Notable Quotables: Delaying Obama’s Amnesty = Putting History on Hold

This week, after a federal judge delays implementation of President Obama's executive amnesty, the networks frame it as “a historic day... on hold,” and a ruling that “dashes American dreams for millions of families.” Also, a rogues’ gallery of journalists led by Dan Rather leap to the defense of suspended NBC News anchor Brian Williams, while others in the media wish we'd stop talking about ISIS…
Rich Noyes
February 23rd, 2015 8:52 AM

WashPost's Milbank Accuses Walker of Giuliani-Related 'Cowardice'

In his Friday Washington Post column, Dana Milbank accused Scott Walker of "cowardice" which "ought to disqualify him as a serious presidential contender." Walker's alleged "cowardice" was his failure to disown the following remark made by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani: “I do not believe that the president loves America.” Last time I checked, Rudy's entitled to his opinion, and Walker's…
Tom Blumer
February 23rd, 2015 12:08 AM

Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Goes MIA

Politico labor reporter Mike Elk continues to set new records in the annals of extreme lethargy. Not only has he written a pathetic total of only five stories since he came on board at Politico in the middle of October, he can't even be bothered to write or even contribute to currently breaking important labor stories.  
P.J. Gladnick
February 22nd, 2015 6:20 PM

Ed Henry: Why Can't Giuliani Slam Obama, Who Called Bush Unpatriotic?

During a press conference on Friday, Ed Henry -- the Fox News Channel's chief White House correspondent -- stated that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been harshly criticized for claiming that Barack Obama does not love America. Henry then compared that remark with one made by then-candidate Obama when he charged that then-president George W. Bush was “irresponsible” and “…
Randy Hall
February 22nd, 2015 4:57 PM

Chuck Todd Claims Giuliani 'Led' 'This Week's Race to the Bottom'

On Sunday, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd did his best to continue the media’s obsession surrounding former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani questioning President Obama’s love of America. Despite Todd’s insistence that he has “hated this story in so many ways,” he made sure to declare “[t]his week’s week's race to the bottom, led by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, is proving why…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 22nd, 2015 1:45 PM

Jeffrey Toobin: Giuliani an ‘Embarrassment’ With a ‘Paranoid Style’

Toobin, of the New Yorker and CNN, argues that while Giuliani’s “I do not believe that the President loves America” comments were “simply incorrect,” it was more important to understand that they were “not principally meant as assertions of fact.” Rather, they were “meant to tap into a deep wellspring of American political thought, one defined by the Columbia historian Richard Hofstadter five…
Tom Johnson
February 22nd, 2015 1:40 PM

Racism 101? WashPost Highlights Colleges 'Teaching Ferguson'

Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine put this on the cover: “Teaching Ferguson: How Professors Are Using Racial Flashpoints in the Classroom.” Yes, “[Trayvon] Martin, Ferguson and their galvanizing ripple effects have inspired universities across the country to incorporate racially charged tragedies into their curricula, sometimes in novel ways.” Some of the course work listed could be bringing…
Tim Graham
February 22nd, 2015 12:40 PM

Bill Nye on Europe's Jews: If Only They Were More Neighborly

Heck, who cares if the "neighbors" in question have a knife to your throat. Bill Nye, foppish self-proclaimed Science Guy, appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher this past Friday night and demonstrated why he ought to stick with his true vocation as a global-warming bedwetter.
Jack Coleman
February 22nd, 2015 12:11 PM

ABC Promotes ‘Unabashedly Progressive’ Bernie Sanders

On Sunday, ABC’s This Week promoted Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his recent trip to Iowa as he considers a potential 2016 presidential run.In a pre-taped segment, reporter David Wright touted how Sanders is “as unabashedly progressive as Ben & Jerry's…Sanders rails against the corrupting influence of money in politics. He stands for economic justice.” 
Jeffrey Meyer
February 22nd, 2015 11:42 AM

ABC, NBC Continue to Promote ‘Firestorm’ Over Giuliani's Comments

On Saturday and Sunday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today continued to play up the ongoing controversy surrounding comments made by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in which he questioned President Obama’s love of America. Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd went so far as to suggest that some Republicans fear the New York City mayor had caused the “issue of race” to pop up.
Jeffrey Meyer
February 22nd, 2015 10:29 AM

One-Sided WashPost: Pelosi 'Heaping Praise' on Obama in Havana

On Saturday, The Washington Post published what can only be read as a Nancy Pelosi press release on the back page of the front section. The former speaker was in Havana with a bunch of other liberals “heaping praise” on Obama for softening up on the Castro dictatorship. There was nothing resembling a critic of Obama, Pelosi, or the Castros.
Tim Graham
February 22nd, 2015 7:24 AM

Saturday Night Humor: Cavuto Admits That It's All Fox News's Fault

Thursday on his Your World show, host Neil Cavuto went after the Obama administration's near obsession with the coverage it gets on Fox News. While Team Obama can count on the Big Three triumvirate of ABC, CBS and NBC to toe the line, promoting its points while generally avoiding damning information, Fox has generally remained fair and balanced, an approach which has clearly gotten under their…
Tom Blumer
February 21st, 2015 11:59 PM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Top Ten Things Said By a Handsy Biden

Bret Baier ended his Thursday show by playing the best items from the Late Show’s “Top Ten Things Joe Biden Said at This Moment” – the moment, a lengthy one, when Biden used both hands to grasp the shoulders of Stephanie Carter, wife of incoming Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, as he leaned in to whisper in her ear during her husband’s Tuesday swearing-in ceremony.  
Brent Baker
February 21st, 2015 11:48 PM

NYT: Giuliani Aligns With 'Hard Right' With Racial Anti-Obama Outburst

The New York Times kept on its old Rudy the Racist beat, using the former New York City mayor's recent remarks suggesting President Obama doesn't love America to attack him in a front-page story on Saturday: "His remarks this week mostly drew derision and outrage, and seemed to further distance Mr. Giuliani from the heroic, above-the-fray image he carefully burnished after the Sept. 11 attacks,…
Clay Waters
February 21st, 2015 8:24 PM