FBI Reopening of Clinton Email Probe Forces Univision News' Hand
FBI Director James Comey's announced reopening of the agency's investigation into the scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton's emails sent shockwaves throughout the political and media worlds yesterday. But it also gave Univision a major opportunity.
October 30th, 2016 8:15 AM
Van Jones Sees 'Treason,' 'Tyranny' If GOP Obstructs a Prez Clinton
Appearing as a guest on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, far left CNN political commentator Van Jones made his latest venture into hyperbole as he claimed that congressional Republicans would be committing "treason" if they keep their promises to "obstruct" Hillary Clinton's agenda if she is elected President. And, even though the federal government exists as three branches for the…
October 29th, 2016 11:25 PM
CBS Spotlights Comey's 'Critic,' Omits His Democratic Past
Jeff Pegues touted one of James Comey's "critics" on Friday's CBS Evening News, after the FBI director wrote to Congress that new e-mails related to Hillary Clinton's unauthorized private server had been uncovered in an unrelated investigation. Pegues underlined that "the timing of today's revelation has angered some former Department of Justice employees," and quoted from one such individual's…
October 29th, 2016 10:16 PM
Miley Cyrus on Ellen: Vote Hillary, 'She's a Total Goddess'
Former Disney child star Miley Cyrus – now a tongue-wagging, nude-wrecking-ball-riding, twerking, pansexual singer – wants everyone to know that she thinks Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is “a total goddess” even though the now twice-FBI-investigated candidate wasn’t Miley's first pick.
Cyrus made the outlandish "total goddess" comment on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show this past…
October 29th, 2016 9:43 PM
Press Lionizes Michelle Obama's Hypocritical Critiques of Trump
The press, as would be expected, is swallowing Michelle Obama's pose as being intensely offended by the alleged offenses of Donald and as a passionate defender of Hillary Clinton, showering praise on her as "Hillary's secret weapon" at seemingly every turn.
What a crock. Mrs. Obama has directly criticized the Clintons' conduct as First Family and its matriarch; instead of taking it back, she and…
October 29th, 2016 8:00 PM
By Overwhelming 10-1, Public Thinks Media Want Clinton to Win
Two national polls released late in the week confirmed the public widely recognizes the news media’s agenda in favor of Hillary Clinton and decidedly against Donald Trump, a reality documented in a NewsBusters study earlier in the week. “By nearly 10-1, all those surveyed say the news media, including major newspapers and TV stations, would like to see Clinton rather than Trump elected,” Susan…
October 29th, 2016 7:24 PM
NYT Jittery Over HRC's Email Surprise, Krugman Cries Rigged Election
Just in time for Halloween, Hillary Clinton’s classified document scandal rose from the dead; FBI Director James Comey announced Friday that a newly discovered collection of emails “appear to be pertinent to the investigation.” The New York Times is not happy. Particularly aggrieved was columnist and Democratic hack Paul Krugman, who alleged that Comey was rigging the election (sound familiar…
October 29th, 2016 7:10 PM
Why ‘Ashamed’ Movie Doesn’t Just Preach to Christian Choir
"Rachel never judged. She was what a Christian oughtta be." You could argue I’m Not Ashamed is what a Christian movie oughtta be, too. Ashamed shares the final days of Rachel Joy Scott, one of the 13 people killed in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. The film can’t escape the faith-based label. Rachel was a Christian, and it informed almost every aspect of her life.
October 29th, 2016 1:30 PM
FL Paper Strikes Blow for Balance, Mea Culpa for Anti-Trump Bias
A local paper in central Florida made a surprising strike against national media bias. In an arresting admission, The Daily Commercial of Leesburg, Fla., made a long editorial apology for its ongoing anti-Trump bias, explaining that the wire stories it relies on for political news are hopelessly slanted against Donald Trump: “The media, the election and bias.” The editors obsevered: "The Daily…
October 29th, 2016 11:49 AM
Eric Alterman: ‘Trump TV’ Might Want Scarborough, Halperin
If there’s ever a Donald Trump-centric TV channel, it’s likely that not all of its big names would be from the populist right, hinted What Liberal Media? author Alterman in his column for The Nation's November 14 issue. Alterman claimed that MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough “has made some of the most egregious pro-Trump arguments heard anywhere during this election cycle” and, regarding Bloomberg’s Mark…
October 29th, 2016 10:53 AM
Press Lets Hillary Take Two Bogus Partisan Shots at Comey, Congress
They can't help themselves. For Democrats, the Clinton campaign, and presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, everything reflecting negatively on them must be cast in a partisan light — even something as petty as the party affiliation of the congressional addressees of a letter from the FBI. At yesterday's press conference, reacting to James Comey's letter to Congress indicating that the bureau has…
October 29th, 2016 10:46 AM
'Not Political' Ellen DeGeneres Gave Almost $40,000 to Democrats
Ellen DeGeneres loves to say she’s not very political. On April 6 of this year, she started out her show fulminating against an “anti-gay” law in Mississippi.“I’m not a political person, I’m really not,” DeGeneres told her audience. “But this is not politics, this is human rights.”
But on April 11, 2016, donating records show DeGeneres of Crazy Monkey Inc. in Encino, California, donated $33,…
October 29th, 2016 10:41 AM
NYT Celebrates First Lady-Hillary Embrace, Hails GOP Women for Clinton
It was the “I Am Woman” edition of Friday’s New York Times. Reporter Julie Hirschfeld Davis celebrated Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton’s embrace at a rally in North Carolina: “Clinton Basks in the First Lady’s Soaring Popularity on the Campaign Trail.” On the same page, reporter Trip Gabriel hailed the group Republican Women for Hillary.
October 29th, 2016 9:13 AM
Bozell & Graham Column: Liberals Scold Non-Endorsing Celebrities
The liberals at Esquire magazine asked a question almost no one else is asking in the last weeks of this campaign: “Why Are Influential Celebrities Remaining Silent This Election?” As if anyone is thirsting for more political utterances from people who are best known for their acting or singing or joking?
Esquire’s Mark Miller was overtaken by panic: “A shockingly large number of Americans are…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
October 29th, 2016 9:06 AM