NBC Nudges D.C. Police Chief to Push for Gun Control

After framing a doctor's plea to end gun violence as a push for gun control earlier this week, NBC's Today teed up D.C.'s police chief to defend the city's strict gun regulations and slap gun "loopholes." In a segment on the Navy Yard shooter, correspondent Jeff Rossen transitioned into gun control. "You have fought hard for gun control. Yet here is somebody who is clearly mentally disturbed…
Matt Hadro
September 19th, 2013 11:16 AM

IRS Documents Reveal Agency Flagged Groups for 'Anti-Obama Rhetoric

ABC, CBS and NBC have so far refused to report the latest bombshell in the IRS scandal - a newly released list from the agency that showed it flagged political groups for “anti-Obama rhetoric.” On September 18 the USA Today, in a front page story, reported the following: “Newly uncovered IRS documents show the agency flagged political groups based on the content of their literature, raising…
Geoffrey Dickens
September 19th, 2013 10:55 AM

How Did Starbucks 'Walk a Fine Line' on Gun Owners

Starbucks Coffee is now living up to its effete liberal image by telling customers that they shouldn't carry guns in their stores (or the outdoor seating areas around their stores). But The Washington Post headline on an AP dispatch Thursday was "Starbucks walks a fine line over gun issue." AP found them walking away from becoming an "unwitting supporter of gun rights." Chief executive…
Tim Graham
September 19th, 2013 10:30 AM

Politico Gushes Over Obama’s ‘Dazzling’ Smile, Blasts ‘Extreme

In an effort to report on the popularity and status of President Barack Obama now that he's well into his second term in the White House, Politico website writers Todd S. Purdum and John F. Harris posted two articles on Wednesday. The first is entitled “What's wrong with President Obama?” and the second missive is called “And what's right with President Obama?” The second article claims that…
Randy Hall
September 19th, 2013 9:37 AM

Nicolle Wallace: Republicans Trying To Defund ObamaCare Like Two-year

A Morning Joe kind of Republican?  With Joe Scarborough absent today, was Nicolle Wallace assuming the role of the Republican who gets more satisfaction from ripping fellow members of her party than in criticizing Democrats?  Wallace mocked congressional Republicans who are trying to defund ObamaCare, analogizing them to two-year olds on scooters racing into traffic against a red light.  She…
Mark Finkelstein
September 19th, 2013 7:58 AM

WashPost Locates 'Eminent Criminologist' to Assert Media Boredom With

In Thursday's paper, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi noticed the media have a shorter “attention span” on the Navy Yard shootings – mentioning how ABC seemed more interested in Britney Spears performing in Vegas. But when it came to reasons for the media’s “ennui,” Farhi didn’t list faded Democratic hopes for gun control, the lack of an obvious political motive, or the vague sense…
Tim Graham
September 19th, 2013 7:35 AM

AP's Claimed 'Correction' of Error on Use of AR-15 in Navy Yard Murder

With the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, it's always a good idea to verify whether a claimed correction has truly taken effect. In the case of the wire service's claim, relayed by Paige Lavender at the Huffington Post, that Aaron Alexis used an AR-15 in the Navy Yard murders yesterday, it hasn't really happened. Lavender's relay claiming AP's correction and containing some…
Tom Blumer
September 18th, 2013 11:40 PM

Daily Beast Contributor Worries Lame Joke by Cuccinelli Supporter Beco

A lame ethnic joke made by a Cuccinelli supporter at a campaign rally could be the Virginia attorney general's "macaca" moment. At least that's the concern-trolling pablum that former George H.W. Bush opposition research counsel Lloyd Green published on Wednesday at The Daily Beast. Daily Beast editors, doubtless no fans of the conservative Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate,…
Ken Shepherd
September 18th, 2013 6:53 PM

MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe: Joe Scarborough, Steve Schmidt and Michael S

There was an interesting debate on Newsmax TV Tuesday between host Steve Malzberg and MSNBC’s Richard Wolffe. In it, the latter claimed that on his network, Joe Scarborough, former John McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt, and former RNC chairman Michael Steele represent – wait for it! – conservative views (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
September 18th, 2013 6:31 PM

MSNBC's Ed Schultz Compares Obama to George Patton, GOPers to Nazi Gen

Are film references a prerequisite for a 5pm show on MSNBC? Ed Schultz, who took over for movie-mad Chris Matthews, on Wednesday compared Barack Obama to George C. Scott's portrayal of General Patton. Schultz attacked House Republicans for disparaging ObamaCare and not allowing supporters of the President's health care reform to testify. The anchor salivated, "Can we say that President Obama…
Scott Whitlock
September 18th, 2013 6:07 PM

CBS's Mark Knoller Tweets Obama's 2006 Quotes Opposing Raising the Deb

At the Associated Press, aka the Admininstration's Press, reporter Jim Kuhnhenn predictably and dutifully reported that President Barack Obama "reiterated his vow not to negotiate with Republicans over raising the borrowing limit." As usual, the AP and Kuhnhenn didn't look back at how U.S. Senator Barack Obama's debt-ceiling posture in 2006 sharply differed. Today, Mark Knoller at CBS New,…
Tom Blumer
September 18th, 2013 5:51 PM

Turns Out Ed Schultz is Conservative - On Guns

This won't go over well at MSNBC to say the least. In the wake of Monday's shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, radio libtalker Ed Schultz, who also hosts an MSNBC cable show, wasted little time in saying further restrictions on gun owners would be pointless. (Audio after the jump)
Jack Coleman
September 18th, 2013 5:35 PM

PBS’s Woodruff: Is Debt Limit ‘An Appropriate Tool’ To Restrain

PBS anchor Judy Woodruff asked a question on Monday’s NewsHour that perfectly captured the modern liberal mentality about government spending and debt. During a taped interview with former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Woodruff asked: [Video below. MP3 audio here.]
Paul Bremmer
September 18th, 2013 4:15 PM

Suits: Relationships

A few lessons on how to have a functional relationship
Evan Mantel
September 18th, 2013 3:51 PM