Gayle King Tries and Fails to Hit Chris Christie from Left on Guns

On Tuesday, CBS This Morning aired a friendly interview with co-host Gayle King and Governor Chris Christie and his wife Mary Pat. The CBS host did try to hit the Republican from the left on gun control but failed miserably. After King asked Christie about the state of the 2016 race she asked “[y]ou all have children in college, high school, middle school, so school shootings certainly must hit…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 27th, 2015 9:45 AM

Mika: 'I'm Going to Get Killed' for Criticizing Hillary

Joe Scarborough had to prod her into it, but once she got going, Mika Brzezinski unleashed a blistering tirade  against Hillary on today's Morning Joe for accusing Bernie Sanders of sexism. Hillary has ginned up great feminist umbrage at Sanders' statement at the debate that people need to stop "shouting" about gun violence and do something about it.  A clip was played of Hillary at two stump…
Mark Finkelstein
October 27th, 2015 7:21 AM

Why CBS's 'Supergirl' Is Anti-Feminist, Family-Friendly Viewing

The much-anticipated premiere of CBS’s Supergirl was a breath of fresh air in TV land. Pushing back on feminist labels of women and not succumbing to traditionally sexist costuming of female superheroes, Supergirl shines. 
Karen Townsend
October 27th, 2015 12:09 AM

AP Writeup on Steep September New Home Sales Drop Omits Key Facts

Today saw yet another "unexpected" disappointing development in the U.S. economy. The Census Bureau reported that seasonally adjusted sales of new homes, an area thought to be a bright spot, declined sharply in September to an annual rate 468,000 from 529,000 in August. The bureau also revised July and August significantly downward. As bad as the as the adjusted numbers were, the raw data was…
Tom Blumer
October 26th, 2015 11:31 PM

WashPost: Brat Makes 'Eerie Allusions' to 'Country's Xenophobic Past'

In a piece that appeared in the local opinion section of Sunday’s Washington Post, writer Peter Galuszka took to bashing conservative Congressman Dave Brat (Va.) for holding beliefs that provide “eerie allusions to the nation’s xenophobic past” that Galuszka characterized as the U.S. embracing “Judeo-Christian religious tradition, rule of law and free markets.”
Curtis Houck
October 26th, 2015 10:45 PM

'Minority Report' Delivers Global Warming and Accidental Pro-Gun Line

Fox’s Minority Report offered us a look at the world after climate change catastrophe on Monday night. On an episode titled “Fiddler’s Neck,” Detective Vega (Meagan Good) along with pre-cogs Dash (Stark Sands) and Arthur (Nick Zano) head back to their hometown. A little place called, you guessed it, Fiddler’s Neck.
Dylan Gwinn
October 26th, 2015 10:39 PM

Univision News Gleefully Cheers Progressives, Bashes Conservatives

In recent weeks, Univision News has offered fresh demonstrations that its biases extend far beyond immigration. The two examples below give us a further glimpse into the leading U.S. Spanish-language network’s institutional biases, and its commitment to progressive politics.
Jorge Bonilla
October 26th, 2015 9:43 PM

MSNBC's Maddow Treats Clinton to Gushy Softball Interview

Fresh off her 11-hour testimony at the Benghazi hearing, Democratic presidential candidate front-runner Hillary Clinton sat down on Friday for her first one-on-one interview with none-other than the most leftist show possible – MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show.  If anyone had any doubts how far left the show is, Maddow herself admitted Clinton: “I’m a true-blue liberal, and I’m allowed to say that…
Melissa Mullins
October 26th, 2015 9:24 PM

Matthews Mocks Rubio: 'Little Mr. Firecracker of the Bombs-Away Set'

Can you imagine if in 2007 some conservative had dared call Barack Obama the "Little Mister" of anything?  The cries of racism would be ringing to this day. But on his MSNBC show this evening, Chris Matthews didn't hesitate to denigrate Marco Rubio as "the little Mister Firecracker of the bombs-away set."  For good measure, Matthews claimed that "Cruz hates as well as any Republican in modern…
Mark Finkelstein
October 26th, 2015 9:12 PM

HuffPo Bowing to Reality? Trump Stories Appear on Their Politics Page

Reality can be brutal, especially political reality as the Huffington Post seems to have found out. Back in July the Huffington Post went all in on the notion that the Donald Trump candidacy would be ephemeral so they could get away with displaying their bias by consigning Trump stories to the entertainment, not politics page. Unfortunately for them, Donald Trump not only lasted through the rest…
P.J. Gladnick
October 26th, 2015 7:46 PM

Bernie's Wife: He Throws a 'Holiday' Not 'Christmas' Party

God forbid  it should be said that Bernie Sanders throws a "Christmas" party!  Sanders wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders, was interviewed on today's With All Due Respect. When Mark Halperin asked the affable Mrs. Sanders to share a side of her husband that people might not know, she twice mentioned that Bernie organizes an annual "Christmas" party. And twice she promptly corrected herself, calling it a…
Mark Finkelstein
October 26th, 2015 7:21 PM

CNN Badgers Rubio On Missed Senate Votes; 'In A Glass House'

CNN's Jamie Gangel hounded Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio over his missed Senate votes on Monday's New Day. Gangel played up how Senator Rubio "said federal workers who don't show up should be fired." When the Florida politician countered that he had said that "federal workers that aren't doing their jobs — that are not performing at their jobs — should be able to be fired," the…
Matthew Balan
October 26th, 2015 6:53 PM

ESPN's Kornheiser Sees Tea Party as Being Like 'ISIS'

It was a Friday on local sports radio in Washington, DC. The last broadcast before a Redskins game. So, naturally, ESPN 980’s Tony Kornheiser decided to have political journalist and editor Howard Fineman of the Huffington Post on to talk about Paul Ryan and the Tea Party. Kornheiser, a long time Washington Post sports columnist before moving to radio, wondered: “Are they like ISIS trying to…
Bruce Bookter
October 26th, 2015 6:29 PM

Melissa Harris-Perry: ‘Hard Worker’ Is Offensive Term to Slaves, Women

On Saturday, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry scolded guest Alfonso Aguilar for using the term “hard worker” because it’s demeaning to slaves and working women: "I want us to be super careful when we use the language 'hard worker,' because I actually keep an image of folks working in cotton fields on my office wall, because it is a reminder about what hard work looks like."
Curtis Houck
October 26th, 2015 6:21 PM