If you like country music, you’re probably an anti-gay bigot. That was the message of last night’s episode of ABC’s country music-themed drama, Nashville. Songwriter Will Lexington (Chris Carmack) is shocked that Wade Cole (Josh Coxx) chose to feature his song on Cole's upcoming album, given his sexual orientation. He can’t comprehend why an outwardly religious singer might want to work with a gay songwriter.
By Bruce Bookter | December 2, 2015 | 5:28 PM EST
ESPN’s nosedive quest to find the absolute bottom of the cultural and moral pit appears to continue unabated. On the network’s Heisman House Voting Site, which is sponsored by Nissan, ESPN removed the name of Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds, which had appeared next to the name of other leading Heisman candidates.
By Kristine Marsh | December 2, 2015 | 4:39 PM EST
On Wednesday, another mass shooting occurred in San Bernardino, CA, at a social care center for people with developmental disabilities. Before police had even identified the shooter, liberal journalists on Twitter came to their own conclusions: It must be a crazy right-winger. Without a second thought, they blamed conservatives, the GOP and the NRA for the shooting.
By Katie Yoder | December 2, 2015 | 12:34 PM EST
More often than not, celebrities poke fun at religion. But this time, the force was with faith.
Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher told the British film industry to “get a life” last week after it banned an ad from playing before Star Wars screenings. The ad, created by the Church of England, shows clips of different people reciting the Lord's Prayer and ends with the message “Prayer is for everyone.”
By Karen Townsend | December 2, 2015 | 2:46 AM EST
How typical. Tonight’s episode “Fallback” of NBC’s Chicago Med took a shot at capitalism, showing a greedy business owner calling another character "Bernie Sanders" for wanting to help people.
By Bruce Bookter | December 1, 2015 | 9:30 PM EST
In this week’s edition of “Oh my God, I can’t believe that ESPN guy said that! How in the world has he not been suspended yet?!” we actually harken back to last week, for while you and yours were preparing to gather with kith and kin to celebrate the joyous holiday and giving thanks for the abundance that hath been bestowed upon us, ESPN’s Bomani Jones was doing all he could to sow the seeds of race-mongering hate.
By Kristine Marsh | December 1, 2015 | 12:57 PM EST
The Bible says, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” and that appears to be the standard by which one man lived, who gave his life Friday protecting those he disagreed with on abortion. But you won’t hear that story from the media because the pro-life “Good Samaritan" doesn’t fit their agenda.
By Kristine Marsh | December 1, 2015 | 11:53 AM EST
After a gunman entered a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs on Black Friday, wounding nine people and killing another three, journalists were quick to blame conservatives, Fox News and the pro-life movement for the violent tragedy.
The knee-jerk reaction for more gun control was implicitly there, but the media went even further this time, demanding the censorship of pro-life speech. Why should they stop at challenging one amendment?
Here are the worst examples of journalists blaming pro-lifers for the violence that ensued last week:
By Katie Yoder | December 1, 2015 | 11:47 AM EST
If the media have as much control over consumers’ actions as Larry Wilmore believes, he should be more careful on his own show.
During Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Monday, the host blamed Fox News’ “Kool-Aid” for motivating the Colorado Planned Parenthood gunman.
SHOCKER: ESPN Analyst Believes Racism Explains Why a Black Player is Treated Differently Than a White Player
By Bruce Bookter | November 30, 2015 | 4:53 PM EST Because racism is seemingly the answer to everything at ESPN, analyst Robert Flores was able to easily ask and answer his own question during a highlight reel on SportsCenter when he openly wondered why the Chief’s Travis Kelce wasn’t getting the same amount of criticism for his end zone celebration as Cam Newton received for his.
By Alexa Moutevelis Coombs | November 30, 2015 | 5:00 AM EST
ABC's FBI drama Quantico continued it's anti-Israel plotline last night in the episode "Guilty." Simon Asher has already been revealed to be an IDF soldier who did things in Gaza "that haunt me every single day of my life." Last week we saw him talking to an Israeli bomb maker about continuing violence in the West Bank. And now, based upon a new flashback scene, it is looking increasingly likely that Simon will turn out to be the terrorist mastermind.
CBS’ ‘Madam Secretary’ Explains How Hillary Would Have Prevented Iraq, if Only She Had Been Allowed To
By Dylan Gwinn | November 30, 2015 | 12:27 AM EST On Monday night, CBS’ Madam Secretary revealed how Hillary would never have allowed us to get involved in Iraq, and could have prevented the entire disaster had she only been in a position of power to stop it.