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Scarborough Asking If Obama Looks Engaged Leaves Mika Mute
Silence spoke powerfully today on Morning Joe. After a clip rolled of a listless President Obama speaking about the Paris attacks, Joe Scarborough asked Mika Brzezinski what amounted to a rhetorical question: "does he look like he is engaged and understands the level of threat?"
When after a few seconds Mika failed to reply, Scarborough tried rephrasing the question, but still elicited no…
November 16th, 2015 2:37 PM
Eleanor Clift: Treasury Has 'Never Recovered' After Reagan Tax Cuts
Having shown her affinity for the nonsensical when it comes to the oil export ban, Daily Beast columnist Eleanor Clift has now demonstrated her refusal to accept the reality of three major economic booms in the United States over the last century that were preceded by major tax relief.
Appearing as one of the regular panelists on this weekend's McLaughlin Group, Clift made a claim that was…
November 16th, 2015 1:15 PM
Morning Joe Sees the President Disengaged Against ISIS
Monday’s Morning Joe began with an evaluation of the actions of the White House prior to and after the attack on Paris Friday night. Joe Scarborough began by demanding to know if the roundtable thought the President actually looked involved and engaged in understanding “the level of threat.” When Mike Barnicle tried to claim the President “looks fully engaged,” Scarborough felt it necessary to…
November 16th, 2015 12:17 PM
Despite Slaughter in Paris, NBC Skips Latest Gitmo Release
In the wake of the terrorist slaughter in Paris, one might expect coverage of the Obama administration’s announcement that five more detainees would be released from Guantanamo Bay. Yet, NBC’s Today show, despite a four hour run-time, ignored the story. The New York Times, which often is used by the networks to select story topics, covered the release.
November 16th, 2015 12:06 PM
Transphobic? CBS News Boss Denies Dem Debate Ticket to Jenner
In the latest iteration of “Caitlyn” Jenner discrimination, the Los Angeles Times reports Jenner asked for tickets to the Democratic debate in Des Moines on Saturday night, but was denied by the president of CBS News himself.
“Caitlyn Jenner, who as Bruce Jenner was a Drake Relays champion in 1976, was in Des Moines visiting the university campus with her reality show producers,” the Times…
November 16th, 2015 12:02 PM
Widower of 9/11 Hero Slams Mag for Giving 'Woman of Year' to Jenner
The husband of a 9/11 hero is returning his late wife’s “Woman of the Year” award from Glamour magazine after Caitlyn Jenner was given the same award, Nov. 9.
NYPD Officer James Smith’s wife Moira (who had also been a NYPD officer) was honored in 2001 with one of Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” awards for her heroism in saving “hundreds” from the World Trade Center as it collapsed September 11,…
November 16th, 2015 11:56 AM
Jennifer Garner Pleads with God in Upcoming Faith-Based Movie
In her first movie since splitting with actor Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner searches for some faith.
Based on a true story, the upcoming film Miracles from Heaven stars 43-year-old Garner as Christy Beam, a mother who fights for the life of her young daughter Anna (Kylie Rogers) after she is diagnosed with a terminal digestive disorder.
November 16th, 2015 11:44 AM
NBC to Romney: ‘Tough’ to Say Obama ‘Dabbling at War With ISIS'
In an interview with former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie was incredulous of his criticism of President Obama’s strategy against ISIS: “You wrote in The Washington Post that the President should wage war to defeat ISIS, quote, ‘not merely to harass it.’ That is pretty tough language. Let me be direct with you, are you saying the…
November 16th, 2015 11:06 AM
‘Morning Joe’ Mocks Dems Refusal to Say ‘Radical Islam’
On Monday, the panel on MSNBC’s Morning Joe repeatedly mocked the three Democratic presidential candidates over their refusal to use the term “radical Islam” following last Friday’s terrorist attack in Paris. After playing a clip from Saturday night’s Democratic presidential debate, co-host Joe Scarborough appeared shocked at their answers and proclaimed “How stupid do they think we are?"
November 16th, 2015 10:09 AM
NY Times Editor: It's 'Disingenuous' for Carson to Argue Liberal Bias
Can prominent liberal journalists ever get their brain around the idea that conservatives are sincere and not cynical when they protest liberal media bias? Ben Carson has repeatedly made the point that his memoirs are being nitpicked at a much higher rate than Hillary Clinton's or Barack Obama's. But New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet suggested to Charlie Rose on PBS he doesn't really "…
November 16th, 2015 8:30 AM
Salon: 'Wingnuts' Went 'Insane' at Couric's Planned Parenthood Tour
Gary Legum of Salon.com wrote the “antiabortionists” are upset with “perky newswoman” Katie Couric at Yahoo! because “she has dared to take her cameras inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, which looks like a fairly normal medical center and not the blood-soaked abattoir of dismembered baby limbs that conservatives just know it to be in their tiny blackened hearts.”
November 16th, 2015 7:39 AM
CNN's Kayyem Frets US Barring Refugees Bolsters European 'Right Wing'
Appearing as a guest during Sunday's live CNN coverage of the Paris terrorist attacks, CNN National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem worried that, if the United States refuses to allow Syrian refugees into the country, that it would bolster "very right-wing elements" in Europe, leading the Europeans to "close their borders" to more refugees.
At about 6:48 p.m., after arguing that it would be…
November 16th, 2015 1:40 AM
‘Quantico’ Airs Warning Before Episode 'In Light of Recent Events'
In the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks, many shows have postponed or replaced episodes this week that have terrorism storylines. But the main plot of ABC’s Quantico is a terrorist bombing at Grand Central Station in New York City and the flashback of the events leading up to that day. To acknowledge the terror attacks (kind of) without having to completely cancel their show, this message…
November 16th, 2015 1:03 AM
AMC’s ‘Into the Badlands’ Imagines 'a World Without Guns’
AMC’s new, post-apocalyptic drama, Into the Badlands, premiered last night, and gave anti-gun liberals the world they’ve been clamoring for: one where all firearms have been outlawed. Only, far from the peaceful utopia gun control advocates always promise, the world has instead devolved back into the barbaric, feudal society that dominated much of human history.
November 16th, 2015 12:58 AM