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Vol. 25 • Issue 3 • March 2018 Liberal Press Distorts Bombshell Memo on Anti-Trump FBI Abuses The memo released by the House left-wing research group Fusion GPS. Intelligence Committee in early February That dossier was peddled to the is a bombshell. It documents abuses by the liberal media, and to the FBI and DOJ. MRC Headquarters • Reston, VA Justice Department and FBI in their drive The DOJ/FBI used the dossier to obtain to destroy the 2016 Trump presidential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act campaign, aided and (FISA) warrants to abetted by the Hillary spy on Trump adviser INSIDE Clinton campaign Carter Page during and the Democratic the 2016 presidential National Committee. race. PAGE 3 The memo also shows However, Obama’s MRC Video Views that Trump was 100% DOJ/FBI did not tell Surpass 400 Million! right when he said his the FISA court about campaign was spied the dossier’s political PAGE 3 on. MSNBC’s attempts to background and MiniBits Yet the liberal proselytize his audience before the release of that it was funded media are bludgeoning the memo he had not read: “We know what’s by Trump’s political in the memo,” ... “half-truth,” a “whole lie,” PAGES 4-5 the memo as a “dis- “false,” “misleading,” “twisted” and “distorted.” opponents. There is BITS & PIECES: traction.” The same no way the FISA court CBS Buries Own stenographers that have spent more than would have approved had it known. Pro-Trump Poll, 14 months covering the empty Russia col- The memo further shows that the Another ‘Racist,’ lusion story don’t want any new facts to FISA applications (and renewals) were What DUI? alter their anti-Trump narrative. They are signed in 2016-17 by anti-Trump officials: ‘Dictator’ Trump spinning furiously to keep the truth from FBI Director James Comey, Deputy FBI the American people. Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy PAGE 6 The MRC is documenting and Attorney General Sally Yates. Current Nationally Syndicated exposing that liberal media bias through Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Column by Brent Bozell our various divisions and expert also signed one, and in May 2017 he and Tim Graham: spokespeople. The MRC machine — appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller “Treason? A Common NewsBusters, MRCTV, MRC Business, and to investigate Trump-Russia collusion Liberal Accusation” CNSNews.com — is holding the leftist that, in part, is based upon the dossier media accountable. paid for by the Clintons! PAGE 7 Let’s look at what’s happened with the Does that sound like an explosive story MRC in the News intel memo. that merits Watergate-like coverage? The “Nunes memo,” named for Yes. But the leftist press is burying it. PAGE 8 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Prior to the Nunes memo release, Lt. Col. Allen B. West, Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), shows that the the liberal media howled that it would Ret., Joins the MRC unverifiable dossier about Trump’s alleged endanger national security, and trigger ties to Moscow, written by ex-British a “constitutional crisis.” Then they spy Christopher Steele, was bought and claimed the memo was a “partisan paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign grenade” to help Vladimir Putin, and and the DNC. The money was funneled then they dismissed it as a “dud.” through the law firm Perkins Coie and the Continued on page 2 The TM 2 Watchdog MARCH 2018

Continued from page 1 memo to project his “conspiracy-minded thinking.” Let’s look at the liberal media’s discombobulation. In early 2017, the Times (and all liberal media) Before the memo was released, former NBC anchor dismissed Trump’s assertion that his campaign team was Tom Brokaw squawked on MSNBC, “Now there’s beginning spied on by the Obama administration. The memo proves to be a whiff of the tactics, at least in this White House, Trump was right. that we saw during the days of Watergate.” Like ABC, CNN’s Brian Stelter buried the memo’s facts Host Joe Scarborough incredulously told Brokaw, “We and complained that the issue has “distracted people know what’s in the memo,” even though he had not read about the truth involving Trump’s Russia ties and they’ve it. Scarborough rattled on that the memo is a “half- done everything possible to destroy faith in Robert truth,” a “whole lie,” “false,” “misleading,” “twisted” Mueller’s probe.” and “distorted.” Not to be outdone, the once-respected reporter On Hardball, Chris Matthews railed that Trump was Carl Bernstein bemoaned that “we may well have not waging “all-out war” against the “American justice seen such dark days for American democracy and its system,” which is leading to a “constitutional crisis.” institutions since the days of Joe McCarthy.” On CNN, Wolf Blitzer was apoplectic when the memo MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski took a different tack, compar- was released on Feb. 2. “This is exploding right now,” he ing the memo to Geraldo Rivera’s dramatic opening of Al declared. “This is precisely what, as I mentioned earlier, Capone’s vault, in which nothing was found. CNN’s Evan Putin and the Russians wanted to see happen. The disunity, Perez echoed Mika, declaring the Nunes memo “a dud.” the anger … the blaming of the intelligence community go- The liberal media attacked Trump for daring to ing after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.” release the memo, then they claimed it was a partisan ABC agreed. This Week’s George Staphanopoulos spun distraction, and finally they dismissed it as not important. the memo as benefitting Putin. “When you think about They will not report the truth to the American people. the investment that Vladimir Putin in interfering in our However, the MRC is holding them accountable every election, it is paying off every day in spades,” he claimed, day. We are documenting, exposing, and neutralizing citing zero evidence. ABC’s Martha Raddatz chimed in, their liberal bias. You can help us in this vital battle by “Putin has won the Super Bowl here. Exactly what he making a donation to the MRC. Use the reply card and wanted to happen in this country, this discord, this mis- postage-paid envelope enclosed with this newsletter to trust of institutions is exactly why they operate this way.” send your most generous gift today. We look forward to Neither of these propagandists mentioned that the hearing from you. information in the dossier was provided by Russians who Sincerely, were paid by Christopher Steele, who was ultimately paid by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC. largely ignored the memo’s L. Brent Bozell III contents. It instead claimed that Trump was using the Founder and President The TM MARCH 2018 Watchdog 3 MRC Video Views Surpass Minibits n ’s Jennifer Rubin, citing no names, claims Republicans now acknowledge that 400 Million! President Trump “is a basket case, that he cannot serve, he cannot We’re being watched, big time. lead the party.” n ABC’s Joy Behar In 2015, the Media Research Center invested in widely lashes out, again: Trump “needs to expanding its video production, and it paid off in 2017 with be impeached. He is a menace. He is more than 400 million views. nuts.” n NYT’s David Cay Johnston, These were myriad video reports, interviews, blogs, and with no evidence, rails, “Donald media analyses from NewsBusters, MRCTV, MRC Culture, MRC Trump is a racist. He isn’t just a white Business, CNSNews.com, the MRC Action Team, and from MRC supremacist — he’s a flat-out, full President Brent Bozell. racist.” n As for Trump’s electrifying Many of Bozell’s first State of the Union speech, ABC’s reports were first Martha Raddatz complains, “It was streamed on Facebook also just a particularly gloomy speech. Live and then reposted as It was a sad speech there at the videos on MRC Facebook end and did not unify.” n MSNBC’s to reach even more Jr. declares, “I don’t conservative Americans. remember a time when you would The push to expand watch a State of the Union address video output is designed being delivered by a president who is, to provide fresh news I guess you could say, actively platforms to younger betraying the country.” n Hollywood’s generations of media Rob Reiner also chimes in, “The guy consumers, and younger is a racist. He’s a misogynist and he’s conservatives in general. a pathological liar. He just lies all In addition to the the time.” n Star Trek actor George 400-million-plus video MRCTV’s video of NYPD officer Martin Green Takei tweets, “I’m not watching some views last year, in the garnered 23 million views in just one day. frothing orange gorilla read off a first three weeks of teleprompter. I’ve got better things to January 2018 the MRC do, like alphabetize my spice cabinet. surpassed 23 million n #StateOfTheDream.” The West Wing views, up from 1.3 actor Bradley Whitford whines, “We million of the same are in uncharted territory now, I mean, timeframe in 2017. I feel like we’re floating in a river of That’s an impressive civic dysentery.” 1700% increase! MRCTV’s satirical “Save the Snowflakes” Commenting on the campaign went viral on the internet and attracted millions of views. new video-views marker of 400 million, Brent Bozell said, “Our mission at the MRC is to provide the American public with the facts and expose biases in the media by any means possible. Technology has provided us with a new set of tools to engage with our audience, which we have fully embraced. “MRCTV invests a considerable effort to create entertain- ing and educational video content that is easily accessible to a The expert on civility, ABC’s Joy Behar younger generation of supporters. Surpassing this milestone is a lashes out, again: Trump “needs to be testament to the continued success of that effort and to the hard impeached. He is a menace. He is nuts.” work of the dedicated men and women of our organization.” Visit MRCTV.org and don’t forget to tell your friends. The TM 4 Watchdog MARCH 2018 Bits & Pieces APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT’S S.O.U. CBS Buries Own Pro-Trump Poll Republicans...... 97% Following President Trump’s State of the Union Speech, CBS Independents ...... 72% News/YouGov conducted a poll that showed 43% of Democrats Democrats ...... 43% approved of the president’s address. However, that number was CBS News/YouGov not reported by CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News, or at Poll - JAN. 30, 2018 CBSNews.com. The liberal news network buried the findings of its own survey. The poll specifically showed that 97% of Republicans approved of the speech, as did 72% of Independents, and 43% of Democrats. Move along. Nothing to see here. The only CBS outlet to mention the Democrat number was the net- work’s streaming service CBSN, which means few Americans heard — Love, CBS the story. Some truths apparently are too inconvenient for CBS.

Another ‘Racist’ ‘Dictator’ Trump Not satisfied with the way White House Chief The day after the State of the Union, of Staff John Kelly handled allegations of spousal MSNBC’s hosted pollster Frank Luntz abuse against White House aide Rob Porter, who praised President CNN contributor Walter Shaub, a former “ethics Trump’s speech and director” under President Obama, proceeded to then was sharply label Kelly a “racist.” On CNN Live, Feb. 8, Shaub, attacked by co-host citing no evidence, declared Kelly “just decided Mika Brzezinski who that the white male employee working for him screeched it was couldn’t possibly beat his former wives because he inappropriate for said he didn’t.” members of Congress Shaub then claimed that “there’s a lot of people to applaud “the great he [Kelly] doesn’t believe and trust because they dictator.” During look a certain way,” i.e., non-white. Shaub also the exchange, Luntz said Kelly believed Porter because “he looks the criticized the Demo- right way.” Got it? He’s a racist because CNN says crats who sat on their so! Shaub was just getting started. He went on to hands and did not falsely claim that applaud the president After the State of the Union speech, MSNBC propagandist Kelly “smeared an even when he was Mika Brzezinski declared it was African-American speaking about posi- wrong for members of Congress congresswoman” tive economic news. to applaud “the great dictator,” President . and called Dreamers Brzezinski snapped “lazy people, tapping that Trump couldn’t take credit “for all of that.” into other dog When pressed as to why, she huffed, “I think because whistles of a racial he’s literally screwed everybody in that room over a nature.” There’s few times too many.” Luntz countered, “What about a “pattern here,” the speech? What about the speech?” Brzezinski thumped Shaub. snarled, “You tell me that that room is supposed to Yes, there is respond like this” — clapping her hands — “to the Without a drop of evidence, a pattern: Race- great dictator?” Luntz replied, “No, but they’re not CNN’s Walter Shaub, a former baiting is the first supposed to sit on their hands.” Obama employee, repeatedly smears White House Chief of refuge of the liberal The anti-Trump Brzezinski then said, “Really? I’m Staff John Kelly as a “racist.” media. not sure.” The TM MARCH 2018 Watchdog 5 What DUI? Indianapolis Colts Linebacker Edwin Jack- son, 26, was struck and killed by an illegal alien driving drunk but you wouldn’t know it if An illegal alien killed Colts Linebacker you were watching NBC Edwin Jackson by drunkenly driving and MSNBC. The brutal into him and CNN’s Alisyn Camerota hit-and-run occurred on blamed President Trump for the death, absurdly claiming he wasn’t Feb. 4, when Jackson doing enough to deport bad illegals. and his Uber driver were standing next to their car on the side of the road. The drunken illegal, Manuel Orrego-Savala, from Guatemala, plowed into them with a Ford F-150 and then fled the scene on foot; he was caught shortly thereafter by police. NBC completely ignored the story, zero coverage. MSNBC gave it a paltry 11 seconds. Over at CNN, host Alisyn Came- rota tried to blame President Trump for the horrific death by complaining that Trump was not doing enough to deport the right types of illegals. Manuel Orrego-Savala had previously been convicted for THE HEAT IS ON! DUI and had been deported twice. It is undeniable that if the So far in February, the MRC Action U.S. border were secure and the immigration laws enforced, Team has: Edwin Jackson would be alive today. • Launched a campaign that resulted in more than 30,000 calls from MRC grassroots members demanding Cheering Totalitarianism ABC apologize for attacking Vice Can you imagine the U.S. media praising the Nazi leaders President Pence and all Christians. at the 1936 Olympics? The liberal media did essentially that • Exposed the liberal media’s offensive when they cheered the sister of Communist North Korean obsession with the sister of North dictator Kim Jong-un, who made an appearance at the Korea’s brutal dictator and demand- Winter Olympics in South Korea. Kim Yo Jong, who runs the ed that they fully cover the horrific North Korean Propaganda and Agitation Department, i.e., human rights abuses of the North ministry of censorship, helps her blood-stained brother rule North Korea with an iron fist. Korean regime. Yet CNN gushed, “If ‘diplomatic dance’ were an event at • Highlighted the liberal media’s the Winter Olympics, Kim Jong-un’s younger sister would be disturbing attempts to cover up favored to win gold.” She is like “Ivanka Trump” and a foil to the serious misconduct of the FBI, the perception of North and activated the MRC’s grassroots Korea as antiquated and members on social media to demand militaristic,” cheered the media accurately report the CNN, adding that her shocking story. presence “is a signal that North Korea is not this crazy, weird former Join us for our Cold War state — but it too has young women next action! that are capable and are The liberal media praised Communist the future leadership.” Send an email to: Kim Yo Jong, sister of dictator Kim Jong-un, calling her the Ivanka Trump That is, of course, if her of North Korea, although she helps brother doesn’t murder [email protected] rule the brutal regime with an iron fist. her, too. The TM 6 Watchdog MARCH 2018

L. BRENT BOZELL III AND TIM GRAHAM February 6, 2018 • Nationally Syndicated Column Treason? A Common Liberal Accusation

resident Trump heard someone yell “treason” In fact, this liberal treason talk just kept going under P in the audience at a speech in Cincinnati as he Trump, but he became the perpetrator. mentioned the Democratic pouting at the State of n March 2, 2017: CNN contributor Maria Cardona, the Union address. “Somebody said, treasonous,” he on Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “He knows he is mused. “I mean, yeah, I guess, why not?” smack in the middle of this investigation having to Meltdown. do with perhaps treasonous activities by the Trump The media outrage was summarized by CNN analyst campaign.” Jeffrey Toobin: “It is so grotesque! It is so appalling...I n March 28, 2017: MSNBC anchor brought just wonder what the cost is, in terms of the future of on liberal historian Douglas Brinkley, promoting his our civic discourse!” quote: “You told the Washington Post last week that, At this point we should just start laughing at the quote, ‘There’s a smell of treason in the air,’ when it press. These self-appointed watchdogs of the “civic comes to this [Russia] investigation.” discourse” weren’t a bit outraged when liberals tossed n May 11, 2017: On ABC’s The View, co-host Joy Behar that T-word like a Frisbee at anyone criticizing President screeched about the press being barred from a Trump Obama. Here are just a few examples. meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov: n June 11, 2014: CNN anchor Carol Costello brought “This is treason to me! This is un-American!” on leftist Cliff Schecter to promote his article n June 25, 2017: Hollywood director Rob Reiner suggesting leaders of the National Rifle Association uncorked treason as a hashtag. “When Fox were “treasonous and murderous.” Costello could says that DT colluding with the enemy is not a crime, only add: “Um, I don’t know. That’s really strong.” the fight to save Democracy is now an all out war. US- n July 9, 2014: MSNBC host went Stay strong. #Treason” ballistic over Sarah Palin’s suggestion that Obama n July 18, 2017: Former MSNBC star Keith Olbermann be impeached: “The President’s push towards tweeted in reply to the president asserting most positive and crucial change was met with treasonous people in politics would have met a foreign official to accusations.” get negative information on their opponent: “Sure! n June 27, 2015: The Daily Beast posted an article Benedict Arnold would have. And Aaron Burr. And on dissenters in the Supreme Court’s gay-marriage Charles Lindbergh. And Quisling. And Marshal Petain. decision:“Did The Four Dissenting Justices In Gay That’s politics! Annnnnd treason!” Marriage Case Just Suggest Treason?” Contributor Speaking of “grotesque” and “appalling” Jay Michaelson suggested anyone criticizing the court overstatements, let’s consult the accuser himself, majority created a “shocking display of treason.” Jeffrey Toobin, responding on CNN on January 3, n October 1, 2015: Leftist radio talker Thom Hart- 2018 to Steve Bannon suggesting Donald Trump Jr mann was incensed that anyone could consider Kev- was treasonous: “The idea that people involved in an in McCarthy for House speaker, citing some Republi- American presidential campaign would greedily reach out can inauguration-night conspiracy to deny Obama any to the Russian government for dirt on their opponent, as success. “They have committed treason. Maybe not Donald Trump Jr. and company did, does feel treasonous the kind of treason that is elevated to the level of a in a sort of colloquial sense.” prosecution or firing squad....a moral treason.” Liberals are the worst hypocrites on “civic discourse.”

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