At the close of 2017, no less than seven prominent male hosts and editors of influential government-sponsored radio and television shows are out of work amid claims of sexual harassment. According to their accusers, the alleged Malevolent Seven are powerful pervs and creeps who've been running wild at NPR and PBS for decades, sponsored and subsidized by taxpayers and corporate donors.
Michelle Malkin
NBC's Guthrie Hammers Ryan: ‘Are You Living in a Fantasy World?’
In a particularly hostile interview with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie interrogated the Republican leader over newly-passed tax reform legislation and suggested that he was “living in a fantasy world” for predicting the bill would spur economic growth.
Kyle Drennen
NY Times Venezuela Starvation Story Barely Notes Its Socialist Govt.
Any list of the year's most ignored news stories has to include Venezuela's frightening deterioration. This once reasonably prosperous South American nation is now in the grips of a brutal socialist de facto dictatorship which is moving inexorably to consolidate its control, accompanied by an utterly wrecked economy. Families cannot feed their children, and many are dying. The New York Times…
Tom Blumer
S.E. Cupp Battles Dem Congressman for ‘Scaring’ Voters on Tax Reform
With Congressional Republicans and President Trump set to score a massive win before Christmas with their tax reform bill, Democrats and their liberal media lapdogs were letting loose with their smear and fear campaign. But During HLN’s Unfiltered, host S.E. Cupp called out California Democrat Ted Lieu for trying to recklessly scare voters into thinking the bill was going to hurt them when, in…
Nicholas Fondacaro
Bozell & Graham Column: Drawing a Line on Sexual Harassment
After a wave of stunning announcements and admissions about serious sexual misbehavior from Harvey Weinstein forward, observers might wonder if any of the accusations pouring forward are exaggerated, or even false. Most denials have been strangely and unpersuasively worded, as in “I don’t remember it that way.” On the other hand, some accusations are raising eyebrows...like the one against Chris…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
CNN Touts Anti-Tax Cut Public Sentiment It Helped Foment
In the lead-up to Congress passing the Republican tax cut plan, various CNN shows on Tuesday played up a CNN poll finding that 55 percent of Americans oppose the proposal. Such public opposition is hardly shocking given that dominant left-leaning media outlets like CNN have pushed negative spin against the tax cut proposal -- a fact noted by Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy just this…
Brad Wilmouth
CBS Suggests Trump Admin. Is to Blame for Deadly Amtrak Derailment
With the investigation into the cause of the deadly Amtrak train derailment in Tacoma, Washington still ongoing, on Tuesday CBS Evening News placed the blame on the Trump administration claiming they were the ones putting off the implementation of the proper safety regulations. Their accusations came amid reports that both the train and the track were equipped with the required positive train…
Nicholas Fondacaro
NYT Eagerly Spies ‘Mounting Backlash’ vs Trump, Will Turn Red to Blue
The Republicans are doomed in the New York Times, once again. In Tuesday's edition, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns gathered to giddily shovel the dirt over the GOP’s hopes in the 2018 congressional elections under the harshly titled: “House Control Is at Stake as G.O.P. Suburbs Recoil at President.” The text box: “A mounting backlash could turn some red-hued districts blue in 2018.”
Clay Waters
Get Your Popcorn: Tur Gets Annihilated by Brat in Tax Policy Debate
On Tuesday afternoon, MSNBC Live host Katy Tur reinforced the notion held by some that, quite simply, she’s not ready for primetime when it comes to being a substantive host. The latest example came when her far-left economic views ran into a buzzsaw against Republican Congressman and former economics professor Dave Brat.
Curtis Houck
Celebs to March Against ‘Pariah’ Trump ‘If Mueller Is Fired’
Liberal Hollywood is ready to spring into action at the first whisper of a rumor that President Donald Trump might not get impeached. After The Hill reported Friday that Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier (Calif.) hinted that Trump might fire special counsel Robert Mueller, two Hollywood actresses called for a strong protest. Singer Cher announced the idea on Twitter.
Corinne Weaver
CNN: 'Is Fox News A News Channel?'
This past Sunday on CNN’s Reliable Sources, host Brian Stelter asked this irony-filled question to NPR Media Correspondent David Folkenflik: “You and I have covered Fox News for years. Is it appropriate to call the channel a news channel?”
Alex Xenos
The Post LOVES ‘The Post,’ Devotes 3,375 Words of Self Love to Film
Talk about self love. Washington Post journalists want you to know that they’re great and that you should see a new film promoting the paper’s publication of the Pentagon Papers in the 1970s. Over three days, The Post devoted 3,375 words and three articles to touting The Post.
Scott Whitlock
Mika Brzezinski Turns on #MeToo Over Al Franken’s Resignation
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski once again publicly attacked the #MeToo movement and its core demand for absolute belief of women who make sexual misconduct allegations. In the context of discussing Al Franken’s announced resignation from the Senate, Brzezinski lamented about how “right now, any woman can say anything and a man’s career is ruined.” She also explicitly doubted…
Chris Reeves
Yes, Good Economic News was ‘Underreported‘ in 2017
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders asked on Twitter Dec. 17, “Which is the more underreported story of @Potus Year One? -Defeat of ISIS -Booming Trump economy.”
Her complaint about the economy was certainly correct. In fact, the very next day all three network newscasts ignored the news that the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 5,000 points in a year for the first time in history. CBS…