CNN anchor John King, displaying a graphic showing the proliferation of school shootings in America since 2008, told his audience on Tuesday to “demand the conversation” about gun violence. “I’m going to be quiet. Just watch the map fill in,” King said during his daily political and news program on Wednesday. “These are just school…
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Whoopi Goldberg admonishes ‘The View’ studio audience for booing Kellyanne Conway
Whoopi Goldberg, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” chastised members of the show’s studio audience on Tuesday after some of them booed former top aide to ex-President Trump Kellyanne Conway as she appeared on set to promote a new book. As Conway was describing her disappointment in Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss, she was interrupted…
Jen Psaki joins MSNBC
MSNBC on Tuesday announced the hiring of former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Psaki, who left the White House earlier this month, will appear on NBC’s various channels and platforms as part of its politics coverage this fall and will eventually host a new original program on MSNBC, which the network said is currently…
Bill Clinton: Biden cares ‘more about the people than the polls’
Former President Clinton is arguing President Biden does not care about his popularity with the American people and is focused instead on solving problems the country faces. “In his first 16 months in office, Joe Biden has done exactly what he said he would do if elected—help America overcome an unprecedented pandemic, rebuild a battered economy from the bottom up…
NYT’s Friedman: Biden worried he can’t ‘reunite America’
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote on Monday that he walked away from a recent lunch meeting at the White House with the sense that President Biden fears he will not be able to unite the country, one of his signature promises from his presidential campaign. After clarifying the meeting with Biden, which took…
Kellyanne Conway: Media coverage of daughter was ‘unconscionable and unforgivable’
Kellyanne Conway, a former top aide to ex-President Trump, says she is still bothered by the way news outlets covered the social media postings of her teenage daughter around the time she left the White House. “There is this unspoken rule among civilized adults, that kids are off limits. The idea that so many adults…
Pete Williams retiring from NBC
Longtime justice correspondent Pete Williams is retiring from NBC after nearly three decades with the network. News of Williams’ retirement came Thursday in a memo NBC News President Noah Oppenheim sent to staff that was obtained by The Hill. “Pete has been one of the nation’s foremost authorities covering the Supreme Court and the Department…
Chris Wallace to get new show on CNN
Executives at CNN plan to give veteran anchor Chris Wallace a Sunday evening show on the network after its online streaming service, which he was hired to host a show on, abruptly shuttered last month. News of plans for Wallace’s show was first reported by Axios, which noted executives from CNN’s new parent company Warner…
Chuck Todd: GOP using First Amendment to ‘appease the white supremacist movement’
NBC political director and host of “Meet The Press” Chuck Todd said Tuesday that leading Republicans are using First Amendment protections to “appease” white supremacists in America. “Look at the way the right try to weaponize the idea that DHS was going to essentially try to attempt to monitor hateful rhetoric. They want to make…
Russian TV Rain given Peabody Award
Independent Russian television station TV Rain has been given a Peabody Award for its coverage of the country’s invasion of Ukraine before being shuttered by the government earlier this year. The station was recognized with the Peabody Journalistic Integrity Award, which honors the sustained achievement of the highest professional standards of journalism as well as…