Video
Cruz Excoriates 'Mainstream Media’ for Illegal Immigration Coverage
November 10th, 2015 10:13 PM
Following his lambasting of the liberal media and the CNBC moderators during the last Republican debate on October 28, Republican Senator Ted Cruz took his latest swipe at the “mainstream media” in Tuesday’s Fox Business Network event for their coverage of illegal immigration and maligning those opposing amnesty. Cruz started his takedown by first pointing out that “when the mainstream media…
Video
MSNBC: Hillary Supporter Wanting to ‘Strangle’ Fiorina ‘Sort of Funny'
November 10th, 2015 4:37 PM
Attempting to excuse Hillary Clinton laughing at one of her supporters wanting to “strangle” Carly Fiorina, NBC correspondent Kelly O’Donnell appeared on MSNBC’s 3 p.m. ET hour to offer up a defense of the harsh rhetoric: “He then told a very detailed story about having been an employee of HP and laid off and he had a lot of anger and upset about that...So he has a very direct personal…
Video
ABC, NBC Yawn at Missouri Professor's Attack on Reporter; CBS Covers
November 10th, 2015 1:46 PM
CBS This Morning stood out as the sole Big Three network morning newscast on Tuesday to cover a University of Missouri academic shouting down a reporter, briefly physically attacking him, and then calling people over to "get this reporter out of here...I need some muscle over here." Norah O'Donnell spotlighted Melissa Click, "an assistant professor of mass media," who along with "students, were…
Video
Andrea Mitchell Sees Immigration Ruling as ‘Win-Win’ for Hillary
November 10th, 2015 1:23 PM
In the wake of an appeals court ruling that handed President Obama a major defeat for his plan to grant executive amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, on her MSNBC show on Tuesday, host Andrea Mitchell only saw victory for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign: “...this is a win-win proposition for Hillary Clinton. She has actually gone farther in her proposals than Barack Obama...”
Video
Nets Lament ‘Setback’ for Obama to ‘Protect’ Millions of Illegals
November 10th, 2015 12:23 PM
On Tuesday, all three network morning shows recited identical liberal talking points on President Obama’s unconstitutional executive order granting amnesty to illegal immigrants being overturned by a federal appeals court. On Monday’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie fretted: “A federal appeals court has dealt a major new blow to President Obama’s plan to protect millions of people from being…
Video
On MSNBC, Grayson Compares Cruz to Miley 'Twerking Every Right-Winger'
November 10th, 2015 1:44 AM
Speaking with host Chris Hayes on the Monday edition of MSNBC’s All In, Democratic Congressman and 2016 Senate candidate Alan Grayson (Fl.) made a crude joke in comparing Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz to Miley Cyrus as he’s “twerking every right-winger in sight.”
Ex-Franken Aide: GOP Attitude Toward Compromise Is ‘F**k That!’
November 9th, 2015 9:38 PM
Why are Republicans so angry at Washington? According to David T. S. Jonas, a onetime aide to Sen. Al Franken, it results from 1) “the expansion of economic and political rights for women, people of color, LGBT Americans, [and] immigrants” over the past few decades, and 2) the failure of Republicans in power to stop or reverse 1).
In a Sunday article for Salon, Jonas argued that “the majority of…
Video
CNN Panel Decries 'Crazy' Ben Carson's 'Attack on Journalism'
November 9th, 2015 7:30 PM
CNN's Alisyn Camerota, along with guest Jackie Kucinich of The Daily Beast, targeted Dr. Ben Carson on Monday's New Day over his attacks on the media's coverage of his personal background. When Camerota wondered if Carson is indeed "being vetted more than other people," as he claims, Kucinich replied, "No. That's crazy. No, that is ludicrous....it's his autobiography....So why wouldn't the media…
Video
RNC Chair Tells Off Matt Lauer, Rips Media ‘Vendetta’ Against GOP
November 9th, 2015 9:51 AM
During an interview with NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer on Monday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus denounced the “crazy obsession” of the media over alleged inaccuracies in Ben Carson’s biography and pointed out a glaring double standard: “The fact is, you know, we kind of wish the media would be just as obsessed or half obsessed with Hillary Clinton's lies of many years and…
Video
Friday Night Funny: 'Last Man Standing' Jabs Democrats
Culture
November 6th, 2015 10:14 PM
In the opening scene of the episode "The Dad Hat" on the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, Tim Allen is at it again with his signature one liners against liberals. In a lesson about patience, his character Mike Baxter is teaching his grandson, Boyd, how to make a fishing lure. But the more important lesson has already been learned by Boyd.
Video
ABC, CBS Ignore Supreme Court’s Decision to Hear New Case on ObamaCare
November 6th, 2015 8:40 PM
On Friday night, two of the three major broadcast networks saw no interest in telling their viewers that the Supreme Court of the United States had decided to accept another major case on the future of ObamaCare as the high court will hear arguments pertaining to the law’s contraception mandate. Surprisingly, NBC Nightly News not only covered it, but offered a full, one-minute-and-21-second…
Video
Carson, Camerota Duel over Bio, Media Coverage; 'Give Me a Break'
November 6th, 2015 4:33 PM
As this writer documented in this space earlier on Friday, the interview of the day took place over on CNN during Friday’s New Day with tempers flaring between co-host Alisyn Camerota and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. In addition to Carson hitting back at the liberal Camerota over her previous history at Fox News, there were other examples of sparks flying as Camerota hounded…
Video
Even MSNBC Hosts Not Impressed With Their Own ‘Breaking News’
November 6th, 2015 2:52 PM
In a humorous exchange during MSNBC’s 12 p.m. ET hour coverage of President Obama rejecting the Keystone Pipeline, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd and breaking news anchor Brian Williams mocked the idea that the long-expected decision was in any way a major new development.
Video
NBC Sees Nothing But Problems for GOP; Cheers Hillary on Late Night
November 6th, 2015 12:31 PM
While NBC’s Today saw only setbacks and controversy for Republican presidential candidates on Friday, the morning show happily applauded Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton telling late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel that she would win a hypothetical election against husband Bill Clinton.