NY Times: Hanukkah's a Celebration of 'Fundamentalism and Violence'

To usher in the start of Hanukkah on Sunday, The New York Times published an op-ed by Jewish novelist Michael David Lukas arguing that the celebration of the religious holiday by urban, secular Jews is an example of gross “hypocrisy” because, as the subheading explains: “It’s a holiday that commemorates an ancient battle against assimilation. And it’s the one holiday that most assimilated Jews…
Chris Reeves

Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘Division Has No Home Here’ on Platforms

Hate speech is the rallying cry of the left. And woe to any conservative who falls afoul of hate speech rules online. At an Anti-Defamation League event on December 3, Apple CEO Tim Cook extolled the thought-policing standards of Apple and told the audience that anything resembling “division, hatred, or violence,” was not welcome on Apple platforms.
Corinne Weaver

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds: Humanity ‘Better Off’ Without Twitter

While this popular commentator is not calling for Twitter’s ban, he muses that humans as a whole would be better served doing anything else. Glenn Reynolds, known by most as Instapundit, has been a part of the political blogosphere since the beginning of Twitter, literally referred to by some as “The Blogfather.”
Alexander Hall

NYT Uses Video of Dead Dolphin in Snide Fight vs Climate Dissenters

New York Times media reporter Jim Rutenberg branches off into global warming alarmism (while still mocking conservatives)  with an oddity about a freelance environmentalist going viral with emotional videos of dead dolphins on the beach in Naples, Fla. that she blames on global warming: “Filling a TV News Gap With Just an iPhone.” The online headline: “News Networks Fall Short on Climate Story as…
Clay Waters

Meryl Streep Says ‘I’m Scared’ of Trump in Talk With Stephen Colbert

The longer Donald Trump remains the occupant of the White House, the more difficult it becomes for virtually anyone in entertainment to discuss the GOP official without spewing enormous amounts of venom. A recent example of this came on Saturday, when long-time actress Meryl Streep told CBS Late Show host  (and frequent Trump basher) Stephen Colbert during a fund-raising event in New Jersey that…
Randy Hall

MSNBC: Comparing Trump to Mob Bosses Unfair . . . to Mob Bosses

On Morning Joe, Willie Geist approvingly quotes a tweet by MSNBC legal analyst Daniel Goldman, who wrote that comparing President Trump to mob bosses is unfair to mob bosses, because they "are far smarter and way more savvy and discreet than Trump." Geist adds that, unlike the President, mob bosses "can't pardon the witnesses they tamper with."

Mark Finkelstein

'Bull' on Trump Era: 'Terrible Moment in History of Country'

As the immigration battle and talk of refugees seeking asylum rages on, CBS’s December 3 episode of Bull, “Separation,” takes a crack at the issue. At least, it attempts to in the hour long episode, complete with a cop-out at the end, a tactic the show has been prone to.
Rebecca Downs

ABC/NBC Hide How Paris Is Burning in Opposition to Climate Change Bill

When President Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord the liberal media had a global warming sized meltdown. But for three weeks now, the people of Paris have shown they’re opposed to policies born from the accord. They’ve been rioting to protest a carbon tax on fuel proposed by President Emmanuel Macron. During their Monday reports about the now deadly riots, ABC and…

Nicholas Fondacaro

Amid Bush Remembrance, CNN Brings on Patti Davis to Blast Trump

If there’s one topic the liberal media love to talk about, besides themselves, it’s President Trump. In the midst of the nation mourning the death of former President George H.W. Bush, and their own programming about Monday’s memorial service, CNN brought on Ronald Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis to blast Trump for damaging the presidency and bringing it down to the level of 9-year-olds.
Nicholas Fondacaro

'No Spin'? ABC Promo Claims They Offer 'Give It to Me Straight' News

In the era of Donald Trump, where the media cannot restrain themselves from denouncing the president with the most emotional contempt, it’s absolutely puzzling that a national news network would think that taking this position was a “No Spin” stance. But there, at the end of Sunday’s “This Week – you know, the show “With George Stephanopoulos” – was an ad touting ABC as the place for “give it to…
Tim Graham

Bizarre Moment During Bush Coverage: Moran Attacks Overpaid CEOs???

Much of the coverage of the death of George H.W. Bush’s death has been kind and respectful. Some has been nasty. Then there’s the just plain weird. ABC journalist Terry Moran during streaming coverage, decided to take a shot at overpaid CEOS? Huh? He began by lamenting how Americans are all “in their corners” and not really listening to each other. Moran then stretched for this weird moment: 
Scott Whitlock

NBC Notes ‘Fake News’ on Bush ‘Still Ended Up In the Obituaries'

During live special coverage Monday afternoon of memorial services for late President George H.W. Bush, a panel of NBC News journalists noted many of Bush’s foreign policy accomplishments before Nightly News anchor Lester Holt observed: “But what brought him down politically, and brought his presidency down, was not a foreign policy issue  it was a sense that he was not connected to the American…
Kyle Drennen

Stoddard: Under Trump, Republicans Like Children of Alcoholic Parent

Amid coverage of the death of former President George H.W. Bush, early Monday afternoon, an MSNBC panel spent more time mourning the state of the Republican Party under President Trump than remembering the 41st president. The discussion took a particularly disturbing turn when RealClearPolitics Associate Editor A.B. Stoddard compared the GOP to children of an alcoholic parent.
Kyle Drennen

MSNBC Hammers Bush for Supporting Reagan’s ‘Discredited’ Tax Cuts

Though there have been many nice tributes recounting the life and legacy of George H.W. Bush, there’s also been the typically nasty moments one might expect from journalists in the liberal media. On Saturday night, during a two hour-long edition of Hardball, former Newsweek editor Jonathan Alter attacked Bush for going along with Ronald Reagan’s “discredited by history” tax cut policy.  
Scott Whitlock