Mitchell Frets Iran Seizing Sailors Has Made ‘Frantic' Scene for SOTU

Hours before President Obama’s final State of the Union address, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell took to the airwaves of Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News to complain that Iran seizing 10 U.S. Sailors had created a “frantic” situation for the President that “could not have happened at the worst time.”
Curtis Houck

Wisconsin Fans Banned from Having Fun at HS Games by PC Obsessed Board

If you were sitting there wondering how a country that produced John Wayne, Charlton Heston, and Chuck Norris could, in the space of only a few generations, also produce the man-bun, the V-neck t-shirt, and Zac Efron, I think I’ve found the answer.
Dylan Gwinn

Heilemann: Chelsea's Health Insurance Attack on Sanders a 'Lie'

Proving that there is nothing and no one she won't sacrifice on the altar of her political ambition, Hillary Clinton today sent her daughter Chelsea out to smear Bernie Sanders by claiming his health care plan would "strip millions and millions and millions of people of their health insurance."  On today's With All Due Respect, Mark Halperin repeatedly said he was "stunned" by the attack. John…
Mark Finkelstein

MSNBC's O'Donnell and Frank Rich Talk Up Anti-Cruz Birtherism

On Monday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC, host O'Donnell and Frank Rich of New York magazine talked up the possibility that GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz is not really a natural-born U.S. citizen and therefore not eligible to serve as President. Rich, a former New York Times columnist, praised GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump as "brilliant" for pushing the issue…
Brad Wilmouth

CNN's Costello: Trump, Sanders Are Both 'Extreme;' 'No Nuance'

Carol Costello surprisingly lumped in Senator Bernie Sanders with Donald Trump on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom: "Donald Trump is suggesting mass deportations and big tariffs to fix the economy. Bernie Sanders is offering things like free college tuition and huge tax increases. These things are extreme. Yet...they're being accepted by many voters." Costello later played up that "there's no nuance in…
Matthew Balan

Iran Acting Like Persian Gulf AAA, BuzzFeed Editor Spins

"I could be VERY WRONG but this feels more like Iran acting as Triple AAA than the Iranian Hostage Crisis Redux," ThinkProgress alum and BuzzFeed World News Editor/Reporter Hayes Brown tweeted earlier this afternoon. 
Ken Shepherd

Pelosi on MSNBC: No One Cares What Clinton Did ‘Decades Ago’

Appearing on MSNBC, Tuesday, Nancy Pelosi insisted that the sex accusations against Bill Clinton are not important because he’s not the one running for president and that no one cares about “what Bill Clinton did two decades ago.”  
Nicholas Fondacaro

Obama Invites 3 More YouTube Interviewers; One Dreams of Torching Cops

Rush Limbaugh ably mocked this Politico headline from State of the Union Day: “Obama struggling to get attention for the State of the Union.” White House reporter Sarah Wheaton pretended that Obama somehow wasn’t the toast of cable news or the recipient of a boatload of Today coverage on NBC live from his executive mansion. The White House strategy also includes another round of interviews with…
Tim Graham

NewsBusted: Hillary's Charm Offensive About As Charming As a Pantsuit

"A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton’s so-called ‘charm offensive’ is getting mixed results. For instance, most Americans DON’T think Hillary is charming, however they DO find her offensive." -- NewsBusted's Jodi Miller.
NB Staff

Fusion Dem Forum Recap: We Told You So

Another Democratic candidate forum, seen by few, went as expected.
Jorge Bonilla

Obama’s Social Media Expert Praises NBC for Pushing White House Spin

During Tuesday’s fawning Today show special at the White House, President Obama’s chief digital officer Jason Goldman appeared on the broadcast and congratulated the hosts for serving as a propaganda tool for the administration: “I think you guys do this really well with the Today show. You know, the stuff you've been doing this morning, showing stuff behind the scenes is really great...and I…
Kyle Drennen

On CNN, WashPost's Parker Mangles Ted Cruz's Remarks, Christianity

On CNN's AC360 on Monday, syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker revealed her own ignorance of Christian teachings, as she targeted Ted Cruz for something "astonishing" he said: "I don't think there's any chance Ted Cruz can win a general — and here's why....He said...'It's time for the Body of Christ to rise up and support me.' I don't know anyone who takes their religion seriously who would think…
Matthew Balan

Pew: Millennials' Views on Churches, News Media More Negative

If you’re a cultural conservative, a new Pew Research study offers both decidedly positive and decidedly negative hints of what the future holds. Positive because Pew found that Millennials don’t think much of the news media; negative because they don’t like religious institutions much better.
Matt Philbin

Networks Skimp on Radical Questions at Dem Forum

The three networks on Tuesday mostly glossed over the Democratic candidates participating in Fusion's Monday night Brown and Black Forum in Iowa that included radical questions about “white privilege,” “white terrorism” and reparations. Instead, ABC and CBS focused on fun, light queries at the Iowa event. NBC ignored it entirely. 
Scott Whitlock