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On CNN, John McWhorter Scolds Campus Left Over Its 'Bullying' on Race

By Matthew Balan | December 22, 2015, 7:55 PM EST

On Monday's CNN Tonight, John McWhorter rebuked left-wing activists for suppressing free speech on many college campuses. McWhorter contended that they are " proposing that racism, and that which offends me, is the same sort of thing... and, the ...

CNN Surprisingly Labels Hillary's 'Dubious' Trump Claim 'Wrong'

By Matthew Balan | December 21, 2015, 6:27 PM EST

CNN's New Day on Monday actually spotlighted Hillary Clinton's false claim on Saturday that ISIS is "going to people, showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists." Chris Cuomo a ...

CNN's Left-Wing Guests Wildly Distort 'Racist' GOP Debate

By Matthew Balan | December 18, 2015, 11:50 AM EST

On Wednesday's CNN Tonight, left-wing analyst Rula Jebreal and Columbia University's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin unleashed against the Republican presidential candidates, in the wake of Tuesday's CNN debates. Jebreal asserted that Ted Cruz was " ...

Networks Censor ABC Poll Finding 53 Percent Oppose Assault Weapons Ban

By Matthew Balan | December 17, 2015, 10:30 AM EST

ABC's morning and evening newscasts, along with those of competitors CBS and NBC, have yet to cover on the latest Washington Post /ABC poll finding that 53 percent of Americans oppose a new assault weapons ban. This is the " first time in more t ...

CNN's Cuomo Stumbles, Denies 'All Jihadis are Muslim'

By Matthew Balan | December 16, 2015, 1:32 PM EST

CNN's Chris Cuomo made a gaffe regarding the religious faith of ISIS and other similar groups on Wednesday's New Day. When Senator Lindsey Graham accused Donald Trump of "playing into ISIL's hands," Cuomo replied, " Sixty per ...

On Twitter, MSNBC's Scarborough Attacks 'Nativist' Rubio's New Ad

By Matthew Balan | December 15, 2015, 4:05 PM EST

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough blasted Marco Rubio in a series of posts on Twitter on Tuesday. Scarborough linked to Rubio's latest TV ad and contended that " Marco goes full-on nativist. Says he feels out of place in his own country. It's su ...

MSNBC Likens Paris Climate Deal to 'NASA Moonshot Kind of Moment'

By Matthew Balan | December 14, 2015, 6:39 PM EST

MSNBC's Tony Dokoupil acted more like a left-wing environmentalist than a journalist on Saturday's Weekends With Alex Witt, as he reported on the Paris climate change talks. Dokoupil trumpeted how " it's really like a Mars lander kind ...

ABC, CBS Trumpet Canadian Leader's 'Warm Welcome' for Syrian Refugees

By Matthew Balan | December 14, 2015, 9:26 AM EST

On Friday, ABC and CBS's evening newscasts touted how Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau " personally welcoming Syrian refugees " as they flew into Toronto. ABC's David Muir heralded, " Trudeau greeting fathers, mothers, and c ...

NBC Plays Up 'Gasps' in Supreme Court After Scalia's Affirmative Action Remarks

By Matthew Balan | December 11, 2015, 11:53 PM EST

NBC Nightly News was the sole Big Three network evening newscast on Friday to cover the controversy surrounding Justice Antonin Scalia's comments during oral arguments in an affirmative action case. Both Lester Holt and Pete Williams spotlighted how ...

CNN Spotlights, Then Presses Philly Mayor Over 'A**hole' Jab at Trump

By Matthew Balan | December 10, 2015, 7:44 PM EST

CNN did a 180 in its coverage of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter attacking Donald Trump as an "asshole" on Tuesday over the presidential candidate's controversial proposal to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S. On Tuesday's OutFront, ...

CNN Touts Twitter 'Thread Calling For...Impeachment' of Scalia

By Matthew Balan | December 10, 2015, 4:39 PM EST

On Thursday's CNN Newsroom, Pamela Brown spotlighted how Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was "sparking controversy during a hearing of a high-profile affirmative action case." Brown noted that Scalia "seemed to suggest that some A ...

Activist Chris Cuomo to GOP: Launch 'Full-Throated' Attack on Trump

By Matthew Balan | December 9, 2015, 6:28 PM EST

CNN's Chris Cuomo again acted as a liberal activist on Wednesday's New Day during a panel discussion on Donald Trump's controversial plan to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S. Cuomo asserted that it was the Republican presidential candidate ...

Fox Spotlights Minnesota Town's Rebellion Against Anti-Christmas Atheists

By Matthew Balan | December 9, 2015, 3:03 PM EST

Fox News Channel's Kelly Wright detailed on Wednesday's Fox & Friends First how Christians in Wadena, Minnesota launched a silent rebellion, after the nativity scene in their town's square was taken down due to the threat of a lawsuit f ...

CNN, ABC, CBS Hype Philadelphia Daily News Likening Trump To Hitler

By Matthew Balan | December 9, 2015, 1:52 AM EST

CNN, ABC, and CBS's morning newscasts on Tuesday all touted the Philadelphia Daily News 's thinly-veiled comparison of Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on their front page. On Good Morning America, George Stephanopoulos pointed out to Trump himself ...

Daily Beast Spins History: Second Amendment Linked to 'Right' to Slavery

By Matthew Balan | December 8, 2015, 8:46 AM EST

On Sunday, The Daily Beast 's Christopher Dickey, a veteran of Newsweek and the Washington Post, furiously tried to connect the Second Amendment to the protection of slavery before the Civil War. Dickey touted how Charles Dickens and "several Br ...