CBS Touts Syrian Refugees 'Feeling Misjudged;' Hypes Armed Protest

Manuel Bojorquez zeroed in on the plight of a Syrian refugee family in Texas on Monday's CBS This Morning, and played up how they "feel misjudged after the Paris attacks, and after Texas recently ordered volunteer organizations that help resettle refuges from Syria to discontinue those plans immediately." Bojorquez later spotlighted how "about dozen people — some armed with long guns — protested…
Matthew Balan
November 23rd, 2015 1:03 PM

NY Times Overplays 'Mass Resignations' from 'Harmful' Mormon Church

The New York Times wrote a staff editorial about the Mormon Church and their refusal to baptize the children of same-sex couples. The headline was “Stung by Edict on Gays, Mormons Leave Church." In an earlier story, the Times found that nearly 1,500 people resigned during a “mass resignation” on November 14. There are nearly 15 million members in the Mormon Church, so if 1,500 resignations…
Melissa Mullins
November 23rd, 2015 12:34 PM

NBC’s Guthrie Fails to Ask John Kerry About His Charlie Hebdo Comments

On Monday’s Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie grilled Secretary of State John Kerry on the United States’ strategy to defeat ISIS yet the NBC host failed to question Kerry on his recent inflammatory comments in which he suggested a rationale existed for the terrorists that attacked Charlie Hebdo's headquarters in January. 
Jeffrey Meyer
November 23rd, 2015 10:34 AM

Time Warner's 'News' Spins Gun Turn-in Which Got One 'Gun' As Positive

Time Warner Cable is trying to be in the news business, and is currently engaging in such efforts in 22 locations in five states. Unless it wants to be yet another unreliable, hopelessly biased news source, it needs to try harder. Take this November 14 report from north-central North Carolina's Triad area on the city of Greensboro's effort to get residents to turn in unwanted guns. Keep in mind…
Tom Blumer
November 23rd, 2015 9:46 AM

Scarborough Blasts Obama: In Bubble of ISIS Denial

Death of a Salesman's Willy Loman was a guy "out there in the blue riding on a smile and a shoeshine." President Obama sees ISIS as Willy's bad mirror image, dismissing the terror group as guys with "conventional weapons and good social media." On today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough blasted Obama's dangerous insouciance, calling it "staggering to our allies. It is staggering to people like…
Mark Finkelstein
November 23rd, 2015 9:27 AM

Notable Quotables: Blasting 'Ugly' 'Fear Talk' on Syria

This week, journalists echo the Obama line on Syrian refugees, blasting Republicans for their "ugly" "fear talk," even as FNC anchor Shepard Smith scolds the "collective freak-out....We cannot resort to the tactics of the barbarians." Meanwhile, ABC's Jon Karl confronts GOP candidate Ted Cruz: "You don't think it's un-American to say, only Christians, no Muslims?" And Scott Pelley scolds new…

Scott Whitlock and Rich Noyes
November 23rd, 2015 8:57 AM

'Madam Secretary' Turns Hardened Military Men Into Nerdy, Cyber-Wusses

I suppose there was nothing overtly biased or overly offensive that went down on Sunday night’s episode of Madam Secretary. Unless, you actually have a normal and good understanding for what real tough-talk and inspirational military speech-making is.
Dylan Gwinn
November 23rd, 2015 7:09 AM

Turkish Fans Throw Things at Israeli Basketball Team During Anthem

So just when I was good and ready to declare Eagles fans the all-time worst fans in the history of history a new and far more contemptible force of fandamonium has reared its ugly head.
Dylan Gwinn
November 23rd, 2015 6:36 AM

7 Years Later and Palin is STILL Being Attacked for This One Thing!

Seven years after the 2008 U.S. presidential elections in which Alaska Governor Sarah Palin joined the Republican ticket as John McCain’s running mate, the former vice presidential candidate is still living rent free in the minds of Hollywood screenwriters. During Friday’s episode of veteran CBS procedural, Blue Bloods, the show took an overt swipe at Governor Palin.
Erik Soderstrom
November 23rd, 2015 3:46 AM

SHOCK! Hollywood Gets Gun Safety (Mostly) Right For Once

Hollywood rarely gets guns right, which makes The Walking Dead’s departure from the status quo that much more impressive. In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need to congratulate a show for getting the basics right, but when procedurals regularly show cops running up stairwells with their fingers on their triggers, it’s worth highlighting this rare reprieve from reckless technique.
Erik Soderstrom
November 23rd, 2015 1:46 AM

Longing for Dubya, WashPost's Marcus Decries GOP's 'Very Ugly Week'

Appearing as a panel member on Sunday's Face the Nation on CBS, Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus had sudden respect for former President George W. Bush as she declared that she was "nostalgic for the good old days" when President Bush had "soothing, calming responsible words about Muslims" in contrast with the "very ugly week for Republicans" since the Paris attacks.
Brad Wilmouth
November 23rd, 2015 12:36 AM

NBC Show: Fight Terror with Hugs

With a nod to the terror attacks in Paris that cancelled last week’s live show and the attack on a Mali hotel, NBC’s Undateable’s newest live episode, “An Origin Story Walks Into A Bar,” began with a little shot of compassion mixed with a chaser of naivety. 
Karen Townsend
November 23rd, 2015 12:09 AM

Stephanopoulos Omits Arguments Vs. Barring Guns to Watch List Suspects

On Sunday's This Week, host George Stephanopoulos repeatedly brought up the debate over whether to bar guns from people on the federal terror watch list or the no-fly list without delving into any of the arguments against doing so. The ABC host brought up the issue with both guests Donald Trump and Dr. Ben Carson, and raised the issue again during the Roundtable segment, but never noted either…
Brad Wilmouth
November 22nd, 2015 11:52 PM

Meet the Press Panel Accuses Americans of ‘Islamophobia’

At the top of NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, host Chuck Todd dismissed security concerns over terrorism as nothing more that bigotry: “How will the ISIS threat and the politics of fear impact the 2016 campaign? Also, Syrian refugees and America, are there legitimate reasons to slow the process or is this just Islamaphobia?” Teasing the upcoming segment later in the show, Todd proclaimed: “...the…
Kyle Drennen
November 22nd, 2015 4:11 PM