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On the 11 May 2016 edition of New Day, David Gregory actually pointed out the obvious about Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in the wake of her loss in West Virginia on Tuesday: "Bernie Sanders is exposing the weakness of Hillary Clinton as a candidate; as a front-runner within her own party. That's been true from the beginning." By…
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MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski gushed over Hillary Clinton on the 10 May 2016 edition of Morning Joe, and lamented how her campaign staff and the press are distracting her from showing her true self: "My gut is Hillary Clinton needs to be Hillary Clinton — the one that you meet one on one....She's going to have to just be herself — because herself…
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MSNBC's Mark Halperin trumpeted the apparent power of the media on the 9 May 2016 edition of Morning Joe during a discussion about Donald Trump attacking the morning show: "The only way a Republican can win for president, I believe, is if the press favors them in coverage." Halperin then oddly claimed that Trump "had a chance to have better…
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On the 5 May 2016 edition of CNBC's Closing Bell, Rob Reiner repeated his charge that Donald Trump's supporters are "not all racists, but there is a strain there." Host Bill Griffeth wondered, "Don't you think just people are angry — they're angry at Washington; they're angry at their boss?" Instead of immediately pointing to "racism,"…
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough faced off with Rob Reiner on the 5 May 2016 edition of Morning Joe, after the liberal Hollywood producer/writer explained Donald Trump's base of support by underlining that "there are a lot of people who are racist in this country." Scarborough shot back, "Could this not be about working-class Americans being left…
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CNN's New Day on 4 May 2016 touted Donald Trump becoming the apparent Republican presidential nominee, but quickly spotlighted many of the most controversial components of his campaign. The Daily Beast's Jackie Kucinich asserted, "I don't think Donald Trump ditches the ridiculous. I don't think it's in him to cast aside conspiracy theories…
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CNN's New Day on 4 May 2016 touted Donald Trump becoming the apparent Republican presidential nominee, but quickly spotlighted many of the most controversial components of his campaign. David Gregory trumpeted the "incredible accomplishment for Donald Trump," but soon added that the billionaire is "an incredibly divisive figure — huge…
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ABC's Jimmy Kimmel ranted against climate change skeptics on his late-night program on 2 May 2016. He then introduced a mock PSA featuring six scientists: "The people you're about to see are scientists. They're Americans. They're not part of some imaginary conspiracy. They're just a smarter version of us. Watch this; and if at the end, you…
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ABC's Jimmy Kimmel ranted against climate change skeptics on his late-night program on 3 May 2016, and accused them of being lackeys for "companies that make pollution for a living." Kimmel singled out Sarah Palin for her promotion of the recent documentary, Climate Hustle, and bemoaned that the issue was even political: "Climate change is…
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On the 2 May 2016 edition of New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo hinted NewsBusters was an Internet backwater. During a panel discussion segment with contributor Jeffrey Lord, Cuomo wondered if Donald Trump's "use of the phrase, 'China is raping us'" would become "a cause for concern in building a bigger tent. "Lord replied by citing his Sunday…