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Univision Shows Favoritism to Higher Minimum Wage
In a television piece by Jaime Garcia, only commentary in favor of the newly approved state mandated wage hikes were given airtime. Predictably, union leaders, Democrat party lawmakers, leaders of progressive non-profits and the law’s advocates were showcased in the segment. Apparently, Garcia could not find one person in opposition to the law.
April 5th, 2016 3:13 PM
Nets Cheer Up Hillary Fans, Still See Her as ‘Insurmountable’
All three morning shows on Tuesday noticed trouble on the horizon for Hillary Clinton, but made sure to calm the fears of Hillary supporters. They also ignored the idea that she’d be a weak general election candidate. Good Morning America’s Cecilia Vega parroted talking points from the Democratic frontrunner: “Hillary Clinton's campaign says her delegate lead is nearly insurmountable, but they…
April 5th, 2016 2:41 PM
Actor Claims Biden ‘Impartial’ During Clarence Thomas Hearings
On Tuesday, NBC’s Today promoted the new HBO movie Confirmation, about the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court hearings and the smear campaign waged against him based on false sexual harassment claims from Anita Hill. Actor Greg Kinnear insisted that Senator Joe Biden was nothing but fair throughout the hearings: “...if you watch just the hearings, you certainly get a sense of the – of his trying…
April 5th, 2016 12:34 PM
Hillary Gets Harder Questions on The View Than With Stephanopoulos
It’s a sad day for journalism when the women of The View ask tougher questions than ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos. Yet, the co-hosts of the female chat show grilled Clinton on her e-mail scandal, abortion and protecting Christianity. These three topics did not come up when former Democratic operative turned journalist Stephanopoulos talked to Clinton on Monday.
April 5th, 2016 12:32 PM
Morning Joe Slams Cruz Fatherhood 'I Don't Know How Those Kids Sleep'
The anti-Ted Cruz bias was as sharp as a cheddar-cheesehead on Morning Joe Tuesday. The pundits on MSNBC’s morning show hit a new low by criticizing how he speaks and insinuating it’s scaring his two little girls. “I mean, we’ve heard him read a child’s fairy tale. I mean my god. I don't know how those kids sleep,” slammed panelist Nicolle Wallace.
April 5th, 2016 12:27 PM
Morgan Freeman in ‘Story of God:’ Scientists May Achieve Eternal Life
Science could capture the soul, said Oscar-nominated actor Morgan Freeman on National Geographic’s new docu-series, The Story of God.
The show, which premiered Sunday on the National Geographic Channel made it its business in the first episode to equate all belief systems.
April 5th, 2016 12:16 PM
Media Clamor for Yet More LGBT Characters
Media outlets have joined LGBT rights advocates in their outrage over the deaths of gay characters.
After the death of lesbian character Lexa on CW’s The 100, fans protested with the Twitter hashtag #LGBT fans deserve better. Kira on Syfy's The Magicians and Rose on CW's Jane the Virgin also died on screen in the past month.
April 5th, 2016 11:50 AM
Blogger: Trump’s Candidacy May Be ‘Logical Endpoint’ of Conservatism
Liberals disagree on when Republicans changed from a mere opposition party into a truly malign force. For obvious reasons, the early 1980s are a popular choice. Martin Longman thinks it happened later, during Bill Clinton’s second term, but also speculates that the GOP’s “crackpot” period may be almost over.
Donald Trump’s presidential bid, contended Longman in a Friday post, may even spell the…
April 5th, 2016 11:49 AM
View Crew Blames Anti-Women ‘Bias’ on ‘Religion,’ ‘Talk Radio'
Just moments before Hillary Clinton appeared on The View, Tuesday, the co-hosts speculated on the “bias” people have against a female president. The panelists blamed it on “talk radio” and “religion.” Joy Behar ranted, “The Catholics, there are no female priests for example. In the orthodox Jewish faith, the women stay upstairs. The men stay downstairs. So, religion certainly contributes to…
April 5th, 2016 11:41 AM
‘Carmichael Show’: Racial Profiling Could've Prevented San Bernardino
Profiling was the topic du jour on Sunday night’s edition of The Carmichael Show, on an episode titled ‘New Neighbors.’ When spying, from the front room window, on the new neighbors moving in across the street, they see the new neighbors are Muslim.
April 5th, 2016 10:59 AM
CNN's Blackwell Presses Against NC Bathroom Law
On the Saturday edition of New Day, during a segment on the bathroom bill in North Carolina that would bar men from entering women's restrooms in state buildings and vice versa, CNN anchor Victor Blackwell oddly suggested that there was no significant difference between a man indecently exposing himself to a woman in a restroom, versus exposing himself to a another man, as the weekend anchor…
April 5th, 2016 10:52 AM
Arizona Sentencing Law Gets ‘Racist, Anti-Immigrant’ Billing
If you heard it through Univision or Telemundo, you’d think that Arizona House Bill 2451, recently signed into law by Governor Doug Ducey, was an entirely unjustified, hate-filled ‘anti-immigrant’ measure. Once again, the reality is quite different.
April 5th, 2016 9:00 AM
Dan Savage: If Trump Gets the GOP Nomination, 'People Will Die'
In his latest “Savage Love” column in 50 papers, leftist gay activist/sex columnist Dan Savage discussed a recent talk he gave at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco as part of their lecture series "Uninhibited: About Sex." He was celebrating what he called “the sex-positive movement” and the 25th anniversary of what he called “my skeezy sex column.”
April 4th, 2016 10:53 PM
Matthews: Wis. Conservative Talk Radio Is 'Million Little Mark Levins'
You say it like it's a bad thing, Chris.
On his Monday, April 4 edition of Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews quipped that Wisconsin conservative talk radio was populated by a "billion little Mark Levins."
April 4th, 2016 10:12 PM