NY Post: Brian Williams ‘Already Been Causing Trouble’ at MSNBC

Less than 36 hours ahead of his return to MSNBC after being dethroned as NBC Nightly News anchor for lying about stories he’s covered, The New York Post reported on Sunday night that Brian Williams is “already been causing trouble” at the ratings-deprived MSNBC. Writing for the paper’s Page Six section, Ian Mohr cited sources within the network that the disgraced Williams is “going to town at…
Curtis Houck
September 21st, 2015 6:02 PM

AP Touts Supporters Praising 'Charm' of 'Grouchy' Sanders

On Monday, Catherine Lucey of the Associated Press played up how Bernie Sanders's supporters find his "grouchy persona" to be "one of his charms." Lucey touted how "Democratic imaginations and hearts are fired up by a white-haired 74-year-old socialist who is riding a populist surge." She also underlined how Sanders's backers "believe him when he bellows his unvarnished liberal message, pledging…
Matthew Balan
September 21st, 2015 5:11 PM

White House’s Offensive Papal Guest-List Story Suppressed

When analyzing news content on the nation’s Hispanic news media, it is helpful to remember that what is not covered is as important as what is covered, if not more so. This week’s papal visit to the United States provides us with another such instance.
Jorge Bonilla
September 21st, 2015 4:44 PM

WashPost Columnist Rips Into Teen Conservative's 'Ugly' Obama 'Rant'

Washington Post columnist Lonnae O’Neal wrote a column for the front of Monday’s Style section with the headline “A teen’s rant over Obama takes us to an ugly place.” Online, the headline was "Teen’s viral rant takes us deeper into 'The Twilight Zone.'"  Her target was conservative teen YouTube sensation C.J. Pearson, now heading up Teens for Ted (Cruz). His latest video attacked Obama for…
Tim Graham
September 21st, 2015 3:59 PM

CNN's Camerota Hammers Carson's Manager Over Muslim Controversy

CNN's Alisyn Camerota badgered and lectured Armstrong Williams, Ben Carson's business manager, on Monday's New Day over the Republican presidential candidate's Sunday statement that he "would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation." Camerota quoted Article VI of the U.S. Constitution regarding religious tests for public office, and contended that "Dr. Carson's belief system…
Matthew Balan
September 21st, 2015 1:59 PM

NBC: Catholics ‘Tired’ of Social Issues; GOP ‘Uncomfortable' With Pope

On Sunday’s NBC Meet the Press, moderator Chuck Todd hyped Pope Francis taking on liberal agenda items: “The incredibly popular pope has been outspoken on his views about inequality and climate change....[in the] Shriver Report snapshot poll of American Catholics, a full 86% think it's a good thing that this pope has emphasized income inequality and environmental issues over things like abortion…
Kyle Drennen
September 21st, 2015 1:22 PM

Hillary Clinton Says No to Abortion Limits ‘At Any Stage of Pregnancy'

The liberal media are only too happy to call pro-life presidential candidates “extreme.” But they’ll never dare apply the same label to pro-choice candidates. In a Sept. 20 interview with CBS’ Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson, Hillary Clinton revealed that she wouldn’t support a federal limit on abortion “at any state of pregnancy” in the name of a “woman’s right to choose.” While the…
Katie Yoder
September 21st, 2015 1:16 PM

Clift Attacks Carly! 'Offensive' to Say PP is 'Selling Baby Parts'

Eleanor Clift, on Saturday’s McLaughlin Group, attacked GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina for playing “fast and loose” on the facts around those Planned Parenthood videos. The Daily Beast blogger became the latest liberal to deny the reality of the horror of those videos as she inaccurately claimed Fiorina was wrong, at last week’s GOP debate, to imply that Planned Parenthood is “…
Geoffrey Dickens
September 21st, 2015 1:09 PM

ABC Hypes ‘Fun’ Moments of Pope Visit as Protester Is Dragged Away

Good Morning America journalist Terry Moran on Monday hailed Pope Francis’s “unforgettable” meeting with the “revolutionary” Fidel Castro. Moran also skimped on coverage of protesters who spoke out. The reporter gushed, “An unforgettable moment: The Pope meets with Fidel Castro, the 89-year-old revolutionary and a Pope who is shaking up the world, too.” 
Scott Whitlock
September 21st, 2015 12:51 PM

Mercedes Schlapp: CNN Debate Was ‘Montessori School’ ‘Unstructured’

During an appearance on Fox News’ MediaBuzz on Sunday, Republican commentator Mercedes Schlapp compared the recent GOP presidential debate on CNN with that on Fox as being like a “Montessori school” that was “unstructured.”
Jeffrey Meyer
September 21st, 2015 12:34 PM

Shorter Daily Beast: Get with the Narrative, 'Nerds'!

The Daily Beast is rather annoyed with electronics "nerds" who have dared to challenge the mainstream media's narrative about Irving, Texas teenager Ahmed Mohamed's pencil-case clock, which got him in a brief scrape with authorities and briefly suspended from high school after administrators feared it was either a real or a hoax bomb.
Ken Shepherd
September 21st, 2015 12:33 PM

Steve Malzberg Hammers CNN Host: 15 Percent of Dems Say Obama's Muslim

Newsmax TV host Steve Malzberg appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday to wrestle with host Brian Stelter about the CNN poll questions asking if Obama was born in America and is a Christian. Stelter began: “I'm curious to explore this strain within the conservative movement and frankly within conservative media at times.” Stelter said “a significant minority of Republicans” say they don’t…
Tim Graham
September 21st, 2015 11:43 AM

Will the NY Times Cover Afghan Leaders' 'Boy Play' Like Abu Ghraib?

Sunday's New York Times story by Joseph Goldstein appearing on Page A1 above the fold in Monday's print edition contains absolutely appalling news. Goldstein's report — originally headlined and appearing in print as "U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies' Abuse of Boys", and currently carried online as "U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies" — asserts that "…
Tom Blumer
September 21st, 2015 11:12 AM

5 Hard Left Issues Where Journalists Show Their Love for Pope Francis

Pope Francis is kicking off his American tour and attracting attention not just from Catholics, but the liberal news media that love everything the pope does that they agree with. If history repeats itself journalists will praise the pope for every liberal thing he says during the visit, especially about the economy, capitalism and wealth. The networks have called him “a different kind of pope”…
Julia A. Seymour
September 21st, 2015 10:17 AM