Matthew Balan | January 20, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] During MSNBC's 20 January 2017 coverage of the inauguration, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow played up a report from the Huffington Report claiming that President Trump's transition team requested military hardware for the inaugural parade. Matthews wondered, "Wouldn't that look like a little shades of Pyongyang?" Maddow added, "It would…
Matthew Balan | January 19, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] David Gergen and Douglas Brinkley gushed over President Barack Obama during a panel discussion on the 18 January 2017 edition of CNN Tonight. Gergen played up the Democrat's defense of the media during his final press conference, and later claimed that Mr. and Mrs. Obama "didn't have a big scandal in eight years. That's very rare." Brinkley…
Matthew Balan | January 18, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On the 18 January 2017 edition of CNN's New Day, Chris Cuomo ripped a proposal to let health insurance companies compete across state lines. Cuomo pointed out to Matt Schlapp that Rep. Marsha Blackburn cited "one of my favorite bills — let's open up the state lines, and let all the companies compete....not only do we have some of that in…
Matthew Balan | January 17, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] Marc Lamont Hill launched an inflammatory attack on another guest on 16 January 2017 edition of CNN Tonight as part of a diatribe against Donald Trump. Hill claimed that the President-Elect's meetings with African American celebrities were "demeaning" to blacks: "Bring some people up there with some expertise...don't just bring up people to…
Matthew Balan | January 12, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] CNN's Jim Acosta and Brian Stelter, with the help of Chris Cuomo and Alisyn Camerota, blasted Donald Trump on 12 January 2017 edition of New Day over the President-Elect's treatment of the media at his Wednesday press conference. Acosta, who got in a face-off with Trump at the event, expressed his "hope...that Donald Trump can get past this…
Matthew Balan | January 11, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On 11 January 2017, CBS This Morning's anchors hounded Kellyanne Conway over an appendex to a recent intelligence report given to Donald Trump that supposedly highlighted Russia's attempts to compromise the President-Elect, as well BuzzFeed's unsubstantiated document dump related to it. Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell, and Gayle King…
Matthew Balan | January 11, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] Donald Trump on 11 January 2017 blasted CNN as fake news and hit the cable network for repeating and promoting unverified information out of BuzzFeed on Russia. During a press conference heavily dominated by BuzzFeed's sketchy claims about the President-elect, reporter Jim Acosta attempted to shout out a question: "Since you are attacking…
Matthew Balan | January 9, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] Toure gave a spirited defense of Meryl Streep and the Hollywood left on the 9 January 2017 edition of MSNBC Live, after the actress gave an anti-Donald Trump speech at Sunday's Golden Globes. The 9/11 truther contended that movie stars are "just everyday Americans who did very well." He added that "they make up a significant and valuable…
Matthew Balan | January 6, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News both waxed ecstatic on 6 January 2017 over Michelle Obama's legacy and her final official speech as first lady. Both newscasts emphasized how she got "emotional" at the White House event. CBS's Julianna Goldman touted how Mrs. Obama "turned into the Democrat's not-so-secret weapon" during the 2016…
Matthew Balan | January 5, 2017
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On 5 January 2017, ABC and NBC aired their first reports on the beyond disturbing Facebook video of a racially-tinged attack by African American young adults on a mentally-disabled white man in Chicago. Good Morning America and Today, along with CBS This Morning, aired full reports on the heinous kidnapping and torture. All of the morning…