ABC’s David Muir Swoons for Obama Snorkeling with Sea Turtles

ABC’s World News Tonight closed out the show Monday evening with a spotlight on President Barack Obama snorkeling off the coast of Hawaii for the National Geographic Channel. Anchor David Muir could barely contain his joy as he led into his report. “Finally tonight here, President Obama taking a dive in a place he helped protect,” he stated, while sounding elated. “They’re images unlike anything…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 9th, 2017 11:34 PM

Nets Ignore Iran Harassment, UN Sending ‘130 Tons’ of Uranium

While the Big Three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) were still captivated by Meryl Streep’s attack against President-elect Donald Trump Monday night, they neglected to report the turbulence in the water off the coast of Iran. “An American naval ship fired warning shots at Iranian vessels yesterday,” announced Fox News’ Bret Baier during Special Report, “The latest escalation in the increasingly…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 9th, 2017 9:33 PM

NYT Front Spreads Fears 'Throwback' Sessions Would Wreck Civil Rights

Would an Attorney General Jeff Sessions wreck civil rights? Several newspapers seem to think so, including Monday’s New York Times, which tried to poison the well against him as his confirmation looms. The long front-page profile of Sen. Sessions of Alabama, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, hid its hostility and labeling slant under the benign headline, “Bonding by Bucking the…
Clay Waters
January 9th, 2017 6:25 PM

Not Fake: AP Runs Fact-Check on Trump Arguing Streep Is 'Overrated'

Here is another reason why the fact-checking phenomenon is junk: On Monday afternoon, the Associated Press (AP) published a story by Mark Kennedy to “fact-check” President-elect Donald Trump’s opinion that far-left actress Meryl Streep is “overrated.”  
Curtis Houck
January 9th, 2017 6:03 PM

Nets Hype ‘Confirmation Chaos,’ ‘Head-Spinning’ Hearing Schedule

On Monday, all three network morning shows parroted Democrats’ complaints that confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees were being scheduled at too fast a pace and promoted fears that the President-elect’s picks may be plagued by scandals that had yet to be discovered.
Kyle Drennen
January 9th, 2017 4:28 PM

‘Last Ever Golden Globes’ Reveal Hollywood Politics Here to Stay

“This is the Golden Globes, one of the few places left where America still honors the popular vote,” joked host Jimmy Fallon as he commenced Sunday evening's festivities. That was only the beginning of the Trump jabs. Actor Hugh Laurie even jested that the president-elect would eradicate the awards event. If the award show was any indicator, 2017 will be just as fractious as 2016. And Hollywood…
Sarah Stites
January 9th, 2017 4:07 PM

NBC Gushes Over 'Favorite Obama Moment' Celebrity Tribute Video

As if the media hasn’t fawned over President Obama’s “legacy” enough, NBC did so again Sunday night, promoting an over-the-top farewell video from the White House. In the video, celebrities and activists gush over their “favorite Obama moment” in the past 8 years. The answers ranged from the trite to the controversial, from climate change to Michelle’s fashion, from Obamacare to healthy school…
Kristine Marsh
January 9th, 2017 2:56 PM

Actress Wears ‘F*** Paul Ryan’ Fashion Pin at Golden Globes

Such class! What poise! You can assume 99% of the liberal celebrities on the Golden Globes red carpet support Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider. But Lola Kirke was the one who felt she needed to publicly and obscenely attack someone who feels differently.  
Katie Yoder
January 9th, 2017 2:45 PM

Whoopi: Liberals Are Treated Worse Than Conservatives In Hollywood

After Meryl Streep’s scathing speech condemning President-elect Donald Trump Sunday night, liberals came out in full force to defend the actress and left-wing activist’s “brave” move preaching to the choir. On ABC’s The View Monday morning, actress and host Whoopi Goldberg unsurprisingly came to Streep’s defense as well. While doing so, Goldberg made some absurd claims about which type of…
Kristine Marsh
January 9th, 2017 2:22 PM

Washington Post Media Columnist Now Wants to Retire 'Fake News' Term

Fake news. It was the term enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream media in the wake of the general election as an excuse to explain why Hillary Clinton lost. Unfortunately, that same term quickly boomeranged on them since skeptics pointed out that the MSM has used massive doses of fake news over the years to promote liberal causes including Hillary's career. And now that the "fake news" term…
P.J. Gladnick
January 9th, 2017 1:48 PM

Williams Links Trump and 'White Nationalists' to Chicago Torture

During the panel discussion on the January 8 episode of Fox News Sunday, Juan Williams claimed that last week's torture of a mentally handicapped white man by four black adults "stirs up racial tensions already hot from the campaign rhetoric of Donald Trump," and that "white nationalists" would see this as an excuse to "legitimize acts of white racism." After the panel spent a couple of minutes…
Tom Blumer
January 9th, 2017 1:15 PM

MSNBC's Toure Defends Hollywood Leftists As 'Real Americans'

Toure gave a spirited defense of Meryl Streep and the Hollywood left on Monday's MSNBC Live, after the actress gave an anti-Donald Trump speech at Sunday's Golden Globes. The 9/11 truther contended that movie stars are "just everyday Americans who did very well." He added that "they make up a significant and valuable portion of America....they are real Americans just as well." Toure also…
Matthew Balan
January 9th, 2017 1:09 PM

Kantor Lauds Obama's ‘Above the Fray, Unifying, Nonpartisan Tone'

Fresh off her glowing column on Sunday polishing First Lady Michelle Obama’s apple, author and New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor appeared on Monday’s CBS This Morning to similarly praise President Obama for being “a big believer in taking a kind of above the fray, unifying, nonpartisan tone.”
Curtis Houck
January 9th, 2017 1:06 PM

Actress Wants to Donate Golden Globes Jewelry to Planned Parenthood

Hollywood actresses have fans of their own – but that doesn’t mean they don’t know how to be fans themselves. Especially when it comes to places like Planned Parenthood.
Katie Yoder
January 9th, 2017 12:07 PM