Slate: 'Heartless' Ford to Cut Workers, Fails to Correct When Refuted
At Slate.com on Friday, Felix Salmon called the Ford Motor Company "heartless" for its plans to phase out most of its car models, because "The losers, of course, will be the workers." Saturday, Ford responded that no jobs will be lost at its Chicago Assembly plant in converting it to light truck production. Salmon posted that response at the end of his column, but in three days he and Slate haven…
Katy Tur Confesses: I'm Not Sure There's Any Smoking Gun of Collusion
Matt Vespa at Townhall reports MSNBC host Katy Tur expressed doubt about whether Robert Mueller is going to find collusion in his investigation of the Trump campaign's associations with Russians. In an Australian interview, her questioner brought up "the holy writ of the Mueller investigation" [!] and that "a lot of people are hoping it will lead to an indictment" (of Trump).
CNN’s Stelter Silent on NBC Pressuring Female Reporters to Back Brokaw
Early last month, CNN senior media correspondent Brian Stelter was apoplectic that Sinclair Broadcasting Group dared to have anchors on its network of local television outlets read a scripted corporate statement railing against fake news and promising to remain factual in their reporting. Flash forward to Tuesday, May 1, and the latest instance of a media corporation pressuring its journalists…
Bozell & Graham Column: Harassment at the Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress, founded in 2003 by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, promotes itself as pushing “bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action." On April 23, the left-leaning website BuzzFeed reported there’s a sexual-harassment problem at this “politics and policy hub of the Democratic establishment.”
Video
HLN’s Cupp Rips NBC Women for Backing Brokaw in Company-Forced Letter
Just two days after entertainment magazine Variety published former NBC correspondent Linda Vester’s sexual harassment allegations against NBC legend Tom Brokaw, more than 60 women from the network signed their names to a letter defending his character. But on Tuesday, it was revealed that NBC had put tremendous pressure on the women to sign the letter. On Unfiltered that evening, host S.E. Cupp…
NYT’s Goldberg: ‘Overwhelming Evidence of...Collusion With Russia'
Most liberal opponents of President Trump have been shamed out of throwing around the word “collusion” willy-nilly, as Robert Mueller’s investigation plods along without throwing up much in the way of evidence thus far. But not columnist Michelle Goldberg of The New York Times, still flying the flag of “collusion,” while embracing domestic surveillance organizations: “Truth vs. Power In the…
AP Fact Check Hits Trump, Not Tester on False Ronny Jackson Charges
Adm. Ronny Jackson withdrew his nomination to run the Department of Veterans Affairs even though his critics lacked any evidence to match allegations of drunk driving. But the AP Fact Check headline wasn’t centered on the unsubstantiated allegations against Jackson. It asserted “Trump’s rhetoric misleading on VA issues.” Trump needed to be corrected when he claimed the Democrats smeared Jackson.…
Couric Defends Lauer: 'Lots of NBC Execs’ Have Super Secret Buttons
Katie Couric, half of the former Today show duo with Matt Lauer, explained away the sketchy, secret button used by her disgraced ex-colleague: “A lot of NBC executives” have that. Appearing on The Wendy Williams Show, Couric waded into dangerous territory: “I think the whole button thing.... a lot of stuff gets misreported and blown out of proportion.”
Video
OMG: Ryan Wonders If Scandals Make Trump an Illegitimate President
Well, that’s one way to show your partisan colors. American Urban Radio Networks correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan showed why she’s a chief White House press briefing carnival barker as she used Tuesday’s installment to wonder whether the various Trump scandals lay claim to credence to the notion that he’s an illegitimate President.
Conservatives Urge Fairer Social Media Policies
MRC Founder and President Brent Bozell, MRC Censorship Project Director Allen West, and 61 prominent conservative leaders issued the following joint statement on Tuesday urging leading social media companies to adopt four key principles in order to ensure that conservatives receive equal treatment on these important platforms.
Learning from North Korea's History
Before meeting with North Korea's "very honorable" (Trump's words) dictator, Kim Jong-Un, the president should bone up on the history of that country's duplicity and deception, including ways it has used the wishful thinking of some past U.S. presidents to achieve its objectives. A good place to start is an essay written by Joshua Muravchik of the American Enterprise Institute for the March 2003…
Video
CNN Legal Analyst Calls Stormy Daniels Lawsuit a 'Publicity Stunt'
Tension rose to the red hot level on the set of CNN's AC360 on Monday when CNN legal analyst Paul Callan condemned the defamation lawsuit of Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump as a "publicity stunt." Sitting right next to Callan was Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, who went absolutely ballistic over finally being challenged in one of his countless interviews on CNN (or MSNBC).
Video
Lying Joy Behar: No Host on 'The View' Has Ever Slammed Trump Voters
The liberals on The View geared up to defend Michelle Wolf’s comedy routine for a second day, and Meghan McCain returned to underline how badly conservatives distrust the media elites. Whoopi Goldberg claimed “journalists are an endangered species.” But Joy Behar really took the cake by insisting that no panelist on The View ever attacked Trump voters, just Trump. That’s a Pants-on-Fire lie.
Video
Ruhle Frets Pro-Lifers Painting Planned Parenthood as 'Abortion Store'
As former Planned Parenthood president and pro-abortion activist Cecile Richards appeared as a guest on Tuesday's MSNBC Live, host Stephanie Ruhle practically begged her to do more to convince Americans that Planned Parenthood is not really "the abortion store" as she ranted about pro-lifers painting it as such.
