Nets Eager for ‘Presidential Push’ to Get Sanders Out

All three network morning shows on Thursday reveled in the news that during an upcoming White House meeting, President Obama would “nudge” Bernie Sanders out of Hillary Clinton’s way. NBC’s Today set the tone, as co-host Savannah Guthrie led the broadcast by proclaiming: “The presidential push. Bernie Sanders heads to the White House today, where President Obama is expected to gently nudge him…
Kyle Drennen
June 9th, 2016 12:41 PM

Hypocritical BuzzFeed Condemns Body Shaming, Does It Anyway

To combat the “media’s” unrealistic body images, BuzzFeed put on “Body Positivity Week” this past May. Capping off the plethora of articles about body shaming, BuzzFeed took photos of four “ordinary” guys (a comedy group, The Try Guys) imitating the poses of well-sculpted celebrities. Unfortunately, one media outlet – BuzzFeed – failed to get the message.
Elliot Polsky
June 9th, 2016 12:39 PM

Top Pelosi Aide Issues Fake Ryan Press Release on 'Hiding' from Media

Harper Neidig at The Hill reports that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff issued a fake press release from Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday with the headline “Media Advisory: Speaker Ryan to Hide from Reporters Today.” Deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill wisecracked Ryan wouldn't take questions "about his surrender to Donald Trump," especially on why "the House GOP wants to…
Tim Graham
June 9th, 2016 12:30 PM

NBC Hails Coming Endorsement From ‘Progressive Champion’ Warren

Journalists on NBC and CBS appeared excited over a possible endorsement of Hillary Clinton from “progressive champion” Elizabeth Warren. Both on Thursday made sure to highlight angry attacks by Warren on Donald Trump. Today reporter Kristen Welker cheered, “As the President starts that healing process, Clinton is poised for a big endorsement.”
Scott Whitlock
June 9th, 2016 12:24 PM

CBS's Nancy Giles: Trump Is 'Clinically Insane'

Late Wednesday night on MSNBC’s Last Word, host Lawrence O’Donnell asked his guests, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and CBS Sunday Morning contributor Nancy Giles, what they thought about Elizabeth Warren as Hillary Clinton’s potential running mate. O’Donnell seemed thrilled at the prospect and asked Giles if she felt the same way. She praised Warren “going for the jugular” against…
Kristine Marsh
June 9th, 2016 11:01 AM

HuffPost Celebrates LGBT Fairytales for Children

It’s about time kids got some LGBT propaganda. According to Huffington Post LGBT “Queer Voices” Deputy Editor James Michael Nichols, new cartoons on Hulu featuring gay heroes and lesbian heroines are providing some much-needed children’s education.
Elliot Polsky
June 9th, 2016 9:28 AM

WashPost Asks Hillary If She Cried on Tues, What She’ll Tell Grandkid

For the first time since Hillary Clinton began her official presidential campaign in April 2015, The Washington Post was granted an interview with her and, needless to say, Clinton campaign correspondent Anne Gearan spent the first portion inquiring whether or not Clinton cried on Tuesday night and what she’ll tell granddaughter Charlotte years from now. 
Curtis Houck
June 9th, 2016 8:52 AM

NYT Praises 'History-Making' HRC, Then Slams 'Stubborn' Sanders

The New York Times' Amy Chozick predictably celebrated Hillary Clinton as the Democratic victor (in a story filed even before Tuesday’s late night California primary results) in “Clinton’s Trek, Fueled by Grit, To Finish Line – Riding Steely Fortitude to Brink of History.” Meanwhile, an amazing Times headline on Thursday showed outrage at Sanders for having “Stubbornly Ignored” his Democratic…
Clay Waters
June 9th, 2016 8:31 AM

Has AP Become 'Actually Pravda' For Hillary's Campaign?

Until very recently, those of us who follow the routine instances of journalistic malfeasance committed at the Associated Press only thought that its writers are so enamored of the idea of a Hillary Clinton presidency that they simply accept her campaign's spin as the gospel truth and willingly dress it up as "objective news." That's obviously bad enough. But Monday night, that all changed for…
Tom Blumer
June 9th, 2016 6:21 AM

Nets Ignore State Dept. Ordering Investigation into Manipulated Video

The “big three” networks continue to refuse to report on the US State Department’s manipulation of archived video, even after Secretary of State John Kerry publically demanded answers. The State Department has since announced that it is expanding its investigation into who ordered the video edited. “The state department is reversing course, saying it will investigate who ordered a cut to a…

Nicholas Fondacaro
June 9th, 2016 12:03 AM

Lefty Actor Dubs Hillary ‘One of the Most Qualified Candidates Ever'

The Good Wife star, far-left actor, and Hillary Clinton supporter Denis O’Hare joined MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews Wednesday night to join the pundit in extolling Clinton as “an amazing success story” who had “no problems” while secretary of state to become “one of the most qualified candidates we’ve ever had.”
Curtis Houck
June 8th, 2016 11:36 PM

Lifetime’s 'UnReal' Exposes Dark Underbelly of Ratings Obsession

Lifetime’s second season of UnReal premiered this week and it is an all-too-real, sad commentary on our culture. The scripted drama shows a behind-the-scenes look at the cutthroat making of a The Bachelor-type reality dating show called Everlasting where producers go to extremes to manipulate cast members for ratings.
Alexa Moutevelis
June 8th, 2016 11:26 PM

Networks Pelt Hillary with Softball Questions After 'Historic' Victory

On Wednesday evening, both Fox News and CNN held interviews with presumptive Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton and they really held her feet to the fire. The ‘Golden God’ also allowed the “big three” network broadcasters to interview her as well, but in stark contrast their interviews were slow pitch softball games. In what seemed like a scene out of Disney’s The Lion King, ABC’s David Muir led…
Nicholas Fondacaro
June 8th, 2016 10:53 PM

Tapper Hits ‘Ridiculously Sycophantic Questions’ Reporters Ask Clinton

Jake Tapper, host of a Cable News Network afternoon program, took part in a raucous debate on Tuesday in which the anchor of The Lead asserted that it would be easier to make a case for the media to be tough on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump if that same standard was applied to his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton. “Would the argument of reporters,” he asked, “not be…
Randy Hall
June 8th, 2016 9:32 PM