ESPN Panelist: Cam Newton Saying Critics Are Not Racist Is ‘Damaging’

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton landed the cover of the most recent issue of GQ, and what he says in the article has put him in the crosshairs of the leftist sports media.Speaking on the subject of race, Newton rejected the notion that criticism of him is fueled by the racism of fans. Saying, “it’s not about race,” and that “we’re beyond that as a nation.” ESPN did not take this well.
Bruce Bookter
August 15th, 2016 10:55 PM

Nets Hype ‘Hometown Hero’ Biden Stumping for Clinton in Scranton

Vice President Joe Biden was on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Monday and the “Big Three” networks seem to be all about it on their news programs that evening. “It is Biden's first time of the campaign trail, side by side with the woman he publicly pondered running against,” reported ABC’s Cecilia Vega on World News Tonight, “The two now united in their fight…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 15th, 2016 10:15 PM

CNN's Cuomo: Media 'Made' Trump, 'Juiced Him to Get in' for Excitement

On Monday's New Day on CNN, during a discussion of the FBI turning over notes on Hillary Clinton's email server testimony to Congress, and whether GOP candidate Donald Trump will manage to successfully use the email issue against her, CNN co-host Chris Cuomo at one point complained about Trump accusing the media of bias against him as the CNN anchor declared that the GOP candidate was "made in…
Brad Wilmouth
August 15th, 2016 9:31 PM

NYT Celebrates 'Emotional' Playlist of Obama, Avatar of Cultural Cool

President Obama, demi-god of cool. The New York Times Gardiner Harris hailed Obama’s musical taste in his Monday “White House Letter,” “The President’s Revealing Disclosure, in Rhythm and Prose.” Yep, it’s more of that tough Times coverage of the president, as Harris got way too excited over the president's  “Musical taste that includes surf rock, soul and the blues.” But when it came to…
Clay Waters
August 15th, 2016 7:42 PM

Media Yawn After Democratic Senator Claims Trump, Putin Founded ISIS

During yesterday morning's edition of Fox News Sunday, host Mike Wallace asked Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri if Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should share “some responsibility” for the rise of ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) since she was serving as President Barack Obama's secretary of state when the terrorist organization was founded. The Democratic…
Randy Hall
August 15th, 2016 7:02 PM

NYT: ‘Worry’ That Hillary Isn’t Focusing on Liberalism Enough

Leave it to the New York Times to fret whether or not Hillary Clinton is showcasing liberalism enough. In a front page story, Monday, the paper featured a headline warning, “Some Liberals Worry Clinton Faces Risks in Focus on Trump.” Writer Matt Flegenheimer echoed complaints of the Washington Post, complaining about outreach to Republicans. 
Scott Whitlock
August 15th, 2016 5:29 PM

Apple CEO Tells WashPost He Got Cooper’s Advice Before Coming Out

Before Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly revealed his sexuality, he received advice from CNN’s Anderson Cooper — who came out publicly in 2012. That’s what Cook told The Washington Post in a wide-ranging interview including his views on homosexuality and environmentalism.
Sam Dorman
August 15th, 2016 5:22 PM

CNN Edits Shooting Victim’s Sister’s Call to Protesters [UPDATED]

In a classic case of media bias by omission, CNN Monday took extra care to leave out a crucial part of their reports on the Milwaukee police shooting. After a black police officer fatally shot Sylville Smith Sunday, after he refused to put down his gun, riots and violence ensued in the city. Smith’s family was eager to talk to the media and his sister Sherelle had a message that should have been…
Kristine Marsh
August 15th, 2016 4:31 PM

CNN Guest Likens Trump Campaign, GOP To Israel Before Rabin Murder

Haaretz's Chemi Shalev bemoaned the state of the GOP on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sunday, and compared Donald Trump's remarks on "Second Amendment people" to the political climate in Israel in 1995 before the murder of major political figure: "It reminded me of the months preceding our late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination." Shalev later added that if "somebody...tried to hurt or…
Matthew Balan
August 15th, 2016 4:24 PM

Vox’s Issue with NBC’s Rio Coverage? Too Pro-American, Too White

On Friday, the far-left site Vox was on display in trying to ruin the Olympics viewing experience as writer Todd VanDerWerff ruined his otherwise reasonable complaints about NBC’s tape-delayed coverage with short, pathetic riffs about the country’s Olympic broadcaster focusing too much on Team USA, no foreign journalist on the broadcast team for the opening ceremony, and claims that black…
Curtis Houck
August 15th, 2016 3:36 PM

MSNBC: Trump Gaffes ‘Guarantee’ Media Spend Less Time On Clintons

Monday on Morning Joe, details emerged that a Clinton Foundation donor was appointed to advise then Secretary Clinton on the International Security Advisory Board. According to ABC News, Chicago commodities trader Raj Fernando was appointed to the board to advise Clinton on “nuclear security and other classified arms control matters” at the behest of the Clinton’s chief of staff, Cheryl Mills.…
Samantha Cohen
August 15th, 2016 1:02 PM

CBS: ‘Beyond Media Bashing,’ Trump Is Looking for Other ‘Excuses’

CBS This Morning journalist Major Garrett on Monday derided 2016 complaints of media bias as “excuses” from Donald Trump that he will use to explain an electoral loss The reporter also dismissed the candidate’s claims of voter fraud coming out of Pennsylvania. After highlighting reports of campaign manager Paul Manafort’s possible ties to Russia, Garrett played a clip of Trump calling the New…
Scott Whitlock
August 15th, 2016 12:58 PM

MRC's Graham on 'The O'Reilly Factor' to Talk About Bad Clinton News

NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham appeared on The O’Reilly Factor on Friday night to discuss how the national media are downplaying or ignoring bad news for Hillary Clinton in the general-election campaign. Graham singled out the the top newspapers, noting The New York Times and The Washington Post both ran away from covering the embarrassing moment that Seddique Mateen, the father of the…
NB Staff
August 15th, 2016 12:52 PM

NY Times Op-Ed: God, Adam and Eve Are 'Transgender'

The New York Times on Saturday gave Rabbi Mark Sameth a platform to boost his radical interpretation of Hebrew scripture — that the God of Abraham is a "He/She," and that many in the ancient world practiced "gender fluidity." Sameth rehashed his eight-year-old theory that "the God of Israel...was understood by its earliest worshipers to be a dual-gendered deity." He also contended that Adam, Eve…
Matthew Balan
August 15th, 2016 12:44 PM