ABC Names Michael Strahan New GMA Host; Here’s His Political History

ABC announced on Tuesday that former football star Michael Strahan will be joining Good Morning America full-time. The Live With Kelly and Michael co-host doesn’t have much a political record, unlike Democratic activist and GMA colleague George Stephanopoulos.
Scott Whitlock
April 19th, 2016 4:35 PM

FactCheck.org Plays Up Bill Nye's Honorary Degrees to Chide Palin

Vanessa Schipani ran to Bill Nye's defense in a Monday item for FactCheck.org, and underlined that "former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin falsely said she is 'as much a scientist' as Bill Nye...Nye has multiple credentials that make him more of a scientist than Palin, including a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Cornell, experience working with NASA and various patents." Schipani also…
Matthew Balan
April 19th, 2016 4:06 PM

Cecile Richards Applauds Media for ‘Abortion Stories’ of ‘Families'

Planned Parenthood isn’t keeping it a secret anymore: the media are the abortion giant’s biggest ally. Last week, Fusion political writer Katie McDonough sat down with Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards to discuss “reproductive healthcare” in regards to the 2016 election. During the interview with the ABC/Univision outlet, Richards commended the media and Hollywood for “covering…
Katie Yoder
April 19th, 2016 4:02 PM

Could the FEC's Democrats Punish Conservative Speech This Year?

Our friend Paul Bedard at the Washington Examiner reports that the Republicans and the Democrats on the Federal Election Commission are divided over a vote to punish anti-Obama filmmaker Joel Gilbert for distributing free DVDs in 2012 of his movie Dreams From My Real Father, which made unsubstantiated claims that Obama's real father was the communist Frank Marshall Davis.  Lee Goodman, a…
Tim Graham
April 19th, 2016 2:54 PM

Nastiness in Dem Primary Battle Mostly Absent on Spanish Nets

The nation’s top Spanish-language television networks continue to focus on the GOP presidential nominating contest as the nasty one, making only brief mentions of the recent spate of nasty attacks between Sanders and Clinton.
Edgard Portela
April 19th, 2016 2:04 PM

Actress America Ferrera Wants to ‘Netflix and Chill’ with Hillary

Hispanic actress America Ferrera is out with an endorsement article for Hillary Clinton that aims to leave readers with a stunningly fluffed-up, fantasy-filled idea of the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Daniel Garza
April 19th, 2016 1:39 PM

Sarandon Blasts Clinton: Hillary Does Well Because of Her Husband

Left-wing celebrity Susan Sarandon on Tuesday blasted Hillary Clinton as just a “rich” person who got where she is because of her husband. Appearing on The View, the actress also condemned the “shaming” for women who don’t support Mrs. Clinton. She mocked, “Don't get me wrong, the idea of a woman president, I know will happen and I hope some day it will be the daughter of someone who's not rich,…
Scott Whitlock
April 19th, 2016 1:20 PM

Frowns at Lefty New Media: Buzzfeed, Salon, Gawker, HuffPost Slipping

So much for the buzz!  After missing its 2015 goal by more than $80 million, it was reported last week that Buzzfeed has cut its 2016 financial forecast in half – and other top left-wing websites like Gawker, Salon and the Huffington Post seem to be in just as much trouble.
Melissa Mullins
April 19th, 2016 1:03 PM

Nets Hype Supreme Court 'Showdown' Over ‘Fate of Millions'

On Monday, all three network evening newscasts touted liberal protesters flooding into the streets around the Supreme Court to demand that the justices uphold President Obama’s unilateral executive action granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Leading off NBC Nightly News, anchor Lester Holt proclaimed: “Immigration furor: The fate of millions now hanging in the balance. What…

Kyle Drennen
April 19th, 2016 12:51 PM

CBS’s Rose to Obama: Pontificate on What Your Successor Should Do

Although CBS This Morning and Charlie Rose provide more substance than the vacuous Good Morning America and light-weight Today show, the program still features easy interviews for Democrats. In a two part exclusive with Barack Obama on Tuesday, Rose offered up such softballs as this one: “The Obama doctrine. What is the Obama doctrine?” 
Scott Whitlock
April 19th, 2016 12:08 PM

Business Wires Trying to Spin Bad Numbers for Obama Administration?

The government reported this morning that seasonally adjusted March housing starts and building permits fell by 8.8 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively, far worse declines than analysts and economists predicted. After the report, the business wires at least communicated the facts accurately, but continued to insist almost to the point of editorializing that there's no reason to be worried…
Tom Blumer
April 19th, 2016 11:21 AM

Colbert Warns Hillary: GOP ‘Waiting With a Meat Slicer’ If You Win

During a taped softball interview with Hillary Clinton aired on CBS’s Late Show Monday night, liberal host Stephen Colbert fretted that Republicans would run the Democratic frontrunner through a “meat slicer” if she became president.
Kyle Drennen
April 19th, 2016 10:13 AM

'Goldwater's Ugly Stepson': Scarborough Scolds GOP for Backing Cruz

Barry Goldwater was a conservative hero and pioneer.  But his presidential run was an historic flop. So when Joe Scarborough described Ted Cruz on today's Morning Joe as "Barry Goldwater's ugly stepson," it was a scalding simile. Scarborough in turn scolded the Republican establishment for backing Cruz over John Kasich as the alternative to Donald Trump. Scarborough's argument focused on …
Mark Finkelstein
April 19th, 2016 9:22 AM

The Prime Time Primary: How Cable News Has Covered the Democrats

Yesterday, NewsBusters reported that cable news has awarded Donald Trump and his surrogates significantly more airtime than the other Republican candidates. Today, we report how those same networks have divvied up the airtime between Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and challenger Bernie Sanders. Unlike the top two Republican candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders’s campaigns…
Rich Noyes and Mike Ciandella
April 19th, 2016 9:18 AM