No Street Cred: Huff-Post Buys Fake Twitter Account of Police Shooting

The Huffington Post keeps chipping away at its less than favorable credibility. Just a few days ago, they claimed to have been in contact with a source that said he was the “best friend” of an 18 year old black man who was shot by police in a St. Louis suburb – drawing some to compare the recent police shooting to that of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. It turns out their "friend" turned out…
Melissa Mullins
December 27th, 2014 8:55 PM

In LA, CBS Station Pretends There Was a Real Kwanzaa Parade

What follows is an object lesson in why year-end best, worst and other lists shouldn't be published until the year actually ends. A Kwanzaa "parade" was held in Los Angeles yesterday. In reporting on the event, CBS Los Angeles published a work of fiction (saved here for future reference, fair use and discussion purposes) which absolutely belongs on any 2014 list of most embarrassing moments in…
Tom Blumer
December 27th, 2014 8:40 PM

ESPN Site Compares Michael Sam's Gay Kiss to Victory Over Japan Photo

Oprah Winfrey's documentary on gay NFL tryout (and washout) Michael Sam airs on Saturday night. Secular leftist journalists and gay activists desperately wanted a happier story line than the one that unfolded. What was pitched a Major Historical Moment vanished into put-on-waivers obscurity. Bryan Curtis at ESPN's Grantland site compared the Sam kiss, carefully choreographed for the ESPN cameras…
Tim Graham
December 27th, 2014 5:02 PM

CNN's New Programs Draw Younger Viewers Despite Network's Poor Ratings

In yet another report on the continuing ratings disaster that is the Cable News Network, Nielsen data indicates that “CNN's overall prime-time audience for the year is trending at an all-time low.” However, there was one bright spot for the channel: The median age of an average CNN viewer during prime time fell from 60 to 58 years old. At the same time, states Reuters reporter Rick Kissel, the…
Randy Hall
December 27th, 2014 3:55 PM

Lefty Pundit Foresees Religious Right ‘Frenzy of Fear’ Over 2016

In a Talking Points Memo piece, Ed Kilgore opines, “Even if the supply side of theocratic impulses in America is abating a bit, the demand side will boom” because of “a large and noisy Republican presidential nominating fight in which Christian Right resources will be a fiercely contested prize.”
Tom Johnson
December 27th, 2014 3:36 PM

Time for Comcast-NBC to Fire Al Sharpton

Happy New Year, Comcast. Now do yourself and your company a favor and fire the man identified by Mediaite as ..really…””the most powerful man in America.”  Who would that be, exactly? “Outside of the president, Al Sharpton might possibly be the most powerful man in America right now.”
Jeffrey Lord
December 27th, 2014 12:53 PM

Year-End Awards: The Pantsuit Patrol Award

For the last several days, NewsBusters has been showcasing the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2014” as a way to review the worst media bias of 2014. Today’s categories: the Pantsuit Patrol Award for Boosting Hillary Clinton, and the America’s Royal Baby Award.
Rich Noyes
December 27th, 2014 11:50 AM

Rangel Denies NYC Marchers' 'Dead Cops' Chants, Then Brushes Them Off

As I noted almost two weeks ago, hundreds of protesters in Manhattan repeatedly shouted "What do we want? Dead Cops! When do we want it? Now!" during that city's version of the so-called "Justice For All" marches which took place in several locations around the nation on December 13. The New York Times failed to report the protesters' rants in its original coverage of the marches. The fact that…
Tom Blumer
December 27th, 2014 10:18 AM

‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle Was a Mass Murderer Like Lee Malvo?

The late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is recognized as the most effective sniper in U.S. military history. Max Blumenthal, the son of liberal journalist and adoring Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, only has a reputation for being a jerk who trolls conservative conventions and writes books with titles like “Republican Gomorrah.” Twitchy reported on Friday that Blumenthal on Twitter compared Kyle to Lee…
Tim Graham
December 27th, 2014 8:20 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: Cultural Winners and Losers, 2014

Looking back at our popular culture in 2014, it appears that Hollywood’s power is on the wane. Politically, the leftist celebrities and the “Rock the Vote” gang couldn’t help dig the Democrats out of their rut. Even that paragon of permissiveness Sandra Fluke couldn’t exploit her Limbaugh-victim aura to win a state Senate seat in libertine California. Who are the other cultural winners and…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
December 27th, 2014 7:47 AM

Obama-Supporting Politico Magazine Insists 'Everything Is Awesome!'

Former Time magazine correspondent Michael Grunwald tried going for the sunniest kind of optimism in a Politico Magazine article headlined "Everything Is Awesome! Well, not everything. But America’s looking much better than you think." Grunwald declared that people who voted in the Republicans over economic fears were simply wrong.
Tim Graham
December 26th, 2014 8:42 PM

CNN Executive Asks Pro-Israel Teenage Activist: 'Are You Brain Dead?'

In an article posted on the website for the Times of Israel newspaper, high school senior Hayley Nagelberg described a testy exchange between herself and Richard Davis in which the executive vice president of news standards and practices for the Cable News Network asked her if she’s “brain dead.” The clash was a result of CNN's coverage of an attack on a synagogue in Har Nof, Jerusalem, on…
Randy Hall
December 26th, 2014 4:33 PM

New Republic: Conservatives, Unlike Liberals, ‘Lionize’ Extremists

Brian Beutler defends President Obama and Mayor de Blasio against attacks from the likes of Rudy Giuliani and contends that while “liberal political leaders in America don’t lionize fringe figures,” their conservative counterparts certainly do.
Tom Johnson
December 26th, 2014 2:52 PM

Salon Bashes Fox's Kurtz for Dissing Female Reporters' Obama Questions

Liberals were overjoyed that President Obama only called on females in his year-ending news conference on December 19. Vanity Fair headlined its story “Obama’s All-Women Press Conference Deals Glancing Blow to Patriarchy.” Simon Maloy at Salon turned into another opportunity for Fox-bashing and male-loathing:
Tim Graham
December 26th, 2014 2:42 PM