Hillary Gets the Most Press; Bernie and Biden Get the Best Press

According to the latest statistics from the MRC’s ongoing tracking of ABC, CBS and NBC’s evening news coverage of the campaign, frontrunner Hillary Clinton has garnered 80 percent of the Democratic airtime since January 1. Her closest announced rival, the socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has received just six percent of the airtime, or about 24 minutes vs. 337 minutes for Clinton. Unlike…
Rich Noyes
October 6th, 2015 9:30 AM

Willie Geist: More Laws Won't Stop Bad Guys from Getting Guns

A week ago, we noted that—negating Nicolle Wallace's notion that the woman who aided the New York prison break shouldn't do any time herself—Willie Geist observed "you can't help convicted murderers escape from jail."  An NB reader remarked: "I get the sense that Willie Geist is a good guy trapped inside the leftwing matrix." Far be it from us to cause workplace problems for Willie by praising…
Mark Finkelstein
October 6th, 2015 7:53 AM

Trevor Noah Urges Pro-Lifers to Push Gun Control Instead of Abortion

Continuing to show viewers that the routine mocking of conservatives wouldn’t end with Jon Stewart’s departure, new Daily Show host Trevor Noah savaged the pro-life movement on Monday night and lamented that they aren’t devout advocates for gun control which Noah argued is “an issue where the facts” would be “actually on their side.”
Curtis Houck
October 6th, 2015 2:56 AM

Media Launch Hissy Fit After Trump's Support of Redskins Name

Because Russia taking over the Middle East, refugees taking over Europe, and rampaging homicidal maniacs on American college campuses is nothing but a yawn fest, the media has decided to revisit the topic that never prevented a single shooting nor a mass migration: the Redskins name change. Except this time around, the current Republican frontrunner is front and center.
Dylan Gwinn
October 5th, 2015 10:39 PM

NBC Piggybacks on WashPost Piece Bashing Fiorina over Campaign Debt

After filing a gooey piece on Hillary Clinton, Monday’s NBC Nightly News also gave airtime to the Republican field, but only in the context of attacking 2016 candidate Carly Fiorina over campaign debt she recently finished paying off from her failed 2010 Senate campaign (despite the fact that she’s far from the first to have debt).
Curtis Houck
October 5th, 2015 10:39 PM

Not News: Obama's Planned Visit to Roseburg, Ore. 'Not Welcome' There

Items found at the Associated Press, the New York Times and the Washington Post, in reporting that President Obama plans to visit Roseburg, Oregon later this week, have all failed to report that community leaders have said that his visit is not welcome. The 4:10 p.m. PT (7:10 PM ET) entry at a running timeline at AP announced that "Barack Obama will travel to Oregon this week to visit privately…
Tom Blumer
October 5th, 2015 10:28 PM

Jonathan Alter: Obama-LaPierre Debate Would Be Must-See TV

Even though Barack Obama is more than four-fifths of the way through his presidency, a large part of his popularity among liberals still rests on what they view as his exceptional talent for speechmaking -- a reputation which dates to his 2004 Democratic convention keynote address. Now Alter, one of Obama’s biggest fans in the media, wants the POTUS to use his skill as a performer in a different…
Tom Johnson
October 5th, 2015 9:50 PM

'Hardball' Hits Sen. Bernie Sanders From Left On Gun-Rights Issues

On his Monday edition of Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews, along with panelists Eugene Robinson, Howard Fineman, and Joan Walsh hit socialist Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) from the left for his voting record on gun rights, particularly a 2005 bill that granted civil immunity from gun manufacturers. At one point, Matthews even oddly compared Sanders to the late…
Ken Shepherd
October 5th, 2015 9:23 PM

Salon: Pope 'Ratf***ed' Into Meeting Kim Davis

Last week, liberal news outlet Salon did their best to convince themselves that Pope Francis never even wanted to meet with Kentucky clerk and conscientious objector Kim Davis. And they did so quite colorfully, claiming that the pontifix was “Ratf***ed” into a meeting with the Rowen County, Kentucky elected official.
Spencer Raley
October 5th, 2015 9:03 PM

Out of Control: Nets Ooze ‘Emotional’ Hillary 'on Fire Today' on Trail

The “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC pulled out all the stops on Monday night to carry water for 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, proclaiming that she’s “on fire” with “new wind in her sails” as she “unveil[ed] a tough new stance on gun control” and came “out swinging today at the Benghazi Committee.”
Curtis Houck
October 5th, 2015 8:58 PM

Media Rage Over 3 Female Journalists Barred from NFL Locker Room

When an elderly usher stopped three female journalists from entering an NFL locker room this weekend, they took to Twitter to complain about the mistreatment from the “old, out-of-touch geezer.” According to the Associated Press, a male usher temporarily prevented three female journalists from entering the Jacksonville Jaguars locker room after Sunday’s game in Indianapolis “because they were…
Katie Yoder
October 5th, 2015 4:53 PM

SNL’s ‘Hillary’ Admits That She ‘Loves’ Clinton

Saturday Night Live’s Kate McKinnon may mock Hillary Clinton, but don’t be confused: She “loves” the Democratic politician. The comedienne appeared on Thursday’s Live! With Kelly and Michael to gush over how Clinton cares so much. After co-host Michael Strahan asked about her impression, McKinnon fawned, “Whenever I do an impression of someone, I have to love them. So everyone I've ever done, I…
Scott Whitlock
October 5th, 2015 4:32 PM

CNN's Houck: Gun-Free Zones 'Lead Lambs to the Slaughter'

Appearing on Monday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello to discuss the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, CNN Law Enforcement Analyst Harry Houck asserted that he had a "big problem" with the Oregon college being a "gun-free zone," as he complained that such locations "lead lambs to the slaughter." He went on to declare that, "If my kid went to that school, I'd be talking to that…
Brad Wilmouth
October 5th, 2015 4:21 PM

Salon Writer Calls Michelle Malkin a 'Right-Wing Rage Monkey'

Poor Gary Legum at Salon.com. How dare supporters of the right to keep and bear arms as clearly defined in the Constitution's Second Amendment push back against the gun control movement's cynical exploitation of Thursday's Roseburg, Oregon massacre? Legum is outraged that "The right tells us (again) to ignore the elephant in the room." He must mean the fact that the area in question at Umpqua…
Tom Blumer
October 5th, 2015 4:17 PM