Don Lemon: 'Objectively,' Virginia Shooter Was 'Racist'

Don Lemon spotlighted the racist motivations of Vester Flanagan, the fired journalist who murdered two of his former associates, during a Thursday commentary on Tom Joyner's syndicated radio show. Lemon zeroed in on how the "discussion about Flanagan has mainly centered on mental health....The other, lesser discussion has been whether he was racist." The CNN anchor bluntly contended that "if one…
Matthew Balan
August 27th, 2015 5:02 PM

NPR Hails Transgender-Promoting Novel for Third-Graders; No Critics

Thursday’s Morning Edition on National Public Radio thrummed with political correctness, carefully distilled for grade-schoolers. Scholastic Books is rolling out a new book promoting transgenderism for grades three to seven, and lesbian NPR reporter Neda Ulaby promoted its author in the most positive tones only. There is no dissent on this taxpayer-funded propaganda outlet. The book is called…
Tim Graham
August 27th, 2015 4:32 PM

Sports Illustrated Writer: America 'Accepting Murder' Because of Guns

Oh look, another sports writer is deploying his deep understanding of the Constitution to chastise Americans over guns. Wednesday night, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King took to twitter to drop this gem:
Dylan Gwinn
August 27th, 2015 3:58 PM

Big Three Censor 'Liar,' 'Dishonest' Poll Findings on Hillary

ABC, CBS, and NBC's Thursday morning newscasts all covered the latest Quinnipiac University poll showing Hillary Clinton's "lowest numbers so far this campaign," as ABC's Cecilia Vega put it on Good Morning America. However, the Big Three network shows all failed to mention how the poll also found that the first three words that come to mind when Americans think of Mrs. Clinton are "liar," "…
Matthew Balan
August 27th, 2015 1:10 PM

NewsBusted: A Tax Code So Simple, Even Biden Can Understand It

"Donald Trump says he wants to simplify the U.S. tax code.  He wants it to be so simple that even Joe Biden can understand it." -- NewsBusted's Jodi Miller.
NB Staff
August 27th, 2015 1:02 PM

CNN's Don Lemon Grills Ben Carson: Rethink Gun Control

CNN anchors on Wednesday night hit two Republican presidential candidates on the subject of gun control, wondering if Tuesday's horrific shooting in Roanoke, Virginia has prompted them to rethink their positions. Talking to Ben Carson, Don Lemon demanded: "After you watch a crime like this, does it make you question at all the role of guns in our society?" 
Scott Whitlock
August 27th, 2015 12:57 PM

NBC: ‘Outrage’ Over Schilling Comparing Muslim Extremists to Nazis

Introducing a segment on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie announced: “We’re back now at 7:43 with the controversial tweet that has led to a headline-making suspension at ESPN.” Fellow co-host Willie Geist declared: “Former big league ace pitcher and current baseball analyst Curt Schilling has a history of pushing boundaries on social media. But his bosses say this time Schilling…
Kyle Drennen
August 27th, 2015 12:15 PM

Mrs. Stephanopoulos Flashes Breasts on Jimmy Kimmel Live

During an appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night, Ali Wentworth, wife of Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos, flashed her breasts to the late night host and his audience. Wentworth said she decided to flash the audience after she saw Miley Cyrus do the same in the previous segment. Stephanopoulos’ wife described how she and Cyrus “just bumped into each other” and…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 27th, 2015 11:43 AM

ABC, CBS Use Shooting Horror to Tout Gun Control

Both ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning on Thursday used the shooting death of two journalists in Roanoke, Virginia to highlight gun control. GMA co-host Robin Roberts talked to the boyfriend of slain reporter Alison Parker and lectured, "...When something like this happens, the conversation turns to gun control." 
Scott Whitlock
August 27th, 2015 11:33 AM

NBC Touts Left-Wing Atheist Group Forcing Removal of Jesus Painting

Wednesday’s NBC Today devoted a full report to the Freedom From Religion Foundation forcing a Kansas school to take down a painting of Jesus. Co-host Matt Lauer declared: “...a controversial decision to take down a portrait of Jesus that’s getting an awful lot of attention.”
Kyle Drennen
August 27th, 2015 10:48 AM

Amanda Marcotte: For Righty Media, an Assertive Woman = Darth Vader

A great many Fox News hosts and contributors publicly criticized Donald Trump’s latest Twitter swipes at Megyn Kelly. This raises a major pot-kettle issue, claims lefty writer Marcotte, in that these high-profile personalities who objected to Trump’s sexism work for a channel that disseminates one sexist message after another. “The position at Fox News and elsewhere in the conservative media on…
Tom Johnson
August 27th, 2015 10:46 AM

USA Network Postponed ‘Mr. Robot’ Finale over Virginia Shooting

Viewers looking forward to the season finale of Mr. Robot on USA Network last night were disappointed to find a rerun of last week’s episode. The network postponed the final episode until next week because “The previously filmed season finale of Mr. Robot contains a graphic scene similar in nature to today’s tragic events in Virginia,” it said in a statement. So the Mr. Robot season ender…
Matt Philbin
August 27th, 2015 10:27 AM

CBS’s Norah O’Donnell Demands Chris Christie Denounce Trump

During an interview on Thursday’s CBS This Morning, Norah O’Donnell repeatedly questioned New Jersey Governor Chris Christie over the Republican Party’s supposed unwillingness to condemn GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. The CBS anchor lectured Christie that “[y]ou certainly don't agree with Donald Trump on a number of issues, I assume...So why has there been a reluctance by so many of…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 27th, 2015 10:21 AM

NYT Columnist Kristof Again Exploits Tragedy, Push for Gun Control

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof quickly found something else to blame for the killing of two journalists besides the actual killer: America's gun culture, while glossing over the killer's mental disturbance. Kristof is notorious for using tragedies for political gain, like he did after the Boston Marathon bombing, and after the 2011 assassinations in Tuscon.
Clay Waters
August 27th, 2015 9:56 AM