Friday, November 18, 2016

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Friday, November 18, 2016 at 11:15 AM EST

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996


 
 

1. Nets Hail ‘Unbroken’ Hillary Delivering ‘Emotional Speech’


Thursday’s network morning shows applauded a “downhearted but unbroken” Hillary Clinton addressing supporters at a Washington gala Wednesday night with her first “emotional speech” since losing to Donald Trump in the presidential race. On ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host Robin Roberts touted Clinton “opening up about that defeat” and sympathetically declared: “Her disappointment and determination to move forward.”

2. CNN: Hillary's Loss is 'Still Crushing' For 'Millions' of Women


Thursday's New Day on CNN harped on how supposedly for "millions of American women...the pain runs deep" in the wake of Hillary Clinton's defeat. Kyung Lah touted that "if 2016 was identity politics, women across social media feel theirs is under attack in Clinton's loss." Lah spotlighted three female Clinton supporters at UCLA. One undergraduate revealed, "I've had to wake up to the reality that a lot of America is not like what Los Angeles is like." Surprisingly, Alisyn Camerota admitted, "People on the coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily reflective of the entire country."

3. Ingraham Tells Off Lauer: ‘Press Has Its Own Problems With Credibility’


Appearing on Thursday’s NBC Today, nationally syndicated radio host and potential new White House press secretary Laura Ingraham hit back at co-host Matt Lauer for suggesting that the Trump administration would have “fence-mending” to do with the media after the President-Elect “spent the last year and a half basically calling members of the press and the media crooked, corrupt, dishonest.”

4. Huh? Famous Director Lashes Out, Blames Objective Media for Hillary Loss


Hollywood director Ethan Coen joined the celebrity freak out over Donald Trump’s victory. One half of the famous Coen brothers, the filmmaker penned a New York Times op-ed on Sunday. Writing a satirical set of “thank you notes,” he lashed out at Jimmy Fallon for being too nice to a monster. Coen also blamed the media for being... too objective, condemning “reportorial balance.” 

5. ABC, CBS Cover for Pelosi, Ignore Embarrassing Challenge for Leadership


Embarrassing news broke on Capitol Hill Thursday that House Minority Leader, and former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi was being challenged for leadership. NBC Nightly News was the only network evening news program to report the development, with Andrea Mitchell stating, “And in another sign of democratic disarray after their losses, longtime House Leader Nancy Pelosi is now being challenged for the first time by an Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan, from the kind of rustbelt district Donald Trump won overwhelmingly.”

6. Here We Go Again: Alex Wagner Returns to TV, Named Co-Host of ‘CBS This Morning: Saturday


After roughly a year and a half since her horrendously far-left and utterly terrible MSNBC show was cancelled, CBS News announced on Wednesday that Alex Wagner will have a full-time TV gig again as she was named co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday to replace Vinita Nair.

7. Reiner: Trump’s Like ‘Jewish Police at the Warsaw Ghetto’ Allowing Anti-Semitism Among Backers


Ultra-liberal Hollywood actor, director, and writer Rob Reiner was at it again on MSNBC’s Hardball Thursday night blasting President-elect Donald Trump as anti-Semitic and when challenged by host Chris Matthews, he went further into the gutter by comparing Trump to “the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto” that said “okay, you know, march through Germany” to the Nazis.

8. Jon Stewart Calls Out Fellow Liberals: Stop Smearing All Trump Voters as Bigots


Jon Stewart may have surprised people on Thursday as he called out fellow liberals and demanded they stop trashing all Trump voters as a bunch of bigots. CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose apparently expected the ex-Daily Show host to blast the new president-elect. Rose wondered if Stewart’s reaction to Trump is “fear.” 
 
 
 
 
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Nets Hail ‘Unbroken’ Hillary Delivering ‘Emotional Speech’

By Kyle Drennen

Thursday’s network morning shows applauded a “downhearted but unbroken” Hillary Clinton addressing supporters at a Washington gala Wednesday night with her first “emotional speech” since losing to Donald Trump in the presidential race. On ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host Robin Roberts touted Clinton “opening up about that defeat” and sympathetically declared: “Her disappointment and determination to move forward.”
In the report that followed, correspondent David Wright gushed: “Hillary Clinton has often said when she gets knocked down, she gets right back up. Well, here she was one week after this stunning upset addressing an event for the Children's Defense Fund, downhearted but unbroken.”
He also made sure to remind viewers that Clinton won the popular vote in the November 8 election: “Clinton lost the election but won the popular vote, more than a million votes ahead of Donald Trump....By the time all the votes had been counted, she may well have earned more raw votes than all but one of the men ever elected president. The exception, Barack Obama.”
Wright noted how “Clinton urged her supporters not to be discouraged” and that she “steered clear of any direct attacks.” “Instead, she spoke from the heart,” he explained. A soundbite followed of the defeated Democratic nominee: “I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was, but, please listen to me when I say this, America is worth it.”
On NBC’s Today, correspondent Kristen Welker announced: “It was a speech filled with reflection and also raw emotion. Hillary Clinton stepping back into the spotlight, greeted by an overwhelmingly supportive crowd with a standing ovation....A defeat she tried to turn into a call to action.”
The reporter added: “And as Clinton ended her speech, emotions overflowed remembering her mother, Dorothy Rodham, who as a small child faced a difficult life with no way to foresee what her future held.” A clip ran of Clinton stating: “And I dream of going up to her and saying, ‘Look, you will survive. And as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will grow up to be a United States senator, represent our country as Secretary of State, and win more than 62 million votes for President of the United States.’”
On CBS This Morning, with the headline “Clinton & Closure” emblazoned across the screen, correspondent Nancy Cordes heralded:
These remarks, at times, were pretty personal. After her former boss called her the people's president, Clinton shed some light on what the last week has been like for her....She did say that she wishes she could go back in time and tell her mother that her daughter would go on to win the majority of votes, about 62 million of them in the race for president.
Here are excerpts of the November 17 coverage on all three networks:
GMA
7:02 AM ET
ROBIN ROBERTS: But first Hillary Clinton giving her first speech since conceding to Donald Trump, opening up about that defeat. Her disappointment and determination to move forward. ABC's David Wright is here with details. Good morning, David.
DAVID WRIGHT: Good morning, Robin. Hillary Clinton has often said when she gets knocked down, she gets right back up. Well, here she was one week after this stunning upset addressing an event for the Children's Defense Fund, downhearted but unbroken.
HILLARY CLINTON:  I will admit coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me.
WRIGHT: It was her first appearance after conceding that long, bitter race.
CLINTON: There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do is just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again.
WRIGHT: Clinton lost the election but won the popular vote, more than a million votes ahead of Donald Trump.
CLINTON: I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am too. More than I can ever express.
WRIGHT: By the time all the votes had been counted, she may well have earned more raw votes than all but one of the men ever elected president. The exception, Barack Obama. Clinton urged her supporters not to be discouraged.
CLINTON: Stay engaged on every level. We need you. America needs you, your energy, your ambition, your talent. That's how we get through this.
WRIGHT: Her primary opponent, Bernie Sanders is doing just that. Speaking last night at a separate event, he called trump's new chief strategist a racist.
SANDERS: I call upon Mr. Trump to rescind the appointment that he made of Mr. Bannon, a president of the United States should not have a racist at his side, unacceptable.
WRIGHT: For her part, Clinton steered clear of any direct attacks. Instead, she spoke from the heart.
CLINTON: I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was, but, please listen to me when I say this, America is worth it.
WRIGHT: Now Clinton did not say what her own plans are moving forward and had accepted this invitation to speak at the Children's Defense Fund long before Election Day – probably hoping it would be a different sort of speech, George.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That is an understatement. Okay David, thanks very much.

Today
7:14 AM ET
MATT LAUER: Hillary Clinton was in the nation's capital last night and delivered an emotional speech. It was her first since conceding the election. NBC's Kristen Welker has more on that. Hi, Kristen, good morning.
KRISTEN WELKER: Hi, Matt, good morning to you. Secretary Clinton spoke at the Children's Defense fund here in Washington, D.C. last night. That's the organization where she first began her career. It was a speech filled with reflection and also raw emotion.
      
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Hillary Clinton’s Emotional Address; Talks About Losing Election, Urges Supporters to “Never Give Up”]
Hillary Clinton stepping back into the spotlight, greeted by an overwhelmingly supportive crowd with a standing ovation.
HILLARY CLINTON: Oh, thank you!
WELKER: It was an event aimed at helping children in need, but Clinton wasted no time addressing what everyone was thinking.
CLINTON: Now, I will admit, coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me. There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do was just to curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again.
WELKER: A defeat she tried to turn into a call to action.
CLINTON: I ask you to stay engaged. Stay engaged on every level. That's how we get through this.
WELKER: It's the first time Clinton has addressed her stunning loss since she conceded a week ago.
CLINTON: This is painful, and it will be for a long time.
WELKER: And while she was spotted by a hiker last Thursday, Clinton has otherwise stayed out of the public eye.
CLINTON: I know this isn't easy. I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was. The divisions laid bear by this election run deep. But please listen to me when I say this – America is worth it. Fight for our values and never, ever give up.
WELKER: And as Clinton ended her speech, emotions overflowed remembering her mother, Dorothy Rodham, who as a small child faced a difficult life with no way to foresee what her future held.
CLINTON: And I dream of going up to her and saying, “Look, you will survive. And as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will grow up to be a United States senator, represent our country as Secretary of State, and win more than 62 million votes for President of the United States.”  
(...)

CBS This Morning
7:12 AM
GAYLE KING: Hillary Clinton spoke in Washington last night, one week after conceding the presidential election. She received a very warm reception from supporters of the Children's Defense Fund. It's a non-profit advocacy group she worked as a young lawyer. Clinton told the crowd not to lose heart and believe in the country and its path forward. Nancy Cordes looks at Clinton’s first extended remarks since her concession speech. Nancy, good morning.
NANCY CORDES: Good morning. Clinton made a commitment before the election to deliver this speech and so she kept her promise. These remarks, at times, were pretty personal. After her former boss called her the people's president, Clinton shed some light on what the last week has been like for her. Clinton was greeted with a standing ovation and kiss on the cheek from Marian Wright Edelman, the woman who hired Clinton out of Yale Law School in the 1970s.
HILLARY CLINTON: I will admit, coming here tonight wasn't the easy thing for me. There have been a few times this past week when all I wanted to do is just to curl with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am, too. More than I can ever express.
CORDES: She has been largely out of sight since her return to private life, except for this photo captured during a hike in the wood near her Chappaqua New York home last week.
CLINTON: I urge you, please, don't lose heart. Don't give up on the values we share.
(...)
CORDES: Clinton acknowledged that the base is still reeling.
CLINTON: I know that over the past week, a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was. The divisions laid bare by this election run deep. But please, listen to me when I say this: America is worth it.
CORDES: The former Secretary of State spoke for about 20 minutes and she didn't give any hints about what might come next for her. She did say that she wishes she could go back in time and tell her mother that her daughter would go on to win the majority of votes, about 62 million of them in the race for president.
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CNN: Hillary's Loss is 'Still Crushing' For 'Millions' of Women

By Matthew Balan

Thursday's New Day on CNN harped on how supposedly for "millions of American women...the pain runs deep" in the wake of Hillary Clinton's defeat. Kyung Lah touted that "if 2016 was identity politics, women across social media feel theirs is under attack in Clinton's loss." Lah spotlighted three female Clinton supporters at UCLA. One undergraduate revealed, "I've had to wake up to the reality that a lot of America is not like what Los Angeles is like." Surprisingly, Alisyn Camerota admitted, "People on the coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily reflective of the entire country." [video below]
Fill-in anchor John Berman previewed Lah's report by underlining that "millions of American women [are] still processing Hillary Clinton's defeat; and for many, the pain runs deep and transcends politics. So why was this election so personal for so many?" Camerota continued in this vein during the lead-in for the correspondent's segment: "Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump still crushing for many women of all agesfor them, her loss is running deeper than politics."
Lah first zeroed in on Clinton backer Leonora Pitts, who was interviewed from her "liberal community in Los Angeles." Pitts was visibly upset by the results of the presidential election, but was the first to acknowledge the liberal "bubble" in her West Coast enclave: "As comforting as our bubble is that we live in; and as hard as it is to have these conversations now (crying), it's...important to start listening."
The CNN journalist asked the California resident what made it so "personal" for her. Pitts replied, "My children matter to me, and our minorities matter to me — because they're my friends and they're my community, and I want to make sure that they're okay — and they don't feel okay. They feel really scared." Lah continued with two sobbing reactions to the Democrat's loss from pop singer Miley Cyrus and from a YouTube video.
The correspondent then hyped how "emotion has spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles — mothers carrying signs and children; students walking out of classrooms at UCLA," and followed with her soundbites from the three UCLA students. She asked them, "When you say you have fear in you, what do you mean?" One contended that "being a black Muslim woman in America today is very scary; and Trump being elected just further builds onto my fear." Before playing one last clip from Pitts, Lah emphasized, "More than a week on, West Coast women are still learning about their new national reality. It just doesn't look like any reality they believed they were living."
Camerota responded to the segment with her "bubble" point about the coastal areas of the U.S.: "I think that that raises a very important point that not everybody is talking about — which is, the geographical divide in this country...people on the coasts feel completely different than a lot of people in the heartland...[a]nd there is that divide in America, where people on the coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily reflective of the entire country." Berman then played up how "Hillary Clinton leads right now by a million in the popular vote, and that number will go up. So, there are people who feel like — wait a second: our opinions were validated, but the results are not what we were expecting."
The full transcript of Kyung Lah's report from the November 17, 2016 edition of CNN's New Day
ALISYN CAMEROTA: Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump still crushing for many women of all ages — for them, her loss is running deeper than politics.
Here's CNN's Kyung Lah.
LEONORA PITTS, CLINTON SUPPORTER: All right. What time is it? Are you ready to get moving?
KYUNG LAH (voice-over): Nothing in Leonora Pitts's routine in her liberal community in Los Angeles has changed in the week since the presidential election. Yet, everything has.
PITTS: As comforting as — as our bubble is that we live in; and as hard as it is to have these conversations now (crying), it's important to — I'm sorry — it's important to start listening.
LAH (on-camera): Why is this so personal for you?
PITTS: My children matter to me, and our minorities matter to me — because they're my friends and they're my community, and I want to make sure that they're okay — and they don't feel okay. They feel really scared.
LAH (voice-over): If 2016 was identity politics, women across social media feel theirs is under attack in Clinton's loss. Video messages from Miley Cyrus—
MILEY CYRUS (from Twitter video): (crying) But please: please just treat people with love, and treat people with compassion, and treat people with respect.
LAH: To ordinary voters.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (from YouTube video): (crying) This country is my home; and I feel like it's not — I feel like I'm not welcome here anymore.
LAH: Emotion has spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles — mothers carrying signs and children; students walking out of classrooms at UCLA. These UCLA students supported Hillary Clinton.
LAH: (on-camera): When you say you have fear in you, what do you mean?
HANNA ALMALSSI, UCLA STUDENT: Well, I'm a woman. I'm black. I'm Muslim — and those three factors — basically, being a black Muslim woman in America today is very scary; and Trump being elected just further builds onto my fear.
ABBEY CHAPMAN, UCLA STUDENT: I think it scares me about how people look at me as a woman. You know, how can I go forward knowing that people are okay with somebody coming out and bragging about sexual assault; and then, still voting for that person?
MELLISSA MEISELS, UCLA STUDENT: I've had to wake up to the reality that a lot of America is not like what Los Angeles is like.
LAH (voice-over): More than a week on, West Coast women are still learning about their new national reality. It just doesn't look like any reality they believed they were living.
PITTS: There's this underlying fear that's permeating everything; and it's — it's really unsettling. It's a really unsettling feeling.
LAH: Kyung Lah, CNN, Los Angeles.
CAMEROTA (live): I think that that raises a very important point that not everybody is talking about — which is, the geographical divide in this country. So, it's not just women. It's that people on the coasts feel completely different than a lot of people in the heartland; in the mid-section; And there is that divide in America, where people on the coast do live in a bubble that is not necessarily reflective of the entire country. And people are trying to now, sort of, reconcile that.
BERMAN: There's (sic) a lot of things people are processing. Look, Hillary Clinton leads right now by — by a million in the popular vote, and that number will go up. So, there are people who feel like — wait a second: our opinions were validated, but the results are not what we were expecting. But, still — you know, people have to look and see how others are thinking and feeling about this.
CAMEROTA: Absolutely. There's a lot to continue to process.
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Ingraham Tells Off Lauer: ‘Press Has Its Own Problems With Credibility’

By Kyle Drennen

Appearing on Thursday’s NBC Today, nationally syndicated radio host and potential new White House press secretary Laura Ingraham hit back at co-host Matt Lauer for suggesting that the Trump administration would have “fence-mending” to do with the media after the President-Elect “spent the last year and a half basically calling members of the press and the media crooked, corrupt, dishonest.”
Ingraham pointed out: “I think the press has its own problems with credibility and building back credibility with the American people. Every poll, not conservative polls, show that there are a lot of folks out there who believe the media is really biased and really was in the tank for Hillary Clinton....that's the way most people view the press today. I think the press has a lot of work to do to build back its own credibility.”
A post-election Media Research Center/YouGov poll found that the public saw media bias in favor of Clinton by a three-to-one margin.
Earlier in the Today show exchange, co-host Savannah Guthrie laughingly worried about Ingraham having too much of a “sharp tongue” for a White House role: “Laura, we know you, we know your show, you have a sharp tongue, you’re known for your sharp pen....You know, this is one of those jobs where could create an international incident from the White House briefing room.”
Ingraham dismissed the criticism: “Oh, Savannah, sharp tongue? Oh, please....Is that what you are really worried about, an international incident?”
She shared her full resume with viewers:
Look, I think some folks who are watching now, they – you know, conservative talk show host? But I was a Supreme Court clerk, I worked as a white collar litigator at Skadden Arps. You know, I have a pretty broad career in both government, as a young speech writer in the Reagan administration, I worked at the Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, and the White House in domestic policy. So, you know, I understand there's a stereotype out there and that's fine.
Here is a full transcript of the November 17 segment:
7:05 AM ET
MATT LAUER: One name being floated as a potential White House press secretary is nationally syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham. She's also editor-in-chief of LifeZette and a Fox News contributor. Laura, it’s nice to see you, good morning.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Good morning.
LAURA INGRAHAM: Good to see you, guys.
LAUER: Have you talked about this job? Has it been offered to you?
INGRAHAM: Well, I think it – I think they're focused right now on the cabinet, which is, I think, the proper priority for things. I mean, you want to get your cabinet people in place, and then you move down to other White House staff. You know, the folks at the Trump transition, a lot of them are very old friends of mine, we’ve known each other for a long time. We know our writing styles, we know our speaking styles. And so, yeah, it’s interesting to be –  
LAUER: I'm going to take this as a strong yes. I'm going to take this as you've talked about it. Do you want it, I guess, is the other question?
INGRAHAM: Well, you know, I – we have to have real conversations. And it really is a privilege – I know it sounds cliche – it’s a privilege to be considered. But they have an amazing group of young people at the campaign and at the transition who really – they did the work to get Donald Trump elected and they have a lot of talent to choose from. It's nice to be considered but they have a lot of great people there, so that's all I can say right now.
GUTHRIE: Real, quickly, Laura, we know you, we know your show, you have a sharp tongue, you’re known for your sharp pen –
INGRAHAM: Oh, Savannah, sharp tongue? Oh, please.
[LAUGHTER]  
GUTHRIE: You know, this is one of those jobs where could create an international incident from the White House briefing room.
INGRAHAM: Is that what you are really worried about, an international incident? Look, I think some folks who are watching now, they – you know, conservative talk show host? But I was a Supreme Court clerk, I worked as a white collar litigator at Skadden Arps. You know, I have a pretty broad career in both government, as a young speech writer in the Reagan administration, I worked at the Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, and the White House in domestic policy. So, you know, I understand there's a stereotype out there and that's fine.
LAUER: More than meets the eye, okay. We get that, we get that.
INGRAHAM: Yeah, there’s a little more. And I’m a mother of three children who I just left at home.
GUTHRIE: Yes, you are.
LAUER: You make all your own clothes, great dancer, all that stuff.
INGRAHAM: I do. Matt, you’ve already pegged me. Thank you so much.
LAUER: Alright, lets move on here. Nikki Haley said some tough things about Donald Trump during the campaign, he said some tough things about her. It was only at the very end, Laura, where she seemed to begrudgingly say, “I’ll vote for Donald Trump.” Is she seriously being considered for Secretary of State? Would she be good for the job?
INGRAHAM: I think it shows that Donald Trump is not shutting out voices who were critical of him in the campaign. For all the talk that Trump's going to be this guy who holds grudges against – that’s just not the way he is. He’s very practical and very pragmatic. He might not be as ideological as some conservatives want him to be, I understand that concern. He's very pragmatic and I think he’s going to look at people with a wide variety of talents. You’re seeing that in the people coming and going from Trump Tower right now. And if she’s there, I imagine she’s there to be considered for a serious position, but I do not have any inside information about what position Nikki Haley would be considered for.
  
LAUER: Alright, let me do this. Let’s start – let’s end where we started. Let me go back to you and the potential that you’re White House press secretary. What’s the dynamic gonna be in that press room? Because Donald Trump spent the last year and a half basically calling members of the press and the media crooked, corrupt, dishonest. Is there gonna have to be some fence-mending for whoever takes that position?
INGRAHAM: Well, I think one thing that is going to be important, I would imagine, for the Trump folks, is to have a very, you know, transparent and practical approach to the press. I mean, I think the press has its own problems with credibility and building back credibility with the American people. Every poll, not conservative polls, show that there are a lot of folks out there who believe the media is really biased and really was in the tank for Hillary Clinton. And I know people don't like to hear that, but that's the way most people view the press today. I think the press has a lot of work to do to build back its own credibility.
And I think for Donald Trump, I think he wants someone who knows the issues, who’s going to try to explain them to the American people, and keep people updated. I don't think it's all that complicated. If you understand the agenda that the Trump folks are going to be pursuing, then you’ll be better prepared to take that message to the American people and to the press. I think there are a lot of great people in the press. I’ve known a lot of the reporters who are covering the White House for many, many years, I happen to be friends with a lot of them. We don't agree on everything, but that's okay. I think this is going to be a process and people want clarity right off the bat. But I think it’s gonna have to develop in its own way.
GUTHRIE: Alright, Laura, here's a quickie for you. Do you think that Donald Trump should appoint a special prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton, as he mentioned and some of his supporters really wanted him to do?
INGRAHAM: I mean, I’m not thinking I’m going to be in the Justice Department right now. I’m just – I don't have a view on that. I think there are a lot of people who just want to turn the page and move past this very rancorous time in American politics. You know, if I were on the outside commenting on it, I probably would say let's move forward and get beyond that, I don’t think most Americans want to spend months and months and months going through, you know, what the Clintons did or didn’t do at the foundation or with the private server. That’s my own sense. Again, I’m not speaking for the administration, but I think a lot of people want to turn the page and they want a fresh start.
LAUER: Alright, Laura Ingraham. Laura, I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing more of you. That’s just my hunch.
INGRAHAM: Matt, I like the beard, too.
LAUER: Thank you.
INGRAHAM: I’m not a beard – but it looks really good on you, excellent. Very cool.
LAUER: Thank you very much. We’ll see you soon, alright?
INGRAHAM: Alright, take care.
GUTHRIE: Thank you, Laura.
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Huh? Famous Director Lashes Out, Blames Objective Media for Hillary Loss

By Scott Whitlock

Hollywood director Ethan Coen joined the celebrity freak out over Donald Trump’s victory. One half of the famous Coen brothers, the filmmaker penned a New York Times op-ed on Sunday. Writing a satirical set of “thank you notes,” he lashed out at Jimmy Fallon for being too nice to a racist monster. Coen also blamed the media for being... too objective, condemning “reportorial balance.”  
Regarding the genial Fallon, Coen sneered at the NBC late night host: “How did you manage to shine a nonthreatening light on someone who alarms so many women, frightens so many undocumented families and slurs so many minorities? Can’t have been easy! Thanks!” 
Playing the race card, he continued, “Maybe now you could have the Grand Wizard on your show: He leans his head to you, you slip his hood off and ruffle his hair. Could be a cute bit!” 
The problem with journalists, according to Coen, is that they were too objective: 
All our media friends. Thank you for preserving reportorial balance. You balanced Donald Trump’s proposal that the military execute the innocent families of terrorists, against Hillary’s emails. You balanced pot-stirring racist lies about President Obama’s birth, against Hillary’s emails. You balanced a religious test at our borders, torture by our military, jokes about assassination, unfounded claims of a rigged election, boasts about groping and paradoxical threats to sue anyone who confirmed the boasts, against Hillary’s emails. You balanced endorsement of nuclear proliferation, against Hillary’s emails. You balanced tirelessly, indefatigably; you balanced, you balanced, and then you balanced some more. And for that — we thank you. And thank you all for following Les Moonves’s principled lead when he said Donald Trump “may not be good for America, but he’s damn good for CBS.”
The co-director of Fargo, True Grit and The Big Lebowski didn’t find much fault with Hillary Clinton: 
I cannot thank: Hillary Clinton. She is not a morally perfect person — her fault! She was not the perfect candidate — her fault! Misogyny may have magnified her failings so as to show them balancing the outsized failings of her opponent — and that might not be her fault. 
Coen joins director Joss Whedon, known for The Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On Monday, he hyperventilated, “This is simple: Trump cannot CANNOT be allowed a term in office. It's not about 2018. It's about RIGHT NOW.” Whedon did not explain how he planned to stop Trump. 
On Thursday, Whedon tweeted about evil Republicans: “Ryan & the GOP were always gonna fall in line for Trump. Libs quibble, evil shrugs.” In another tweet on Thursday, the director fumed, “Hillary played the woman card. Black activists - the race card. But no one calls out Trump for playing the amoral illiterate shitstain card.”
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ABC, CBS Cover for Pelosi, Ignore Embarrassing Challenge for Leadership

By Nicholas Fondacaro

Embarrassing news broke on Capitol Hill Thursday that House Minority Leader, and former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi was being challenged for leadership. NBC Nightly News was the only network evening news program to report the development, with Andrea Mitchell stating, “And in another sign of democratic disarray after their losses, longtime House Leader Nancy Pelosi is now being challenged for the first time by an Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan, from the kind of rustbelt district Donald Trump won overwhelmingly.
But there is far more to the story than the Hillary Clinton super fan let on. According to Fox News Chief Congressional Correspondent Mike Emanuel on Special Report, “Congressman Tim Ryan, is challenging Nancy Pelosi saying Democrats will never be the majority party if they only win New York and California.”
A letter Ryan released to the public explains the desperate situation House Democrats find themselves, Emanuel reading from it:
Under our current leadership, Democrats have been reduced to our smallest congressional minority since 1929. This should indicate to all of us that keeping our leadership team completely unchanged will simply lead to more disappointment in future elections.
Ryan’s challenge comes the day after Pelosi fired a warning shot at potential challengers, claiming she had the support of two thirds of the caucus. “Leadership elections were supposed to be held today,” reported Emanuel, “They were bumped back. Now, Congressman Ryan has about two weeks to make his case to be the next Democratic leader.”
In stark contrast to their competitor, the superficial ABC decided to dedicate 20 whole seconds on World News Tonight to singer Adele being freaked out by a flying bat during her performance in Mexico City, Mexico. While on CBS Evening News, they reported on the country’s largest buffalo roundup and auction for over two minutes. A clear demonstration of how twisted their priorities are and who they’re looking out for. 
Transcripts below: 
NBC Nightly News
November 17, 2016
7:06:01 PM Eastern
ANDREA MITCHELL: And in another sign of democratic disarray after their losses, longtime House Leader Nancy Pelosi is now being challenged for the first time by an Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan, from the kind of rustbelt district Donald Trump won overwhelmingly. Lester?
LESTER HOLT: Andrea Mitchell. Thank you, Andrea.
FNC
Special Report
November 17, 2016
6:00:16 PM Eastern
BRET BAIER: This is a Fox News alert. I'm Bret Baier in Washington. We will have the latest news on the Trump transition process, for President-Elect Trump, in just a moment. But first, there's some news on the Democratic side of the House. There might be changes, some signals for House Democrats, a change perhaps coming. The headline here, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is being challenged by a relatively little known Ohio congressman. So what does that mean? Let's get the latest from Chief Congressional Correspondent Mike Emanuel on Capitol Hill. Hi Mike.
MIKE EMANUEL: Bret, good evening. Ohio Democrat, Congressman Tim Ryan, is challenging Nancy Pelosi saying Democrats will never be the majority party if they only win New York and California. Ryan's letter to colleagues saying, quote, “Under our current leadership, Democrats have been reduced to our smallest congressional minority since 1929. This should indicate to all of us that keeping our leadership team completely unchanged will simply lead to more disappointment in future elections.” Ryan sounded like he was ready to challenge Pelosi in an interview with Fox yesterday.
[Cuts to video]
TIM RYAN: Well, I don't know if I'm the solution. But, I think we need to have the conversation about who may be the solution. And maybe it's Nancy Pelosi, maybe it's not.
[Cuts back to live]
EMANUEL: [inaudible] returning to Capitol Hill, Pelosi has been chased by reporters asking her about her future. She said the problem in this election was at the presidential level and not with her. Pelosi has been a Democratic Party leader for more than a dozen years and yesterday fired a warning shot saying to colleagues, she has the support of two-thirds of the Democratic caucus. Today, Pelosi acknowledged the tension with her members.
[Cuts to video]
NANCY PELOSI: There's a lot of unease. I don't see anything about what is being suggested now as anything but the friendship of all of us. We are family. I never said unanimity, but I did say unified. And I know we will be.
[Cuts back to live]
EMANUEL: Leadership elections were supposed to be held today. They were bumped back. Now, Congressman Ryan has about two weeks to make his case to be the next Democratic leader. Bret?
BAIER: Mike Emanuel, live on the Hill. Mike, thank you.
6

Here We Go Again: Alex Wagner Returns to TV, Named Co-Host of ‘CBS This Morning: Saturday

By Curtis Houck

After roughly a year and a half since her horrendously far-left and utterly terrible MSNBC show was cancelled, CBS News announced on Wednesday that Alex Wagner will have a full-time TV gig again as she was named co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday to replace Vinita Nair.
Variety’s Brian Steinberg broke the story as he showcased the left’s lack of self-realization by touting Wagner as “the popular one-time MSNBC host” who came to CBS a few months ago after writing for The Atlantic and appearing on the Showtime special The Circus
Steinberg again harped on her MSNBC success (or lack thereof) with the mention of Now with Alex Wagner being an Emmy-nominated program.
Noticeably absent from Variety’s post was the fact that the Ivy League-educated Wagner is married to former Obama White House chef and Let’s Move partner Sam Kass in a star-studded liberal ceremony in August 2014 featuring President Barack Obama and the First Family. 
As my colleague Geoffrey Dickens chronicled back when Now was cancelled in July 2015, Wagner’s worst moments ranged from sucking up to Chelsea Clinton to claiming Republicans wanted to “punish” illegal immigrants with “alligator moats” at the border to Wagner ruling that a rally opposing illegal immigration made her ashamed to be an American. 
Upon perusing the vast NewsBusters archives for some other moments from Wagner and her failed show, here are a few that were exhumed:
- A July 21, 2015 guest touted getting an abortion as routine as donating blood
- Trashed the late Antonin Scalia for possessing such a “deeply emotional, partisan core” on June 25, 2015
- Two guests on April 29, 2015 suggesting that labeling Baltimore rioters as “thugs” was as bad as using the n-word
- Guest Jamilah Lemieux informing Wagner on March 26, 2015 that “nothing says, let’s go kill some Muslims, like country music”
- Wagner admitting on October 23, 2014 that it’s “distressing” that the Ottawa Islamic terror attack was being labeled a “terrorist act”
- She insisted on November 6, 2013 that she “tr[ies] to be” “non-partisan”
Wagner is set to start this Saturday alongside Anthony Mason, who will continue to be the other co-host. With CBS This Morning typically known to be the more mundane but admirably newsier of the three network morning shows, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of liberal hysteria and hot takes will arise with Wagner at the helm.
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Reiner: Trump’s Like ‘Jewish Police at the Warsaw Ghetto’ Allowing Anti-Semitism Among Backers

By Curtis Houck

Ultra-liberal Hollywood actor, director, and writer Rob Reiner was at it again on MSNBC’s Hardball Thursday night blasting President-elect Donald Trump as anti-Semitic and when challenged by host Chris Matthews, he went further into the gutter by comparing Trump to “the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto” that said “okay, you know, march through Germany” to the Nazis. 
Reiner arrived at this case of hypocrisy regarding inflammatory rhetoric by ruling that someone doesn’t have to be directly discriminating against minorities if they’re “comfortable with the fact that there are groups who hate” Jews, Latinos, Muslims and women. 
Therefore, Trump could fit that bill even though, in his book, the President-elect is “anti-Semitic” in addition to “a misogynist” and “racist.” 
“If you are comfortable with having those groups support you, and you don't in a forceful way, say, this is not part of who I am, then you are basically the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto. You're condoning it and I've never heard Donald Trump ever say that he was against any of those groups that are supporting it,” Reiner told to a stunned Matthews.
Matthews quickly refuted Reiner on the anti-Semitism charges by pointing out that it’s complicated since Trump’s “son-in-law [Jared Kushner] is very observant” in his Jewish faith while his daughter Ivanka converted in marrying Kushner in addition to the fact that “I get the feeling that he's going to be very pro-Israeli.”
The shameless actor chose to double down on the analogy:
I go back to the Jewish police at the Warsaw ghetto. Yeah, there are Jews that were fine with — you know, saying, it's going to be okay, you know, march through Germany, it's going to be fine. There are people like that and there are people who have economic interests that don't have anything to do with holding up certain moral interests. 
Bemoaning the lack of progress in American in the decades since the 1960s, he arrived at the election of President Barack Obama in 2008 following a brief history lesson through his liberal prism but then reupped an analogy from Monday night about standing up to Trump marking “the last battle of the Civil War”:
And it's very disturbing to think that the first African-American President is followed by somebody who is supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Very, very disturbing. But in a way, I understand it because we're fighting the last battle of the Civil War. It's the white nationalists hanging on for dear life, and threatened by the idea that the country is moving away from them, and is becoming more diverse and that's what we're talking about here.
Ironically, the segment started with the two liberals talking about Hillary Clinton’s first public remarks since her concession speech and stating that women have much more of an empathy for life than men because, in the words of Reiner, “we also don't know what it's like to have a human being growing inside of us and nurturing a human being.”
Interesting. So it’s not just a fetus or clump of cells but “a human being?” I’ll be sure to remember this for the next time anyone of them tout their abortion credentials.
The relevant portion of the transcript from MSNBC’s Hardball on November 17 can be found below.
MSNBC’s Hardball
November 17, 2016
7:22 p.m. Eastern
ROB REINER: It doesn't matter whether you are discriminating against a black person or a Muslim or a Latino, or a Jew. If you are comfortable with the fact that there are groups who hate Muslims, hate Jews, hate Latinos, hate women — if you are comfortable with having those groups support you, and you don't in a forceful way, say, this is not part of who I am, then you are basically the Jewish police at the Warsaw Ghetto. You're condoning it and I've never heard Donald Trump ever say that he was against any of those groups that are supporting it. 
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, let's talk about the complexity of that because in his, I don't want to say the old, some of my best friends are or any of that stuff, but his son-in-law is very observant. He's Jewish, and his daughter has converted, you know, looks to be his favorite daughter, perhaps. So that's all happening around him. He's also, you know, I get the feeling that he's going to be very pro-Israeli. I don't know if that clicks with you or not, coincides with your thinking about him, but I think he's more complicated than this. I mean, he's talking about picking — some of these guys he's talking about picking — John Bolton? 
REINER: I go back to the Jewish police at the Warsaw ghetto. Yeah, there are Jews that were fine with — you know, saying, it's going to be okay, you know, march through Germany, it's going to be fine. There are people like that and there are people who have economic interests that don't have anything to do with holding up certain moral interests. Now, look at what's happened in this country and you've talked about it. I've heard you talk about it, Chris. You have, you know, you had the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Loving versus Virginia in 1967, and things were moving in a very good direction. It was difficult, but it was moving in a good direction and then you had in the '70s, with All in the Family, we shone a light on racism. Then you had the '80s and the '90s and you had stars on television, Oprah Winfrey, you had stars in TV and in movies, and culminating with the first African-American President and at that point, I think, what we didn't understand is that that racism that exists in our country, which had been submerged, all of a sudden, through Donald Trump and giving a megaphone, starting with the birther issue, unearthed all of this racism that has bubbled to the surface. And it's very disturbing to think that the first African-American President is followed by somebody who is supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Very, very disturbing. But in a way, I understand it because we're fighting the last battle of the Civil War. It's the white nationalists hanging on for dear life, and threatened by the idea that the country is moving away from them, and is becoming more diverse and that's what we're talking about here. So, you know, we can't sugar coat this. This is really, really rough stuff, but, we do move forward and sometimes you take two steps forward, one step back and it's not a straight line and this, in a way, I think, has shown America where we are and what racism pervades underneath. And hopefully, this will move us forward in the future. 
MATTHEWS: Well, it is a dialectic, I completely agree with you and I've given a speech like that to an African-American newspaper in Philly one time years ago and I believe it's a war and a war goes on. It goes back to the Civil War to the Know-Nothings, all the way through the suffragette movement. There's always this left versus right. It's not that neat, but it is a battle about values and who we are. Rob Reiner, I've always considered you an unhyphenated Democrat who knows his values.
8

Jon Stewart Calls Out Fellow Liberals: Stop Smearing All Trump Voters as Bigots

By Scott Whitlock

Jon Stewart may have surprised people on Thursday as he called out fellow liberals and demanded they stop trashing all Trump voters as a bunch of bigots. CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose apparently expected the former Daily Show host to blast the new president-elect. Rose wondered if Stewart’s reaction to Trump is “fear.” 
Instead, the comic cautioned, “There is now this idea that anyone who voted for him... has to be defined by the worst of his rhetoric.” Speaking of Trump supporters he knows, Stewart explained that “there are guys in my neighborhood” “who are not afraid of Mexicans and not afraid of Muslims and not afraid of blacks. They are afraid of their insurance premiums.”     
Specifically singling out liberals, Stewart called out: 
JON STEWART In the liberal community you hate this idea of creating people as a monolith.  Don't look at Muslims as a monolith. They are individuals and it would be ignorance. But everybody who voted for Trump is a monolith, is a racist? That hypocrisy is also real in our country. This is the fight we wage against ourselves and each other.
The comic didn’t name names, but he might have been talking about fellow celebrities like Amy Schumer. After the election, she put out an Instagram reaction in which she wondered if Trump supporters were “able to read this far through the holes in your sheets.” 
Stewart responded to Rose’s question about being “fearful” with a very even, measured tone. He calmed the CBS host down: 
STEWART: I don't believe we are a fundamentally different country today than we were two weeks ago. The same country, with all its grace and flaws and volatility and strength and resilience, exists today as existed two weeks ago. The same country that elected Donald Trump, elected Barack Obama.
A transcript of the segment is below: 
CBS This Morning
11/17/16
7:32:27AM ET
CHARLIE ROSE: After Jon Stewart left the Daily Show, much of the presidential campaign went on without Jon Stewart's satirical point of view. We met with Stewart yesterday to discuss a new book about the more than 16 years he spent at the Comedy Central program. He was quick to give his post-election analysis. We just went through an election. 
JON STEWART: What? 
ROSE: Yes! Your reaction to this election? 
STEWART: Uh—  
ROSE: Surprise? 
STEWART: Surprise? Surprise? It all ties together. 
ROSE: Fear? 
STEWART: Well, fear? You know, here is what I would honestly say. I don't believe we are a fundamentally different country today than we were two weeks ago. The same country, with all its grace and flaws and volatility and strength and resilience, exists today as existed two weeks ago. The same country that elected Donald Trump, elected Barack Obama. I feel badly for the people for whom this election will mean more uncertainty and insecurity. But I also feel like this fight has never been easy. And the ultimate irony of this election is the cynical strategy of the Republicans, which is our position is government doesn't work. We are going to make sure that it doesn't— 
ROSE: Drain the swamp. 
STEWART: but they are not draining the swamp. McConnell and Ryan, those guys are the swamp and what they decided to do was “I'm going to make sure government doesn't work and then I'm going to use its lack of working as evidence of it.” Donald Trump is a reaction, not just to Democrats, but to Republicans. He's not a Republican. He's a repudiation of Republicans. but they will reap the benefit of his victory in all of their cynicism. In all of their —  I guarantee you people are coming to Jesus now about the power of government. One of the things that struck me odd about this election and maybe I missed it, but nobody asked Donald Trump what makes America great? And that was the part that I — 
ROSE: He wants to make America great again but nobody said to him, well, what is it that makes America great? 
STEWART: Correct. 
ROSE: What is it you want to do that we are not doing now? 
STEWART: What are the metrics? Because it seems like, from listening to him, the metrics are that it's a competition and I think what many would say is what makes us great is America is an anomaly in the world. Nobody — There are a lot of people, and I think his candidacy has animated that thought that a multiethnic democracy, a multicultural democracy is impossible. And that is what America, by its founding and constitutionally is. 
ROSE: And is become more and more, year by year. 
STEWART: Correct, correct. 
ROSE: But do you think it's healthy that we have this now, that, in fact, battle, this real sense of finding out who we are and whether we have gone off track in some way? 
STEWART: Yes — Absolutely. You know, I think you —  I would rather have this conversation openly and honestly than in dog whistles. You know, somebody say there might be an anti-Semite working in the White House and I was, like, “Have you listened to the Nixon tapes?” Like, forgot about advising the President. The president. Like, have you read LBJ? Do you know our history? You know? This is —  and we also have to caution ourselves to the complexity of that history. I thought Donald Trump disqualified himself at numerous points. But there is now this idea that anyone who voted for him is —  has to be defined by the worst of his rhetoric. Like, there are guys in my neighborhood that I love, that I respect, that I think have incredible qualities, who are not afraid of Mexicans and not afraid of Muslims and not afraid of blacks. They are afraid of their insurance premiums. 
In the liberal community you hate this idea of creating people as a monolith.  Don’t look at Muslims as a monolith. They are individuals and it would be ignorance. But everybody who voted for Trump is a monolith, is a racist? That hypocrisy is also real in our country. This is the fight we wage against ourselves and each other. Because America is not natural. Natural is tribal. We are fighting against thousands of years of human behavior and history to create something that no one has ever —  that is what is exceptional about America and that is what is what —  like, this ain't easy. It's an incredible thing. 
GAYLE KING: Incredible thing. It's so nice to hear from him, Charlie, about this. 
ROSE: He is very reflective about the country and the election. He does not miss being at Comedy Central but has a lot to say and you know how much his voice was missed when you heard him. 
KING: Yes. 
NORAH O’DONNELL: I like it. 
ROSE: Very interesting points. 
O’DONNELL: I like how he, rather than dismissing Trump or those who voted for him, tried to explain and understand why they voted for him and not —  don't paint them as a monolith. 
ROSE: About all of the things the people are talking about in terms of Muslims and that, they are worried about insurance premiums. 
KING: It shows how people jump to conclusions. Jon Stewart is basically saying, “Calm down. Everybody think.” That America is going to be okay. 
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