The Black Community and Crime

The FBI reported that the total number of homicides in 2015 was 15,696. Blacks were about 52 percent of homicide victims. That means about 8,100 black lives were ended violently, and over 90 percent of the time, the perpetrator was another black. Listening to the news media and the Black Lives Matter movement, one would think that black deaths at the hands of police are the major problem. It…
Walter E. Williams
January 12th, 2017 1:48 PM

Fallon Weeps Over Obama: 'I Lost It' Nobody 'Could Be a Cooler Human'

Wednesday night on NBC’s The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon had Michelle Obama on as his guest for one of her final television appearances as First Lady. Fallon is known for being very friendly towards his guests but his interview with Mrs. Obama was completely out of the ordinary in gushiness.
Kristine Marsh
January 12th, 2017 12:04 PM

Nets Blame Trump: ‘Lashing Out,’ ‘Punishing’ CNN Reporter

CBS assigned blame for the verbal battle between Donald Trump and CNN’s Jim Acosta at Wednesday’s press conference. Even though Acosta started the exchange by yelling at the President-elect, it was Trump who “lashed out” to “punish" a reporter. ABC saw the incoming President as “seeking retribution.” 
Scott Whitlock
January 12th, 2017 12:02 PM

NPR Spins 'Fragile' ObamaCare's 'Death Panels' as 'Fake News'

Tuesday's All Things Considered on NPR played up the long-term effect of the anti-ObamaCare "death panel" talking point and labeled this phrase "fake news." Don Gonyea let President Obama; Anita Dunn, his former communications director; and a talking head from the left-wing Center for American Progress decry the "dishonest" message from ObamaCare opponents and lament the "lasting negative effect…
Matthew Balan
January 12th, 2017 11:07 AM

Movie Critic Loses It Over Obama Farewell: I Want to Grab His Pant Leg

Movie critic Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter offered a rave review of President Obama's farewell address on Tuesday night, hailing it in the headline as "One Last Reminder of What Presidential Looks Like." Donald Trump is all "schoolyard taunts" for white people in "silly hats," while Obama is so terrific that "Watching him walk off the stage made you feel like a child desperately holding…
Tim Graham
January 12th, 2017 10:31 AM

Streisand Proves Yet Again How She's a Hollywood Hypocrite

In a phone interview this past Monday on MSNBC’s Hardball, legendary actress, singer, and huge liberal Barbara Streisand decided to use her appearance to gush about fellow actress Meryl Streep’s criticism of President-elect Donald Trump at Sunday’s Golden Globes awards ceremony (plus lob a few insults at Trump herself).  
Melissa Mullins
January 12th, 2017 6:54 AM

ABC's Black-ish: 'A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Racism'

I suppose none of us will ever forget where we were on November 8, 2016, because liberals will never stop grumbling about it. Beyond the Golden Globes, the tip of liberal Hollywood outcry would have to be Wednesday night’s episode of Black-ish on ABC. Get ready for all of your favorite liberal cliches in a convenient and obnoxious thirty-minute package.
Lindsay Kornick
January 12th, 2017 12:33 AM

‘Hardball’ Panel Skewers BuzzFeed: ‘It’s Certainly Not Journalism’

Claws came out Wednesday night on MSNBC’s Hardball as host Chris Matthews aired a half-hour long special dedicated to digging into the absurdity of BuzzFeed News publishing “salacious fake news” regarding President-elect Donald Trump. Matthews, who is known for his own outrageous statements, seemed incredibly disturbed by the whole situation. He at one point declared, “It’s certainly not…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 11th, 2017 11:56 PM

NBC Touts Opposition to Sessions from Congressional African-Americans

Wednesday was the second and final hearing in regards to the attorney general nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Session, and it was marked by strong opposition from his African-American colleagues on the hill. And later that night, NBC News seemed to relish in their smears of racism towards the Senator who defeated Alabama’s Ku Klux Klan. “No less drama in this fight as African-American members…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 11th, 2017 9:25 PM

BuzzFeed Editor Tanks in Defending Unsubstantiated Trump Report

Early Wednesday night, BuzzFeed News editor in chief Ben Smith conducted his first interview since his outlet irresponsibly published an unsubstantiated dossier concerning President-elect Donald Trump. Needless to say, Smith failed miserably on MSNBC’s MTP Daily. 
Curtis Houck
January 11th, 2017 8:21 PM

BuzzFeed’s Trump Story Called ‘Media's Latest Self-Inflicted Wound'’

The decision by the “mainstream media” to run a salacious and unsubstantiated article regarding President-elect Donald Trump that was first posted on the BuzzFeed website has drawn extensive criticism, including accusations that this choice is “the media's latest self-inflicted wound” and “irresponsible journalism.” Those accusations were made on Tuesday by James Warren, the chief media writer…
Randy Hall
January 11th, 2017 5:43 PM

Pro-Obama Author: Trump May Repeal Legacy of ‘Every President'

Next Tuesday, three days before the current POTUS becomes an ex-POTUS, Jonathan Chait’s Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail will be published. On Tuesday, New York magazine, where Chait is the chief political pundit, ran an excerpt from the book in which he claimed, “The truth is that Obama enacted careful, deep, and mostly popular solutions to a…
Tom Johnson
January 11th, 2017 5:22 PM

Gawker Remnant Lashes Out At Univision Execs' Meeting With Trump

Univision rushed to frame its executives' meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as "productive". However, that framing is quickly coming undone from within the organization.
Jorge Bonilla
January 11th, 2017 5:11 PM

Dan Gainor: BuzzFeed's 'Journalism' Is 'Completely in the Toilet'

Calling Buzzfeed stories “journalism” is “like calling dog food filet mignon,” MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor said on Wednesday.
Aly Nielsen
January 11th, 2017 4:58 PM