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Matthews: Trump, Other GOPers Figuratively Bash Clinton's Head Into Pavement By Bringing Up His Past
By Ken Shepherd | January 7, 2016 | 5:49 PM EST

Ever the cinemaphile, Chris Matthews last night reached for a movie reference to describe what he considered Donald Trump's relentless and savage attack on Bill Clinton, dredging up the former president's infidelities and general sleaziness. It's like, the Hardball host groused, a scene in Good Will Hunting where the title character bashes another characters head into the pavement in a fight scene.

CNN's Lemon, Left-Wing Radical Gang Up on Conservative Guest Over Guns
By Matthew Balan | January 7, 2016 | 3:59 PM EST

Don Lemon acted less as an anchor and more like a liberal activist during two segments on Wednesday's CNN Tonight — tag-teaming with Igor Volsky of Think Progress to repeatedly interrupt and shout down conservative radio host Ben Ferguson over his support for gun rights. Lemon dismissed Ferguson's concern over President Obama's executive orders: "Does anybody in their right mind out there in America actually believe that the President is going to take away guns in America? It's never, ever, ever going to happen."

ABC, NBC Censor 1,000 Migrants Sexually Assaulting Women in Germany
By Katie Yoder | January 7, 2016 | 3:55 PM EST

It’s called a double-standard. While media have happily hyped the political “War on Women,” two networks won’t say a word about the shocking story of women assaulted by migrants.

During their broadcast morning and evening news shows, both ABC and NBC turned a blind-eye to a New Year’s Eve story of 1,000 migrant men who allegedly gathered outside Cologne’s main train station to sexually assault, rob and even rape female passers-by. 

Maybe Obama SHOULD Take Our Guns, Daily Beast Contributor Trolls
By Ken Shepherd | January 7, 2016 | 3:45 PM EST

Whining that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution "has been contorted, misinterpreted, and applied in a way that destroys its intended meaning and threatens the safety and stability of our nation," self-described "race-and-culture journalist" Barrett Holmes Pitner set out to explain today at the Daily Beast's website that no, "President Obama Isn’t Taking People’s Guns—But Maybe He Should."

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?” 

NBC, CBS Hype Birther Attack ‘Damaging’ Cruz; Denounced Same Attack on Obama
By Kyle Drennen | January 7, 2016 | 2:59 PM EST

On Thursday, NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning joined ABC’s Good Morning America in promoting Donald Trump questioning Ted Cruz being a natural born U.S. citizen. On Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: “Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on Republican rival Ted Cruz, reiterating questions about the Texas senator's eligibility to run for president. And now another prominent Republican is suggesting the issue is worth looking into.”

Former Consumer Product Czar in WashPost: Regulate Bullets
By Matt Philbin | January 7, 2016 | 2:19 PM EST

Ann Brown thinks you’re stupid, and that’s not just because she’s a former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (motto: “Saving American from Themselves for More Than 40 Years.”) No, it’s because even though you reject liberal gun control measures, she’s sure you’d be A-okay with liberal bullet control measures.

Writing in The Washington Post January 6, Brown called for the federal regulation of ammunition, noting correctly that Obama’s new raft of executive actions on guns had little “chance of achieving even a small reduction in this carnage.” 

CNN Frets Over NRA Pressing Police Not to Destroy Confiscated Guns
By Brad Wilmouth | January 7, 2016 | 1:46 PM EST

Wednesday's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN ran a report by correspondent Drew Griffin fretting over NRA-inspired laws in some "conservative" states that forbid police departments from destroying confiscated guns, with such laws aiming to encourage the police to sell the weapons and use the funds raised to help pay for law enforcement activities.

Networks Air 4-to-1 Favorable Coverage of Minimum Wage Hikes in 2015
By Sam Dorman | January 7, 2016 | 11:27 AM EST

When it comes to raising the minimum wage, networks minimize balance and maximize bias.

After a year of protests clamoring for a $15 minimum wage, Christian Science Monitor reported that 14 states and several cities increased minimum wages or planned to in 2016. Several more cities and states are expected to consider a $15 minimum wage with ballot or legislative initiatives, according to USA Today.

 
Priests for Life: Churches Must Decry ‘Killing the Public’ in 2016 Election
By Katie Yoder | January 7, 2016 | 11:20 AM EST

Churches must not be afraid to speak out against abortion in the 2016 election, according to one prominent pro-life group.

On Wednesday, Priests for Life hosted a press conference on abortion in light of the upcoming 2016 elections at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event centered on the question “How political can the Catholic Church be?” under its tax-exempt status and highlighted that “restrictions on political activity by churches are misunderstood” -- even by the media.

Angry ABC Raged at Obama Birther ‘Nonsense,’ Blase on Cruz Birtherism
By Scott Whitlock | January 7, 2016 | 11:20 AM EST

In 2011 and 2012, the journalists at Good Morning America railed against birther claims relating to Barack Obama, assailing the conspiracy theory as “bizarre” and “nonsense.” Yet, the same program lacked outrage on Thursday as Donald Trump promotes a form of birtherism against Ted Cruz. 

Scarborough's Strange Fascination With Rubio's 'Go-Go Boots'
By Mark Finkelstein | January 7, 2016 | 8:49 AM EST

Someone remind me: isn't there a term for people with this sort of fixation? Joe Scarborough just can't stop looking at and talking about Marco Rubio's footwear, ever since a photo recently appeared of Rubio sporting a pair of boots.

On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough repeatedly circled back to the subject, managing to work it into a number of conversations. For example, when Mika Brzezinski cited a report that Rubio has shifted his message from optimism to "doom," Scarborough jumped in: "what? Did he break a heel?"

'2 Broke Girls' Airs Juvenile 2 Penises Episode
By Karen Townsend | January 7, 2016 | 2:24 AM EST

Descending down the rabbit hole of desperate shock vulgarity in prime time television, the episode named “And the Not Regular Down There” of CBS’ 2 Broke Girls answers the burning question – why does Max’s new boyfriend hesitate to have sex with her? – with sophomoric humor. 

Conan: Trump Reminds Him of Mussolini; ‘I Like That Mussolini Thing He Does’
By Curtis Houck | January 7, 2016 | 2:23 AM EST

Near the top of the Wednesday monologue of his eponymous TBS show, Conan O’Brien joked that Donald Trump reminded him of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in the way he sculpts his hair and interacts with crowds. Upon pretending to form his hair into more like Trump’s, O’Brien remarked: “I like that Mussolini thing he does. He looks out at the crowd. He's got this guy on his head.”

Networks Fail to Cover TransCanada Filing Lawsuits Against Obama for Rejecting Keystone
By Curtis Houck | January 7, 2016 | 12:40 AM EST

Along with skipping on Wednesday night the successful congressional vote to repeal ObamaCare and defund Planned Parenthood, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC also declined to dedicate a second of airtime to the Canadien energy company TransCanada filing lawsuits against the Obama administration for having rejected the Keystone XL pipeline.