When 9/11 happened, most of the liberal media rallied to help unify the country and provide generally fair and balanced news in the fight against an existential threat. With the coronavirus, which is deadlier than 9/11, the liberal media have weaponized the threat to relentlessly attack President Donald Trump, divide the country, and promote their leftist agenda in an election year.
In an Apr. 2 letter to President Donald Trump, MRC President Brent Bozell denounced the fact that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which funds PBS and NPR programming, received $75 million as part of the coronavirus/relief bill, the CARES Act.
BITS & PIECES
Given CNN’s left-wing and rabidly anti-Trump bias, it was no surprise to see that the news outlet’s ratings in the first quarter of 2020 were so pathetic it didn’t generate even one show in the top 20 list. The Fox News Channel dominated the cable ratings and even MSNBC, which hates Trump as much as CNN, was, nonetheless, “able to break into the top 20 on multiple fronts,” reported Townhall’s Matt Vespa.
Minibits
- CNN’s Brooke Baldwin spoon-feeds Joe Biden, “Mr. Vice President, do you think President Trump is responsible for the deaths of Americans?”
- ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel fires another whiffle ball at Biden, “Is it possible that Trump could postpone the presidential election?”
The Kavanaugh Roasters Hide Biden’s Accuser
On March 25, Tara Reade, a former employee of Senator Joe Biden, made a disturbing accusation about her old boss. She claimed in a podcast with Katie Halper of Rolling Stone that Biden sexually assaulted her in a secluded area of the Capitol in 1993, pushing her against a wall, kissing her and penetrating her with his fingers..
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