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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought her egotistical swagger to a press conference on Thursday, dissing reporter James Rosen of Sinclair as "Mr. Republican Talking Points" and then bragging about how she has more experience on intelligence matters than anyone else in Congress.
MSNBC host Ari Melber promoted disgraced Dan Rather's appearance three times before he appeared as "legendary" or as a "legend". He introduced him by lauding his "extensive experience" as a journalist. "He of course covered Watergate and the Clinton impeachment for CBS News, part of a storied career." Rather then insisted Trump is "outrageous" and "the complicity of the Republicans is depressing."
Disgraced CBS News man Dan Rather actually told CNN's Don Lemon -- no laugh track provided -- that there are people out there who take the attitude "don't bother me with facts, I have my mind made up." The complete lack of introspection there is, sadly, typical.
CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter oozed about his "special one on one interview" with what CNN described as "legendary journalist" Bill Moyers, asking softballs like "Do you fear for the country?"
Over the weekend, Donald Trump Jr. told radio host John Catsimatidis that he really thought the ladies of The View could at least ask one question about his book Triggered. Instead, he only drew a bilious Whoopi Goldberg plug at the end of the interview.
On Sunday's Meet the Press, Chuck Todd threw softballs at Democrat Rep. Jim Himes, but squabbled with Sen. Rand Paul when he insisted Biden did the same thing in Ukraine that Trump did, so there's a double standard. Todd responded by saying "two wrongs don't make a right!" But if that's the case, he wants to put aside the Biden wrongs.
On Sunday's Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd tossed softballs at liberal Rep. Jim Himes, worrying out loud if the Republicans are going to be "sabotaging" the impeachment process by asking about the Bidens. It's never supposed to be about the Bidens.
On the November 7 edition of The Situation Room, CNN host Wolf Blitzer asked Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang what he's hearing about impeachment on the campaign trail in New Hampshire. Yang hears a yawn.
Joe Biden tried to tell the PBS NewsHour he "didn't know" his son was on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company. This flies in the face of earlier statements made by Joe Biden and his son Hunter.