Tag: Media

With U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., left, and Gov. Phil Bryant, in attendance, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., right, addresses a gathering of supporters in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. Hyde-Smith hopes to get elected to serve the last two years of the six-year term vacated when Republican Thad Cochran retired for health reasons. State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, former military intelligence officer Tobey Bernard Bartee and former Democratic congressman and Agriculture Secretary under the Clinton Administration Mike Espy are also running in the non-partisan race.

Beltway Confidential

Cable news is trying to convince you the Mississippi runoff is close

Eddie Scarry · November 27, 2018 4:05 pm

Political commentator Geraldo Rivera speaks to members of the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. President-elect Donald Trump said his administration would produce a full report on hacking within the first 90 days of his presidency and accused "my political opponents and a failed spy" of making "phony allegations" against him.

Geraldo Rivera says he’s ‘ashamed’ the US treats migrants like zombies from ‘The Walking Dead’

Naomi Lim · November 27, 2018 3:32 pm

Football Announcing Is Behind the Times

Gregg Easterbrook · November 27, 2018 3:30 pm

Kellyanne Conway: ‘Mainstream media only wants you to see the children, the families’ in migrant caravan

Caitlin Yilek · November 27, 2018 9:26 am

Nate Silver sits on the stairs at Allegro hotel in downtown Chicago, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.

Nate Silver rips Associated Press for ‘ass-covering’ after it retracts call in California House race

Daniel Chaitin · November 27, 2018 3:51 am

The Red Room, with the theme to celebrate America's Children, is seen during the 2018 Christmas Press Preview at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Christmas has arrived at the White House for 2018 as first lady Melania Trump unveiled the holiday decor. She designed the decor, which features a theme of "American Treasures."

Beltway Confidential

Give Melania Trump a break — the White House Christmas decorations are elegant

Nicole Russell · November 26, 2018 10:57 pm

Microsoft Corp. is requiring its U.S. suppliers to begin offering paid leave to employees giving birth to or adopting children.

Beltway Confidential

The ‘child penalty’ isn’t a financial issue, it’s about a mother’s choices

Nicole Russell · November 26, 2018 9:53 pm

President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Mississippi for rallies.

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Trump is wrong: state-run media is not the answer to liberal media

Philip Klein · November 26, 2018 9:25 pm

Migrants clash with Mexican police at the Mexico-U.S. border after getting past another line of Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, as they try to reach the U.S. The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and says that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived in the city.

Media focus on ‘desperate’ caravan kids as Mexico deports ‘violent’ migrants

Eddie Scarry · November 26, 2018 8:33 pm

CNN accused Trump of conflating its own more general reporting on the documents with BuzzFeed's reporting. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Trump pitches global competitor to CNN to counteract its ‘unfair’ coverage of the US

Naomi Lim · November 26, 2018 8:19 pm

FILE - In this June 12, 2012 photo, Republican Congressional candidate Jesse Kelly shakes hands with a supporter at a post election event prior to election results in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly on Thursday, June 14, 2012, dropped out of the race for Gabrielle Giffords' former seat in Congress, two days after losing a special election to serve out her term. Kelly said in a statement that he decided to withdraw after "looking at the results from Tuesday." He lost the special election to Rob Barber, a former Giffords' staffer and fellow mass shooting survivor.

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Twitter has banned Jesse Kelly — are they policing hate, or suppressing political ideas?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 26, 2018 4:55 pm

Newt Gingrich: The far left is funding ‘war’ at southern border

Katelyn Caralle · November 26, 2018 1:43 pm