ABC’s Scandal , which has a fresh episode tonight (Thursday), last week featured “President Fitzgerald Grant,” supposedly a Republican, channeling Piers Morgan as he used the State of the Union address to plead for more gun control: “How many other people’s children are we going to let die before we put a stop to this?” Audio: MP3 clip “ Grant ,” played by Tony Goldwyn ( IMDB page ), recalled how his teen son died of a “fluke” infection (not true, that’s one of many of Scandal ’s wild conspiracies), but “there were thousands of people last year who lost... continue reading
In the only coverage of the upcoming midterm election on Thursday's network morning shows, CBS This Morning offered a surprisingly positive profile of Mitt Romney's popularity on the campaign trail contrasted with President Obama's absence amid sinking poll numbers. Correspondent Nancy Cordes opened the report by proclaiming: "You could almost call it the Romney redemption tour. Two years after his crushing loss, he is now the most sought after Republican on the campaign trail." Cordes announced: "In all, Romney has headlined 44 fundraisers and campaign events this year, in 21 states....clearly the center of attention. Posing for pictures, signing books... continue reading
View co-host and 9/11 Truther Rosie O'Donnell on Thursday gushed over Jimmy Carter: "He's not just a Democrat. I think he is a man of peace." O'Donnell, who on Tuesday blamed the creation of ISIS on the United States, continued, "He is my favorite president ever and, I think, probably, the most pious human being I've ever met in my life." [MP3 audio here .] She added, "I have tremendous respect, admiration for him and his wife." Co-host Whoopi Goldberg offered an unimpressed shrug. She responded, "He's okay." The topic came up on the show after Carter spoke out, criticizing... continue reading
On Thursday morning, the Washington Post reported that senior White House officials knew that an Obama volunteer hired a prostitute, and allowed her to stay in his Columbian hotel room, during the infamous Columbia prostitution scandal of 2012 but Team Obama tried to hide such information during the official investigation. Despite the Post report, CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to acknowledge the story during its Thursday morning broadcast. ABC's Good Morning America and NBC’s Today predictably ignored the report altogether. Major Garrett, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent, provided a nearly 3 minute report on the... continue reading
On Wednesday night, the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley made no mention of the results from the latest CBS News poll that gave President Obama and Democrats poor marks ahead of the November 4 midterm elections on issues ranging from the economy to ISIS to terrorism to who voters are most likely to vote for. Regarding the midterm elections, Republicans find themselves ahead of Democrats on both a generic ballot and specific issues. Republicans have a six point lead against Democrats overall (49 percent to 43 percent with those leaning left or right, 46 percent to 40 percent without)... continue reading
On Tuesday’s CBS This Morning , co-anchor Gayle King was charmed by Democratic Senate candidate Mark Pryor’s selfie with Bill Clinton as she effused: “Everybody likes a selfie.” However King, nor anyone else at CBS, has yet to report on the Arkansas Senator’s response to a basic question about ebola that was so bad it went viral and even caused MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski to shout: “Stop it!” four times before she ridiculed: “A sweet, little, nice, gentle question, and the guy just collapsed!” The following transcript is from the October 7 edition of CBS’s This Morning : GAYLE KING: Arkansas... continue reading
Wednesday's CBS This Morning promoted an Oregon woman's planned suicide, to the point that all three anchors of the morning show acted like cheerleaders for the cancer patient. Charlie Rose lauded the " powerful " testimonial-style video from Brittany Maynard, the "29-year-old newlywed with stage IV brain cancer," as co-anchor Gayle King described her. The newscast aired 47 seconds of Maynard's ad without any soundbites from opponents of euthanasia. King, along with anchor Norah O'Donnell, later complimented the pro-assisted suicide activist's decision: [MP3 audio available here ; video below ] GAYLE KING: A 29-year-old newlywed with stage IV brain cancer... continue reading
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, authors of the controversial 2008 campaign book Game Change , have a new show on Bloomberg called With All Due Respect and the two liberal journalists seem to be using their platform to continue the media fawning over President Bill Clinton. On their Tuesday show, the two hosts gushed over a campaign speech Clinton gave on behalf of Arkansas Democrat Senator Mark Pryor and Heilemann proclaimed of Clinton’s hands: “they’re like the paintbrushes of Picasso. He just uses them as an artistic expression mode.” Heilemann began the segment entitled “Political Science Theater” by cheering Clinton's... continue reading
In an interview aired on Wednesday's CBS This Morning , co-host Charlie Rose lectured former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on criticizing President Obama in a new memoir: "There are those who say, you know, he appointed you to two of the highest positions that this country has to offer, just wait until he's out of office before criticizing." Panetta pushed back: "Do you know what? It's exactly because I am very loyal to this president and because I want him to succeed that I think it's important to raise these issues now....And besides that, I don't think you put a... continue reading
Following a Tuesday night report in which the CBS Evening News blasted GOP campaign ads on ISIS, Wednesday’s CBS This Morning went even further in playing up the supposed outrage at a GOP congressional candidate’s campaign ad. CBS reporter Nancy Cordes pushed how Republican congressional candidate Wendy Rogers ran “the first ad to show an ISIS captive and reaction was swift. On Arizona Republican Wendy Rogers' Facebook page one person wrote “you have disrespected James Foley's parents and his memory.” The other called the ad “sick, pathetic, and disgusting.”’ Co-host Norah O’Donnell introduced the segment by declaring “one spot is... continue reading