Press Indulges UCLA Player's Dad Who Denies Trump Helped Free His Son

The 2017 competition for Ingrate of the Year is now closed; the disgraceful distinction belongs to LaVar Ball. Rather than thank President Donald Trump for his part in keeping his son and two other UCLA basketball players from rotting in a Chinese prison for several years, Ball, when asked by ESPN about Trump's role, shot back "Who?" — and complained that "Everybody wants to make it seem like he…
Tom Blumer

Netflix's 'The Punisher' A Bloody, Brutal Depiction of Veterans

Marvel's The Punisher originally appeared as a supporting character from Netflix’s Daredevil where he stood out as a character with a particularly violent way of dealing with criminals. His solo season in Netflix’s The Punisher, which premiered on November 17 after being delayed following the Vegas shooting, is no different as it glorifies in blood, beatings, and even a couple of beheadings. To…
Lindsay Kornick

‘The Last Man on Earth:’ Genders 'Don't Exist,' But Sexism Still Does

Fox’s The Last Man on Earth spent most of its Sunday, November 19 episode touting feminism and a lesbian relationship, then strangely made the argument towards the end of the show that genders no longer exist, and therefore, neither does “gay.”
Dawn Slusher

‘Wisdom of the Crowd' Decries Sexism While Actor Accused of Assault

CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd is at it again, this time trying to teach us about feminism and sexism while its main star faces down accusations of sexual assault. The show centers around a crowd-sourced crime-fighting platform called “Sophe,” created by Silicon Valley tech innovator Jeffrey Tanner (Jeremy Piven) in an attempt to find out who murdered his daughter. In the process, he ends up helping…
Dawn Slusher

Global Warming 'Weaponizing Smallpox' on CBS's 'Madam Secretary'

We’ve heard all the usual warnings about the dangers of global warming, like rising sea levels and uncontrollable weather patterns. However, the reemergence of smallpox was a new one for me. CBS’s Madam Secretary dives into that latent threat in the latest episode.
Lindsay Kornick

New Yorker Blames Rand Paul Attack on Compost and 'Banality' of Trump

At The New Yorker on Tuesday, Jeffrey Frank reached what one hopes is the worst we'll see of Trump Derangement Syndrome — but don't get your hopes up. Frank, in attempting to analyze what might have caused registered Democrat Rene Boucher to attack Senator Rand Paul two weeks ago, blamed "the sinister banality of American life ... with a lot of it these days emanating from Donald J. Trump." 
Tom Blumer

'SMILF' Says American Dream 'Does Not Exist,' While Demonstrating It

With Thanksgiving only days away, I want to share one thing for which I'm thankful: from the premiere of SMILF on November 5 to its second episode on November 12, viewership fell by a third. Having just endured the third episode, November 19th's "Half a Sheet Cake and a Blue-Raspberry Slushie," here's hoping the American people continue to be driven away from this show as quickly in the weeks to…
Amelia Hamilton

Fox's 'Family Guy' Says Putin Is 'Our President's Best Friend'

Fox’s Family Guy can be pretty even-handed when it comes to its political humor at times, but when it swings left, it swings moronically to the left. The latest episode proves that with a visit from Russian president Vladimir Putin where the show obediently parrots the rigged election narrative.
Lindsay Kornick

Twitter to Begin Using ‘Blue Check’ Status As a ‘Big Brother’ Weapon?

The growth in online censorship by tech titans Facebook, Twitter, and Google's search and YouTube platform is one of the most under-reported stories of the past two years. In the latest disturbing development, Twitter, which has been increasingly heavy-handed in censoring center-right content, content providers, and everyday users since last year's general election campaign, has announced that it…
Tom Blumer

CNN’s Stelter Fawns Over Trump Impersonator Breaking Down Gestures

To promote his Monday night special glorifying late-night comedians bashing Trump, CNN’s Brian Stelter closed out his Sunday show by showing off his giddy interview with Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik. Stelter was like a kid in a candy store as he laughed along with his guest, joking about Trump’s speech patterns and mocking him for being out of shape.
Nicholas Fondacaro

WashPost Scours Moore, Trump, But 'Women Are Better Off with Franken'

The Washington Post Outlook opinion section on Sunday really demonstrates that this newspaper is deeply invested in Democratic Party spin. Editor Adam Kushner published pieces on how "Roy Moore's whole career has been a con job," and Trump is "warping American Christianity," but also "Women are better off with Franken in office." 
Tim Graham

The Atlantic Covers Students Triggered By Steve Martin 'King Tut' Song

There are some situations in the news just begging to be mocked. One such example was the report that snowflake social justice warrior students at Reed College in Oregon objected to one of my favorite Saturday Night Live skits ever performed: Steve Martin singing "King Tut" in 1978.
P.J. Gladnick

WashPost's Jen Rubin Hits Dems for 'Harping on' Clinton Sex Scandals

On Sunday's AM Joy on MSNBC, it was another case of liberals speaking of former Bill Clinton's sex scandals as if consensual adulterous sex with Monica Lewinsky were the worst thing he was accused of as the panel discussed recent scandals from Roy Moore and Al Franken to Donald Trump. And for her part, pretend conservative Jennifer Rubin actually hit Democrats from the left as she complained that…
Brad Wilmouth

NYT Chides D.C. Bible Museum, Suggests Critics of Islam as Bad as ISIS

The New York Times jabbed at Christians and conservatives in two articles Saturday related to museum exhibitions. Emily Cochrane nitpicked the new Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., while an art critic looking at a Paris exhibit on the history of Christians in the Middle East suggested the French populist Marine Le Pen was as bad as the jihadists of ISIS.
Clay Waters