CW’s ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Calls Caitlyn Jenner a Hero

Hero worship can be a great thing, no question about it. Except it’s normally better when those we lionize for heroism are in fact heroes. The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend could stand to learn a thing or two about that.
Dylan Gwinn
November 23rd, 2015 9:34 PM

ABC, NBC Ignore Iran Sentencing WashPost Reporter Rezaian to Prison

Amidst all the news about gas prices and weather forecasts for this Thanksgiving week, Monday’s morning and evening newscasts on ABC and NBC found no time to mention that Washington Post reporter and U.S. citizen Jason Rezaian had been sentenced by Iran’s Revolutionary Court to an unspecified prison term after being detained in July 2014.
Curtis Houck
November 23rd, 2015 9:34 PM

Hardball Ignores Poll Showing Hillary Losing to Six GOP Hopefuls

A new Fox News poll shows Hillary Clinton losing six different matchups with prospective GOP rivals in the 2016 presidential race. Fortunately for her, MSNBC Hardball guest host Alex Wagner completely ignored the alarming news by picking up a Washington Post poll statistic showing Hillary with a stronger approval rating than her GOP rivals on the issue of combating terrorism.
Ken Shepherd
November 23rd, 2015 9:09 PM

Fox’s ‘Family Guy’ Makes Fun of Transgenders, Because It Can

Liberals are the source of nearly all of our angst when it comes to cultural erosion and social justice scare-mongering. However, they can sometimes be the best source of SJW (Social Justice Warrior) joking/mocking as well.
Dylan Gwinn
November 23rd, 2015 8:39 PM

The America-Basher in Chief Rolls On

How could America have twice elected a president who not only can't stand America but also won't perform his constitutional duty of defending it?
David Limbaugh
November 23rd, 2015 8:19 PM

NYT: Terror Attacks Have 'Hijacked' Obama's Trips; New 'Distraction'

The New York Times earned its keep as a foot soldier for the Obama administration as White House correspondent Michael D. Shear offered a piece in Monday’s paper lamenting that many of the President’s foreign trips have been “hijacked” by breaking news stories with the Paris terror attacks “spawn[ing] another distraction” from Obama’s agenda. 
Curtis Houck
November 23rd, 2015 8:08 PM

Left, Media Helped Instigate NY Exxon Climate Investigation

ExxonMobil is one of the big oil companies the liberal news media love to hate, even though the company now says climate change is a threat and promotes carbon taxation. Even that’s not enough. That negative view of ExxonMobil explains why recent news coverage of an investigation against the company was so thoroughly one-sided.
Julia A. Seymour
November 23rd, 2015 6:15 PM

Cuomo Boosts Kristof's Slam: U.S. Has Been Anti-Refugee Since '1938'

On Monday's New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo attacked both Donald Trump and the majority of the American public for their stance against allowing 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country. Cuomo asserted that Trump was "playing into an us versus them mentality," and spotlighted the latest Bloomberg poll result on the issue: "Look at the numbers on the Syrian situation. Look at what the American people…
Matthew Balan
November 23rd, 2015 5:51 PM

WOW! CBS Drama Powerfully Reenacts Planned Parenthood Video Scandal

CBS just aired an episode of The Good Wife that brought the undercover videos exposing how Planned Parenthood sells baby parts to a whole new audience of millions – but whether the audience even knew the storyline was based on real videos is unknown. There has been a near media blackout on showing the videos, although CBS has aired the most coverage of the big three networks.
Alexa Moutevelis
November 23rd, 2015 4:33 PM

NY Daily News Tags NRA As De Facto Jihad Enablers Twice in Six Days

New York Daily News covers on November 18 ("NRA'S SICK JIHAD" — noted at the time by NB's Kristine Marsh) and today ("NOWHERE TO HIDE, JIHADI WAYNE") have accused the NRA of placing the right to purchase guns ahead of public safety from terrorist attacks. The paper's bogus claim is based on the NRA's opposition to legislation prohibiting anyone on the government's "terror watch list" from…
Tom Blumer
November 23rd, 2015 3:50 PM

After Paris, CNN’s Stelter Dismisses American Fear of Terrorism

On Sunday’s Reliable Sources, CNN’s Brian Stelter did his best to play up how after the Paris terrorist attack many Americans have had a “fearful, sometimes even xenophobic” reaction. At the same time, the CNN host dismissed fears of a future terrorist attack us unwarranted and irrational. He touted the standard liberal line that much of America’s reaction has been “xenophobic” based in “fear…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 23rd, 2015 3:48 PM

Breaking: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Stepping Down from 'Fox & Friends'

Fox & Friends co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck is stepping down. She came to Fox in 2013 after almost ten years at ABC's The View. She wants to devote more of her time to her three children, the network said. She's expected to continue on the morning show until late December.
NB Staff
November 23rd, 2015 2:38 PM

Media Miss: Year-Over-Year Oct. Existing Home Sales Up 1%, Not 4%

Gosh, this gets tiresome. Once again, with one noteworthy exception, the business press's virtually blind acceptance of seasonally adjusted economic data, and its accompanying refusal to look at the underlying raw data, led it to paint a deceptive picture of an important element of the economy. This time, it was existing home sales for October. The seasonally adjusted annual rate for October…
Tom Blumer
November 23rd, 2015 1:56 PM

Scarborough Rips GOP on Gun Laws: You Pick the NRA Over Public Safety

On Monday's Morning Joe, the crew discussed New York Police Commissioner William Bratton's appearance on Sunday's Meet the Press. Joe Scarborough played a clip of Bratton begging Congress to pass a law preventing people on the government's terrorism watch list from buying guns. Scarborough echoed the plea as well.
Michael McKinney
November 23rd, 2015 1:55 PM