Slate Brands Colmes 'Buffoon,' 'Liberal Weakling' Hours After He Died

This post goes straight into the "Just When You Didn't Think They Could Sink Any Lower (But They Always Manage)" file. At Slate.com on Thursday, staff writer Isaac Chotiner took the occasion of Alan Colmes's death only hours earlier to criticize him as a "buffoon and patsy," and as "Fox News’ Original Liberal Weakling."
Tom Blumer
February 27th, 2017 10:53 AM

Cuomo Loses It: Conservatives ‘Scarring’ Trans People with Myths

On Monday's New Day, liberal CNN co-host Chris Cuomo got into a heated debate with conservative CNN political commentator and talk radio host Ben Ferguson over the issue of a high school girl who identifies as a boy who was barred from wrestling with boys and so chose to wrestle girls instead. As the debate shifted to the issue of transgender bathroom policy, Cuomo not only accused conservatives…
Brad Wilmouth
February 27th, 2017 10:48 AM

GMA Gushes Over Kimmel, Hollywood 'Taking On' Trump at Oscars

The Monday morning following the Oscars on ABC was filled with excited reports on the biggest Hollywood awards show of the year. But over on ABC’s Good Morning America, the news team seemed just as excited about the anti-Trump tone of the night.  
Kristine Marsh
February 27th, 2017 10:28 AM

Media Jump on LGBT Band Wagon to Support Trans Texas Wrestler

When a major social issues brouhaha recently erupted in Texas, it was all too predictable that Big Media would push hard in support of its LGBT activist friends. The big T – for transgender – in this case.
Jay Maxson
February 27th, 2017 9:53 AM

Oscars: Wash Post Writer offers Lamest Ever Defense of Hollywood Libs

It was the most promising start to a report on the Oscars ceremony that I’ve read: “Our culture is too frazzled and fried and exhausted for this kind of nonsense!” Had Washington Post TV Critic Hank Stuever stopped there, in sort of a mic-drop for taste and commonsense, he’d be a legend. But it turns out he was concerned with the specific nonsense of some award confusion, not the overall nonsense…
Matt Philbin
February 27th, 2017 9:31 AM

CNN's Stelter Tosses Softballs to NY Times Editor: Is Trump Dangerous?

Talk about softball pitching. CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter interviewed New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on Sunday, and set him up to boast that the Times has never been hotter and that President Trump hates them because he has this "dangerous" tendency to hate newspapers who hold him accountable. Stelter didn't point out that the Times endorsed Hillary Clinton as an…
Tim Graham
February 27th, 2017 8:38 AM

At CPAC, Nigel Farage Thanks Obama For Helping 'Leave' Win Brexit Vote

At CPAC on Friday, Nigel Farage, a key leader of the "Leave" campaign which resulted in UK voters choosing in June 2016 to leave the European Union, reminded attendees and the world of something that the U.S. press has virtually failed to acknowledge: that then-U.S. President Obama was instrumental in his effort's success. Two months before the vote, Obama, in a UK speech, promised that a "Leave…
Tom Blumer
February 27th, 2017 8:30 AM

Lena Dunham's 'Girls' (Of All Places) Lectures On Rape Accusations

Having finally watched an episode of HBO’s Girls, I can now honestly say how inane, self-righteous, raunchy, and, quite honestly, stupid the show is first-hand. This is not something I say proudly, especially when it regards a topic something that should never be covered by Lena Dunham: women’s accusations of rape.
Lindsay Kornick
February 27th, 2017 2:26 AM

Showtime's 'Billions' Adds Trans Character: I'm Not 'She,' I Am 'They'

The second episode of this season of Billions, “Dead Cat Bounce,” had Showtime’s much praised gender non-conforming star begin transitioning to the forefront of the show. Taylor (Asia Kate Dillon), Axe Capital’s new intern with exceptional financial prowess, makes a game-changing discovery regarding a business competitor. Before reporting the findings to the CEO, Taylor lists “their” preferred…
Callista Ring
February 27th, 2017 1:55 AM

Oscars Show How Far Left Hollywood La La Land Has Become

The 89th Academy Awards, aka The Oscars, was broadcast by ABC live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night, hosted by late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. As with other award shows of late, politics reared its ugly liberal head and showed us exactly why Hollywood is often referred to derisively as "La La Land."
Karen Townsend
February 27th, 2017 1:30 AM

Oscars Roundup: Nine Tweets That Reveal Hollywood Bias

Celebs weren't the only ones getting political through Oscars evening -- journalists and liberal organizations did too. 
Sarah Stites
February 27th, 2017 12:05 AM

ABC's Hostin Insists 'Bigoted Statements' by Bannon, Fails to Name Any

On Friday's The View on ABC, as Breitbart News senior editor at large Joel Pollak appeared as a guest, co-host Sunny Hostin tried to claim that White House advisor and former Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon is someone who has made a "laundry list" of "bigoted statements," but, when pressed, failed to name a single example. The segment began with co-host Joy Behar recalling that some liberals have…
Brad Wilmouth
February 26th, 2017 10:33 PM

Hollywood Gets Political Before the Oscars Begin

Michael Moore predicted that political Oscars speeches will be well received this year. But before the spiels even got under way, stars were making a statement on the red carpet. 
Sarah Stites
February 26th, 2017 9:23 PM

MTP: Cotton Schools Todd About Relying Too Much on Anonymous Sources

Things arguably got a little embarrassing for NBC moderator Chuck Todd during Sunday’s Meet the Press, after Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton had to explain to him that the claims of anonymous sources should be taken with a grain of salt. “Anonymous sources said Steve Bannon drove from the White House to the Department of Homeland Security to confront John Kelly, which we now know is not the truth,”…
Nicholas Fondacaro
February 26th, 2017 1:54 PM