Ryan Foley
Ryan Foley | November 18, 2019
Full Measure host Sharyl Attkisson began her interview with conservative commentator Mark Levin, author of Unfreedom of the Press, by discussing a portion of his book where he argued that "the American free press has degenerated into a standardless profession; not through government oppression or suppression but through self-censorship, groupthink, bias, omission, and propaganda." Elaborating on…
Ryan Foley | November 16, 2019
Real Time host Bill Maher concluded his satirical segment "New Rules" on Friday by advising his audience to "just celebrate Thanksgiving, don't try to win it." He proceeded to advise his viewers to "never forget the single shining truth about democracy: it means sharing a country with a**holes you can't stand." According to Maher, "we have to accept something about people: half of them have their…
Ryan Foley | November 15, 2019
As NewsBusters has previously reported, the evening newscasts gleefully reported on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's use of the word "bribery" to describe President Trump's actions during his phone call with the President of Ukraine.  Throughout the day on Thursday, cable news personalities also parroted Pelosi's talking point suggesting that the President's actions "make what Nixon did look almost…
Ryan Foley | November 14, 2019
Not surprisingly, left-wing comedian Samantha Bee was very excited that the public impeachment hearings have begun. She began Wednesday's edition of Full Frontal by declaring "I can't wait to finally eat a piece of the impeachment cake I baked over three years ago!" After mocking Congressman Devin Nunes as the "captain of the Congressional flop sweat team," Bee did her best to paint the hearings…
Ryan Foley | November 12, 2019
MSNBC host Chris Hayes devoted the final segment of Monday's All In to weighing in on the retirement of longtime Republican Congressman Peter King.  In addition to portraying, Hayes King's retirement as part of a large "red exodus" among House Republicans, Hayes rejected the media's depiction of King as a "rare moderate Republican," arguing "I don't think that really characterizes him accurately…
Ryan Foley | November 11, 2019
The panel on Sunday's edition of Kasie DC acted as Democratic strategists, giving House Democrats advice ahead of the public testimony of career diplomats as part of the impeachment inquiry. Guest host Ayman Mohyeldin asked former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer Adrienne Elrod, "are the Democrats who are going to participate in this week at all haunted by what they saw happen with Bob Mueller…
Ryan Foley | November 9, 2019
During his opening monologue on Friday's edition of Real Time, host Bill Maher weighed in on Governor Matt Bevin's refusal to concede; dismissing Bevin's concerns about "irregularities" by sarcastically agreeing with him: "there were reports of black people who have been screwed out of their voting rights voting anyway." Later in the show, Maher discussed the election results from Tuesday night…
Ryan Foley | November 7, 2019
On Wednesday, liberal comedian Samantha Bee devoted the second segment of Full Frontal to rolling out a new app called "Full Frontal's Totally Unrigged Primary," which basically amounts to a PAC designed to raise money for Democratic presidential candidates. Bee described the app: "all you have to do is join your favorite candidate's team and answer questions and complete fun challenges to earn…
Ryan Foley | November 6, 2019
On Tuesday, Daily Show host Trevor Noah sat down with actor/director Edward Norton to talk about his new movie "Motherless Brooklyn." When discussing the plot of the film, Noah argued that "although the story's set in the 50s, it feels very much applicable to what life is like today." While he stressed that he did not want to "spoil anything" for his audience, Noah decided to inform them that "…
Ryan Foley | November 4, 2019
CNN's Brian Stelter devoted an entire segment on Sunday's edition of Reliable Sources to obsessing over President Trump's spelling mistakes on Twitter. While he conceded that "everybody makes spelling mistakes," he spent the rest of the segment making the case that "Donald Trump makes a lot more of them than most people." After playing a clip of a Saturday Night Live skit making fun of the…