WashPost Reveals Hillary's Big Speaking Fees Come with Diva Demands

The Washington Post deserves credit for filing a Freedom of Information Act request to get details on Hillary Clinton’s very expensive lectures, but it’s fascinating when and where they decide to report on the results: tucked into the middle page A-2 on Thanksgiving Day. It’s under a story titled “462,000 choose health plans as enrollment begins.” Talk about trying to hide your light under a…
Tim Graham
November 28th, 2014 11:37 AM

LAT Guest Blogger: Use Thanksgiving to Debate ‘Crazy Right-Wing Uncle'

Sometimes, one has to remember that op-ed writers don't always get to pick their headlines, though I would hope that they're allowed to register their objections. So it's not clear that Los Angeles Times guest blogger Joel Silberman is responsible for the headline at his Monday blog post about how, or even whether, to deal with relatives who disagree with you politically on Thanksgiving. But…
Tom Blumer
November 28th, 2014 10:51 AM

New York Times Hails 20-Year-Old Abortion Funder In Texas

For The New York Times, Black Friday’s just another great day to promote “abortion entrepreneurs” like 20-year-old Lenzi Sheible, who helps troubled women get around Texas abortion laws by paying for hotels and transportation bills to other abortion clinics. The headline was “Activists Help Pay for Patients’ Travel to Shrinking Number of Abortion Clinics.” For the liberal media, abortion is a…
Tim Graham
November 28th, 2014 9:47 AM

WashPost on Ferguson: A Racist Town and Landmark, Just Like Selma

As proof the national media is trying to turn Ferguson into Selma – with no appreciation of a difference in racism between Alabama in the 1960s and St. Louis in 2014 – see Krissah Thompson’s Thanksgiving Day dissertation in The Washington Post. A headline was “To many, ‘Ferguson’ is shorthand for police mistreatment of blacks.”
Tim Graham
November 28th, 2014 8:49 AM

Capitalist Imperialist Black Friday Open Thread

This was found on Facebook yesterday, from a leftist academic who really wanted to spill guilt on the Thanskgiving table: "Just something to think about on First Nations and Indigenous People's Day; in light of world wide poverty, the crimes in Ferguson and the immensity of the western world's wealth:"
NB Staff
November 28th, 2014 8:20 AM

A Cornucopia of New York Times Thanksgiving Bias

Is there no beloved American tradition the liberal media won't try to sour? "A Warning on Nutmeg," a silly post from the New York Times' health section, failed to come close to justifying its alarmist headline, and functioned as a near parody of liberal media handwringing. But it's far from the first time the paper has flubbed Thanksgiving, either politically or by just being ridiculous
Clay Waters
November 27th, 2014 7:22 PM

Crude: Warner Bros. Asks the Public To 'Plow' Jennifer Aniston

 "Horrible Bosses 2" features the kind of raw, unexpurgated comedy you'd expect from the franchise. The studio behind the film is extending that coarse brand to social media.
Christian Toto
November 27th, 2014 6:45 PM

Salon: 'Stop Eating Thanksgiving Turkey!'

Are you about to enjoy your Thanksgiving turkey? Well, Salon writer Lindsay Abrams wants you to stop. Stop right now! Not content to give liberal ideology a rest even on this holiday, Abrams attempts to guilt trip her readers into giving up turkey for Thanksgiving.  
P.J. Gladnick
November 27th, 2014 1:09 PM

NYT Spreads Skepticism on Ferguson; Cops an 'Alien, Occupying Force'

The New York Times continued to spread skepticism about the decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., not to seek criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a black teenager. The Times hypocritically upended its own liberal sensibility by suggesting more prosecutorial zeal would have been a good thing in this particular case. And a lead editorial likened the Ferguson police to "an…
Clay Waters
November 27th, 2014 12:27 PM

It’s the Time to be Thankful, But Not For Liberals

Despite all the whining liberals do about America, we bet if they tried hard enough, liberals could come up with something they’re thankful for – like, indie films, organic kale, legalized weed? It's easy coming up with things liberals aren’t grateful for. Here are 6 of the most common complaints liberals make about why they aren’t thankful for this country.
Kristine Marsh
November 27th, 2014 10:30 AM

Unbelievable: Time Offers 'In Defense of Rioting' Article

This is literally unbelievable. On November 25, Time.com posted an article by Darlena Cunha titled "In Defense of Rioting," insisting that peaceful protests are only a "luxury" to those safely in “mainstream culture”, that riots are a “necessary part of the evolution of society”, and even brought the Tea Party into the mix by comparing the peaceful Tea Party protestors of today to those of the…
Melissa Mullins
November 27th, 2014 9:34 AM

Giving Thanks: 10 Cutest Videos of Little Kids Praying

What are little kids thankful for? In response to the controversial news surrounding Thanksgiving, here’s a positive media recognition of Thanksgiving – toddler-prayer-style. Here are 10 of the most adorable home videos of toddlers praying, found via YouTube:
Katie Yoder
November 27th, 2014 9:00 AM

Tapper: Alderman Thinks Yelling 'Burn That B--ch Down' Spurred Riots

Erin Burnett’s bizarre suggestion that yelling “Burn that bitch down” might not be a call to violence was challenged even inside CNN on Tuesday. Jake Tapper’s blog for his show The Lead notes that one local official on the scene felt the mood shifted into rage after Michael Brown’s stepfather yelled that phrase repeatedly.
Tim Graham
November 27th, 2014 8:39 AM

CBS Delighted by Cardinal's Openness on Sex Abuse, Ignores the Rest

CBS and 60 Minutes hailed Cardinal Sean O'Malley for his handling of church sex-abuse cases. The lesson here is that if a Church official is willing to criticize the Church over the topic of sex abuse, the media will fête him as a media darling no matter what he has actually done as a Church official.
Dave Pierre
November 27th, 2014 7:11 AM