Chief Media Analyst, @CNN / Author, "Top of the Morning," "Hoax," and "Network of Lies" / @TheMorningShow producer / Class Dad
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben recently pointed out that Trump's Truth Social posts are mainly just treated as "background noise" now: "Most Americans (and perhaps even journalists) never see most of those posts." Is that a problem? I'd say yes...
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Remember when Elon Musk posted a poll asking if he should step down as Twitter CEO, and users decisively voted yes, and nothing happened?
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It happened! @PressSec tried to avoid @HallieJackson's follow-up questions by calling on The Hill's @JordanFabian. But Fabian deferred to Jackson, so she could follow up. So many viewers have wanted to see this happen... unity... and today it did.
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Welcome Wyatt Morgan Cooper! @AndersonCooper's son was born on Monday. New life, new love.
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"Next week the American people will decide if the next president will be Kamala Harris, or if everyone at SNL will get audited"
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Are we living in an alternate universe where Democrats aren't currently in power?
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Of the five boroughs in NYC, Staten Island is Trump's stronghold. Yet today the borough's newspaper, the Staten Island Advance, "enthusiastically" endorsed Harris, calling her "the only choice in 2024," and delivering some tough love to readers 🧵
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NBC6's @JohnMoralesTV is the longest tenured TV meteorologist in south Florida. When he gets this serious, this emotional, on the air, viewers pay attention: nitter.app/ChrisHushNBC/status/18…
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Breaking: "In an unprecedented move," the New England Journal of Medicine has published an editorial "condemning the Trump admin for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic – and calling for the current leadership in the US to be voted out of office."
cnn.com/2020/10/07/health/ne…
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This just in: @SimonSchuster "has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book, THE TYRANNY OF BIG TECH."
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Anderson: "There's a good chance the president is watching this interview or will watch this interview. What is your message to the president?"
@mPinoe paused, thought about it, then looked straight into the camera and said this.
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CNN, Fox News, NBC, ABC and CBS just issued a joint statement: "We join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues. The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press."
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Google searches for "oligarchy" SPIKED last night when Biden warned that "an oligarchy is taking shape in America." The top search was simply "what is an oligarchy," and many of the other searches were also asking for definitions.
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Fox's Jennifer Griffin: "My sources are not anonymous to me and I doubt they are anonymous [to] the president." mediaite.com/uncategorized/f…
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New statement from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: "We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy. Under Jeff Bezos’s ownership, the Washington Post’s news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger and damage a second Trump presidency could cause to the future of American democracy and that makes this decision even more surprising and disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."
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At the end of a Biden photo op, when reporters shouted Q's hoping he'd respond, Fox's Peter Doocy asked, "Do you think inflation is a political liability in the midterms?" Biden deadpanned: "It's a great asset—more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch."
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My mom died this week. I'm struggling to figure out what to say. Not because I'm speechless but because I can't possibly fit it all into a single eulogy.
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At 10:07pm ET, this @BarackObama tweet became the most-liked tweet in Twitter history. cc: @realDonaldTrump
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."
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Angel Garza, whose ten year old daughter Amerie was murdered, holding her photo to his heart:
"How do you look at this girl and shoot her? Oh, my baby. How do you shoot my baby?"
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CNN statement responding to the president: "We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his."
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Elon Musk "has been seen at Mar-a-Lago nearly every single day since Donald Trump won, dining with him on the patio at times" and "weighing in on staffing decisions, making clear his preference for certain roles," @kaitlancollins reports
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Hannity calls the newly inaugurated president "the weak, the frail, the cognitively struggling Biden" –
Does that match up with the person you watched on TV all day long? Just wondering.
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Breaking: @JoeBiden's town hall on ABC averaged 13.9 million viewers. @realDonaldTrump's town hall across NBC, MSNBC and CNBC had a combined 13.0 million viewers. Biden won the head-to-head ratings race. Here's my full story: cnn.com/2020/10/16/media/tow…
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Holy moly. The @FoxNews anchor said "Congressman Schiff, he ARGUES the REPUBLICAN memo omitted and distorted key facts." Trump just deleted 5 words from the quote to allege the opposite meaning.
“Congressman Schiff omitted and distorted key facts” @FoxNews So, what else is new. He is a total phony!
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This is President Trump on tape, on February 7, saying that the coronavirus is "more deadly than your – you know, your, even your strenuous flus." But he minimized the threat in public. On February 26, he told the public "I think that’s a problem that’s going to go away."
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Moment of the night? Lots of applause in the room as Biden says "American democracy is not a reality show."
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This is an actual banner from "Fox & Friends Weekend." 6:03am today. I double checked because I didn't believe it at first. Hat tip @BadFoxGraphics
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If you told me that Biden called for expanding tutoring and summer learning so that "every child learns to read by third grade," and the House Speaker DIDN'T applaud or stand up, I wouldn't believe it... so here's the video to prove it
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Angela Merkel yesterday: "As we are experiencing first-hand, you cannot fight the pandemic with lies and disinformation any more than you can fight it with hatred or incitement to hatred... The limits of populism and denial of basic truth are being laid bare." (via @dw_europe)
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Baier: "Are they misguided, the 50%" that are supporting Trump? "Are they stupid? What is it?"
Harris: "Oh god, I would never say that about the American people." Trump "is the one who tends to demean and belittle."
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I never thought I'd see Fox News actively downplay a terror attack at the U.S. Capitol. But that's where we are...
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New @AP statement responding to Trump's comments saying "we are going to keep them out:"
"This is about the government telling the public and press what words to use and retaliating if they do not follow government orders." (1/2)
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Last night, I hit a wall. Gutted by the death toll. Disturbed by the govt's shortcomings. Dismayed by political rhetoric that bears no resemblance to reality. Worried about friends who are losing jobs; kids who are missing school; and senior citizens who are living in fear.
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Just announced: CBS, ABC, NBC networks are coming together to air "ONE WORLD: TOGETHER AT HOME" Saturday, April 18... Colbert, Kimmel and Fallon will co-host. It'll be on broadcast + more than a dozen cable channels, YouTube, radio, etc.
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"Just keep repeating the facts. Stop giving equal times to lies."
@Kasparov63 argues that an "outdated sense of fairness is killing our democracy."
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Everyone who paid attention in high school history class knows that Trump's anti-immigration language is the language of fascists and white supremacists throughout history.
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Sean, you didn't "find out today" that I'm writing a book about Fox and Trump. You talked about my book *on your TV show* on August 26. Millions of people saw it. And we talked about it *in person* at a party on December 17.
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Hey Humpty, you definitely want to watch “Hannity” tonight. And I found out today you are writing a book. Are you gonna beg to be on my shows like Fake news Acosta? The answer is “NO”...
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A NY judge has lifted the restraining order that barred Mary Trump from speaking publicly about her new book, per her attorney @BoutrousTed. He says the First Amendment "forbids prior restraints because they are intolerable infringements on the right to participate in democracy."
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A member of the Wash Post editorial department tells me: Bezos's decision not to endorse is "an outrageous abdication of responsibility. Democracy doesn't die in darkness, it dies when people anticipatorily consent to a fascist's whims."
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According to a new post on Joni Mitchell's website, she is removing her music from Spotify: "I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue." jonimitchell.com/news/newsit…
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Harris addresses Trump directly, looking straight into the TV camera: "Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider – to meet me on the debate stage – because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face!"
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In a move that critics are calling a flagrant abuse of power, Florida's Department of Health is threatening to bring criminal charges against local TV stations for airing a campaign ad about overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban. Today the @FCC chairwoman stepped in...
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My dad died 19 years ago today. Now I'm a dad, and I look at this little dude and think, what do you need from me? What can I teach you? What can I give you? I don't ever want to leave you.
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There's a host in Puerto Rico on one cable news channel, there's a host reading "Cat in the Hat" on another channel
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Anonymous Fox producer: As the virus spreads, "the attempt to deflect and blame the media and Democrats from Trish Regan, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Lou Dobbs, Jesse Watters, and Greg Gutfeld... is really irresponsible and hazardous to our viewers" cnn.it/3aPqihi
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On Friday @MarcoRubio was casting doubt about government data, alleging the jobs report was "fake." Today he is imploring Floridians to believe government data – specifically @NOAA's forecasts – and heed evacuation alerts. See the problem?
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Oprah: "We all know that the press is under siege these days, but we also know that it is the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice... I value the press more than ever before..."
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For the record, this is a picture of @MorningMika at Mar-a-Lago at the time Trump is claiming she was "bleeding badly."
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A revealing moment from @DonLemon's interview with LeBron:
LEMON: What would you say to the president if he was sitting right here?
JAMES: I would never sit across from him.
LEMON: You would never, you don't want to talk to him?
JAMES: No. I'd sit across from Barack, though.
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Fox News IS interrupting Laura Ingraham's anti-Harris hour to air this Harris address from the Ellipse.
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Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, effective immediately. This is an earth-shaking moment in cable news.
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JUST IN: Simon & Schuster's response to the DOJ's new filing against Bolton: "A frivolous, politically motivated exercise in futility. Hundreds of thousands of copies of the book have already been distributed around the country and the world."
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Former GOP congressman Will Hurd with a message about Trump flags: "If you elevate a flag that has someone’s name on it to the same level that you elevate your national flag, then you are not a patriot; you are part of a cult." washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Things I never thought I'd see, volume 1,303: Protests outside of the Postmaster General's home this morning
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Another suicide that deserves news coverage.
A father from Honduras killed himself in a Texas jail last month after being separated from his family at the border. Here’s what we know about their story: washingtonpost.com/world/nat…
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Difference between Schiff and Nunes opening statements:
Schiff is trying to speak to the entire country. Nunes is only speaking to the Trump base and the Fox audience.
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Dominion Voting Systems is laying the groundwork for future defamation lawsuits by staying vigilant and creating a paper trail – aggressively debunking right-wing lies about the company
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"Live from New York..." Harris on "SNL" tonight is a bit like Trump on "Fox & Friends" this morning. Both are home team visits. The difference is that the VP's appearance will reach a much bigger audience
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The end of an NBC News era: this afternoon NBC will announce that Tom Brokaw is formally retiring after an extraordinary 55 years with the network
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No, these aren't cages, @SteveDoocy says. The authorities simply "built walls out of chain-link fences." Yes, that's a real quote from Fox just now.
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Serious question: If @TomiLahren doesn't know, why is she booked on TV to talk about this topic?
.@TomiLahren on NFL anthem protests: “I would like to ask these players: What exactly are you kneeling for?” @foxandfriends
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Bill Moyers says that he fears for the U.S. "for the first time in my long life."
"A democracy can die of too many lies. And we're getting close to that terminal moment unless we reverse the obsession with lies that are being fed around the country."
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Trump just said there are people in line for his rally and "they are soaking wet." Per CNN's @betsy_klein, "it is 88 and sunny here in Fayetteville. It has not rained here today."
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I asked FCC chair @BrendanCarrFCC if he had any new comment now that ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show, and he sent me this GIF
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Kudos to NBC News for releasing the transcript of @kwelkernbc's phone interview with Trump. The details are really revealing. Trump's stated premise about seeking an unconstitutional third term is predicated on his popularity, which he wildly exaggerates. 🧵
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Joe Biden praising Jon Stewart's advocacy for veterans: "Jon, I want to thank you again... You refused to let anybody forget..."
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Scott Pelley on CBS just now: "@60Minutes has obtained a letter that indicates" the whistleblower "is under federal protection -- because he or she fears for their safety."
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Justice Neil Gorsuch is on "Fox & Friends" right now. The Q: How is it appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to try to goose sales of his three-month-old book by chatting on one of the most partisan shows on TV?
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.@JeffreyToobin on Trump freeing Stone: “This is the most corrupt and cronyistic act in perhaps all of recent history. Nixon at the height of Watergate never pardoned or commuted the sentences of any of the people involved in Watergate. He thought he could never get away with it”
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How high was the president's fever?
"I'd rather not give any specific numbers."
A troubling response from the president's doctor.
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NBC/WSJ poll says 60% of Americans think the worst is yet to come with COVID-19. Who are the other 40%?
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Brilliant work by the programmers at MAX, putting VEEP at the top of the app tonight
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DeWine: "We have a lot of people in this country who are very concerned–"
@JakeTapper: "Because they have been lied to, Governor."
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This just in from @AP: "We are deeply disappointed that the administration has chosen to restrict the access of all wire services, whose fast and accurate White House coverage informs billions of people every single day, rather than reinstate The AP to the wire pool." More >>>
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Today Kamala Harris essentially walked into a Trump campaign field office and said "ask me anything."
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I interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci earlier today and asked if the WH coronavirus task force is working together, or against each other, in light of the Dr. Scott Atlas issues. "Most are working together. I think you know who the outlier is," Fauci told me.
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Question for @PressSec: Where'd you obtain the distorted @Acosta video you posted? InfoWars personality @PrisonPlanet posted the same video two hours before you did. Surely you don't trust InfoWars...?
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Sitting down with my family for Sunday dinner. Overwhelmed with gratitude for all the kind words from Reliable viewers. I'll never see 'em all, but @JamieStelter is reading some of your best tweets aloud to me now.
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"There were three people on the Black Hawk. One of them was a woman. That woman's family is afraid to put her name out there because they know that she will be blamed for this crash, despite there being absolutely NO evidence one way or another."
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The studio audience at @TheView broke out in applause when Tucker Carlson's ouster was announced. Then the co-hosts did a wave and led the crowd in singing "GOODBYE."
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A Twitter spokesman confirms that the platform has suspended some of the MAGAsphere accounts that Trump RTed in a tweetstorm last night -- for unspecified violations of Twitter Rules. Some of the accounts looked very spammy and suspicious.
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Fox's talk shows have been obsessed with the allegation of a "Biden bribe." Now the so-called "informant" has been arrested and charged with lying. The # of times this bombshell was mentioned by Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity tonight: Zero.
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New reporting from @Acosta: "VP Pence has not ruled out an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and wants to preserve it as an option in case Trump becomes more unstable, a source close to the VP says."
cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/…
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FYI, CNN made a conscious choice not to show the @PressSec statement live. The decision was to monitor the statement & then report on it.
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Trump abruptly ended his Q&A when @PaulaReidCBS asked him this: "Why do you keep saying that you passed Veterans Choice? It was passed in 2014. But it was a false statement, sir."
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Anonymous TV exec: "If half the country has decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they're not reading any of this media, and we’ve lost this audience completely. A Trump victory means mainstream media is dead in its current form." nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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Per @maggieNYT, "no one from the White House" is booked on the Sunday shows this week. Not for lack of trying. "And no one in House or Senate GOP leadership," @JakeTapper adds. Again, not for lack of trying.
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Chris Wallace on Fox: "This is an extremely flammable situation. The president just threw a match into it. He hasn't won these states..."
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This is a bogus tweet. Major media stocks were all down today. $DIS bottomed out at noon, well before "Roseanne" was cancelled. And the announcement didn't cause a further decline in the stock price.
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