AP Predictably Ignores All-Time One-Month Govt. Spending Record
Records are made to be broken, but apparently government spending records are not meant to be reported. The Monthly Treasury Statement released today showed that the federal government spent a mind-boggling $374.86 billion in July. That's an all-time single-month record, surpassing the previous high of $369.39 billion "achieved" in August 2012. Yes, there was a calendar "quirk" which caused this…
NPR Affiliate Host Violates Style Manual, Calling GOPers 'Anti-Choice'
On the August 10 edition of National Public Radio (NPR) Boston affiliate WBUR's Here & Now program, host Robin Young made reference to pro-life Republicans as "anti-choice." The reference, which violates NPR's own style manual, came in the midst of a discussion with Princeton University professor Julian Zelizer about Republican presidential candidates' plans to roll back various policy…
Kudos: MSNBC Promotes Critic of Campus Censorship
MSNBC's Saturday mornings might be dominated by professor Melissa Harris-Perry and her exceedingly esoteric left-wing academic nuttiness, but weekday anchor Craig Melvin today offered viewers a breath of fresh air when it comes to the issue of political correctness run amok at America's colleges and universities.
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Media Groups Call for Transparency From Obama Administration -- Again
A coalition of 53 press and open government organizations has “once again” urged President Barack Obama and the people in his administration “to stop practices in federal agencies that prevent important information from getting to the public.”
According to an open letter sent to the Democratic occupant of the White House on Monday and released to the public the following day, groups ranging from…
MSNBC: EPA Disaster like Defusing 'A Bomb In A Crowded Market'
While filling in for Thomas Robers on MSNBC Live, Frances Rivera brought on Dan Olson from the San Juan Citizens Alliance to defend the EPA and cast all the blame on local mines in the region.
Cover-Up: Major Papers Keep Hillary's E-Mails Off the Front Page
Four of the country's largest papers kept the latest developments in Hillary Clinton's growing e-mail scandal off the front page on Wednesday. The revelation that the Democratic candidate had top secret information on her server was relegated to the bottom of page A13 in the New York Times. The Washington Post managed to place the additional news that Clinton will finally turn over her server on…
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Andrea Mitchell: Clinton Critics ‘Want to See Conspiracy Theories'
Rushing to defend Hillary Clinton in the wake of revelations that the former secretary of state sent classified material via a private e-mail server, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell fretted on Wednesday: “...there's going to be a cloud of suspicion, though, by those who just want to see conspiracy theories. There's almost no way she can clear this up to the satisfaction of critics on the other side…
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Klintonerdämmerung: Parody About Removal of Hillary's E-Mails
What if I were to tell you that there is another great parody using subtitles from the movie, "Downfall?" Okay, I know what you are thinking: another "Hitler Finds Out" video from that movie. After all, there are thousands of such parody videos out there. Well...surprise! You're wrong. This parody video uses a completely different scene from "Downfall" to incredibly great effect.
The scene you…
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Megyn Kelly, Coffin Hit Clinton Over Emails: ‘Very, Very Serious'
Last night on The Kelly File, Megyn Kelly and former Dick Cheney staffer Shannen Coffin ripped Hillary Clinton amid new revelations indicating the former secretary of state emailed classified information on her personal server. Kelly read multiple quotes from Clinton in recent months denying the allegations, and then remarked on the 2016 presidential candidate’s inconsistent statements: “Now it…
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Bozell: Hillary's E-Mail Scandal '100 Times' Worse Than Watergate
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell on Wednesday urged journalists to continue covering the bombshell developments related to Hillary Clinton's use of a private E-mail server as Secretary of State. Appearing on Varney and Company, Bozell compared the story to Watergate and Richard Nixon: "His entire presidency was destroyed because of this. Now, compare that to what we're learning about…
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Calls Scott Walker A 'Bad Socialist'
In his MSNBC show The Last Word Tuesday evening, Lawrence O’Donnell dedicated a segment to describing his opinion of what “good and bad socialism” looks like. Naturally his example of “good” socialism included the man and policies Bernie Sanders. It also included a 6 year old cover from Newsweek magazine that proclaimed “We Are All Socialists now,” which detailed how it's becoming normal (and…
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Networks Allow Scant Attention to Clinton E-Mail Bombshell
The bombshell news that Hillary Clinton will finally turn over her private e-mail server, as well as the confirmation that her electronic communications as Secretary of State included top secret material, warranted a mere nine and half minutes on Wednesday's network morning shows. This is out of a combined eight hours on NBC, CBS and ABC. ABC's Good Morning America offered the least, a scant one…
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Molly Ball: Clinton E-Mails ‘Distraction’ from ‘Substantive’ Campaign
Appearing on CNN’s New Day on Wednesday, the Atlantic’s Molly Ball desperately attempted to portray the ongoing controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server as a “distraction” for her presidential campaign.
Arrest of 'Special Asst. to the President' Gets Scant, Poor Coverage
My, the news about Barvetta Singletary's domestic violence arrest involving gunfire has been kept mighty quiet.
Press reports have typically opened by describing Ms. Singletary as "a White House staffer." Several paragraphs later, readers learn that she is — or perhaps "was," as she has for now "has been placed on temporary unpaid leave and is banned from White House grounds" — the "special…
