MSNBC Loves Obama’s ‘Extraordinary,’ ‘Passionate Cry From the Heart'

Make no mistake, the journalists at MSNBC and CNN loved Barack Obama’s defense of not using the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism.” Regarding the Tuesday speech, which also denounced Donald Trump, Andrea Mitchell was beside herself: “This was a passionate cry from the heart about his vision of America by this President. He has never before taken on Donald Trump and he just eviscerated Donald…
Scott Whitlock
June 14th, 2016 1:48 PM

CBS to DHS Sec: ‘What Will it Take to Move the Needle' on Gun Control?

In an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday, the hosts of CBS This Morning devoted most of the segment to calling for gun control in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack and demanding the cabinet secretary use his position to promote the cause. Co-host Gayle King began: “But it does raise the question again about gun control. I keep wondering what it's going to…
Kyle Drennen
June 14th, 2016 1:42 PM

Skepticism Justified When It Comes to WashPost Trump Headline

As Scott Whitlock at NewsBusters noted Monday afternoon, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has revoked the Washington Post's press credentials for covering his campaign. Trump took special umbrage to the following headline at Jenna Johnson's coverage of Trump's reactions to the terrorist massacre in Orlando: "Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando…
Tom Blumer
June 14th, 2016 1:26 PM

Conan O’Brien Uses Orlando to Call for Banning ‘Weapons of War’

Horrific mass shooting? Time to push a political agenda. Although many high-profile figures have simply offered their prayers and condolences in the wake of this weekend’s tragic event in Orlando, plenty of gun-control crazy celebrities and politicians have predictably continued their anti-gun rhetoric. Monday night, Conan O’Brien used his platform to call for banning all assault rifles.
Maggie McKneely
June 14th, 2016 1:16 PM

ABC: ‘Stark’ Contrast Between Hillary’s ‘Unity’ and Trump’s ‘Fear'

According to the journalists at Good Morning America, the reaction of Donald Trump to the Orlando terrorist attack has been “fear,” “anger” and misleading statements versus Hillary Clinton’s “unity,” “empathy” and “resolve.” Talking to George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday, Jon Karl compared, “The contrast couldn't be starker, George. You have Hillary Clinton, who is talking in terms of empathy, in…
Scott Whitlock
June 14th, 2016 1:15 PM

CNN's Cooper: Donald Trump Is 'Assembling An Enemies List'

On Monday's AC360, CNN's Anderson Cooper and his guests likened Donald Trump to Richard Nixon. David Gergen decried the billionaire revoking The Washington Post's press credentials: "That's extraordinary! Why would he do something so stupid?" Cooper replied, "He's assembling an enemies list, like presidents have in the past." Gloria Borger interjected, "Most presidents, like Richard Nixon, keep…
Matthew Balan
June 14th, 2016 1:11 PM

ThinkProgress Blames Christians For Orlando Shooting

ThinkProgress LGBT Editor, Zach Ford, blames “conservative Christians” for the Orlando shooting, which tragically killed or injured over 100 people this past weekend. According to Ford, conservative Christians caused the shooting in two ways: by their own “violence” to the LGBT community and by their anti-Islamic sentiment, a “spark” for the attack.
Elliot Polsky
June 14th, 2016 12:30 PM

Vile Bee Prays NRA Is Plagued with Boils, Wants to Take Guns Away

Clearly shaken as the entire country has been since Sunday’s horrifying Islamic terror attack in Orlando, TBS’s Full Frontal host Samantha Bee opened her Monday night show by discussing the shooting in her predictably vile manner as she openly prayed that people in the National Rifle Association (NRA) would be plagued with boils and declared she does want to take our guns away.
Curtis Houck
June 14th, 2016 12:24 PM

The View Insanity: Orlando Shooter Had No Ties to ISIS but Trump Does

On ABC's The View on Tuesday, the ladies discussed the Orlando shooting again as more information came out, and discussed who was to blame. ABC’s Sara Haines and Whoopi Goldberg outright denied the shooter had any ties to ISIS and downplayed the idea that Islamic terrorism was even the reason for the attack at all. Instead, Joy Behar suggested, the blame should be put on GOP presidential…
Kristine Marsh
June 14th, 2016 12:20 PM

95 Percent of Time Networks Ignore Job Losses, Bankruptcies in Coal

President Obama threatened to bankrupt the coal industry before he was elected. Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton recently told coal miners she would put a lot of them “out of business.” Both statements were clear as crystal. The left wants to eliminate the coal industry. But the network news media have done their best to conceal the issue by ignoring the Obama administration’s role…
Julia A. Seymour
June 14th, 2016 11:07 AM

Clinton Foundation Takes $25.5M from Nations that Kill, Imprison Gays

After the terrorist attack at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton claimed she was an ally to the LGBT community. But donations to the Clinton Foundation show the Clintons are willing to overlook LGBT abuse when there’s money on the line.
Aly Nielsen
June 14th, 2016 9:52 AM

TV Review: 'BrainDead' The (Liberal) Insanity Principle

CBS’s new dramedy BrainDead is a lefty political version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Set in DC with a government shutdown looming, alien ants from a meteor that crashed in Russia enter the ears of humans, push their brains out, and give them a different personality. The pilot episode is titled “The Insanity Principle: How Extremism In Politics Is Threatening Democracy In The 21st Century.”
Alexa Moutevelis
June 14th, 2016 9:31 AM

Washington Monthly: Liberals Need ‘Anti-Fox’ for Lefty Revolution

In a Sunday post, The Washington Monthly’s D.R. Tucker urged Bern-feelers to follow the example of conservatives who “rebounded from Barry Goldwater’s spectacular [1964] loss [and became] a dominant force. By forming influential think tanks and media outlets, pressuring the mainstream press to focus on issues right-wingers considered important, and voting consistently in even the most ‘minor’ of…
Tom Johnson
June 14th, 2016 8:31 AM

NBC Runs Two Stories on Trump’s Tweets, Ignores Hillary's Flip-Flop

During NBC’s Nightly News program on Monday the network ran not one but two reports on Donald Trump’s actions following the terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida. Both reports were about Trump’s attacks on President Obama and Hillary Clinton. In addition, they both chastised Trump for what he had tweeted following recent terrorist attacks. But while they were focused on Trump they ignoring Clinton…
Nicholas Fondacaro
June 14th, 2016 1:21 AM