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VIDEO GMA Gushes Over Valerie Jarrett's Friendship with Obamas, Invites Her to Bash 'Diabolical' Republicans, Trump
By Kristine Marsh | April 2, 2019 10:43 AM EDT
We've come to expect former Obama officials getting off easy when they appear on the morning shows. However, sometimes the complete lack of any sort of impartial standard really is shocking. That was the case Tuesday when former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett came on ABC's Good Morning America to promote her new memoir called "Finding My Voice." The Democrat operative received the star treatment from the hosts, who couldn't stop gushing about her friendship with the Obamas and her positive "light," while inviting her to tear into President Trump and Republicans as evil.
VIDEO ABC Celebrates 'Groundbreaking' First Transgender Miss Universe Contestant
By Brad Wilmouth | December 17, 2018 11:22 PM EST
On Monday morning, ABC's Good Morning America took the time to celebrate the first time that a transgender contestant has gotten to participate in the Miss Universe pagent even though he ended up losing. It was celebrated as "groundbreaking" and "history-making."
VIDEO Media Thrilled 'Very Talented' Obamas 'Got Paid!' With Netflix Deal
By Kyle Drennen | May 22, 2018 12:23 PM EDT
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows were gleeful over the news that Barack and Michelle Obama had signed a deal with Netflix to create original content for the online streaming service. Hosts happily touted "a lot of people very excited" about the announcement and cheered that the former president and first lady "got paid," with the agreement rumored to be worth tens of millions of dollars. Missing from much of the adulation, except for a brief mention on NBC, was the fact that the Netflix executive in charge of content was a major Obama campaign donor.
VIDEO Only Oprah: Nets Infatuated With Winfrey 2020 Run
By Kyle Drennen | January 8, 2018 2:22 PM EST
On Monday, the three network morning shows were in ecstasy over Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes acceptance speech and already predicting a 2020 presidential run for the former daytime talk show host. Anchors and correspondents seemed to be trying to outdo one another in who could heap more sycophantic praise on the liberal entertainer.
VIDEO ABC Tees Up Oprah to Praise Hillary: A 'Monumental Time for Women'
By Scott Whitlock | June 16, 2016 11:21 AM EDT
The journalists at Good Morning America on Thursday prompted Oprah Winfrey to praise Hillary Clinton and talk about supporting her in 2016. The talk show host lauded Clinton: "I'm with her. I have to say I'm with her and I would also say that regardless of your politics, you cannot be a woman in the world and not see that this is a monumental time for women breaking the ceiling."
VIDEO GMA Laughs Over 'Brilliant' Broadway Play That Mocks God, Republicans
By Kristine Marsh | May 23, 2016 11:00 AM EDT
On Monday's Good Morning America, Lara Spencer interviewed actor Sean Hayes, for his new role playing God in the Broadway play, An Act of God. The play certainly has an agenda to set, being written by the former head writer for The Daily Show, to it's opening day (Ash Wednesday), to its caricature of God as petty and self-righteous. None of that stopped GMA from celebrating the play as "brilliant."
VIDEO Networks: 'Comedian-in-Chief' 'Dropped the Mic' With 'Awesome' Performance
By Scott Whitlock | May 2, 2016 1:01 PM EDT
The network morning shows on Monday took another day to gush over Barack Obama's "awesome" performance at Saturday's White House Correspondence Dinner. The "comedian-in chief" "dropped the mic" and the journalists at ABC, CBS and NBC loved it. Good Morning America's co-hosts provided the most effusive praise. Former Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos opened the show by praising, "He's getting so good at this and everyone was a target on Saturday night."
VIDEO Nets Catch 'Justin Fever,' Infatuated With Obama-Trudeau 'Bromance'
By Kyle Drennen | March 11, 2016 11:52 AM EST
Continuing their unhealthy obsession with the "bromance" between newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Obama on Friday, all three network morning shows were thrilled by the pair exchanging pleasantries at a White House state dinner Thursday evening.
VIDEO NBC and ABC Ignore Hillary Pressed on Benghazi Lies; 'Biggest Debate' Over Bernie's Suit
By Kyle Drennen | March 10, 2016 2:59 PM EST
On Thursday, while covering the latest Democratic debate, NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America avoided any mention of Hillary Clinton being grilled by Univision anchor Jorge Ramos about accusations that she lied to the families of the Benghazi victims. Instead, both morning shows focused on the "biggest debate" of the night being over the color of Bernie Sanders' suit.
VIDEO Nets Slam 'Vulgar' and 'Childish' GOP Debate Reaching 'New Lows'
By Kyle Drennen | March 4, 2016 1:01 PM EST
On Friday, the NBC, CBS, and ABC morning shows all blasted Thursday's Republican presidential debate as "vulgar" "silly" and "childish." The same networks that have routinely provided ample airtime to Donald Trump's personal attacks on his rivals, lectured the GOP contenders on civility.
VIDEO ABC: Benghazi Film Is a 'Political Hot Potato' 'Sparking Controversy'
By Scott Whitlock | January 18, 2016 4:24 PM EST
The journalists at Good Morning America on Monday worried that 13 Hours, the new Benghazi movie, is a "political hot potato." Reporter Juju Chang trumpeted that the "untold version of events in Benghazi [is] also sparking fresh controversy." Talking to Michael Bay, who she introduced as "known for killer Transformers," the journalist fretted that it has "turned into a political hot potato."
VIDEO Worried About Climate Change, ABC Touts Child Fretting Over Polar Bears
By Scott Whitlock | January 7, 2016 3:13 PM EST
The journalists at Good Morning America once again touted the dire consequences of climate change. On Thursday, co-host Lara Spencer featured an emotional child worried that global warming would keep polar bears from eating. Spencer talked to Bernadette Woods Placky of the website climate central and hyperventilated: "Is this the kind of thing that people who live on the coastline should be panicking and moving inland?"
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