Hypocrisy: Fusion Slams A&E For Doing What Fusion Did Two Months Ago

A&E is set to air an eight-part series in January titled Generation KKK. Fusion has something to say about this, but their protestations are likely to fall on deaf ears.
Jorge Bonilla
December 20th, 2016 8:00 AM

WashPost: Germany Upset at the 'High School That Stole Christmas'

At the bottom of page A-11 in Tuesday’s Washington Post, reporters Anthony Faiola and Stephanie Kirchner reported on what should be part of the story of the suspected terrorist truck driven through a Christmas market.  A German-taxpayer-subsidized Muslim-majority academy in Istanbul put the kibosh on Christian celebrations. The Post reporters called it a "four-alarm fire in the 24-hour news cycle…
Tim Graham
December 20th, 2016 7:59 AM

CBS's 'Madam Secretary' Saves World, Brokers Peace in Middle East

In Sunday night’s episode titled “The Race” on CBS’s Madam Secretary, the U.S. uses a cyber attack to stop an imminent retaliatory Israeli air strike on Iran after Iran struck an Israeli nuclear facility. A loosening of sanctions has emboldened Iran and Israel must now protect herself.
Karen Townsend
December 20th, 2016 12:41 AM

KC Star Pretends There's Only One Rumor of Elector Death Threats

News travels slowly into the Kansas City metropolitan area — or at least into the newsroom at the Kansas City Star. On Friday, the paper's Dave Helling produced a 950-word writeup on Monday's Electoral College voting. With all of the widely published news about Republican electors receiving death threats, all Helling had to report was a rumor: "One spouse of a Missouri elector claimed to know of…
Tom Blumer
December 19th, 2016 11:58 PM

ABC Highlights Electoral Disruptors, Shocked by Clinton Defections

As the Electoral College wrapped up its proceedings across the country Monday, it was abundantly clear that President-Elect Donald Trump had exceeded the 270 votes needed to win and that the efforts of his liberal opponents were sundered. On ABC’s World News Tonight that evening reporter Cecilia Vega highlighted the efforts of those who set out disrupt the process. “It did not come without some…
Nicholas Fondacaro
December 19th, 2016 10:36 PM

Yikes: MTV Publishes Grievance-Filled Video Against White Men for 2017

Late Monday afternoon, MTV News underlined its reputation of being a haven for far-left millennials as it released a video on Twitter, dubbed “2017 Resolutions for White Guys,” that offered advice such as stop “mansplaining” and stop saying All Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter.
Curtis Houck
December 19th, 2016 7:22 PM

HuffPo Writer on MSNBC Whines Right Wing Is Politicizing Berlin Attack

Terrible news broke out of Berlin, Germany Monday after a truck drove through a Christmas market, killing nine people and injuring dozens, in an apparent terrorist attack. As with many horrific attacks, the partisans rushed to politicize it, but during the 3 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live, Juergen Kloeckner from the Huffington Post whined that the German right wing seemed to have beat the left to the…
Nicholas Fondacaro
December 19th, 2016 6:21 PM

Mainstream Scream: On CNN Gergen Hits ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Trump Speech

Archive, from July through December 2016, of the Washington Examiner’s weekly Mainstream Media Scream posts by Paul Bedard, which are based upon a recommendation from the MRC’s Brent Baker who also provides an explanation for each one.
Brent Baker
December 19th, 2016 5:36 PM

MSNBC Host Compares Gender-Specific Bathrooms to Segregation

In a hostile exchange with North Carolina Republican Party executive director Dallas Woodhouse during MSNBC’s 2 p.m. ET hour on Monday, anchor Ali Velshi compared the state’s transgender bathroom bill to racial segregation in the 1940s and 1950s. 
Kyle Drennen
December 19th, 2016 4:52 PM

Bozell Warns Soros Is Using Fake News Issue to Censor Conservatives

On the Monday edition of the Fox Business Network’s Intelligence Report, Media Research Center president Brent Bozell reiterated his hope that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will keep “to his word” and maintain a genuine “interest at the top at Facebook to go after fake news not to go after policy.” However, Bozell warned that the MRC will “have something to say big time” if he falls into a “…
NB Staff
December 19th, 2016 4:35 PM

CNN's Cuomo Hypes Trump's 'Hardliner' Ambassador to Israel

CNN's Chris Cuomo contended on Monday's New Day that Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is "one of the most controversial choices the President-elect has made for his Cabinet." Cuomo labeled Friedman "hardliner" or "hardline" during a segment with former Ambassador Martin Indyk. He also pointed out the "very controversial territory" of the would-be diplomat supporting moving…
Matthew Balan
December 19th, 2016 4:16 PM

Actress Lena Dunham: ‘I Haven’t Had an Abortion, But Wish I Had’

Actress and producer Lena Dunham is setting yet another precedent for abortion-obsessed Hollywood: wishing for the opportunity to have had an abortion.
Katie Yoder
December 19th, 2016 4:09 PM

NYT Fosters Race Fears, as Public Editor Chides ‘Blinding Whiteness'

Continuing “Sore Loser Sunday” in the New York Times, the Sunday Review fans fears of Trump in its selection of outside essays, often with a racial angle. But then the paper’s new Public Editor had to ruin the self-righteous love-in by noting that when it comes to racial diversity, the Times, with its "newsroom's blinding whiteness," fails to practice what it preaches.
Clay Waters
December 19th, 2016 3:02 PM

SNL Predicts 2017 Doomsday: ‘Probably Never Be Another Christmas Eve'

This weekend, with Christmas and the meeting of the Electoral College just around the corner, SNL released three aptly timed and culturally relevant sketches. As per usual, the videos glorified Obama, bashed Trump and intimated that catastrophe will strike on January 21. 
Sarah Stites
December 19th, 2016 2:49 PM