Nets Ignore John Kerry's Embarrassing James Taylor Stunt

On Friday, while all three network morning shows covered Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Paris to offer U.S. condolences following the recent terrorist attacks, none of the broadcasts mentioned one of the most embarrassing moments in American diplomatic history that occurred during the visit – Kerry bringing musician James Taylor to a press conference to sing "You've Got A Friend" to…
Kyle Drennen
January 16th, 2015 3:23 PM

'Daily Show' Mocks ‘Crazy-Ass’ Alabama Law Protecting the Unborn

Last July, Alabama amended House Bill 494 to allow attorneys to represent the rights of the unborn child in cases where a minor was seeking an abortion. Predictably, the media certainly reacted negatively, calling it heinous, absurd, and insane.  On the Jan.15, “Daily Show,” correspondent Jessica Williams interviewed both sides – an Alabama civil rights attorney in favor of the law, Julian…
Kristine Marsh
January 16th, 2015 3:06 PM

Daily Show Mocks ‘Crazy-Ass’ Alabama Law Protecting the Unborn

The right to life is a real side-splitter for lib show.
Kristine Marsh
January 16th, 2015 2:44 PM

Boston.com Fires Scribe Who Dredged for Laughs in Plan to Kill Boehner

Boston.com and associate editor Victor Paul Alvarez have parted ways, according to fierce crosstown rival Boston Herald, after Alvarez wrote a glib and snarky account of an alleged plan by an Ohio bartender to poison House Speaker John Boehner. Here's how it was reported in the Herald --
Jack Coleman
January 16th, 2015 1:24 PM

CBS Blames Cancellation of Muslim Prayer at Duke on Franklin Graham

On Friday, CBS This Morning reported on news that Duke University had cancelled plans to have a Muslim call-to-prayer projected from the school’s famous bell tower at the Duke Chapel and, while Duke suggested that there were “several factors” that led to the decision, the segment prominently tied it to Rev. Franklin Graham and subsequent threats against them. CBS News correspondent Julianna…
Curtis Houck
January 16th, 2015 12:57 PM

ABC Fawns Over 'Heroic' Jimmy Carter: Still 'Going Strong'

Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos on Friday fawned over Jimmy Carter. Though much of the interview with the "heroic" ex-president focused on his humanitarian work, Stephanopoulos also prompted Carter to push his liberal agenda.
Scott Whitlock
January 16th, 2015 12:37 PM

SBA List Prez: New Congress Shows ‘Abortion-Centered Feminism Is Dead’

The death movement is dying, according to pro-life activists, Congress – and even the media’s censorship. Just a week before the 42nd annual March for Life, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List and its super PAC partner Women Speak Out, spoke at the Washington, D.C. National Press Club Jan. 15 on “The Political Punch of the Pro-Life Movement in the 2014 Elections and…
Katie Yoder
January 16th, 2015 12:28 PM

NY Times Runs Full-Page Ad for Scientologists, Not Jihadist Critics

It’s fascinating to see The New York Times promoting a new left-wing documentary hit for HBO by noting the Church of Scientology has bought a full-page ad in The New York Times to fight it. (See page A-11.) Reporter Alex Cieply did not have the integrity to note that the Times will take money from the atheists and the Scientologists, but won’t allow a full-page ad to attack Islamists (they…
Tim Graham
January 16th, 2015 12:12 PM

Omission Watch: Leftists Stage 'Die-In' Over Obama Library In Chicago

Will the networks cover?   On Tuesday, residents of Chicago’s South Side staged a die-in at Hyde Park Academy High School. But unlike recent demonstrations, these civilians were not protesting any verdict or police action. Instead, they were protesting the University of Chicago’s bid for the Barack Obama Presidential Library.
Laura Flint
January 16th, 2015 9:44 AM

NBC's Snow Serves Up a Travel Promo for Cuba

Interesting: Cuba's Bureau of Tourism sponsored a three-minute promo on today's Morning Joe. Oh, wait, no.  That was NBC itself, in the person of Kate Snow, with a smiley, unrelentingly upbeat segment promoting the glories of tourism in Cuba that will now be possible for Americans under President Obama's executive order relaxing former restrictions. Snow's segment—entitled 'Bienvenidos a Cuba'…
Mark Finkelstein
January 16th, 2015 9:32 AM

Even Media Can't Believe John Kerry's Musical Apology to the French

In the kind of response that sounds like a joke -- even to liberal journalists -- Secretary of State John Kerry brought Seventies pop star James Taylor (now almost 67) to sing his old chestnut "You've Got a Friend' to the French as a show of support after President Obama blew off the "historic" rally of world leaders last Sunday.

Tim Graham
January 16th, 2015 8:40 AM

NBC Nightly News Hypes Obama’s ‘Paid Sick Leave’ Mandate

Following the lead of ABC and CBS from Thursday morning, NBC Nightly News cheered President Barack Obama’s newest initiative that would require private businesses “to guarantee” their employees “at least seven” paid sick days and affect 43 million Americans.  While senior White House correspondent Chris Jansing interviewed the owner of a Maryland carpet company opposed to the President’s…
Curtis Houck
January 16th, 2015 12:22 AM

NYT's Peters: GOP 'Callous, 'Cruel', and 'Unforgiving' to Illegals

The New York Times' long-standing support for amnesty for illegal immigrants -- and its contempt for the Republican Party's continued opposition -- leaped out of Thursday's front-page story by Jeremy Peters, a reporter whose hostility to the GOP is well-documented.
Clay Waters
January 15th, 2015 11:34 PM

Spike Lee Offers F-Bomb Rejoinder to Oscar Snub of 'Selma'

It was a matter of minutes or maybe hours before Obama-boosting black film director Spike Lee was quoted in disgust that the black professionals who made Selma were overlooked for the Oscars, both for director Ava du Vernay and for actor David Oyelowo. (The film was nominated for Best Picture, and Golden Globe winners John Legend and Common were nominated for Best Song.) Marlow Stern of the…
Tim Graham
January 15th, 2015 11:09 PM