Maddow's Dubious Claim About Personhood Law Banning The Pill Undercut

Simple rule of thumb for Rachel Maddow -- the more emphatic she is, the more likely she is to be wrong. Latest example -- Maddow's strenuous, Elizabeth Warrenesque arm-waving claim that a proposed amendment to the Mississippi constitution to define life starting at conception would outlaw the Pill. (video after page break)
Jack Coleman
October 4th, 2011 11:21 AM

Brian Williams: GOP Candidates 'Running Far to the Right,' Can't Be 'S

Updated : Full transcript added. Appearing on Monday's "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS, NBC "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams responded to Letterman's assertion that Texas Governor Rick Perry was a "right-wing conservative psych job" by declaring: "In a Republican primary race in this early stage, you run far to the right....You can't say something shocking enough in some of these…
Kyle Drennen
October 4th, 2011 11:20 AM

Jon Stewart Makes Light of N-ggerhead By Showing How Many Places in Am

As the Washington Post expected when it published it's pathetic, racially charged, 3000-word, front page hit piece on Texas governor Rick Perry Sunday, America's media outlets have largely taken the bait by expressing outrage over this non-story. Curiously bucking the trend was Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" Monday which used black contributor Wyatt Cenac to humorously demonstrate how many places…
Noel Sheppard
October 4th, 2011 10:07 AM

ABC and NBC Champion Left-Wing Anti-Capitalist Protests, Fueled by Coo

Very much unlike how they greeted the Tea Party protests in early 2009, the networks are embracing the new left-wing/anti-capitalist protests, even failing to condemn their unruly behavior which resulted in 700 arrests in New York City over the weekend, conduct for which they would have condemned Tea Party activists.  “Is there about to be a nationwide movement building right now to point a…
Brent Baker
October 4th, 2011 10:01 AM

Open Thread: How Will Media Cover Eric Holder and Fast and Furious

In early May of this year, Attorney General Eric Holder told Rep. Darrell Issa's House committee that he was "not sure of the exact date" he learned of Fast and Furious, but that he "probably heard about Fast and Furious for the first time over the last few weeks. Now, CBS News has obtained documents showing that Holder was sent briefings on the controversial operation as early as July 2010,…
NB Staff
October 4th, 2011 9:59 AM

Solyndra Defense Reveals Obama's Socialist Mindset: If Government Does

Barely a week ago, we noted that the Morning Joe crew was blowing off the Solyndra scandal.  "There's no there, there," they sniffed.  But facts are pesky things.  A devastating email, which Mika Brzezinski read on the air today, has turned up, indicating that top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett was warned about Solyndra's possibly impending bankruptcy before PBO made his photo-op visit to the…
Mark Finkelstein
October 4th, 2011 8:49 AM

ABC, NBC Highlight Obama's Attack on GOP Over Boos in Audience

The ABC and NBC morning and evening newscasts on Sunday gave attention to President Obama's attack on the Republican presidential candidates for not scolding a couple of audience members who booed a gay solder asking a question at a recent debate. Monday's "Special Report with Bret Baier" on FNC noted that Obama has his own history of standing by without condemning inappropriate comments at…
Brad Wilmouth
October 4th, 2011 8:39 AM

After Arrests, NY Times Takes Seriously 'Occupy Wall Street' Claims of

Occupy Wall Street, the floating leftist protest in Manhattan that’s camped out in downtown Manhattan in an endless protest against...something, attempted to migrate to Brooklyn this weekend, blocking vehicle traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge and resulting in mass arrests. The New York Times, whose attitude toward Tea Party rallies was invariably hostile, blasted support throughout the weekend…
Clay Waters
October 4th, 2011 7:53 AM

On the Maddow Show, They Ask Why Isn't Obama Using Drone Attacks in Bo

The successful mission to kill Islamic radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki naturally drew disgust on the left, even against President Obama. On Friday night’s Rachel Maddow show, the critic was Spencer Ackerman of Wired magazine, who in the JournoList expose by the Daily Caller clearly proved he wasn’t a pacifist, when he gleefully talked of throwing anti-terrorism expert Michael Ledeen into the…
Tim Graham
October 4th, 2011 7:18 AM

The Idiocy of the Media, Michael Moore and Occupy Wall Street

As young, foolish, unemployed Americans Occupy Wall Street, liberals in the media have predictably cheered the protests. Some, like schlockumentarian Michael Moore, participated in the goings on, telling the crowd last week that the folks inside the buildings surrounding them were solely responsible for the nation’s economic woes (video follows with transcript and extensive commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 4th, 2011 1:03 AM

GOP Shouldn't Look for a Political Messiah in

Listening to some establishment Republicans grousing about the field of GOP presidential candidates should serve as a warning. Republicans, if they are not careful, are in danger of catching the same virus that infected Democrats in 2008. That would be a messiah complex, the belief that one man (or woman) can deliver us from our collective economic, social and foreign policy "sins" and bring…
Cal Thomas
October 3rd, 2011 11:14 PM

ESPN Yanks Hank Song from 'Monday Night Football

Hours after country star Hank Williams Jr. stunned Fox News anchors by using a Hitler analogy to describe the chasm between President Obama and Speaker Boehner, ESPN yanked the traditional Williams open to "Monday Night Football." There was no word from the network if this was a one-time edit or a permanent ban. On Monday afternoon, CNN political analyst Roland Martin demanded a ban on…
Tim Graham
October 3rd, 2011 11:10 PM

George Lopez: Cain 'Darker Than Obama, But Whiter On The Inside

On Monday's "Fox and Friends," liberal comedian George Lopez all but threw the "Oreo" racial slur at Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain: "The Republicans do know that he's darker than Barack Obama...but whiter on the inside." Lopez also half-jokingly hinted that the Tea Party was racist after host Steve Doocy mentioned Cain had won a Tea Party straw poll: "He wasn't serving the tea…
Matthew Balan
October 3rd, 2011 11:07 PM

'Occupy Wall Street' Organizer Is Marketing Analyst Whose LinkedIn Lis

Trust him--he might be young, but he's a "professional sociologist."  So did Harrison Schultz, an organizer of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests, describe himself to Al Sharpton on MSNBC this evening.  And he wants Al and us to know that "a lot of the people that are here are in fact anarchists, are in fact revolutionaries.  . . . We don't really want to fix [the problems]. It's revolution, not…
Mark Finkelstein
October 3rd, 2011 10:41 PM