CNN's Douthat Warns of Immigration 'Disaster' in Germany
January 11th, 2016 2:08 PM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello, New York Times columnist and CNN political commentator Ross Douthat admitted that there can be such a thing as too much immigration as he warned of a "slow-motion disaster" in Germany because of Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to allow a million immigrants into the country.
But when asked by host Costello to clarify the…
Fusion Is Hosting Iowa's Brown & Black Forum. What Could Go Wrong?
Latino
January 11th, 2016 12:31 PM
A missed opportunity for thoughtful discussion of the issues that affect minority communities, in lieu of a divisive identity politics agenda.
'No-Go Zones' Are Back in the News — But Not at U.S. Media Outlets
January 11th, 2016 10:27 AM
Despite reports and statements containing the term coming out of Germany during the past week, searches at the Associated Press on "no-go zones," and even on "no-go," return nothing. The New York Times has no recent report identifying European no-go zones, but has at least demonstrated that it might be getting over its nearly allergic reaction to the term by observing that parts of Ramadi, Iraq…
New Show ‘Bordertown’ Already Resorts to Old Bush and Katrina Jokes
Culture
January 11th, 2016 12:59 AM
It’s been a nearly a decade since President George W. Bush left the oval office, but Seth MacFarlane is still telling the same, stale jokes. Apparently unaware that the 2008 elections happened, last night’s episode (titled "Borderwall") of the latest FOX animated comedy Bordertown stuck with a tried-and-true liberal trope: insulting the 43rd president.
NYT: Sex-Crime Migrants in Germany Come from 'Conservative' Cultures
January 10th, 2016 8:33 AM
It’s an old New York Times labeling trick: Find the bad guys, and stamp the “conservative” label on them -- even if they are Soviet Communists -- the enemy of U.S. conservatives during the Cold War. The Times insists on describing Muslim migrants, in the news for sex attacks in Germany, as hailing from “conservative” societies (then turning around and accusing Western conservatives of “…
Blogger: Don’t Be Fooled -- Rubio’s As Nutty As Cruz and Trump
January 8th, 2016 9:29 PM
In a Wednesday post, New York magazine's Chait sought to debunk the belief that Marco Rubio is a moderate. As for why some might see him that way, Chait suggested a few reasons, among them that Rubio, unlike fellow Republican presidential contenders Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, “avoids statements that make him appear ostentatiously deranged.”
Chait argued that while Rubio’s focus on positioning…
MSNBC's Alter Stretches to Link 'Dark & Dangerous' Cruz to Birtherism
January 7th, 2016 7:48 PM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC political analyst Jonathan Alter -- also of the Daily Beast -- tried to link GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz to the anti-Obama birther movement to make the Texas Senator appear hypocritical in brushing off Donald Trump's questions about Cruz's qualifications to serve as President.
Alter, who has a history of…
Jorge Ramos acusa a Cruz y Rubio de traición a la raza
Latino
January 6th, 2016 5:08 PM
Jorge Ramos acusa a Ted Cruz y a Marco Rubio de ser traidores a sus raíces étnicas, por no ajustarse a la política migratoria de su preferencia.
Cruz, Rubio Charged with Race Treason by Univision’s Jorge Ramos
Latino
January 6th, 2016 2:36 PM
Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are being denounced by Univision's Jorge Ramos as traitors to their ethnic roots, because neither of them toe his preferred line on immigration policy.
Wildly Offensive New Show ‘Bordertown’ Takes Aim at Everyone
Culture
January 4th, 2016 1:47 AM
FOX’s new animated comedy from executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Bordertown, spared no individual, group, or social cause in its debut episode last night, "The Engagement." The show, set on the US/Mexico border in the fictional town of Mexifornia, hops neatly from one stereotype to the next, apparently out to offend every conceivable person.
Political Theater Is At the Heart Of DHS Deportation Raids
Latino
December 31st, 2015 2:55 PM
The recently announced DHS deportation raids are not just political theater, but an engagement opportunity.
The Sum of All Fears
December 28th, 2015 1:41 PM
President Obama and members of his administration assure us we have nothing to fear when it comes to terrorism. Whether you accept this, or not -- and opinion polls show a majority do not -- there is another fear that in large part is behind the phenomenon known as Donald Trump. It is the fear we are in danger of losing America. Speaking as a member of a group that will in this century become a…
NYT Celebrates Christmas With Left-Leaning Naughty-or-Nice List
December 25th, 2015 5:30 PM
The New York Times’ Christmas Day editorial got off to a wonderful start with a tribute to the astronauts of Apollo 8, the first humans to orbit the moon. But it quickly fell back to earth, as the liberals on the editorial board took advantage of the season to interpret peace on earth and goodwill toward men as a Christmas wish list for the left wing, celebrating Black Lives Matter, gay marriage…
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Year-End Awards: The ‘Harsh to the Huddled Masses’ Award
December 25th, 2015 10:10 AM
This week, NewsBusters is presenting the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2015,” our annual awards for the year’s worst journalism. Today, the “Harsh to the Huddled Masses” award, for attacks on the GOP candidates for their supposed hostility to immigration. Winning the trophy: Yahoo! News anchor Katie Couric for suggesting to GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz that he lacked “…