Just as it repeatedly ranted that non-right-wing coverage of the Republican National Convention didn’t sound like Fox News, the Media Research Center similarly whined about coverage of the Democratic National Convention. Justine Brooke Murray kicked things off by rooting for DNC protester chaos: “The Democrat [sic] National Convention hadn’t even kicked off yet, before attendees were greeted by a mass mob of screaming hamassholes.” Nicholas Fondacaro hatefully wrote:
With President Joe Biden set to speak during Night One of the Democratic National Convention on Monday – to quickly get out the way of Vice President Kamala Harris – some of the folks at CNN were preparing people for some major waterworks. Throughout the day, far-left CNN commentators Van Jones and Bakari Sellers predicted everyone in the arena (including babies) would be left crying for the supposed beauty of Biden stepping aside (when he was really thrown out by an inter-party coup).
During the afternoon’s CNN News Central, Jones gushed about what Biden was going to do during his speech. “And tonight, Biden comes out and he’s going to do one of the most beautiful acts of political leadership; to step back so somebody else can step forward. That very rarely happens,” he touted.
He then predicted they were going to need boxes of Kleenex tissues set up around the arena because so many people would be bawling their eyes out:
[…]He then clownishly predicted: “There are going to be people crying, there are going to be babies yelling for Joe Biden. He is going to get all of those applause and he deserves every ounce of it.”
“Joe Biden has the character, whether or not you’re Democrat or Republican that this country needs you want to lead it,” he added. “And it will be a clear contrast between the man who served this country admirably for 50 years, 60 years, and Donald Trump.”
It’s hard to believe there will be babies there given how much the Democratic Party worships abortion and have enshrined it in their platform.
Jorge Bonilla took a similar tack, whining: “consider the gross hagiography of it all. The Regime Media have been out in force for the past month, manufacturing consent for this candidacy and for the manner in which it was foisted upon the American people.” He returned to baselessly whine that CNN factchecker Daniel Dale was only “reluctantly” fact-checking Biden’s speech:
Once again, CNN summoned Daniel Dale for a fact-check of a presidential speech. And, once again, Dale showed his reluctance to fact-check Joe Biden- choosing to check economic data instead of some of the incendiary and easily refutable hoaxes amplified during his DNC swan song.
[…]This fact-check was tonally very deferential to Biden. Compare that with his fact-check of Donald Trump at the RNC, whose claims he dismissed as “nonsense”.
Dale’s biggest omissions here are the most egregious: by checking Biden on tax and economic data, he allows him to skate on both the “Very Fine People Hoax” and the “Bloodbath Hoax”, both of which have been very thoroughly debunked.
Actually, neither of those have been “very thoroughly debunked.”
On Aug. 20, the MRC had a daylong meltdown over the others refusing to viciously hate the DNC like it does:
- PBS Launched DNC Coverage: ‘Enthusiasm… Joy and Excitement’ in Chicago
- New Talking Points Dropped: Reporters Salivate over ‘Electric,’ ‘Electrifying’ DNC (as if the MRC wasn’t spouting the anti-DNC talking points it was ordered to spew)
- PBS’s Laura Barron-Lopez Eats Up ‘Kamala Cake’ and DNC’s ‘Palpable Excitement’
- ABC’s Bruce, Stephanopoulos Give Off North Korean News Lady Vibes in DNC Coverage (how is that different from Curtis Houck’s slavish recitation of his assigned narrative?)
- CBS’s Dokoupil Grills DNC Chair on Kamala Hiding From Press, Night One Ending Late
- Boring IS Propaganda: CBS, NBC Spoonfeed Lame DNC Recaps to Make It Seem Hunky-Dory (the RNC was pretty boring, but we don’t recall Houck calling it “propaganda”)
- CNN’s Chris Wallace Boasts Kamala Is Having ‘Love Affair’ With Voters
- ABC, CBS Drool Over Obama DNC Speeches, Rekindled Hopenchange
Meanwhile, Nicholas Fondacaro was excessively triggered by the DNC’s state roll call for committing the offense of being fun by having a DJ play themed songs for each state, the pinnacle of which was Lil Jon representing Georgia by belting out “Turn Down For What.” Fondacaro sneered that this was all “FAKE”:
Downplaying the backroom deals that had Democratic Party delegates pledge themselves to Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee long before the Democratic Nation Convention’s Night Two proceedings, CNN anchors Jake Tapper (a former party operative turned “journalist”), Dana Bash, and Abby Phillip cheered on the fake and theatrical roll call vote that took place in prime time Tuesday night.
“The Democrats are doing a very good job of exciting the crowd here,” Tapper boasted.
Adding, “Normally roll calls are pretty boring and awful and that one, especially with some cameos from John Ashton and Eva Longoria, and Lil Jon, of course not to mention all, of course, all of the governors and mayors, really had the crowd on their feet.”
Bash proclaimed the Democrats were “a party that wants to party” and there’s “no question” about that.
What, exactly, was “fake”? Fondcaro never explained.
It somehow required a second post for Fondacaro to fully hate on it:
The broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC wear vibing during Night Two of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, letting themselves be swept up in the “ecstasy” of the “dance party” that occurred during the fake roll call vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris. They let their façade of objectivity slip as they lost themselves in the nirvana of being surrounded by people who they agreed with politically.
ABC senior national correspondent Terry Moran was the worst. Seemingly caught off guard by anchor David Muir throwing to him for analysis, Moran couldn’t find the words as he stammered for a moment before blurting out his admiration for “Just the ecstasy that just happened.”
Moran proceeded to joyfully recall the Democratic roll call of state delegates, calling it “the best party” he’s been to in “awhile”:
[…]Just before Moran had to be yanked out of his stupor, ABC senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott the roll call as “really a dance party!”
“I can tell you. Lil Jon made his way down this aisle not too long before we came on the air, David! It turned into quite the dance party here on the convention floor,” she boasted.
Again, he called the roll call “fake” without explaining what was supposedly fake about it. It appears he’s mostly jealous that the RNC was nowhere near as fun.