NBC Scolds Cruz: D.C.'s 'Most Hated Man' ‘Needs Help’ From GOP

Thursday night’s NBC Nightly News broadcast tried to shame Ted Cruz for earning the wrath of former House speaker John Boehner. During a speech at Stanford University yesterday, Boehner told students that he would vote for Cruz “over his dead body” and “that miserable son of a bitch” was “Lucifer in the flesh.” That crass characterization didn’t earn Boehner any harsh words from NBC but it did…
Kristine Marsh

MSNBC Panel: Election Between 'Feminist' Candidate and 'Misogynist'

As the media pivots with the candidates towards the general election so are their narratives about them. As reporter for The Daily Best Betsy Woodruff put it on MSNBC Live Thursday, “this election is becoming a battle of the sexes.” A social justice warrior’s dream election between “not just the first female presidential candidate, but the first feminist presidential candidate” Hillary Clinton…
Nicholas Fondacaro

Arianna Huffington Joining Uber’s Board of Directors

The co-founder of one of America’s most liberal news sites just took a position on Uber’s board of directors. In an April 27, 2016, article, co-founder of the Huffington Post Arianna Huffington explained her decision to join close friend and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick on the company’s board of directors. 
Sam Dorman

HuffPost Asks Satanist If Ted Cruz Is Really 'Lucifer in the Flesh'

After former House Speaker John Boehner told students at Stanford University in California on Wednesday that GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz is “Lucifer in the flesh” and “a miserable son of a b**ch,” an editor at the liberal Huffington Post website decided to go to the source and find out if the Texas senator is really the devil. According to an article by Sam Stein, the site's senior…
Randy Hall

Oscar De La Hoya Challenges Trump to Boxing Match

During an April 27th interview for Cavuto: Coast to Coast, Oscar De La Hoya, promoting the upcoming May 7th Golden Boy Promotions fight between Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan, decided to call out Donald Trump to a boxing match while simultaneously inviting him to watch the fight he was promoting. The retired boxer also talked about how he likes Bernie and considers Hillary Clinton to be amazing.
Daniel Garza

Nets Skip Trump Touting Praise By Rapist Tyson: ‘We Need Toughness'

All three broadcast networks, thus far, have ignored a shocking moment on Wednesday night when Donald Trump touted his endorsement by convicted rapist Mike Tyson. Speaking in Indianapolis, Indiana, the location where Tyson was convicted of brutally assaulting a beauty pageant contestant, Trump bragged, “Mike Tyson endorsed me... Mike said, 'I love Trump. I endorse Trump.'... When I get endorsed…
Scott Whitlock

Opposition Builds to Insensitive Movie Mocking Reagan's Dementia

Hollywood loves to paint itself as America’s capital of compassion. So why is the hottest script right now all about comedian Will Ferrell mocking Ronald Reagan’s fatal battle with the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease? This is no laughing matter. Even the hip men’s magazine Esquire warned “It's an interesting concept — one that hopefully avoids poking fun at the horrors of dementia.” Reagan's son…
Tim Graham

CNN Pushes Wilmore to Admit His Show ‘Probably’ ‘Trends Left’

In a profile of White House Correspondents Dinner host Larry Wilmore, CNN’s At This Hour co-host John Berman openly admitted (unlike CBS This Morning) on Thursday to Wilmore’s agreement that The Nightly Show is “admittedly liberal” and “trends left” toward “more pro-Democratic policies and politicians.”
Curtis Houck

CNN's Camerota Hounds Fiorina Over Outsourcing, 'Stunt' Role

CNN's Alisyn Camerota tossed mostly hardballs during her interview of Carly Fiorina on Thursday's New Day, especially on the issue of outsourcing. Camerota first cited how the former HP executive was "very honest about the jobs...[she] outsourced" back in 2004, and wondered, "Do you fear that your take back then — and the outsourcing — will come back to haunt you in Indiana?" The anchor followed…
Matthew Balan

Mic.com Falsely Accuses Woman of Threatening Transgenders

Mic.com has a penchant for misinterpreting the news. A Monday article accused conservative lawyer Anita Staver of threatening to use a gun to deter transgenders who enter the Target ladies’ room. Target’s new policy to allow transgenders to use the bathroom of their choice in stores has spurred controversy, including a boycott petition by the American Family Association (AFA) garnering almost…
Mairead McArdle

Nets Blast Cruz/Fiorina Ticket: ‘Hail Mary Pass’ is 'Bound to Fail'

On Thursday, all three network morning shows took out the long knives and savaged Ted Cruz for naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate. The CBS, NBC, and ABC broadcasts dismissed the move as a “desperate” “Hail Mary pass” and touted Republican frontrunner Donald Trump mocking the announcement. At the top of CBS This Morning, co-host Charlie Rose set the nasty tone of the coverage: “Critics…
Kyle Drennen

Matt Lauer Lectures Trump: Stop ‘Alienating Women Voters’

The journalists at NBC’s Today howled with outrage at Donald Trump’s attacks on Hillary Clinton, echoing ABC’s assessment that the businessman might be sexist. Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie spent the first half of their interview, Thursday, demanding he explain recent remarks. Lauer lectured, “ You on the other hand seem to continue to say things that alienate women voters.” 
Scott Whitlock

Fusion Wants to Keep Spirit of Bernie Alive

Fusion’s Katie McDonough has weighed in with an article titled “What will the Bernie Sanders revolution look like without Bernie Sanders?” that gives us a revealing glimpse of what to expect from the ‘after Bern.’ Looks like a number of Bernie's followers now appear to have come to the realization that their exalted savior is actually going to crash and burn out of the 2016 Democratic primary…
Daniel Garza

‘Instigating Violence’: Iraq Government Shuts Down Al Jazeera Bureau

It’s been a bad few months for The Beheading Channel. First, falling oil prices and nonexistent ratings made Al Jazeera America too expensive for the Qatar government to keep open. Then, Al Jazeera proper announced it was cutting 500 staff. Now, the government of Iraq has shut down big Al Jazeera’s bureau in the beleaguered nation, according to Yahoo News.
Matt Philbin