UPDATED CBS Sells Clinton/Kaine Ticket: ‘Terrific’ ‘Perfect Chemistry’

Scott Pelley and the CBS This Morning crew, on Monday, made the sales pitch for Hillary Clinton’s Tim Kaine VP selection. The CBS Evening News anchor, invited on to recap his 60 Minutes interview with the Democratic ticket, proclaimed of the pair “they look terrific” and “they were finishing each other’s sentences.” His CBS colleague Charlie Rose hailed they had “perfect chemistry.”
Geoffrey Dickens
July 25th, 2016 1:18 PM

Heilemann Praises Clinton/Kaine: ‘Most Qualified Ticket in History’

Monday on Morning Joe, the conversation jumped from the DNC email scandal to Hillary Clinton’s VP Choice of Tim Kaine. Co-host Joe Scarborough insisted that the news on DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and her inappropriate email etiquette “stepped on” the selection of Tim Kaine, but that didn’t stop the panelists from praising the pair as the first day of the Democratic National Convention…
Samantha Cohen
July 25th, 2016 1:15 PM

NBC Spin: Resignation of DNC Chair ‘Best Thing for Democratic Unity’

In a desperate attempt to downplay chaos in the Democratic Party following leaked Democratic National Committee e-mails and the resignation of chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz, on Monday’s NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck actually tried to spin the controversy as a positive: “Look, the only piece of good news out of this for Democrats, Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders's campaign manager,…
Kyle Drennen
July 25th, 2016 12:04 PM

NYT Hails Obama as Popular 'Character Witness' for Hillary

Monday’s New York Times highlighted Democratic “discord” on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, as outrage about the contents of a massive email leak from the Democratic National Committee, showing the DNC colluding to scuttle the insurgent campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders in favor of Hillary Clinton. But a “White House Letter” from Julie Hirschfeld Davis was more…
Clay Waters
July 25th, 2016 12:04 PM

Singer Criticized For Adultery Song, Blames Church Bigotry

A gospel music conference, featuring Jesus and…adultery? R&B artist Kelly Price performed her hit rendition of “As We Lay” at the Indiana Black Expo. The song, which is about a woman’s one-night stand with a married man, is one of Price’s best-known hits. The problem? She sang it during the event’s gospel music section. 
Maggie McKneely
July 25th, 2016 12:02 PM

'60 Minutes' Failed to Air Hillary's Dodgy Answers on DNC E-Mails

Michael Warren at The Weekly Standard notes that somehow, the staff at CBS News doesn’t have a nose for news. The hottest breaking story – the Wikileaks posting of DNC e-mails proving they were tilted toward Mrs. Clinton and plotting to damage the Sanders campaign – got left on the cutting room floor Sunday night. Does anyone believe that CBS News isn't capable of realizing this e-mail portion…
Tim Graham
July 25th, 2016 11:25 AM

GMA Guest: Clintons' Epic Romance, a Scene Out of 'Gone With the Wind'

To kick off the Democratic National Convention, ABC had an enthusiastic Clinton fan and biographer, Gail Sheehy, as a guest on their morning show. If you remember last week, Good Morning America took a decidedly different approach when they brought on a liberal anti-Trump guest on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Anchors George Stephanopoulos and Robin Roberts sat enraptured…
Kristine Marsh
July 25th, 2016 11:12 AM

‘Comeback?’ Networks Gloss Over 6 Key Indicators of Weak Economy

They call it a comeback. It is true, the U.S. economy is no longer in the depths of what has been called “The Great Recession.” But, in many ways the economy remains “weak.” Overall economic growth remains “subpar” and labor force participation rates remain shocking, not far from 38-year lows. Then of course there’s poverty, food stamp use, weak wage growth and household income struggles. The…
Julia A. Seymour
July 25th, 2016 10:11 AM

YouTube Goes Full Guilt Trip In New Transgender Ad

YouTube’s ad for its new music app portrays a typical American consumer… in the eyes of paranoid leftists, who think everyone is a minority oppressed by straight white men. 
Elliot Polsky
July 25th, 2016 10:00 AM

Five Ways the Media Can Prove They’re Fair and Balanced

The real test for fair and balanced coverage isn’t the amount of airtime, but the spin reporters employ in reaction to the speeches and events at each convention. Using media coverage of last week’s Republican convention as a template, here are five ways the media can prove they’re not biased by treating the Democrats in a similar fashion.
Rich Noyes
July 25th, 2016 9:58 AM

Gaga Over Hillary: More than 20 Celebs Plan to Hit the DNC

The stars have aligned … with Hillary Clinton. According to reports by Entertainment Weekly, ABC and CNN, the Hollywood Hillz fan club is coming out in full force for the DNC next week. Actresses Lena Dunham, Chloe Grace Moretz, America Ferrara and Debra Messing, actor Tony Goldwyn, The View host Star Jones and basketball pros Jason Collins, Jarron Collins and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will all speak…
Sarah Stites
July 25th, 2016 9:34 AM

Media Research Center Infiltrates Democratic Convention

Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell issued the following statement announcing the MRC’s plans to blanket Philadelphia with signs and ads exposing the leftist media’s love affair with Hillary. From billboards to mobile building projections to sidewalk graphics to taxi TV ads to taxi tops, everywhere convention attendees in Philadelphia look, they will see the MRC. The on-site…
NB Staff
July 25th, 2016 9:15 AM

Teen Vogue: Denying Transgenders Their Bathroom Can Cause Migraines

Teen Vogue published a completely lopsided article on a 16-year-old transgender student from Wisconsin who's suing her school because she wasn't allowed to use the boys' bathroom. "Not being able to use the bathroom of the gender he identifies with made Ash anxious and upset, even leading to migraines and dehydration when he cut down his water intake to avoid having to pee at school."
Melissa Mullins
July 25th, 2016 6:50 AM

'BrainDead:' Bizarro World Where REPUBLICANS Block Veterans Funding

CBS’s sci-fi political dramedy BrainDead is back with another battle pitting Maryland’s two senators, Democrat Luke Healy (Danny Pino) and Republican Red Wheatus (Tony Shalhoub), against each other. But you’ll never guess which one is portrayed as a heartless wacko… Kidding! Of course, it’s the Republican!
Alexa Moutevelis
July 25th, 2016 3:04 AM