health. After remarking "this is rich coming from…
Ryan Foley | June 11, 2019
Not surprisingly, CNN's Don Lemon had nothing but praise for his colleague John Dean, who was the Democrats' star witness on Capitol Hill Monday.  Lemon began his opening monologue on Monday's edition of CNN Tonight by complaining that the helicopter crash in New York City "took away...the spotlight off of...what happened on Capitol Hill this afternoon." Lemon proceeded to roll out the comparison…
Ryan Foley | June 10, 2019
On Reliable Sources Sunday, host Brian Stelter asked Irin Carmon of New York Magazine about the "media backstory" to Joe Biden's flip-flop on abortion. According to Carmon, "there has been ground level activism and online activism that has increasingly gotten the ears of mainstream media criticizing the Hyde Amendment." Perhaps unintentionally, Carmon admitted: "mainstream media now is more aware…
Ryan Foley | June 8, 2019
Not surprisingly, Bill Maher and his panel had few kind words to say about President Trump and his base on Friday's edition of Real Time. One of Maher's guests, New York Times columnist Charles Blow proceeded implied that President Trump's base is insane: "we center his support and his base to a degree that is not healthy for the rest of us who are sane and are looking at this through...the…
Ryan Foley | June 7, 2019
During his closing argument Thursday night, CNN host Chris Cuomo gave the Democrats a pep talk as they ponder what to do regarding impeachment. Cuomo implored the Democrats: "Enough with the talk. Do your duty. That is the reason to be. That is the point of your existence. Our Constitution makes it clear." After reading aloud Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, which talks about impeachment…
Ryan Foley | June 6, 2019
While speaking with former CIA Director John Brennan, Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace trashed President Trump for "putting his finger on the scale for some of Europe's most nationalistic, xenophobic, isolationist type movements." As Wallace spoke, the chyron at the bottom of the screen read "Trump Plays Kingmaker With UK Prime Minister Endorsement and Predicts 'Brexit Will Happen.'" In…
Ryan Foley | June 5, 2019
On Tuesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson weighed in on The Daily Beast's doxing of an African-American Trump supporter who allegedly created a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slowed down to make it look like she was drunk and slurring her words. Carlson noted the media's outraged over the edited video before calling them out for their hypocrisy: "It wasn't like when NBC edited…
Ryan Foley | June 4, 2019
During the 3:00 p.m. hour of CNN Newsroom, the panel repeatedly compared President Trump to a king. According to CNN International Correspondent Max Foster, "he likes the idea of being a king, which would explain why he's so reverential in the palace environment." After host Brooke Baldwin asked about the presence of the President's adult children throughout the state visit, Foster remarked that…
Ryan Foley | June 3, 2019
On Sunday's edition of MediaBuzz, Fox News host Howard Kurtz covered MSNBC host Chuck Todd's "pretty obvious swipe at this network that is based on his conception of how Fox covers Trump." Kurtz proceeded to play a clip of Todd on MTP Daily telling Never-Trumper Charlie Sykes "I do think if the President thought there was a penalty to pay from even his own favorite channel, perhaps he would have…