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CNN's Wolf Blitzer boosted the NAACP's protest of Senator Jeff Sessions at his office in Mobile, Alabama. Blitzer set aside over five and a half minutes of air time on the 3 January 2017 edition of The Situation Room to an interview of the liberal organization's president, and gave him a platform to attack the attorney general nominee. The…
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On the 3 January 2017 edition of CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello played up the possible fining of the congressional Democrats who organized the pro-gun control sit-in on the House floor in June 2016. Costello asked one of the sit-in participants, Rep. Steve Cohen, if he was "afraid" of the proposed punishment, and boosted a liberal talking…
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The 21 December 2016 edition of CBS This Morning deemed a Facebook post from Senator Bernie Sanders worthy of a 55-second short report. Norah O'Donnell noted how the left-wing politician "some of the Cabinet picks" from President-Elect Donald Trump. She quoted from Sanders, who asserted that "the American people are going to have to…
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None of the Big Three networks' evening newscasts on 19 December 2016, nor ABC and NBC's morning shows the following day, covered how President Obama set a one-day record for pardons and commutations on Monday. The 20 December 2016 edition of ABC's Good Morning America apparently thought Merriam-Webster's 2016 'Word of the Year' more…
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CNN's Chris Cuomo contended on the 19 December 2016 edition of New Day that Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is "one of the most controversial choices the President-Elect has made for his Cabinet." Cuomo labeled Friedman "hardliner or "hardline" during a segment with former Ambassador Martin Indyk. He also pointed out…
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CNN's Dana Bash paid tribute to retiring Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski on the 14 December 2016 edition of New Day, touting that "it's the end of the Obama and the Mikulski eras; and the trail-blazing senator walked out the door — dropping important pearls of wisdom." Bash played up how the longtime Maryland politician is "retiring…
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On the 12 December 2016 edition of CNN Tonight, Don Lemon and his panel refreshingly condemned "safe spaces" on college campuses. Lemon raised how some student Trump supporters have called for their own "safe spaces." Dennis Prager recognized the "legitimate factor here that kids who did vote for Trump are ostracized," but added, "I'm still…
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As of the morning of 12 December 2016, NBC's Today and CNN's New Day have yet to cover the deadly terrorist attack on a Coptic Christian church in Cairo, Egypt on 11 December 2016. The NBC morning newscast's omission is particularly conspicuous, as the 11 December 2016 edition of NBC Nightly News devoted a full report to the bombing. CBS's…
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CBS Evening News was the sole Big Three evening newscast on 9 December 2016 to cover the bomb theat on a Trump construction project in the South American country of Uruguay. Scott Pelley devoted ten seconds to the threat, which forced the evacuation of the planned high rise. ABC's World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News didn't cover the…
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On the 8 December 2016 edition of CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello boosted a liberal criticism of President-Elect Donald Trump picking several retired generals to his Cabinet. She first asked former Obama Cabinet member Janet Napolitano, "Democrats — they're worried that Mr. Trump has picked so many generals....Does that concern you?" The…