TM Vol. 23 • Issue 12 • December 2016 Liberal Media Are Second Biggest Losers of Election 2016 — They Cheated and Got Caught The 2016 presidential campaign 60 million Americans as “deplorables.” reconfirmed what the Media Research Then Clinton lost, “bigly,” and all MRC Headquarters • Reston, VA Center has documented and exposed her liberal media cheerleaders fell for nearly 30 years: the leftist press is with her. In part, the 2016 election was in the tank for the Democratic Party a massive repudiation of the press. Our INSIDE and will use its power to try to steer message — “Don’t Believe the Liberal elections and the culture down the road Media!” — succeeded. to socialism. The “news media” are But while Clinton’s defeat is over, PAGE 3 propagandists, not journalists. the media’s loss is ongoing. Their Liberal Media Smear In 2016, the credibility is 62 Million Americans liberal media shot. They Who Voted For Trump gave aid and misjudged the comfort to Hillary American people PAGES 4-5 Clinton, covering and the power BITS & PIECES: up her scandals of social media. Smearing Bannon, when they could, They got nearly Hypocrites, spinning them in everything wrong Hollywood Hate, her favor when because they ‘Worthless Trash,’ Media Too Balanced? they couldn’t. As were trying to Media Fail for Donald Trump, influence the they relentlessly MRC/YouGov Poll shows that voters think news election, not attacked him, an coverage of the presidential campaign was biased, report it. Yet it nearly 3-to-1 for Clinton (59%) vs. for Trump (21%). PAGE 6 unprecedented looks like they’ve Nationally Syndicated avalanche of negative coverage. learned nothing from their debacle. Column by Brent Bozell The liberal media even cheated Let’s examine some of the damage. and Tim Graham: ‘CNN Gets Caught in to help Clinton. As Wikileaks showed, From the moment Trump entered Cheating Scandal’ many so-called journalists were the presidential race the liberal media colluding with the Clinton campaign trashed him, first as a joke, then as a to manipulate coverage and rig the dangerous, Nazi-like demagogue. PAGE 7 debates. As MRC Research Director Rich MRC in the News Thus it was no surprise going into Noyes detailed in a post-election Election Day to see the liberal media commentary for FoxNews.com, MSNBC’s and the liberal-leaning polls forecasting Lawrence O’Donnell derided Trump as a big Clinton victory. They were an “imbecile candidate,” while NPR’s completely invested in her campaign. Bob Garfield slammed him for “racism, There was no other side to the story in xenophobia, misogyny… and a nuclear their politically correct universe. recklessness reminiscent of a raving They censored the huge appeal of meth head with a machete.” Trump and smeared his supporters as CBS’s Nancy Giles speculated Trump racists, Nazis and women-haters. Fol- was “clinically insane, a view echoed by lowing Hillary’s cue, they tarred some Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski. Continued on page 2 The TM 2 Watchdog DECEMBER 2016 MRC SpokeSMen in high deMand foR libeRal Media newS analySiS befoRe and afteR the eleCtion. MRC’s Research Director Rich Noyes took to On FBN’s Nov. 16 Risk and Reward, MRC’s On FBN’s Nov. 11 Intelligence Report, MRC the airwaves on FBN’s Cavuto: Coast to Coast Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham V.P. of Business & Culture Dan Gainor to present the MRC’s latest findings and to called out the hypocritical media for lambasted liberal media coverage of blast anti-Donald Trump demonstrators trashing Donald Trump’s presidential anti-Trump protests and the media’s as not “passionate” but “rioters” and transition, reminding everyone that they standard: “Everything the left does is “criminals” baited by the liberal media. had a different take for Barack Obama. great, everything the right does is wrong,” Continued from staff. The town hall was a CNN event and Brazile page 1 was rigging it. When caught, Brazile lied about it on When asked national TV (see page 6). about a possible As I told Fox Business’ After the Bell, “The whole Trump win, story is sleazy…. CNN cheated. She cheated with the MSNBC’s Rachel Clinton campaign....It’s so incestuous what is going Maddow said on. Now you understand the Donald Trump [appeal], the whole movement behind Donald Trump is this she was reading On election night, MRC President Brent a lot about Bozell explains on Varney & Co. that understanding that Washington is absolutely corrupt. when “Hitler Wikileaks revealed at least a dozen liberal And the news media and the Democratic National “journalists” working hand-in-glove with Committee and the Clinton Foundation, all one and first became the Clinton campaign. chancellor…. I the same thing.” think that’s possibly where we are.” Newsweek’s Jon Polls on media credibility seem to bear that out. A Meacham mocked, “the movement from George H. W. USA Today survey in late October showed that, by 10 Bush to Donald Trump disproves Darwin.” to 1, voters believed the news media wanted Clinton The NYT’s Jim Rutenberg lectured that reporters to win. An AP poll showed that 56% of voters said the shouldn’t be neutral if they believe Trump “is a media were biased against Trump. Gallup found that demagogue” and “would be dangerous with control trust in the national news media was at an all-time of the United States nuclear codes.” Univision’s Jorge low, dropping 25% in 2016 alone. Ramos whistled the same tune, telling reporters they An MRC/YouGov poll after the election showed that “cannot hide in the principle of neutrality.” 69% of voters do not think the news media are honest The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza wrote, “Why and truthful, and 59% said the media favored Clinton. no one should take Donald Trump seriously, in one However, 97% said they did not let the media’s bias very simple chart.” A path to the presidency for Trump influence their vote. “doesn’t” exist, he declared, “not even close.” The media are in full panic mode because the Hollywood jumped in. The Tonight Show’s Stephen American people rejected their leftist agenda — and Colbert predicted, “Mr. Trump, to answer your call for them. In trying to destroy Trump the liberal media political honesty, I just want to say you’re not going to killed their own already crippled credibility. This is be president…. There is zero chance we’ll be seeing a problem that can’t be fixed with an apology. It is you sworn in on the Capitol Steps with your hand on a an institutional problem and it does not look like the giant golden Bible!” Actor George Clooney announced, left-wing news executives are interested in or capable “There’s not going to be a President Donald Trump.” All of changing course. the usual suspects smeared Trump: Joy Behar, Barbra The MRC, America’s media watchdog, will hold Streisand, Rob Reiner, Bill Maher, Cher, Robert DeNiro, their feet to the fire. We will continue to document, The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live. expose, and neutralize liberal media bias 24/7. You On top of that, the MRC documented that from can support us in this good fight by making a donation July 29 to October 20 the evening network news to the MRC today. Give us a call (571-267-355) or visit coverage of Trump was 91% negative. MRC.org. Thank you. In addition, Wikileaks revealed that many liberal Sincerely, journalists were working hand-in-glove with the Clinton campaign. Emails proved, for instance, that CNN contributor and DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile L. Brent Bozell III passed debate and town hall questions to Clinton Founder and President The TM DECEMBER 2016 Watchdog 3 Liberal Media Smear 62 Million Americans Who Voted For Trump As Racist, Women-hating, Neo-Nazi Buffoons During the 2016 presidential Washington Post columnist E.J. campaign the left-wing media relent- “less educated” whites backed Dionne, who was wrong in every major lessly smeared and mocked Donald J. Trump, and “people are just campaign prediction he made about Trump as a racist clown who would going with their gene pool....” Trump, blamed “people of my gender, race and class — college-educated white never win the Republican primary, let “I underestimated the level of men — for giving Trump his margin.” alone the election. When he did win misogyny in the country…. I forgot “bigly” the corrupt media turned to how much people hate women.” These “well-to-do white men chose to smearing the 62 million Americans who vote for a dangerous misogynist who “It was a ‘white-lash’ against a voted for him, tarring them as racists, demonized immigrants and people of black president, in part.” color.” Got it, white guys? You all hate uneducated, and stupid. women and non-whites. The Media Research Center “bringing neo-nazism in from For a little spice, Dionne also documented and exposed these vile the cold and giving it West Wing power.” These “well-to-do white blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin attacks, and continues to do so as they men chose to vote for a dangerous and FBI Director James Comey, two will only get worse over the next four misogynist who demonized white guys. years. Let’s look at some of the more immigrants and people of color.” The NYT’s Paul Krugman blamed “ra- rancid examples. “The Klan won last night. cial prejudice and misogyny,” particular- PBS’s David Brooks, the fake White nationalists. Sexists, racists ly among “white people, living in mainly conservative who also opines for the and buffoons.