ABC and CBS on Thursday and Friday reacted to Barack Obama's health care apology by acknowledging his "broken promise." At the same time, both networks attempted to spin the NBC interview with qualifiers on the millions of Americans who will be losing their health insurance. After explaining what the President originally insisted and then showing his apology, CBS Evening News Anchor Scott Pelley justified, " The plans are being canceled because they don't meet the minimum standards of the President's health insurance law. That's something that was always in the legislation." [MP3 audio of ABC and CBS montage here .]... continue reading
Journalist George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday praised the campaign commercial of New York City's very liberal mayor-elect as "the most effective political ad I've ever seen." Touting a spot that featured the son of Bill de Blasio, Stephanopoulos and World News anchor Diane Sawyer enthused over its brilliance. The former Democratic operative for Bill Clinton described the commercial as "narrated by his son Dante who had this dramatic Afro." Stephanopoulos rhapsodized, " I think it's the most effective political ad I've ever seen. " [MP3 audio here .] Sawyer gushed, "Gangbusters. Modern American family there." The most effective political ad ever?... continue reading
Scott Pelley hyped the latest United Nations global warming report on Wednesday's CBS Evening News , proclaiming that " climate scientists have never seen greenhouse gas readings like what they announced today ....scientists with the United Nations said that greenhouse gases, which influence climate change, have hit their highest level in 800,000 years – mostly because industry is ramping up in the developing world." John Blackstone underlined the supposed apocalyptic nature of this finding. He asked a University of California, Berkeley researcher Daniel Kammen if it was " too late " to do anything about climate change. However, Blackstone failed... continue reading
Thursday's New Day smacked Republicans for politicizing their Benghazi investigation, and conservative guest Will Cain retorted that CNN was "attacking the messenger." " You have a negative mythology to what happened in Benghazi that is not supported by fact, it's supported by speculation ," co-host Chris Cuomo spat on GOP accusations against the administration. [Video below the break. Audio here .] Cuomo admitted "there are questions" but accused Republicans of muddying the waters. "But when you ascribe doubt and negativity to the prospect of what was happening in Benghazi, that's where it starts to get to be a distortion." "Well,... continue reading
On Thursday's NBC Today , Al Roker's self-described "bromance" with Vice President Joe Biden continued as the morning show weatherman pleaded: "Mr. Vice President, once again, we beseech you, please come to the third hour, Today's Take , and co-host our show....right here, Vice President Biden, we want you here." [ Listen to the audio ] The invitation was prompted by Biden's latest gaffe, which Roker giddily explained to viewers: "Our favorite....My man. In an effort to congratulate the new Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Vice President Joe Biden placed a phone call to Marty Walsh....Except he called the wrong Marty... continue reading
ABC on Wednesday and Thursday managed a mere 21 seconds total for the latest revelations about the botched ObamaCare rollout, minimizing the grilling that Kathleen Sebelius took before Congress and the resignation of one of the people behind the website. Instead, Good Morning America focused on deeply irrelevant topics such as promoting " Thor's leading lady," star Natalie Portman. In comparison to ObamaCare, the actress appeared for over three minutes on Thursday. NBC's Today also yawned at the resignation of Tony Trenkle , the chief information officer at HealthCare.gov. Wednesday's Nightly News featured the testimony of Health and Human Services... continue reading
On the Wednesday's All In with Chris Hayes , MSNBC political analyst Joy Reid recalled that she was "fuming" during New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's reelection victory speech as she griped that the Republican governor "hypnotizes reporters" by appearing "so gosh darn every man." She and host Hayes went on to complain that Christie had satisfied a "low bar" of being a Republican who does not "hate" President Obama. After Hayes described himself as "angry" about the speech, Reid began: Yeah, and I, as I was listening to Chris Christie's acceptance speech last night, you know, I was kind of... continue reading
On Tuesday's PoliticsNation show, MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor described the Republican Party as "built out of the old Dixiecrats" who "wouldn't want black and brown people living in their community" as she and host Al Sharpton responded to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus alluding to the GOP's history of supporting the Civil Rights Movement. After a clip of Priebus, Sharpton posed: "The Republican Party was the party of equality. But we're not in the 1950s anymore. I mean, is this the best they can do?" After taking a jab at Republicans talking about "rebranding" the party, she continued: You know, the... continue reading
The international community won't be voting in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but on Tuesday's AC360 Later CNN's Christiane Amanpour let viewers know that they disapprove of the "extreme wing of the Republican Party." "Well, from an international perspective, I can tell you that there is a massive and mass scratching of heads as people out there look at what's going on in the United States," Amanpour declared before pointing to the shutdown and the threat of not raising the debt ceiling. " They look at the extreme wing of – what they call the extreme wing of the Republican... continue reading
On WEednesday, CNN's Carol Costello lectured Republicans to stop grilling HHS Secretary Sebelius over ObamaCare and "sit down with Democrats to come up with some solutions." " What in your mind is the point of this? Haven't we heard enough from Kathleen Sebelius? " Costello huffed to GOP Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn as Sebelius testified before the Senate Finance Committee. Costello told her that "Americans want solutions" over more hearings. [Video below the break. Audio here .] Costello also sounded like a White House spokeswoman, offering that the law saves some people from poor insurance plans that they currently have. "What... continue reading