Bob Herbert: There Would Be Tons of Outrage on Left if Bush-Cheney Pur

It’s becoming rather commonplace for a liberal so-called “journalist” to point out the double standard by which media members are in general quite accepting of domestic surveillance under the current administration. Count former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert amongst those willing to acknowledge this, for on MSNBC’s Now Tuesday, Herbert said, "There would be just tons of outrage on the…
Noel Sheppard
June 18th, 2013 4:45 PM

Thom Hartmann Hates Insider Trading by Politicians, Except Pelosi

As timing would have it, my 12-year-old daughter read Orwell's "Animal Farm" for school just before I encountered an eerily similar human version of one of its characters. Do you remember Squealer, the propagandist for the pigs who ran the farm after the animals seized control of the property? He was described as "a brilliant talker" who when arguing "had a way of skipping from side to side…
Jack Coleman
June 18th, 2013 3:25 PM

New CNN Host Pushes Stronger Gun Laws, Mental Health Database

The host of a new CNN series Inside Man wants stricter gun laws. Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock aired his opinions on Monday night's Piers Morgan Live after discussing his upcoming show which will document his time working at a Virginia gun shop. The series debuts June 23. Spurlock wants to see "universal background checks," a limit on magazines, and a database for the mentally ill so they can't…
Matt Hadro
June 18th, 2013 2:59 PM

Did Obama and the Media’s Constant Vilification of Conservatives Cau

Both parties constantly make accusations that their rival is engaged in hypocritical, unethical, or illegal behavior. But given the drastic lack of ideological diversity in the American elite media, the general public usually only hears about such accusations against Republicans. Beyond the fact that biased reporting shapes public opinion to favor the left, it may also have an effect on law…
Matthew Sheffield
June 18th, 2013 2:51 PM

USA Today Hypes Tattooed Lesbian WNBA Player as ‘Role Model

If you’re looking for a new role model for your daughter, USA Today has a suggestion: heavily-tattooed, androgynous lesbian Brittney Griner. Newly-famous WNBA player Griner made a few sports headlines recently, but USA Today’s Scott Gleeson lauded her as both “the face of WNBA” and as a “role model.” He simpered over her sense of humor as she picked out new tattoo ink with her current…
Lauren Enk
June 18th, 2013 2:11 PM

Liberal College Students Sign Petition to Make Spying on Fox News Lega

Despite the fact that Fox News has been shown to be favorable or neutral toward many left-leaning agenda items like immigration or gay marriage, there is still a lot of hatred among many "liberals" that the cable news channel even exists. Our MRCTV colleague Dan Joseph demonstrated this tendency nicely the other day when he went to the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia…
Matthew Sheffield
June 18th, 2013 2:01 PM

'Morning Joe' Panel Hypes 'Very, Very, Very Big News' of McCaskill's H

According to James Carville, all Democrats want to do is “get behind” Hillary Clinton for the 2016 elections. It’s definitely easier for them to do so when the media is throwing their full weight behind the former secretary of state. The liberal panelists on Tuesday’s Morning Joe hyped the “very, very, very big news” that Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is endorsing former Secretary Clinton…
Andrew Lautz
June 18th, 2013 1:56 PM

Christie: Obama’s ‘Charm Offensive Should Have Started January

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took some shots at Barack Obama Tuesday. Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Christie said the President’s charm offensive on Congress "should have started in January of 2009…it’s a little bit late in the dating game to start to get to know somebody.”
Noel Sheppard
June 18th, 2013 1:50 PM

USA Today Hypes Tattooed Lesbian WNBA Player as ‘Role Model

‘Comfortable in her own skin,’ Griner is sexual ‘rebel,’ will model men’s clothing
Lauren Enk
June 18th, 2013 12:56 PM

NBC: 'Once Heralded as the Anti-George Bush,' Obama Receives 'Muted Re

On Monday's NBC Nightly News, reporting on President Obama's trip to Europe, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd fretted over the commander-in-chief's declining popularity overseas: "Obama comes to this [G-8] summit...to a much more muted reception than in the past. Once heralded as the anti-George Bush...now he's on the defensive over U.S. policies, including some he's kept in place…
Kyle Drennen
June 18th, 2013 12:50 PM

ABC Hypes Obama Family's 'Beautiful' Vacation, Avoids Any Hint of Extr

The journalists at Good Morning America on Tuesday offered a light-hearted, whimsical look at the Obama family's multi-country vacation. Reporter Linsey Davis played U2's "Beautiful Day" and compared the Ireland part of the trip to National Lampoon's European Vacation. Davis gushed, "You know it's a beautiful day when U2's Bono reportedly invites you to a private lunch at his favorite Irish pub…
Scott Whitlock
June 18th, 2013 12:40 PM

Maher: 'I'd Rather Be Spied On By Bush Than Obama...Wouldn't You Pick

Bill Maher just can't pass up an opportunity to attack George W. Bush, Late Monday evening, he told his Twitter followers, "That Snowden don't quit!Personally, I'd rather be spied on by Bush than Obama. If someone had to read your e mails, wldn't U pick the idiot?"
Noel Sheppard
June 18th, 2013 12:39 PM

Piers Morgan Defends the Nanny State: 'People Need Nannying

CNN's Piers Morgan pushed for "federal gun control" and defended the "nanny state" on his Monday night show. CNN has no qualms showcasing such an outspoken liberal on its prime-time programming. "Isn't he right to be a nanny?" Morgan said of New York Mayor Bloomberg's large soda ban. "People need nannying."  He also excused Chicago's strict gun laws that fail to stop gun crime, instead…
Matt Hadro
June 18th, 2013 12:36 PM

Liberal Pundit Marc Lamont Hill Condemns Photo of Obama Holding ‘Mil

Far-left college professor and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill has been spending too much time around CNN host Piers Morgan. Yesterday on Twitter, Hill said he was "bothered" that President Barack Obama had released a photo of himself engaging in a watergun fight with his youngest daughter as a tribute to Father's Day. "Was anyone else bothered by the Father's Day picture released by…
Matthew Sheffield
June 18th, 2013 12:21 PM