The Media Avoid Hillary's Obvious Woman Problem
December 12th, 2015 5:31 PM
In the middle of the furor over Donald Trump’s Muslim remarks, Hillary Clinton managed to get out an e-mail titled “A Word on Donald Trump.” There was nothing unexpected in one sense. She disagreed and was attacking him. Ho hum.
But then she bragged of how she defended women.
Vox Writer: ‘Fever Dreams’ of Conservatives Distort Politics
December 12th, 2015 12:25 PM
According to David Roberts, activist conservatives are “bending the political system to their will” not by scoring policy victories but by taking their cues from “fever dreams” (i.e., conspiracy theories).
In a Thursday article, Roberts suggested two reasons why conservatives generally are more inclined than liberals to buy into CTs. One is that for conservatives, not trusting “the political…
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Bloomberg Guest: Forces In Trump Fans 'More Animalistic Than Human'
December 11th, 2015 7:00 PM
It's one thing to dump on Trump, as author Rick Perlstein did on today's With All Due Respect, calling The Donald a modern-day George Wallace, and floating "fascism" about him. But Perlstein took things a nasty step further, denigrating Trump supporters in the ugliest terms.
Per Perlstein, Trump has unleashed forces in his supporters "that are more animalistic than human." Perlstein added that…
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Seth Meyers Tees Up Hillary Clinton to Push Gun Control
December 11th, 2015 1:04 PM
While interviewing Hillary Clinton on Thursday’s NBC Late Night, aired early Friday morning, host Seth Meyers lobbed softballs to the Democratic frontrunner on gun control: “...we have lived through so many tragic shootings...in recent months. You know, obviously, gun control is a big part of your campaign. But how can you convince people now that gun control – considering how many times it’s…
NYT Front Calls Ted Cruz ‘Bomb-Thrower...Grating and Pompous’ Clown
December 11th, 2015 12:03 PM
In his Thursday front-page New York Times profile of "gruff" Sen. Ted Cruz, Matt Flegenheimer took pains to portray the Texas senator and Republican candidate as an unlikeable, socially awkward “bomb-thrower” ideologue (“appraised as grating and pompous as a matter of bipartisan consensus”) in “Cruz the Gruff Taking a Turn At Being Nice.” The online headline was no less hostile: "After Making…
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Fiorina Destroys CNN’s Cuomo for Pushing Planned Parenthood Propaganda
December 11th, 2015 10:52 AM
In a hostile interview with Carly Fiorina on CNN’s New Day on Friday, anchor Chris Cuomo accused the Republican presidential candidate of inciting violence with her criticism of abortion provider Planned Parenthood: “Do you feel any sense of regret about how you characterized what was going on at Planned Parenthood after the attack in Colorado? Because of what the man said, which seems as though…
AP Promotes Trump Contrast: Hillary 'Preaches Love and Kindness'
December 11th, 2015 10:40 AM
The Associated Press isn’t being shy about which party it favors with this headline: “As Trump rises, Clinton preaches love and kindness.” On its site, U.S. News & World report took it the natural step further: “As Donald Trump rises with his harsh rhetoric, Hillary Clinton preaches love and kindness.” Reach for the Rolaids.
AP’s Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas began oddly, noting the “kindness”…
'2 Broke Girls' Hits Trump, Conservatives in Gay Bakery Episode
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December 11th, 2015 4:23 AM
In tonight’s episode of 2 Broke Girls, “And the Inside Outside Situation,” their take on a gay bakery boycott has an Obama swipe, a "gender fluid" customer, a Trump hair joke, and, to end it all, the bashing of a family values organization. A little something for everyone!
CBS Hypes Trump Poll Numbers, Skips Obama’s Poor Marks on ISIS, Terror
December 11th, 2015 1:32 AM
The December edition of the CBS News/New York Times poll came out on Thursday and, naturally, the results were covered on the CBS Evening News but, as per the liberal media’s usual pattern, it left out a slew of poll results in which voters gave President Obama poor marks on terrorism, the fight against ISIS, and how the country remains on the wrong track. Instead, CBS chose to devote all of its…
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Chris Matthews Praises Donald Trump for a Change
December 10th, 2015 9:01 PM
What does it take to get both Chris Matthews and Joan Walsh to say something kind about Donald Trump? Just make sure the target is the Hardball host's favorite archnemesis, Dick "it's pronounced CHEE-knee, by the way!" Cheney.
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CNN Spotlights, Then Presses Philly Mayor Over 'A**hole' Jab at Trump
December 10th, 2015 7:36 PM
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, Erin Burnett spotlighted how the Democratic mayor "spoke out" against Trump with his crass term Burnett's program ran the soundbite of Nutter uncensored, and an on-…
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Whoopi Goldberg: 'Trump Taking Heat From All Sides' Over Muslim Ban
December 10th, 2015 7:25 PM
During Wednesday's edition of ABC's The View program, co-host Whoopi Goldberg happily stated that GOP front-runner Donald Trump is “taking heat from all sides for his plan to ban Muslims from entering America.”
“Because we have freedom of speech in this country, he’s allowed to say what he wants to say,” the comedian said regarding the Republican presidential candidate. “However, there are…
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Even WashPost Admits Gun Laws Would Not Have Stopped Shootings
December 10th, 2015 4:35 PM
After Florida Senator Marco Rubio rejected demands from the hosts of CBS This Morning for gun control in a recent December 4 interview, Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler took it upon himself to examine the claim. Much to the chagrin of the rest of the liberal media, he found: “Rubio’s statement stands up to scrutiny – at least for the recent past, as he framed it....He earns a rare…