ABC to Ted Cruz: Here’s Some People Saying Awful Things About You

When Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos scored an exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton, he completely ignored her e-mail scandal. In contrast, when Stephanopoulos and co-host Robin Roberts talked to Ted Cruz on Monday, Roberts played a montage of opponents saying bad things about the Republican. 
Scott Whitlock
April 18th, 2016 11:54 AM

AP: Survey Says Just Six Percent Put Their Trust in the Media

The Associated Press reports the latest bad news for the press: “Just 6 Percent of People Say They Trust the Media.” Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by public skepticism about what they read on social media. "Just 6 percent of people say they have a lot of confidence in the media, putting the news industry about equal to Congress and…
Tim Graham
April 18th, 2016 11:44 AM

Ex-PBS Anchor Lehrer Watches CNN, MSNBC 'A Lot,' No Mention of FNC

Appearing as a guest on Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, former PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer -- known for moderating a number of general election presidential debates in the past -- declared that he watches both CNN and MSNBC "a lot," but did not mention Fox News as part of his "well-rounded news diet."
Brad Wilmouth
April 18th, 2016 10:59 AM

Spanish Nets' Preview Of DACA/DAPA Hearing As Biased As You'd Expect

On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of United States v. Texas - the case in which a coalition of 26 states, led by Texas, sued the Obama administration over the executive DACA/DAPA programs. On the leading domestic Spanish-language television network newscasts, the case was given existential treatment. Unfortunately, the coverage was just as one-sided as we would have…
Jorge Bonilla
April 18th, 2016 10:48 AM

NYT Wages Amnesty Fight for Illegals Caught in 'Twilight Underground'

As the Supreme Court begins to debate whether President Obama's executive actions on immigration exceeded his authority, the New York Times lead National section story Sunday by Julia Preston, one of the paper’s most pro-amnesty reporters documented “A Family Anxiously Awaiting a Supreme Court Outcome – Justices Hold the Key To Immigration Mix.” Again, the Times skipped the clear formulation of “…
Clay Waters
April 18th, 2016 9:50 AM

MRC's Notable Quotables: 'First-Rate' Hillary Just Like Jefferson

Posted below: the April 18 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This issue: The “first-rate” Hillary Clinton is just like Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams, according to journalists.  Meanwhile, Chris Matthews told Bernie Sander’s campaign chairman that the socialist candidate stimulates his “erogenous zone.” Over…

Scott Whitlock
April 18th, 2016 9:02 AM

Heilemann Calls Geist's Claim of Wearing 'Church Clothes' a 'Lie'

John Heilemann: self-appointed avenging angel and scourge of lies and liars? Earlier this month, Heilemann accused Dan Senor to his face of "lying" about Paul Ryan's presidential ambitions. Heilemann was back at his accusatory beat on today's Morning Joe, this time making the affable Willie Geist, of all people, his target. To introduce a feel-good segment congratulating Willie on his new gig,…
Mark Finkelstein
April 18th, 2016 8:13 AM

PBS's 'The Whiteness Project' Seeks to Expose Racism

The Whiteness Project is back to revive the ill will engendered by racism in American culture. Documentary filmmaker Whitney Dow released the second installment of the PBS series designed to show white people speaking genuinely about racism. This part consists of interviews of 24 white millennials in Dallas over the summer of 2015. His first installment, filmed in October, 2014, features 21…
Mairead McArdle
April 18th, 2016 12:08 AM

‘I Am Cait’: Adoption Like a Bank Loan, Denying It Is Transphobia

Because this series is running out of ways to completely gross out and mortify what few, very few, remaining viewers they have left, this week’s showing of I Am Cait, titled ‘Kiss and Make Up,’ decided to go down the road of transgender adoption.
Dylan Gwinn
April 18th, 2016 12:05 AM

National Mfg. Output Falls; AP 'Counters' by Citing One State's Result

Key data about the U.S. economy's performance released this past week was mostly dismal. Wednesday brought news that seasonally adjusted March retail sales, instead of climbing as predicted, fell by 0.3 percent. Later that morning, the government reported that manufacturing and trade inventories and sales both fell in February. The worst news came on Friday, when the Federal Reserve reported…
Tom Blumer
April 17th, 2016 11:17 PM

NY Times Bosses Warn Managers: Meet Diversity Goals or Get Fired

Washington Post media blogger Erik Wemple reports that The New York Times is getting very serious about diversity goals in recruiting, hiring, and promoting. Chief Executive Mark Thompson raised eyebrows at a gathering of managers on the business and news sides of the newspaper. According to three Wemple sources, “Supervisors who fail to meet upper management’s requirements in recruiting and…

Tim Graham
April 17th, 2016 10:11 PM

Zakaria Mocks Cruz on 'NY Values' While Plugging Drug Legalization

On Sunday's Fareed Zakaria GPS, host Zakaria used a segment promoting an effort to legalize heroin in Ithaca, New York, as a way to mock Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz's negative comments about "New York values," as the CNN host tagged the effort "a New York value that Ted Cruz would probably hate" and later concluded "Maybe Ithaca's bold proposal -- its New York…
Brad Wilmouth
April 17th, 2016 7:05 PM

Politico Enters Trump Impeachment Fantasyland

Donald Trump hasn't even been nominated yet but that hasn't kept Politico from engaging in wild speculation about what they claim could be his impending impeachment. The Politico fantasy takes us on a time travel trip to the summer of 2017 which goes into such detail, you have to wonder if author Darren Samuelsohn has been indulging in an overabundance of magic mushrooms. The funniest thing of…
P.J. Gladnick
April 17th, 2016 5:29 PM

ABC, NBC Downplay Cruz Win in Wyoming, Play Up Trump Complaints

On Saturday, Senator Ted Cruz swept the state of Wyoming and captured all 14 of the state’s GOP delegates. But if you were watching the Sunday morning news briefs you probably would have missed it. What you would have learned is that Donald Trump is still calling the Republican election system rigged, Trump has a new nick name for Hillary Clinton, and John Kasich eats pickles in a weird way. NBC…
Nicholas Fondacaro
April 17th, 2016 3:22 PM