Networks Move to Crown Trump; ‘Too Little, Too Late’ for Rubio

Continuing a push for Donald Trump over Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio, the three network morning shows on Wednesday attempted to declare the nomination over, despite the fact that the businessman has less than ten percent of the needed delegate to win. Even though 2341 delegates have not yet been allocated, CBS This Morning’s Charlie Rose demanded of Rubio, “Is it simply too little, too late to stop…
Scott Whitlock
February 24th, 2016 12:53 PM

Daily Show Gushes Over ‘Classy’ Obama; Bashes ‘Lame F**ks’ GOP

Tuesday night, Daily Show host Trevor Noah jumped on the left-wing bandwagon bashing both Antonin Scalia and the GOP for moving to delay the nomination for the late Supreme Court Justice. Amidst his rant against the GOP, Noah raved about the “smooth” and “classy” President Obama while taking a cheap shot at Ted Cruz.
Kristine Marsh
February 24th, 2016 12:09 PM

NBC Demands Rubio and Trump Attack Each Other

In back-to-back interviews on Wednesday’s NBC Today, hosts Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist repeatedly urged Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump to attack each other. Talking to Rubio first, Guthrie pleaded: “You've got you and Ted Cruz and some of the other candidates fighting each other, and Trump sailing to victory. A lot of Republicans asking this morning, why not…
Kyle Drennen
February 24th, 2016 12:02 PM

LA Times Pushes View That Every White Person Is Hopelessly Racist

The racial self-loathing of white liberals is one bit of evidence that points to the Donald Trump phenomenon. The Los Angeles Times published a breast-beating self-denunciation – Two Minutes of Self-Hate? – by author Jim Grimsley, who insisted against the black president and all other evidence that “I have found that black people are all too aware that progress on racial issues has hardly moved…
Tim Graham
February 24th, 2016 11:40 AM

Ted Cruz, Islamic Fatwa on Rushdie: Both 'Hard-Line' at the NY Times

So what’s the connection between Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz and Islamic organizations in Iran who just upped the reward for killing “blasphemous” novelist Salman Rushdie? Both are “hard-line” ideologues in the eyes of the New York Times.
Clay Waters
February 24th, 2016 10:49 AM

Barely News: Nevada GOP Caucuses' Turnout More Than Doubles 2012

Yesterday morning, before the Republican Party's Nevada caucuses began, Nate Silver at the inexplicably hallowed FiveThirtyEight blog made a really naive and tone-deaf assumption. He reckoned that the caucuses would be a low turnout event, noting that in 2012, "only 1.9 percent of the voting-eligible population — about 33,000 people — participated in the Republican caucuses in Nevada," and spent…
Tom Blumer
February 24th, 2016 10:33 AM

Alcohol, Panic Attacks: Celebrities Scarred from ‘Steamy Sex Scenes’

Hollywood’s sex scenes on the big screen don’t just affect the viewers. On Monday, Maxim published “13 Actresses Reveal What It’s Really Like to Shoot a Steamy Sex Scene.” In a surprising move for a men’s magazine, Maxim retold female celebrities’ mostly negative stories of how acting out sex scenes affected them in real life – from Jennifer Lawrence to Vanessa Hudgens. 
Katie Yoder
February 24th, 2016 9:27 AM

Mika Rips Rubio: 'Sucking Up' to Trump to be His VP Pick

And we thought Joe Scarborough was the one who had it in for Marco Rubio . . . Turns out, Mika Brzezinski really doesn't dig Rubio. At all.  On today's Morning Joe, Mika painted Rubio as an unprincipled pol "sucking up" to Donald Trump in order to be his VP pick. Mika: "he's the only one who will go against everything he believes in and say whatever Trump wants him to. He'll do whatever Trump…
Mark Finkelstein
February 24th, 2016 8:34 AM

Not a Joke: Chris Matthews Compares Donald Trump to Johnny Carson

Continuing to operate at full speed well past the 1:00 a.m. Eastern hour on Tuesday (10:00 p.m. Pacific), MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews attempted to analyze Donald Trump’s victory speech after winning the Nevada caucuses by comparing his interaction with supporters to the late Johnny Carson’s relationship with Tonight Show viewers.
Curtis Houck
February 24th, 2016 8:16 AM

GOP Debate Preview: Telemundo's Arrarás To Co-Moderate

Here's what to expect as Telemundo anchor María Celeste Arrarás co-anchors tomorrow's Republican presidential debate.
Jorge Bonilla
February 24th, 2016 7:17 AM

'They Can't Lift the Hammer': Mika Mocks Rubio/Cruz with GE Commercial

Have you seen the GE commercial? Millenial son informs mom and dad that he has gotten a job at GE. Old-fashioned dad is enthusiastic: "proud of you, son. GE! Manufacturing!" He hands son "granpappy's" heavy old hammer. Son gently explains that rather than building "powerful machines," he'll be writing computer code. Disappointed dad: "he can't lift the hammer." Mom, with more compassion than…
Mark Finkelstein
February 24th, 2016 7:08 AM

MUST SEE: TV Land Comedy Hilariously Spoofs Male Feminists

TV Land’s Younger has introduced a radical male feminist character this season that is pretty much the best you’ll ever see on television!
Alexa Moutevelis
February 24th, 2016 6:30 AM

Matthews on NV Results: ‘Trump Is the Name’ for the GOP’s ‘Pain'

Offering his initial thoughts on the NBC News projection just after midnight Wednesday that Donald Trump would win the Nevada caucuses, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews sought to diagnose Trump’s rise as going back to before the 2010 midterm elections and resulting in a 2016 in which “Trump is the name” for the “pain” of conservatives.
Curtis Houck
February 24th, 2016 1:25 AM

Amazing! NBC’s Chicago Med Shows Common Sense in the Vaccination Wars

The real risk of exposing innocent people to dangerous disease by children not vaccinated was presented tonight on NBC’s Chicago Med. In “Intervention,” young Shiloh was brought into the ER by her concerned parents. After a brief exam, the real possibility that the child may have meningitis or even something worse was feared. Her parents, both engineers with an obvious penchant for overusing…
Karen Townsend
February 24th, 2016 1:03 AM