David Daleiden Says CMP ‘More Transparent’ with Video Edits than CNN

When it comes to editing and video production, the Center for Medical Progress is “more transparent” than CNN, according to the maker of the undercover Planned Parenthood videos. During Anderson Cooper 360 on Oct. 19, CNN’s Drew Griffin interrogated Center for Medical Progress (CMP) Project Lead David Daleiden over his videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s harvesting of aborted baby parts. In the…
Katie Yoder

Gay Sportswriter Beclowns Himself While Insulting Christian Mets Star

Jim Buzinski, co-founder of Outsports.com and a gay man, lashed out at Murphy in a very silly column where he attacked the Mets infielder’s “Christian lifestyle,” in response to Murphy’s statement from earlier in the year that he disagrees with the “homosexual lifestyle.”
Dylan Gwinn

Shocker: ABC Offers Positive Portrait of ‘Amazing’ Ben Carson

What’s going on here? Good Morning America, somehow, aired a shockingly positive portrayal of Ben Carson on Wednesday, promoting the Republican as “amazing” and having a “resume like no other candidate.” This is quite a change from ABC’s previous attacks on Carson. 
Scott Whitlock

Race-Baiting, Bush-Bashing Comedian Chris Rock to Host Academy Awards

Comedian Chris Rock announced on Twitter today that he would be hosting the next Academy Awards show, airing February 28, 2016.
Kristine Marsh

Chris Matthews: Was 'Stupid' When Hillary Said GOPers Were Her Enemies

Reacting to a sound bite of Joe Biden from today's Rose Garden announcement in which the Vice President obliquely criticized Hillary Clinton for a remark at the Democratic debate in which she said Republicans were her "enemy," Hardball host Chris Matthews said Clinton's comment was "stupid" and probably driven by her trying too hard to toss out red meat to the partisan debate audience. Of course…
Ken Shepherd

The Onion: ‘PP Has Enough Fetus Cash to Keep Going’

Some things hit a little too close to home—especially if you’re a humorless liberal who doesn’t get satire unless it’s aimed at conservatives. That being said, yesterday The Onion came out with the headline ‘Defunded Planned Parenthood Reassures Supporters It Has Enough Fetus Cash To Keep Going’ in light of Texas barring Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood. 
Erin Aitcheson

Huffington Post Pushes Federal Sick Leave Mandate to Reduce Flu Rates

Mandates are a predictable liberal solution for problems both real and percieved. The Huffington Post proved it again when it argued for a federal mandate for paid sick leave, claiming a new study offered a “compelling” reason for the law. The attention grabbing headline from Oct. 21, claimed, “Flu Rate Would Decline Significantly If the U.S. Mandated Paid Sick Leave.” The numbers beg to differ…
Julia A. Seymour

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Cheers ‘Universally Beloved’ Joe Biden

On Wednesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reacted to the news that Vice President Joe Biden had decided to not run for president by touting how “universally beloved Joe Biden is as an American political figure.” 
Jeffrey Meyer

CNN Gushes Over Biden's 'Fitting Sign-Off' in Deciding Not to Run

CNN's Jim Acosta sang Vice President Joe Biden's praises on Wednesday's Legal View, mere moments after the Democrat announced that he was not running for president: "It was extraordinary political theater to be out here...it was unbelievable to see us all called together at the very last minute to witness what we just saw. But, in many ways, it was a kind of a fitting sign-off for this vice…
Matthew Balan

Open Thread: Joe Biden Decides Against POTUS Bid

Flanked by his wife and the president, Vice President Joe Biden announced moments ago in the White Rose Garden that he decided to not seek the Democratic nomination for president. Consider this post today's open thread.
NB Staff

NYT's Steinhauer Laments 'Gerrymandered' Success of GOP Freedom Caucus

New York Times political reporter Jennifer Steinhauer filed "Influence of Freedom Caucus Ripples Through Washington" for Tuesday's front page, a long hostile introduction to a page of label-heavy profiles of five congressmen from the Freedom Caucus. Steinhauer's tone was resentful of the success of the new wave of conservative congressmen, alleging they had achieved their goals through "highly…
Clay Waters

Joy Behar Touts Trump’s Liberal Views: ‘He Agrees With Bernie’

On Wednesday’s View, liberal co-host Joy Behar admitted that she was “starting to warm up to Trump a little bit now” given the numerous liberal positions the Republican frontrunner has taken over the years. After Behar admitted Trump will “never replace my arousal feelings for Bernie” she touted how Trump “is not as bad as the rest” of the GOP field.
Jeffrey Meyer

Nets: GOP in ‘Disarray’ as Ryan Deals With ‘Far-Right’ ‘Hardliners’

All three networks on Wednesday spun Paul Ryan as dealing with the “far-right” “hardliners" in Congress. ​Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos lectured, “Paul Ryan steps forward toward the top job in Congress with a challenge to fellow Republicans.” In a news brief, Tom Llamas derided conservatives: “Ryan wants Republicans to unite behind him by Friday, including the far-right members of…
Scott Whitlock

Politicians Cite MRC, Slam Nets for Coverage of Abortion Vids

Members of Congress are speaking out against the “defense of the indefensible” – and calling out those in the media who refuse to do the same. On Tuesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and other members of Congress wrote to the presidents of ABC, NBC and CBS News regarding their “glaring lack of coverage” on the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s harvesting of…
Katie Yoder