NBC Skimps on Report V.A. Paid $142 Million in Bonuses Amid Scandal

On Wednesday night, NBC Nightly News neglected to inform its viewers of a new report concerning the scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs and the $142 million it paid out in bonuses to employees (including some who were facing discipline and/or recently fired). Compiled by the House Veterans Affairs Committee, the report stated that some of those who received bonuses still got them…
Curtis Houck

Press Defines 'Joke' As Anything That Insults, Threatens a Republican

Just as a reality check, I asked a friend today what his reaction would be if I said with a sincere-sounding voice that he makes me want to strangle him. He said, "Almost sounds like a threat." I said, "No, it was supposed to be a joke." He said, "No it's not." I also asked another person what her reaction would be if I earnestly called her "demented." She said, "You'd be insulting me." I asked…
Tom Blumer

ABC, NBC Cheer ‘Fierce,’ ‘Dramatic Divisions’ in GOP After Debate

The Wednesday editions of ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News each provided their own wrap-ups of the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate from the night before, but the theme was predictably similar as both networks spun the event as illustrating “fierce opposition” and “dramatic divisions” within the GOP on apparently every issue.
Curtis Houck

Carson-Trashing Politico Reporter Has Bashed the GOP Since 2004

It used to seem like weathermen/weatherwomen were the only ones who could be wrong half the time and still keep their jobs.  Well, I'm now beginning to think that same rationale applies to the reporters at Politico - specifically, Kyle D. Cheney. Cheney is the Politico reporter who started a media meltdown over a story he filed last week on  Republican presidential frontrunner Ben Carson.
Melissa Mullins

Matthews Not Sure If Cruz, Rubio Are Really 'Hispanic'

According to Chris Matthews, it's uncertain whether the term Hispanic can properly be used to describe GOP presidential aspirants Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Florida). It's better to say they are "Cuban nationals," offered the Hardball host on his Nov. 11 program.
Ken Shepherd

Rose Appears Baffled GOPers Leveled ‘a Lot of Attacks on Hillary'

Filling in for Scott Pelley on Wednesday’s CBS Evening News, Charlie Rose provided a wrap-up of Tuesday’s Fox Business Networks Republican presidential debate and seemed exasperated when he wondered to Face the Nation anchor John Dickerson “why” did the GOP candidates level “a lot of attacks on Hillary Clinton.”
Curtis Houck

ESPN Casts Wealthy Leader of Mizzou Protests as Humble Idealist

In an ESPN article written by Senior Writer Elizabeth Merrill, she lauds the bravery of Jonathan Butler, the head of the Concerned Students 1950 organization at Missouri, and the student who went on a hunger strike to get former University System President Tim Wolfe ousted.
Bruce Bookter

Saturday Night Live Punts Rather Than Parody Rachel Maddow

You know you've made it when you're "parodied" on Saturday Night Live, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, exclaimed to Rachel Maddow when appearing on Maddow's MSNBC show on Monday. Which might be true had SNL actually parodied Maddow. What they served up instead was a pallid impersonation at best when there was so much more to work with.  
Jack Coleman

CNN's Costello: 'Is It Too Politically Dangerous to Attack' Carson?

Carol Costello was true to her liberal form on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom during a segment with Rick Tyler, Senator Ted Cruz's campaign spokesman. Costello asserted that "Ben Carson didn't exactly give riveting answers" during the latest GOP presidential debate, and asked, "Why did no one challenge him on that?" She also wondered, "Is it too politically dangerous to attack Ben Carson, or to even…
Matthew Balan

MSNBC.com Uses Veterans Day As Opportunity to Slam Civilian Gun Owners

Conservatives revere the Bill of Rights, including the 2nd Amendment, and highly respect those who have worn the uniform of this nation. So naturally MSNBC found Veterans Day a perfect opportunity to troll by giving a pro-gun control Army veteran a platform to insist "It’s time for vets to speak up about gun safety."
Ken Shepherd

Maddow Producer: In GOP Debate, ‘Clear Loser’ Was ‘Reality’

Robin Williams’s first album was called Reality…What a Concept. More than one lefty blogger implied that Unreality…What a Concept would have been a fitting title for Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate.
Tom Johnson

Univision Censors Cruz in GOP Debate Coverage

It is no secret that U.S. immigration policy is central to Univision’s existence. We have previously showcased video of Jorge Ramos openly admitting as much. This byline has also memorialized efforts to vitiate, suppress, or deceptively edit those Hispanic conservatives who refuse to toe the network’s line on policy. The result of the network’s institutional culture is a narrative collision that…
Jorge Bonilla

PBS Documentary: Former Foe Pays Amazing Tribute to American Veterans

Today is Veterans Day and ironically one of the greatest tributes paid to American veterans was made by a former deadly foe. A PBS documentary, Iwo Jima: From Combat to Comrades, broadcast yesterday and available online, featured the 70th reunion on Iwo Jima of veterans of that bloody battle. Among the veterans was Tsuruji Akikusa, a former radioman in the Imperial Japanese Navy who was badly…
P.J. Gladnick

Couric: Pro-Lifers Make It ‘Tough’ to Work at Planned Parenthood

Liberal, pro-abortion journalist Katie Couric on Tuesday interviewed the President of Planned Parenthood and worried about how “tough” pro-life supporters were making things for the organization. Couric snidely noted, “While Planned Parenthood says that abortions account for just three percent of its clinical work, opponents won't be happy until that number is zero.”
Scott Whitlock