TM Creating a Media Culture in America Where Truth and Liberty Flourish Vol. 26 • Issue 11 • November 2019 Liberal Media Lead the Hunt to Impeach Donald Trump, a ‘Corrupt,’ ‘Increasingly Unstable’ President The liberal media have been talking central role in this effort: “We are the about removing President Donald Trump last best hope between Trump and an from office since he was elected in imperial presidency.” MRC Headquarters • Reston, VA November 2016. This is a fact, well Let’s look at some of the liberal documented and exposed by the MRC. It’s media’s lynch-mob efforts, as documented simply undebatable. by the MRC, to INSIDE They have attack- topple a duly ed the president elected president. PAGE 2 and his family from Two days every angle. The after Pelosi’s Minibits biggest media- announcement, generated assault Chris Matthews on PAGE 3 was the Russia MSNBC’s Morning MRC Video Report Shows collusion circus and Joe harped, “No Liberal Media Leading the lengthy Mueller more hearings, no Impeachment of Trump for the Last 35 Months investigation. When more subpoenas, that $40 million The liberal media are hell-bent on no more contempt PAGE 4-5 charade didn’t pan seeing President Trump impeached by citations, no more out, the leftist press any means necessary. Any pretense of process. They’ve BITS & PIECES: fair and balanced journalism is gone. The Greta Plot, NBC Bias, desperately needed got him…. This is a The MSNBC Threat Squad, a new narrative. high crime.” Hollywood ‘Task Force,’ Since Sept. 24, when House Speaker On Oct. 2, Matthews charged that Only Liberals Understand Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced an Vice President Mike Pence was doing the “impeachment inquiry” — with no House same thing as Trump, so “shouldn’t he be PAGE 6 vote — the leftist press has been full- the subject of an impeachment inquiry as Nationally Syndicated steam ahead to destroy Trump, claiming well at this point?” Column by Brent Bozell he used his office to pressure a foreign “I realize [Trump has] got William and Tim Graham: government to dig up dirt on his political Barr, the attorney general in cahoots Republicans vs. opponents. It’s Russia collusion redux, with him,” fumed Matthews. “He’s got Screaming Anchors only this time it’s “Ukrainian collusion.” Secretary of State Pompeo in cahoots Any pretense of fair and balanced with him. Now, he’s got the vice president PAGE 7 journalism is gone — the president is dragged into this cabal.” Matthews was MRC In the News guilty, start building the scaffold. parroting a scenario put forward by The Their goal is nothing less than Washington Post in a Sept. 30 story, PAGE 8 overturning the votes of the tens of “President Pelosi? It Could Happen.” Preserving American millions of Americans who elected Trump Over at CNN, Jake Tapper was already Values for Future in 2016 — or, failing that, making it easier pushing for conviction in a Senate Generations for a left-wing Democrat like Elizabeth impeachment trial. Tapper mentioned Warren to win the White House next year, that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said and overturn all of the accomplishments “she had seen enough evidence to convict of the past three years. On CNN’s Reliable President Trump,” and pressed Sen. Amy Sources, the Baltimore Sun’s David Klobuchar (D-Minn.), “Senator, would you Zurawick acknowledged the news media’s Continued on page 2 Continued from page 1 … that we have a fundamentally corrupt president, who vote to convict President Trump right now?” is a danger to the national security, has undermined our On MTP Daily, NBC’s Chuck Todd declared that democratic system, and is also increasingly unstable.” Trump’s action “all but assures his impeachment in Although the liberal media were quick to praise the House of Representatives.” Democrats at a presidential debate for uniting “behind Todd preached further, “Let’s be frank, a impeachment” and “collectively” condemning the president, national nightmare is upon us. The basic rules of our they were apoplectic when Trump criticized his political democracy are under attack from the president.... enemies at a rally. This moment should arguably be a national “The president delivers vicious attacks on his Democratic emergency. The Founding Fathers would have rivals overnight, at his first rally since the start of the considered it a national emergency….” impeachment inquiry,” whined ABC’s Cecilia Vega. Colleague On Morning Joe, former GOP Massachusetts Gov. Jonathan Karl warned, “The president spoke about this Bill Weld, a libertarian, ranted, “It’s treason, pure impeachment inquiry in almost apocalyptic terms, saying and simple and the penalty for treason under the that Democrats and the radical left were trying to destroy U.S. Code is death. That’s the only penalty.” NBC American democracy. And he looked out at his supporters analyst Elise Jordan then interjected, “I just want to and said that what they were trying to do was, quote, ‘Erase continue with that a bit…. [T]he penalty for treason your vote like it never existed.’” under American law is death. What’s the legal Well, the Democrats are pushing a fake impeachment framework here? Have you looked into this? How do to remove Trump from office, to erase those votes. What you see this proceeding?” Karl didn’t note is that the liberal media are leading that Also on Morning Joe, contributor Donny Deutsch campaign, that coup d’etat, as they have done since railed, “This is the big one. This is the Super Bowl November 2016. and the Democrats need to pounce aggressively.” These are perilous times for the republic, but the threat On ABC’s The View, co-host Sunny Hostin comes from the liberal press, not the White House. The MRC predicted that “impeachment proceedings will unify is documenting and exposing the radical media every day. the country” because “when Americans, like during You can help us in this battle by making a donation to our Watergate, watch what this president has been up non-profit organization. to lining his pockets for the good of himself and his Use the reply card and postage-paid envelope enclosed family against what’s good for this country.” with this newsletter to send your most generous gift today. Co-host Joy Behar ranted, “Resign already! Just Thank you. resign and take us out of our misery. Get Out! … He Sincerely, needs to be out of office to protect this country.” On Anderson Cooper 360, CNN analyst Carl Bernstein charged that a second, unidentified L. Brent Bozell III “whistleblower” would provide “considerable evidence Founder and President n MSNBC’s Chris Matthews mocks the president, again: Trump “is an eight- year-old. If Mussolini was around today, Trump would say, ‘I love that guy’s MINIBITS chin, the way it sticks out.” n CNN’s Anderson Cooper insults Sarah Sanders who “announced today she’s boarding Judge Jeanine Pirro’s trolley to hell. Toot toot! And joining, try to contain your shock, Fox News as a contributor. She’s a double threat. She goes from stonewalling all the way to lying.” n GQ’s Julia Ioffe frets that Trump will hide behind “his Jewish daughter” but he “is feeding a lot of this anti-Semitic violence, Islamaphobic violence, anti-Hispanic violence, and anti-black violence, and it’s only going to get worse.” n The Washington Post’s Peter Marks praises Elizabeth Warren, “In a grittily poetic way, her spiel is akin to that of a folksy troubadour: She is the Springsteen of campaign 2020.” n Forget the Muslim terrorists, “18 years have passed since airplanes took aim at the World Trade Center and brought them down,” said the New York Times on 9/11 anniversary. n MSNBC’s Chris Hayes actually proclaimed, “The weirdest thing about the Electoral College is the fact that if it wasn’t specifically Bill Maher on David Koch’s n death — yet another in the Constitution for the presidency, it would be unconstitutional.” HBO’s example of the liberal Bill Maher reveals his vile nature, “David Koch of the zillionaire Koch brothers media’s near-daily double died of prostate cancer. I guess I’m going to have to reevaluate my low opinion standard for insulting of prostate cancer.” n The always subtle Rob Reiner tweets, “Can’t say this and vilifying conservatives enough. Donald Trump is out of his f***ing mind. He’s moronic. He’s racist. on-air. He’s childish. He’s beyond unfit. GOP, step the f*** up! 2 • MRC WATCHDOG • NOVEMBER 2019 MRC Video Report Shows Liberal Media Nov. 2016: “That could be seen as an impeachable offense.” Pushing Impeachment of Trump for the — ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Feb. 2017: “I don’t see how that wouldn’t be an impeachable offense.” Last 35 Months — CNN’s Kirsten Powers Mar. 2017: “That tweet fits the Republican Although the liberal media are leading the stampede to definition of an impeachable impeach President Donald Trump for a phone call he placed offense.” to the president of Ukraine, the facts as documented by — MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell the MRC show that the leftist press has been advocating for impeachment since Nov. 10, 2016, two days after Trump was May 2017: “Grounds for impeachment.” — CNN’s Chris Cuomo elected. For the last 35 months straight, journalists and June 2017: “It’s an impeachable offense.” commentators from CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC have — CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin talked about impeaching the president. This was documented Dec. 2017: “Is that an impeachable offense?” in a powerful video by NewsBusters Research Analyst Bill — NBC’s Chuck Todd d’Agostino, who pulled the clips from myriad news outlets for every month between November 2016 and September 2019.