Media Buzz - Page 191

April 7, 2017

Nunes steps aside, Trump rips Rice as probe keeps hitting potholes

Devin Nunes, who recused himself from the House intelligence probe yesterday, is primarily a victim of his own political clumsiness.

April 6, 2017

Media hit Trump types for cashing in on bipartisan consulting racket

It’s no secret that political consultants often cash in big time, signing on with corporations, ideological groups, even foreign candidates and governments.

April 5, 2017

The Susan Rice saga: Murky allegations and media reluctance

The Susan Rice situation is murky, but one thing that’s crystal clear is that she’s changing her story.

April 4, 2017

Beyond the media bubble: Even Trump Country has mixed feelings about budget cuts

One of the many failures of journalism in 2016 was the utter disconnect with the millions of frustrated Americans who helped put Donald Trump in office.

April 3, 2017

Media score a triple-bogey presidency, but Trump is just getting started

The mainstream media scorecard is in: Donald Trump’s presidency is stuck in a giant sand trap.

March 31, 2017

Trump rips the Freedom Caucus: How real is his Twitter threat?

It was hardly a well-kept secret that President Trump was ticked off at the most conservative wing of the House GOP for torpedoing his health care bill.

March 30, 2017

In a sharp contrast to Trump, press goes positive on Pence

When a new administration takes office, the key players usually draw positive profiles to introduce them to the public—sometimes so positive that other journalists deride them as “beat sweeteners.”

March 29, 2017

How House intel probe turned Devin Nunes into a piñata

Six months ago, I doubt that most of the country had heard of Devin Nunes.

March 28, 2017

Deadlock: Can Trump win over conservative purists -- or do deals with Democrats?

In the end, President Trump was stymied by the bitter warfare that for years has divided the Republican Party into two camps: the purists vs. the pragmatists.

March 27, 2017

Mission Impossible: Why Trump's health care compromise was never going to pass

There’s plenty of blame to go around, but one thing is clear: The ObamaCare battle was Mission Impossible from the beginning, because Donald Trump ran against Republican orthodoxy on health insurance.