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Fear not, Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd is just as exasperated this Friday evening as you are. On his MSNBC show, Todd addressed President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the Mueller probe, noting to his panel that the commander in chief’s escalating rhetoric has become unremarkable. “By the way, the president just throws out the words ‘treason’ and ‘coup’ all the time. And we all have become numb to it. I feel like that’s problematic, you know? That we’ve become this numb. I know it is,” Todd said. “It seems like we’ve all thrown up our hands. ‘Well, that’s just how he speaks.’ He doesn’t even know the definition of treason,” the anchor continued. “Right. Of course, plenty of people accused him of treason from the left side when we’re not at war with Russia,” said New York Times correspondent Charlie Savage. “The word needs to be retired.” … [Read more...] about MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Exasperated By Trump’s ‘Treason’ Rhetoric

Finding a pro-Trump voice on CNN got more difficult this week as it was reported that the president has called upon former Virginia Attorney General and CNN contributor Ken Cuccinelli to fill a Homeland Security post. Cuccinelli had been a contributor at the network until Tuesday when CNN’s John King mentioned he’s “no longer” a part of the commentator line-up, further thinning and already slim roster of right-wing viewpoints at the channel. It’s common for news organizations to end contracts or stop compensating personalities when such a conflict of interest arises, but CNN in particular has struggled to keep conservatives on retainer in recent years. The Turner news giant fired Trump backer Jeffrey Lord over a tweet joking about Nazis and removed Ed Martin following comments he made on his radio talk show that fellow CNN panelists he appeared with were “black racists.” Earlier this year onetime lieutenant governor of South Carolina Andre … [Read more...] about CNN Claims Balance, But Pro-Trump Contributors Disagree

Fox Business host Trish Regan’s feud with Chinese state TV is going viral in China. Videos of the fiery exchange between the host of Trish Regan Primetime and an anchor from CGTN, a Chinese government-controlled news outlet, have racked up more than 20 million views on Weibo, a Chinese blog, according to Bloomberg. “The Chinese are launching a full-scale, information war against the United States of America and their newest target, me! Yeah, me! Because I have dared to say we should engage in economic warfare with the financial tools that we have,” Regan declared on her show Wednesday night. “You picked the wrong fight here!” Regan was responding to a direct attack from Liu Xin, an opinion host on CGTN. “She portrays America as a real victim here, implying that previous U.S. administrations were somehow suckered by the scheming Chinese. She is so sure of U.S. victimhood, so indignant, that her eyes practically spit fire,” the Chinese anchor … [Read more...] about Fox Host Trish Regan and Liu Xin Feud Goes Viral in China

CNN’s Kate Bolduan and David Chalian teamed up on Friday to tear President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani to shreds for their bogus efforts to impugn Nancy Pelosi‘s mental condition. During Friday’s At This Hour, the two discussed Trump and Giuliani’s circulation of a highly-unflattering, doctored video of Pelosi. Bolduan, right at the top, said, “I don’t know what other word to say, this is so stupid!” She added that it is “dangerous” for the president to be circulating this kind of content about the House Speaker — content that typically never goes beyond the fringes of the internet. Chalian agreed that the commotion is a sign of the “broken” state of American politics. “We in the press have a job to do to call out this crap when we see it and identify it as that and hopefully inform the public, but that’s not going to stop,” Chalian said. “This is a really dangerous practice, and having … [Read more...] about CNN’s Kate Bolduan, David Chalian Slam Trump, Rudy Giuliani

CNN’s Brian Stelter insists he doesn’t take Michael Avenatti seriously anymore, but he will not apologize for how he appraised the embattled lawyer’s skill in driving the media. Recently, Conservative critics have used Avenatti’s escalating legal troubles to accuse Stelter and other media figures of recklessly catapulting Stormy Daniels’ former attorney to stardom. In his latest newsletter, Stelter defended the newsworthiness of interviewing Avenatti while he was Daniels’ representative, and he also hit back at people who’ve taken him out of context for saying “I’m taking [Avenatti] seriously as a contender” against President Donald Trump in 2020. Stelter noted that those comments came during an interview he did with Avenatti last year, which was part of a broader segment about media star power becoming a necessary ingredient for successful politicians. In this sense, Stelter’s comments on Avenatti were a reflection of … [Read more...] about Brian Stelter Defends Past Praise of Michael Avenatti