In a combative exchange that aired on the Tuesday edition of ABC’s World News Tonight, chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl hinted to Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) that he was “un-American” for suggesting that only Syrian refugees who are Christian should be admitted the United States while a moratorium would be placed on those that are Muslim.
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By Karen Townsend | November 17, 2015 | 12:42 AM EST
Out of respect for the victims of the very real terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday, television networks are making some last minute changes in programming. The originally scheduled episode of CBS’ Supergirl apparently featured terrorist bombings so it was pulled from running Monday night and replaced with a Thanksgiving episode that introduces a major new character instead.
By Scott Whitlock | November 16, 2015 | 3:47 PM EST
In a recap of the November 14 Democratic presidential debate, Sunday’s Nightly News avoided awkward moments, such as the candidates refusing to use the term “radical Islam” or Bernie Sanders doubling down on climate change being the greatest national security threat.
By Scott Whitlock | November 16, 2015 | 12:06 PM EST
In the wake of the terrorist slaughter in Paris, one might expect coverage of the Obama administration’s announcement that five more detainees would be released from Guantanamo Bay. Yet, NBC’s Today show, despite a four hour run-time, ignored the story. The New York Times, which often is used by the networks to select story topics, covered the release.
CBS' 'Madam Secretary' Shows Sympathy with BLM, Then Uses it to Lift the Cuban Trade Embargo. No, Really.
By Dylan Gwinn | November 15, 2015 | 11:15 PM EST Madam Secretary checked off a couple of different boxes for a future Hillary run. In an episode titled “You Say You Want a Revolution,” we open with a scene where an apparently harmless Chicago traffic stop in the late 70’s turns violent. Because the cop started it, obviously.
By Jeffrey Meyer | November 15, 2015 | 12:09 PM EST
During an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan strongly rebuked Bernie Sanders’ claim during Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate that climate change has contributed to the rise of ISIS. Noonan argued that Sanders’ statement “makes him to many people look slightly daffy like someone who doesn’t understand what the real subject is” because “[t]his is about terrorism. This isn’t about climate change and deserts and people migrating because it’s hot.”
By Curtis Houck | November 14, 2015 | 10:53 PM EST
After being pushed by The Des Moines Register’s Kathie Obradovich during Saturday’s Democratic debate about his flip-flopping on Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, socialist Bernie Sanders denied the idea that he had backtracked from his “damn e-mails” comment in the October 13 debate. Instead, Sanders attacked the notion as “media stuff” and emphasized that he’s “still sick and tired of Hillary Clinton's e-mails.”
By Curtis Houck | November 14, 2015 | 9:59 PM EST
Nearly a half-hour into Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate on CBS, Salon writer Joan Walsh and former Democratic Vermont Governor Howard Dean took to Twitter to blast moderator John Dickerson for merely asking legitimate questions of the candidates on foreign policy and whether or not the United States (and by extension, the West) is at war with “radical Islam.”
By Dylan Gwinn | November 14, 2015 | 3:23 PM EST
If you’ve had enough of spoiled, ungrateful, safe-spacing, student loan collecting college kids to last you a lifetime, you probably should have avoided Friday night’s edition of Blue Bloods. But, that’s okay! No worries. I watched it for you.
By Curtis Houck | November 13, 2015 | 2:48 PM EST
According to Politico’s Hadas Gold and Annie Karni, Saturday night’s Democratic presidential moderator John Dickerson of CBS News met privately with each of the three campaigns for separate, private meetings to preview the debate and tried to innocently be billed as “informational in nature.”
By Kyle Drennen | November 13, 2015 | 1:09 PM EST
As questions began to be raised regarding Hillary Clinton’s dubious claim that she once tried to join the Marines in 1975, on Friday, only NBC’s Today briefly noted the controversy, with co-host Savannah Guthrie warning: “Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is facing scrutiny about a story from her past that she repeated on the campaign trail this week, and it could come up at tomorrow's debate.”
By Geoffrey Dickens | November 13, 2015 | 12:01 PM EST
Viewers of Saturday night’s Democratic debate probably shouldn’t expect any tough questions, at least from the right, coming from debate moderator John Dickerson.