CBS Boosts Obama White House's Same-Sex 'Marriage' Talking Points

Bill Plante forwarded the Obama administration's spin on Tuesday's CBS This Morning concerning Vice President Joe Biden's support for same-sex "marriage." Plante omitted any clips for conservatives or even moderate Democrats during his report, and mentioned social conservatives' opposition only in passing. While Obama officials expressed support for same-sex "marriage" in the piece, no leftist…
Matthew Balan
May 8th, 2012 1:33 PM

WashPost Editorial Board, But Not Post Reporters, Tag Chen Guangcheng

Yesterday I noted how two Washington Post reporters, Andrew Higgins and Keith Richburg, studiously refused to tag Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng as a "human rights activist." Curious about whether the Post has ever described him as such in its reporting, I did a Nexis search. What I found was that at no time in the past few weeks has Chen -- whose work included shedding a spotlight on…
Ken Shepherd
May 8th, 2012 1:05 PM

CNN Lauds 'Brave Catholic' Joe Biden for Supporting Same-Sex Marriage

After Vice President Joe Biden voiced his support of same-sex marriage over the weekend, CNN jumped all over the news on Monday and expectantly wondered if President Obama would follow suit. In fact, prime-time host Piers Morgan went so far as to admire the "brave Catholic" Biden for dissenting from Church teaching on the issue. During every hour save one from 5 a.m. all the way through 10 p…
Matt Hadro
May 8th, 2012 12:42 PM

Jake Tapper Grills White House on 'Cynical' Gay Marriage Dodge, ABC Ig

ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper on Monday grilled the White House press secretary over Barack Obama's position on gay marriage and whether he will change his stance after the 2012 election. Tapper dismissed the President's 17 month "evolution" on the topic as "cynical." Yet, the ABC network skipped any coverage of his questions. After suggesting that Obama's "likely future" would be…
Scott Whitlock
May 8th, 2012 12:36 PM

Lies My Textbooks Told Me: Judging Current Supreme Court Justices

Perhaps it’s unrealistic to expect history textbooks to present and analyze events and epochs with complete objectivity. But it’s entirely reasonable to demand that they don’t actively reinforce the news media’s liberal bias when it comes to recent history and individuals who are still alive and active in shaping that history.  Yet commonly used American history textbooks have eschewed…
Paul Wilson
May 8th, 2012 11:07 AM

Cal Thomas Column: Finding Your Roots

"Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr." is another of the Harvard professor's wonderful television series for PBS. This is "must-see TV" and a more than worthy sequel to three previous projects Gates has hosted about how some of us came to be what and who we are. In this latest 10-part series, Gates explores the genealogical and genetic history of a diverse group of people, from…
Cal Thomas
May 8th, 2012 11:07 AM

Will Smith Supports Obama: Hike My Taxes

AP reports high-earning movie star Will Smith is supporting President Obama's call for higher taxes on the country's top earners. Vanity Fair has reported that Smith was paid an estimated $20 million for "Men In Black III." "I'm very supportive of that idea," Smith told AP in an interview. "America has been fantastic to me. I have no problem paying whatever I need to pay to keep my country…
Tim Graham
May 8th, 2012 11:03 AM

Fox News Won’t Fire Liberal Contributor for ‘White Boy’ Insult

While its leftist critics continually ignore them, Fox News Channel employs a number of liberal commentators. Unfortunately, it is continuing to stand by one of them, Democratic strategist Jehmu Greene, who insulted Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson as a “bow-tying white boy.” Greene, former national director of the liberal group Project Vote, made the insult during a debate with Carlson on…
Matthew Sheffield
May 8th, 2012 11:01 AM

Lies My Textbooks Told Me: Judging Recent Supreme Court Justices

Textbooks attack Reagan and Bush Supreme Court nominees, label moderate justices as 'conservatives.'
Paul Wilson
May 8th, 2012 10:52 AM

IBD Calls Out Establishment Press For Promoting 'Myth' of European 'Au

In one of a virtually endless stream of such examples, a Monday Associated Press report by Elaine Ganley and Greg Keller on challenges facing newly elected French Prime Minister, Socialist Francois Hollande, described him as "the leftist who has pledged to buck Europe's austerity trend." What a deceptive joke. Europe's attempt at "austerity" can't be a "trend," because it hasn't even started…
Tom Blumer
May 8th, 2012 10:47 AM

Bill O'Reilly: 'Inconceivable That Had a White Mob Set Upon Two Black

"It is inconceivable that had a white mob set upon two black Americans the media would sit it out." So said Fox News's Bill O'Reilly Monday about the media's almost total silence about a white couple that was attacked by a crowd of young African-Americans three weeks ago in Norfolk, Virginia (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 8th, 2012 10:16 AM

Open Thread: Union Boss Lowers Expectations for Walker Recall

Wisconsin Republican Scott Walker has been the target of government union bosses since he began talking about a series of small reforms designed to preserve state employee pensions without breaking the budget. Despite the crony millions being spent, however, Walker seems likely to be able to stave off the union attempt to depose him in a recall election. That likelihood is perhaps what…
Matthew Sheffield
May 8th, 2012 9:04 AM

Bowl-a-Thon Group Touts Raising Funds for 14-Year-Old’s Abortion

Liz Harrington at CNSNews.com reports the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAF), who last month raised over $400,000 for abortions through its Bowl-a-Thon, touted that it provided money for a 14-year-old’s abortion as part of the group's “real stories of abortion access.” On its website in a post entitled, “Getting an abortion means getting a second chance,” NNAF highlights the story of…
Tim Graham
May 8th, 2012 8:50 AM

'Underwear Bomber' Less Newsworthy Than People Crying Over Michelle Ob

The news Monday of a thwarted al-Qaeda plot to place another explosive device modeled on the "underwear bomb" that failed on Christmas Day 2009 might make a news consumer wonder: What ever happened to that terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab? On February 16, he was sentenced to life in prison for his attempt at mass murder. Did you miss it? The networks weren't very interested. Only ABC's…
Tim Graham
May 8th, 2012 7:38 AM