Matthew Balan | December 5, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On the December 5, 2016 edition of CNN Newsroom, The Daily Beast's Dean Obeidallah bewailed the apparent power of "fake news," particularly after the Sunday shooting at a Washington, D.C. restaurant at the center of the "Pizzagate" issue. Obeidallah proposed a hypothetical scenario: "I wonder if a Muslim guy went to a pizza place with a gun…
Matthew Balan | December 2, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] TheRoot.com's Jason Johnson unleashed on Donald Trump on Friday's CNN Newsroom, after the President-Elect called for unity at his Thursday rally in Ohio: "I don't believe anything that Donald Trump says about unity. I can see that from the administration that he's picked. I can see that from the policies he's proposed." Johnson targeted the…
Matthew Balan | December 1, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On the 1 December 2016 edition of CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello hyped the possible impact to taxpayers for President-Elect Donald Trump's role in getting Carrier to stay in Indiana: "Donald Trump delivering on his vow to save Carrier jobs, and his economic team says it will deliver a lot more — but at what cost?" Costello turned to two Trump…
Matthew Balan | November 30, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] CNN's Anderson Cooper was aghast on the 29 November 2016 edition of his program over Donald Trump still regularly posting to Twitter even after being elected president: "When I first heard that he was Tweeting about something that was on this broadcast — a number of Tweets; again, factually-incorrect Tweets...I kept thinking, doesn't he…
Matthew Balan | November 28, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] The 28 November 2016 edition of CNN's New Day played up how a young Muslim woman, Marwa Abdelghani, stopped wearing the traditional Islamic head scarf after an alleged spitting incident before Election Day: "It was getting closer and closer to November 8. That's when I decided that I just was going to take it off for a while." Kyung Lah…
Matthew Balan | November 23, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On the 23 November 2016 edition of CBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast to report that Hillary Clinton supporters are lobbying members of the Elector College to not vote for Donald Trump. Charlie Rose cited a USA Today article that "some Electoral College members are being pressured to change their votes....Hillary…
Matthew Balan | November 22, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On 22 November 2016, CBS This Morning anchors Charlie Rose, along with Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, marveled over the show's "extraordinary collection" of comedians: JON STEWART (from pre-recorded interview): There's a difference between satisfaction and joy. This gave me great satisfaction— CHARLIE ROSE: But? STEWART: And it gave me…
Matthew Balan | November 22, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On 22 November 2016, CBS This Morning went gaga over liberal comedian Jon Stewart's and the 17 years of his Daily Show. Charlie Rose gushed that "it became, for all of us, a, kind of, cultural event — more than a show." He later added, "There was nothing quite like him. A lot of people did it very well....But Jon had a special place." Rose…
Matthew Balan | November 21, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] Bloomberg's John Heilemann played up President-Elect Donald Trump's "very monochromatic group" of Cabinet picks so far during a segment on the 21 November 2016 edition of CBS This Morning. Gayle King underlined how Vice President-Elect Mike Pence stated that Trump "will represent all of the people of the country," and added that "when you…
Matthew Balan | November 18, 2016
[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.] On the 18 November 2016 edition of CNN's New Day, Alisyn Camerota and David Gregory hammered General Michael Flynn after Donald Trump selected him to be his national security advisor. Gregory asserted that Flynn demonstrated "short-sighted, ignorant thinking" and apparently, "jump[ed] the shark into...Islamophobia" over his controversial…