Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | September 28, 2018
During ABC's coverage of Brett Kavanaugh's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, ABC's Sunny Hostin slammed Kavanaugh's demeanor at the hearing scheduled by the Judiciary Committee to give him and his sexual assault accuser a chance to set the record straight about an alleged encounter that took place 36 years ago.  According to Hostin, "the tone was all wrong. I thought…
Ryan Foley | September 28, 2018
During ABC's coverage of Brett Kavanaugh's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the wake of the sexual assault allegations made against him at the 11th hour, Terry Moran described Kavanaugh as "a man struggling to keep himself from disintegrating, from falling apart on national TV.  He roared with anger, unjudicious raw anger, and wept, as Cokie pointed out."  Moran also…
Ryan Foley | September 27, 2018
During Wednesday's edition of MSNBC Live With Velshi and Ruhle, the eponymous co-hosts and their panel reacted to Jeff Flake's speech on the Senate floor with regards to the Kavanaugh nomination.  The panel contrasted Flake's approach with that of Senator Lindsey Graham, who Ruhle criticized for saying "I find it curious that these charges were not brought until 2018."  Ruhle responded to Graham'…
Ryan Foley | September 26, 2018
During Monday's edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live, the eponymous host weighed in on the 11th hour sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  Kimmel and his audience mocked Kavanaugh for telling Fox News's Martha MacCallum that he remained a virgin throughout high school and college, they switched the chyron at the bottom of the screen to read "Kavanaugh: Nobody Wanted…
Ryan Foley | September 25, 2018
CNN appears to have quite an affinity for covering political family feuds, particularly those involving liberals fighting with conservative relatives who serve in Congress or the Executive Branch. Therefore, it should not have been that surprising when CNN's New Day gave a platform to David Gosar, one of the nine siblings of Republican Congressman Paul Gosar, six of whom appeared in an ad…
Ryan Foley | September 24, 2018
During Sunday's edition of The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton, the eponymous host contrasted Democrats' reactions to the allegation of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican, with their reactions to a sexual misconduct allegation against DNC Vice Chair Keith Ellison.  Hilton tried to make the audience aware of "what a bunch of hacks and hypocrites these Democrats are" before…
Ryan Foley | September 24, 2018
During Sunday's edition of The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton, the eponymous host accused the Democrats of a double standard when it came to expressing outrage over sexual assault/misconduct allegations.  According to Hilton, Democrats have turned #MeToo into #NotYou "if you have been assaulted by a Democrat...if you threaten the left's political power." He continued, "if you are a woman…
Ryan Foley | September 22, 2018
During Friday's edition of Real Time With Bill Maher, most of the panel had few kind things to say about Republicans and conservatives. Panelist Steve Hilton, the lone non-Trump hater on the panel, said that using language like "rubes" to describe Republicans explains why President Trump got elected.  Host Bill Maher disagreed, saying "like they would have voted for Hillary anyway" before…
Ryan Foley | September 22, 2018
During Friday's edition of Real Time With Bill Maher, most of the panel had few kind things to say about Republicans and conservatives.  According to panelist Thom Hartmann, the Republicans are "keeping their eye on their constituency" by supporting Brett Kavanaugh before giving a detailed description of his depiction of the Republican Party: "They put together, you know, it started out as, we…
Ryan Foley | September 21, 2018
During Thursday's edition of CNN's New Day, CNN Legal Analyst Areva Martin effectively declared Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh guilty of "attempted rape," saying that if his accuser Professor Christine Blasey Ford didn't meet the Senate Republicans' demands, she would be prevented from telling her "truth" about "the attempted rape occurring that is so critical to the nomination of Judge…