Mike Huckabee to Launch Online 'Huckabee Post

Former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee will soon be joining the world of online news publishing with a new venture called the Huckabee Post. The move comes shortly after the former Republican presidential candidate announced he was ending his nationally syndicated radio show. The announcement was confirmed by Huckabee's son yesterday. Mediaite was the first to report the story, however.
Matthew Sheffield
December 17th, 2013 2:10 AM

Postscript: 'White Santa Claus' Critic Thought Penguins Were Mammals

As the absurd spectacle surrounding Fox News Channel Megyn Kelly’s recent joke about the race of Santa Claus is dying down, there’s one remainder of the story that is worth noting: It would appear that Aisha Harris, the Slate writer who started the whole brouhaha, appears not to know that a penguin, the animal which she semi-seriously argued should replace Santa, is a bird and not a mammal.…
Matthew Sheffield
December 16th, 2013 11:40 PM

Barbara Walters Warmly Recalls Holding Fidel Castro's Gun In Her Lap

The December 23 edition of People magazine looks through old pictures with Barbara Walters as she "looks back on her most memorable moments" in five decades of television interviews. During her 1977 interview with Fidel Castro "I spent 10 days with him, traveled through the mountains and held his gun in my lap,"  she said. "People thought we had a romance, but we never did." There was no…
Tim Graham
December 16th, 2013 10:44 PM

ESPN Host: It Makes No Sense Black Conservatives Are 'Pariahs' in 'Our

During most segments of First Take, a weekday program aired on the ESPN sports network, the discussion focuses on a wide variety of topics ranging from football to basketball and even golf. However, on Friday morning, co-host Stephen Smith addressed the subject of race-related politics. Responding to a feud between Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown and Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant…
Randy Hall
December 16th, 2013 10:22 PM

MSNBC's Sharpton and WashPost's Milbank Decry 'Demonizing' of Welfare

On the Friday, December 13, PoliticsNation, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank joined host Al Sharpton in complaining that conservatives "demonize" people who receive welfare benefits as the two discussed efforts to restrain welfare spending. Sharpton posed:
Brad Wilmouth
December 16th, 2013 7:05 PM

Chuck Norris Column: American Hostages, My Granddaughters, and the Hop

I'm interrupting my series on Common Core State Standards for public schools to join the appeal to Iran and North Korea for the release of American hostages like imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini and missionary Kenneth Bae. And I'm also calling upon President Obama and Congress to step up their action, stand for religious freedom and fight for the release of these godly men, whose crimes…
Chuck Norris
December 16th, 2013 7:03 PM

Rasmussen Column: The Federal Government Isn't as Important as the Pol

Entering the world of official Washington is a bit like the mythical trip Alice took through the looking glass. Everything is upside-down and nonsensical. This was highlighted most recently in a Wall Street Journal article about how the American people have "a deepening distaste for all Washington institutions" and "angst over Washington dysfunction."
Scott Rasmussen
December 16th, 2013 6:46 PM

MSNBC's Toure Hints Megyn Kelly's a White Supremacist; Also Quips Obam

In yet another example of how desperately MSNBC clings to race-baiting to appeal to its far-left audience, MSNBC host Toure Neblett opted to close the December 16 edition of The Cycle by focusing on last's week's now infamous nontroversy regarding Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly and comments she made about the commercial representation of Santa Claus being white. Wrapping up his commentary,…
Ken Shepherd
December 16th, 2013 6:25 PM

NBC Decries Megyn Kelly Saying Santa is White; Ignored Bashir Wanting

Teasing an upcoming story on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer fretted over "the emotional debate ignited by a Fox News anchor over Santa's true race," referring to FNC host Megyn Kelly saying that Santa Claus is white. Minutes later, news reader Natalie Morales promoted the same segment by proclaiming: "Why St. Nick has suddenly become the most controversial figure of the season." [Listen…
Kyle Drennen
December 16th, 2013 6:03 PM

CBS Mentions Colo. Shooter’s Anti-GOP Facebook Post, But Fails to La

Of the three major broadcast networks’ Saturday morning shows, CBS This Morning: Saturday gave the most background information on Colorado high school shooter Karl Pierson. To their credit, CBS reported on one particular Facebook post that gives us a window into Pierson’s ideological leanings. Correspondent Barry Petersen mentioned it at the top of the second hour of the show: [Video below.…
Paul Bremmer
December 16th, 2013 5:12 PM

Bloomberg Columnist: Obama Should Offer Pot to Get Young Obamacare Sig

Now I really have seen everything. On Monday, Bloomberg View columnist Caroline Baum actually said that to get young people to sign up for ObamaCare, in states where it's legal, the Administration should give them marijuana:
Noel Sheppard
December 16th, 2013 4:18 PM

Media’s Top 10 Most Embarrassing Predictions of

Print, broadcast or web, the media sure aren’t Nostradamus. In spite of their best attempts, the news media have gotten it wrong prediction after prediction on a wide range of business and economic issues in 2013. Just in the past year, reporters warned of “economic doomsday,” thought Healthcare.gov was going to be “easy” just like Amazon.com, and warned of melting polar ice, even as a new…
Sean Long
December 16th, 2013 3:57 PM

MSNBC's Roberts: President Obama, 'First Gay President

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts loves to use his daily show as a platform to discuss gay issues, usually as an opportunity to play the role of gay-rights activist rather than journalist. Despite Roberts’ frequent promotion of gay stories, his most recent example may prove to be his most bizarre one yet. [See video after jump.]
Jeffrey Meyer
December 16th, 2013 3:26 PM

AP Fails to Connect Poll Finding to Obamacare: 11% With Employer Cover

An Associated Press-GfK poll has found that 11 percent of an admittedly small sample of Americans insured through their employer or a family member's employer are losing their coverage in 2014. The related AP report relays that point and even has a graphic supporting it. But reporters Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Jennifer Agiesta failed to make the drop-dead obvious connection. According…
Tom Blumer
December 16th, 2013 1:26 PM