Mark Halperin: Bill Clinton ‘Right’ About ‘Vast’ GOP Plot

Game Change author Mark Halperin agreed with Bill Clinton’s conspiracy theory that Republicans are engaged in a “vast” plot to make the e-mail scandal a major focus of the presidential campaign at the expense of actual issues. Appearing on Morning Joe, Monday, the Bloomberg Politics managing editor responded to an interview clip of Bill Clinton. Halperin asserted, “Much of what he says is true.”
Scott Whitlock
September 28th, 2015 12:48 PM

CNN's Cuomo Disputes the 'Urgency' to Defund Planned Parenthood

On Monday's New Day on CNN, anchor Chris Cuomo complained about Republicans wanting to defund Planned Parenthood as he questioned the "urgency" of doing so "before you investigate the allegations," leading guest and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to decry the "grotesque" revelations about the abortion provider. During a discussion of House Speaker John Boehner's announced resignation…
Brad Wilmouth
September 28th, 2015 12:24 PM

WashPost Avoids Numbers as DC Climate Change Rally Fizzles (Update)

Up to 200,000 people will be attending a climate change rally on the National Mall on the same day that the Pope will be speaking to Congress. Wow! Such was the bold prediction reported by Washington Post reporters Juliet Eilperin and Michelle Boorstein on August 25. So what happened when Pope Francis did arrive at the Capitol last Thursday? Before we get to that sad reality, let us join Eilperin…
P.J. Gladnick
September 28th, 2015 12:22 PM

NYT's Calmes, Loyal Ally of 'Health Care' Provider Planned Parenthood

New York Times' reporter Jackie Calmes has been the paper's pointman in its journalistic campaign in defense of the nation's largest abortion provider, in the wake of undercover videos by David Daleiden documenting the callous sale of baby organs for money, sometimes without the knowledge of the mothers. Calmes, whose reporting has reliably shifted the subject from the gruesome videos to alleged…
Clay Waters
September 28th, 2015 12:04 PM

NBC Hypes Fiorina ‘Facing New Scrutiny’ Over Planned Parenthood

Following a contentious interview on Sunday’s Meet the Press, on Monday’s Today, NBC continued to harp over Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s recent statements condemning Planned Parenthood and their practice of harvesting fetal body parts. During a report on the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, reporter Peter Alexander proclaimed “[f]acing new scrutiny of her own,…
Jeffrey Meyer
September 28th, 2015 11:38 AM

'Family Guy' Calls Military 'Mindless Sheeple'

In an episode titled “Pilling Them Softly,” Bryan (who is a dog) laments how Stewie (who is a baby) has been medicated to make him focus better. Then he lashes out at the whole practice of drugging kids to improve their ability to pay attention. Then he lashes out at the people who serve in the military.
Dylan Gwinn
September 28th, 2015 9:31 AM

Chuck Todd: Hillary Signaling More Email 'Stuff' Will Come Out

Don't put that popcorn-popper away just yet . . . On today's Morning Joe, Chuck Todd said he felt that in his Meet the Press interview of Hillary Clinton yesterday, she was signalling to her Dem supporters that there could be more damaging revelations to come on the email scandal. Todd was alluding to the moment in the interview in which Hillary agreed with his characterization of a "drip, drip…
Mark Finkelstein
September 28th, 2015 9:02 AM

Notable Quotables: NBC Asks the Tough Questions About Hillary

This week, after a summer of Hillary Clinton scandals, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie grills Chelsea: “What’s she like as a grandmother?...Paint us a picture of Hillary Clinton at home, talking baby talk.” Meanwhile, the media continue to fawn over the “remarkable” candidacy of Socialist Bernie Sanders, even as longtime Newsweek reporter Eleanor Clift castigates Carly Fiorina for the latter’s…
Scott Whitlock and Geoffrey Dickens
September 28th, 2015 9:01 AM

Trump Coverage on Univision & Telemundo Exceeds ABC,CBS & NBC Combined

Donald Trump’s entry into the U.S. presidential race changed all that. During the three months that elapsed between the day of Trump’s campaign announcement speech on June 16 and September 15, the day before the second Republican presidential candidates’ debate, Trump was the subject of 304 minutes of combined evening news coverage on Univision and Telemundo, compared with a total of 271 minutes…
Ken Oliver-Méndez
September 28th, 2015 8:30 AM

'Kardashians' Shows Emotional Devastation of Bruce Jenner's Transition

This week's episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians: "It's Good to be Home" shows the emotional toll it takes on a family when the husband and father suddenly decides he wants to become a woman. Of course you know that Bruce Jenner left his wife of almost 25 years, Kris, to transition into "Caitlyn." All we hear about is how "stunning" and "brave" Jenner is for being transgender, but behind…
Alexa Moutevelis
September 28th, 2015 2:17 AM

CNN's Zakaria: U.S. Christians Wrong to Have 'Heated Debates' on Sex

On Sunday's Fareed Zakaria GPS, host Zakaria opened the show complaining about American Christians having "heated debates over abortion, abstinence, contraception, and gays," as he argued that Christianity is primarily supposed to be about "be[ing] nice to the poor."
Brad Wilmouth
September 27th, 2015 11:49 PM

Establishment Press Ignores DNC Chair's Rubio-Nazi Smear

The left's strategy for smearing Republicans and conservatives is, from all appearances, to "throw anything and everything out there, not matter how false or outrageous, and see what sticks." A major reason why this strategy works is that the establishment press ignores bogus leftist smear attempts which should be utterly embarrassing, effectively eliminating the strategy's downside. Take Debbie…
Tom Blumer
September 27th, 2015 11:02 PM

NBC NN Scolds Carly Fiorina for Discussing 'Doctored' PP Videos

Hours after 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina sparred with NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd over the Planned Parenthood videos, Sunday’s NBC Nightly News similarly went to bat for the abortion provider against Fiorina as White House correspondent Kristen Welker scolded Fiorina for promoting videos with “doctored and unrelated footage.”
Curtis Houck
September 27th, 2015 10:49 PM

ABC's 'Quantico' Tackles Terrorism, Offends Mormons in Series Premiere

As radical Muslims wage jihad around the world and plot against Western nations including the U.S., ABC’s new show Quantico will try to unravel the mystery of an FBI “inside job” terrorist attack against New York’s Grand Central Station. As it flashes back and forth from the start of FBI training to the aftermath of “the most devastating terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11.” The…
Julia A. Seymour
September 27th, 2015 7:05 PM