David Brooks

David Brooks: 'Obama Has Run An Amazingly Scandal-Free Administration'
By Tom Blumer | May 31, 2015 | 6:12 PM EDT

One doesn't know what to do with the rubbish which follows beyond noting it and hoping that the ridicule which results will somehow and in some way have some kind of impact.

Despite 6-1/2 years of horrid governance and dozens of acknowledged scandals, several of which a few of the credible remaining outposts of liberal thought have actually agreed are scandals, David Brooks, the New York Times's resident fake conservative, asserted on Friday's PBS NewsHour, as if it's an indisputable fact, that "President Obama has run an amazingly scandal-free administration, not only he himself, but the people around him."

Cozy: New York Times Love-Bombs Its Own Columnist David Brooks in Book Review Pages
By Tim Graham | April 28, 2015 | 8:26 AM EDT

While The New York Times routinely ignores best-selling books by conservative authors like Mark Levin, the fake conservative the Times selected for their own editorial page received a rave review for his latest book in Sunday’s Book Review.

Former Time writer Pico Iyer oozed "Brooks’s solemn, often troubled, sometimes infuriating work reminds us is that there are few newspaper columnists who are more fun — and fruitful — to argue with."

On NPR and PBS, David Brooks Bashes Ted Cruz: Too Smart, Too Smoothly Insincere
By Tim Graham | March 30, 2015 | 3:51 PM EDT

Tim Russert used to say “If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Press.” Of David Brooks, we might joke, “If it’s Friday, Brooks is bashing Ted Cruz.” On both NPR and PBS Friday, the purported conservative-leaning balance to public broadcasting’s natural socialist impulses insisted the problem was that Cruz was just too smart.

On NPR’s All Things Considered, the headline for the week-in-politics segment was “Sen. Harry Reid's Retirement, Cruz's Appeal To Far-Right.”

David Brooks: CPAC is the ‘Hardest of the Hardcore’ Conservatives
By Jeffrey Meyer | March 1, 2015 | 3:39 PM EST

On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, New York Times columnists David Brooks and Mark Shields used their weekly appearance to trash the attendees of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as representing the extreme far right of the Republican Party. 

David Brooks Exaggerates: Brian Williams Critics Part of 'Barbaric...Coliseum Culture'
By Tim Graham | February 10, 2015 | 5:55 PM EST

Katie Couric is among the elites applauding Tuesday’s David Brooks column coming to the defense of Brian Williams, “The Act of Rigorous Forgiving.” Once again, Brooks is playing ideological switcheroo. Maureen Dowd is the Williams scold, while Brooks is the scold of the Williams critics.

Brooks looks most ridiculous when he suggests the unfolding exercise in accountability for self-aggrandizing Williams is somehow a “barbaric” crusade, an example of “coliseum culture.” In the wake of ISIS burning pilots alive, it’s somehow metaphorical savagery to condemn journalists for lying to make themselves look good?

Shields, Brooks Tag Team for Obama, Against GOP Vaccine Gaffes
By Jeffrey Meyer | February 8, 2015 | 3:32 PM EST

On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, New York Times columnist David Brooks and PBS commentator Mark Shields teamed up to praise President Obama’s controversial remarks about Christianity at the National Prayer Breakfast as well as to shame the GOP over two potential presidential candidates' recent vaccine gaffes. Speaking to co-host Judy Woodruff, Brooks slammed Senator Rand Paul and Governor Chris Christie as “kowtowing toward people who are suspicious of institutions and therefore suspicious of belief. And there has to be a leadership test for candidates.” 

David Brooks: ‘I’m Totally Pro-Obama’ Attacking Christianity
By Jeffrey Meyer | February 8, 2015 | 1:12 PM EST

On Thursday, President Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast and drew some sharp criticism for his decision to draw a moral equivalency between ISIS and Christians, arguing that the acts of terrorism carried out by ISIS were akin to the Christian Crusades, slavery, and Jim Crow. On Sunday's  Meet the Press, New York Times columnist David Brooks eagerly defended Obama, asserting he was “totally pro-Obama on this. I think he said the right thing. Listen, it was a gospel of humility.” 

PBS Anchor Gwen Ifill Oozes As SOTU Ends: Obama's Taking 'A Victory Lap'
By Tim Graham | January 21, 2015 | 4:38 PM EST

The State of the Union coverage on PBS last night had a slightly bizarre analysis as the speech ended. PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill jumped in over the applause and said Obama “talked about this being a breakthrough year for America and he seems to be taking on a victory lap.”

Later, David Brooks said it was a "very liberal speech" and professed amazement that Obama pretended he hadn't been crushed in the midterms.

On PBS and NPR, Pseudo-Conservative David Brooks Mocks Fringy 'Foxification' of the House GOP
By Tim Graham | January 19, 2015 | 7:36 PM EST

New York Times columnist David Brooks shows up every Friday on NPR and PBS to sound very moderate in the microphones, which usually means taking an immoderate swipe at conservatives. On both All Things Considered and the NewsHour on Friday, he slammed House conservatives by associating them with Fox News and their fans.

On PBS, Brooks compared to the House vote to block funding for Obama’s executive actions on immigratino to Pickett’s disastrous charge into Union guns at Gettysburg:

In a Bubble: Liberal PBS Pundit Mark Shields Slams Obama Team for Dumping Chuck Hagel
By Tim Graham | November 29, 2014 | 4:11 PM EST

On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, the Shields and Brooks week-in-review segment began with mutual sensitivity about the Ferguson situation – the word or concept of riots never quite emerged.

But what was really surprising was liberal Mark Shields unloading on the Obama White House over the dumping of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, which anchor Judy Woodruff tried to soft-pedal as Hagel “steps down.”

On NPR, David Brooks Warns Obama Against 'Ted Cruz Maneuver' With Amnesty Executive Order
By Tim Graham | November 16, 2014 | 8:18 AM EST

Pseudo-conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks -- appointed by both NPR and PBS to agree with liberals from the "Republican" side of the political divide on Friday-night "week in review" panels -- is back to bashing Ted Cruz, even though after the election, he admitted Republicans weren't too extreme to win all over the place.

Brooks was bashing Obama with the worst cudgel he could imagine: Mr. President, don't pull a "total Ted Cruz manuever" and force amnesty by executive order. He said the same thing on PBS.

'Meet The Press' Panel Laments ‘Do-Nothing Nature’ of Republicans In Congress
By Jeffrey Meyer | July 27, 2014 | 2:59 PM EDT

A common theme among liberal journalists is to blame a “do-nothing Congress” when liberal policies fail to become law. Such was the case during a panel discussion on Sunday’s Meet the Press when moderator David Gregory and his entire panel lamented the lack of legislative action on Capitol Hill, mainly in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. 

Gregory summed up the panel’s sentiment when he bemoaned how “until the incentives are changed, a desire for some compromise or even meeting challenges that Americans want dealt with, will not get done. Because nobody will give the other side even a small win in this climate.” [See video below.]