NYT Cheers on ‘Energized Democrats’ in 2018 on Sunday Front

The front page of Sunday’s New York Times provided yet another entry in the bulging file of Times articles that brim with optimism about Democratic prospects and dousing the hopes of Republicans. Alexander Burns and Alan Blinder reported that “G.O.P. Braces As Statehouses Are Put in Play -- Energized Democrats Sense Momentum.” Burns and Blinder promised a bumpy ride in the 2018 midterms for the…
Clay Waters

Whoopi: Some Obama Critics Haven't Gotten Over Slavery Ending

As Whoopi Goldberg appeared as a guest in a pre-recorded interview for CNN's The Axe Files on Saturday night, the liberal comedian and co-host of ABC's The View repeated the myth that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell pledged not to work with Barack Obama right after he was elected President, and then claimed that "a lot of" the opposition to Obama was "based in race" as she declared that…
Brad Wilmouth

CNN’s Stelter Asserts Memo Just a Fox News Created ‘Alternate Reality’

CNN media reporter Brian Stelter was up in arms during Sunday’s Reliable Sources as he ranted about how the release of Nunes memo was a win for Fox News, more specifically Sean Hannity, and all the people in conservative media trying to create what he called an “alternative reality.”
Nicholas Fondacaro

NYT's Duplicitious Hit on Trump's 'Unparalled War on Law Enforcement'

The media meltdown continues, in the wake of the release of the House Intelligence Committee memo detailing alleged misconduct by the FBI and the DOJ. In “Trump’s Unparalleled War,” on the front of Sunday’s New York Times, reporters Sharon LaFraniere, Katie Benner, and Peter Baker’s fancy they’ve uncovered a conspiracist in the White House who has launched “an unparalleled war on law enforcement…
Clay Waters

Malkin Roasts 'Stonewall Media' Over Transparency Double Standard

On Saturday's Fox & Friends, syndicated columnist and investigative reporter Michelle Malkin sharply criticized the establishment press's sharp U-turn on law-enforcement transparency from George W. Bush's presidency. She in effect observed that one of the key reasons for the current "stonewall media" environment is self-protection.
Tom Blumer

MSNBC's Witt Praises GOPer for Not Opposing Howard Dean's Hyperbole

Sunday afternoon's MSNBC Live displayed the latest example of how the job of a Republican commentator on MSNBC is to avoid disagreeing too much with the liberal news network's more far-left analysts as weekend host Alex Witt praised frequent guest Susan Del Percio after the Republican strategist declined to voice disagreement with fellow guest Howard Dean's attack on President Donald Trump's…
Brad Wilmouth

NBC’s Todd Invites Memo Smears, Fights Considering Its Contents

Since the release of the bombshell House Intelligence Committee memo detailing alleged misconduct by the FBI and the DOJ to obtain warrants through a FISA court, the liberal media have been focused on combating President Trump and the GOP for releasing the memo instead of the contents within it. A clear demonstration of this occurred during NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday where moderator Chuck…
Nicholas Fondacaro

SNL Flunks US History 101 in Colonial Era Themed Super Bowl Skit

Alec Baldwin is back again on Saturday Night Live, depicting an ignorant and buffoonish Donald Trump to the besotted hosts of Fox & Friends in last night's opening skit. "Mr. President, can I say, your speech was maybe the best speech in the history of this country!" gushed SNL's Heidi Gardner as Fox's Ainsley Earhardt, referring to the State of the Union address. Baldwin's Trump quickly…
Jack Coleman

CBS and Eric Holder Developing Show About … Eric Holder

In the words of Dave Barry, “I swear I am not making this up.” According to Vulture, CBS is “ordering a pilot for Main Justice, a show based on the life of former attorney general Eric Holder.”
Matt Philbin

ABC Lashes Out at GOP: Claim Memo Helping Putin Meddling Pay in Spades

The knives came out on ABC during their Sunday morning programming as they made President Trump and the GOP the target of their hyperbolic smear campaign following the release of the House Intelligence Committee memo detailing alleged misconduct by the FBI and Justice Department. And at one point during This Week, host George Stephanopoulos and Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz…
Nicholas Fondacaro

CNN Skips CNN.com Piece on How #MeToo Hurts Clintons' Midterm Plans

CNN.com posted an article by its reporters Dan Merica and Eric Bradner headlined "How #MeToo could knock the Clintons off the 2018 map." Their own history of dealing with allegations of sexual harassment and assault could haunt Democrats in the midterms. I tweeted it and said "Will this make CNN's airwaves?" A quick search suggests....No. 
Tim Graham

BBC Airs Gross 'Brown-Nosing' Cartoon of Piers Morgan with Trump

Former CNN host Piers Morgan just gained an interview with President Trump for his current gig on ITV's Good Morning Britain. But someone thought Morgan was too soft on the president. Morgan launched a blistering on the BBC after it aired a 'homophobic' cartoon depicting the British journalist with his nose up President Trump's naked rump, with the presidential pants down to his knees.
Tim Graham

After Memo's Release, AP, Others Push 'Free Beacon Funded Steele' Lie

Shortly after the Nunes memo's Friday release, five reporters — three at the Associated Press and one each at MSNBC and CNN, pushed the long-discredited claim that, in the AP's words, "(Christopher) Steele’s opposition research effort was initially funded by the conservative Washington Free Beacon."
Tom Blumer

Meghan McCain: Leaving ‘Fox Echo Chamber’ for 'The View' Was Weird

While a guest on Thursday's edition of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS, Meghan McCain described her departure from the Fox News Channel to be the conservative co-host on The View weekday program as “weird.” “This show has been on for 21 years, and I’m the 21st host,” McCain told Colbert. “I’ve been on so many shows where people never watched and couldn’t figure out what channel it was…
Randy Hall