CNN Hosts Two GOPers Who Agree with Liberal Gay Marriage Ruling

On the heels of recent weeks when CNN has repeatedly included Republicans on bipartisan voter panels, but with those Republican members sounding more like liberals than conservatives, on Monday's Wolf program, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer hosted a discussion with two Republican guests who both agreed with the Supreme Court's liberal ruling that bolstered same-sex marriage.
Brad Wilmouth
June 29th, 2015 8:00 PM

CNN's Cuomo Likens LGBT Marriage Foes to Segregationists

CNN's Chris Cuomo again acted like a LGBT activist on Monday's New Day, as he interviewed Peter Sprigg from the socially conservative Family Research Council. Cuomo raised the specter of Jim Crow when he claimed that a proposed First Amendment Defense Act in Congress "does smack familiar to what happened in the wake of the miscegenation laws and the civil rights laws, where ...some cited the…
Matthew Balan
June 29th, 2015 6:37 PM

HBO's Oliver: Those Opposed to Transgenderism On Wrong Side of History

On Sunday night's Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver delved deeply into the topic of transgender rights. The comic argued that those opposed to transgenderism – or even gender-neutral bathrooms – are on the wrong side of history: “[T]his is a civil rights issue, if you are not willing to support transgender people for their own sake, at least do it for your own, because we've been through this…
Connor Williams
June 29th, 2015 4:57 PM

NBC: Nuns Refuse to Sell Convent to ‘Deeply Religious’ Katy Perry

On Monday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie described “a bizarre legal fight in California” that “pits a group of nuns against their own archdiocese and music superstar Katy Perry...over who gets to buy a former convent.”
Kyle Drennen
June 29th, 2015 4:45 PM

Mainstream Media Scream: January-Jun 2015 Archive

Archive, from January through June 2015, of the Washington Examiner’s weekly Mainstream Media Scream posts by Paul Bedard, which are based upon a recommendation from the MRC’s Brent Baker who also provides an explanation for each one.
Brent Baker
June 29th, 2015 4:44 PM

Honesty! NY Times Reporter Admits ‘I Live in a Bubble’

BREAKING: Elite lefty journalists residing on the coasts may not be representative of the population as a whole! Well, New York Times education reporter Motoko Rich seems surprised by the news. She tweeted as much in response to an article highlighting the resurgence of maiden-name retention, or “how few women keep their names after marriage.” Rich’s surprise, she tweeted, was “proof I live in…
Sarah Stites
June 29th, 2015 3:27 PM

State Dept Throws Free Beacon Reporter Out of Iran Nuke Talks Briefing

Arrest that reporter for attempting to commit a blatant act of flagrant journalism! The Washington Free Beacon today carried a report from Adam Kredo about the State Department removing him from a briefing on the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria. He was even threatened with arrest by security. Here is how the State Department of "most transparent administration in history" dealt with Kredo:
P.J. Gladnick
June 29th, 2015 3:24 PM

AP Writer Dodges Own Question on the State of China's Slowing Economy

The world's financial markets had a terrible Monday. The debt crisis in Greece (population: 11 million) has been dominating the headlines and the press's attention, while serious deterioration in China (population: 1.36 billion) is getting short shrift. It isn't just that the mainland Chinese stock market has broken the bear-market decline threshold of 20 percent in less than three weeks,…
Tom Blumer
June 29th, 2015 3:12 PM

NYT’s Kantor Sees GOP in ‘Tough Spot’ and ‘Terrible Position’

On Monday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Norah O’Donnell asked New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor about how the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling would impact 2016 Republican candidates: “...none of the 13 Republican candidates who are running for president have embraced gay marriage. How does that affect the ongoing presidential campaign?”
Kyle Drennen
June 29th, 2015 3:01 PM

Media-Censored: Top 15 Quotes from Justices AGAINST Gay Marriage

After the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage, journalists rushed to show an America that agrees with them – but the win wasn’t one-sided. One or two dissenting opinions is common for the Supreme Court. Four? Not so much. When the Court ruled in favor of gay marriage Friday in Obergefell v. Hodges 5-4, all four dissenting justices (John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, and Clarence…
Katie Yoder and MRC Culture Staff
June 29th, 2015 2:34 PM

CNN's Costello Suggests GOPers 'Move On' from Gay Marriage Ruling

On Monday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Carol Costello talked up the idea that it would be better for Republicans to just accept the recent liberal Supreme Court ruling bolstering same-sex marriage as she hosted a discussion with right-leaning CNN commentator Tara Setmayer and Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis. As Setmayer predicted that different GOP presidential candidates would put forth different…
Brad Wilmouth
June 29th, 2015 2:18 PM

Chris Kyle's Wife Slams Hillary Clinton’s ‘Audacity' on Benghazi

Taya Kyle, widow to American Sniper Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, is not a fan of Hillary Clinton. In a Boston Herald radio interview Friday, Kyle discussed how Clinton’s careless response to Benghazi proves her lack of leadership skills and empathy for the American people.
Kristine Marsh
June 29th, 2015 1:11 PM

MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Calls Out Obama On Heckler

For a very brief moment yesterday, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry stopped her normal Obama administration cheerleading to criticize him for the way he handled a heckler last week during his speech at a gay pride reception. When the protestor wouldn’t quiet down and kept talking over Obama, he responded with “listen, you’re in my house,” which resulted in cheers and applause from those in the room.
Spencer Raley
June 29th, 2015 12:38 PM

Scarborough Slams Obama Over Taking Credit for Gay Marriage Decision

On June 29, in a discussion about the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to affirm gay marriage as a constitutional right, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough slammed President Obama for taking undeserved credit. The former Florida congressman noted: “[I]t’s sort of mind boggling that the president’s up there in 2015 and just as early as 2012 Joe Biden got out in front of the president. And Joe Biden's…
Connor Williams
June 29th, 2015 12:28 PM