CBS Dismisses ‘Innocent’ Meeting Between AG Lynch & Clinton

While credit goes to Thursday’s CBS This Morning for leading the broadcast with the controversy swirling around Bill Clinton having a 30-minute private meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch amid the FBI investigation to Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, the hosts of the morning show proceeded to dismiss the suspicious incident as an “innocent” encounter.
Kyle Drennen
June 30th, 2016 11:39 AM

Jake Tapper: Trump 'Living Rent-Free in President Obama's Head'

According to CNN's Jake Tapper, Donald Trump is currently living inside Barack Obama's head, constantly uppermost in his thoughts, no matter the situation. And in this case the situation was the press conference yesterday at the North American Leaders Conference in Ottawa, Canada. During CNN's The Lead, Tapper explained:
P.J. Gladnick
June 30th, 2016 11:15 AM

ABC, NBC Skip Secret Meeting Between Clinton and Attorney General

ABC and NBC on Wednesday and Thursday ignored the highly suspicious news that Bill Clinton had a secret meeting this week with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. This as the Justice Department and the FBI are investigating Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server. Only CBS bothered to cover the story. 
Scott Whitlock
June 30th, 2016 10:59 AM

NYT Sends 'Largely Unscathed' Hillary on Victory Lap Over Benghazi

In the wake of Congress's official report on the Benghazi massacre, the front page of the New York Times Wednesday eagerly absolved Hillary Clinton of any fault in the attack in Libya that killed four Americans: “Benghazi Panel Finds No Misdeeds by Clinton.” The paper’s inside-the-paper analysis by Mark Landler and Amy Chozick found further vindication, not addressing Hillary Clinton’s moral…
Clay Waters
June 30th, 2016 10:33 AM

Pope Colbert Apologizes For Church’s Role in WWII, Orlando

On The Late Show Tuesday, Stephen Colbert misreported Pope Francis’ recent comments on Christian treatment of gays in order to blame the Roman Catholic Church for historical violence and to make fun of its sacraments and rites.
Elliot Polsky
June 30th, 2016 9:42 AM

Univision News Dials Back The Bias for TV Coverage of Abortion Ruling

Univision's news brand pretty much centers around the stridency of its immigration coverage these days. However, it is fascinating to watch the network try to hide its biases on other major issues, as evidenced by coverage of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Texas abortion case.
Jorge Bonilla
June 30th, 2016 8:00 AM

Holiday Travel Alert! The 5 States With the Highest Gas Taxes

If you’re taking advantage of the extended Independence Day weekend to embark on a road trip, you’ll be filling up the tank. If you are researching prices to see just how much your trip will cost, have you thought about which states siphon the most money from each tank of gas you purchase?
Aly Nielsen
June 30th, 2016 6:52 AM

CBS’s 'BrainDead': Don’t Compromise with Republican Terrorists

This week’s episode of the new CBS body-snatching, political comedy BrainDead kicked off with escalating tensions as Senators Luke Healy and Ella Pollack battle to become the next Democratic Whip. For those outside the beltway, the whip is a party’s enforcer. It’s their job to count votes and ensure their members toe the party line when necessary.
Erik Soderstrom
June 30th, 2016 6:25 AM

Oprah's New Show Tackles Black Lives Matter in a Surprising Way

Oprah Winfrey produces and plays a minor role in a new church drama on her OWN channel. Greenleaf is a show about a black family by the same name that runs a mega-church in Memphis, Tennessee. Being as they’re all supposed to be “good Christians,” of course they all have dark secrets and skeletons in their closets. 
Alexa Moutevelis
June 30th, 2016 1:36 AM

CBS, NBC Silent on Huma’s Sworn Deposition to Judicial Watch

On Wednesday one of Hillary Clinton’s top aides, Huma Abedin, testified in a sworn deposition to Judicial Watch about Clinton’s use of a private E-Mail and server, as a part of an ongoing lawsuit. That evening, two of the “big three” networks were silent about the testimony and the latest batch of E-Mails. On Special Report, Fox News’ Bret Baier read some of them, “Hillary to Huma, “Let’s get…
Nicholas Fondacaro
June 30th, 2016 1:20 AM

On Brexit, CBS's Economic 'Experts' Show Partisanship and Ignorance

CBS broadcasts discussing the Brexit Leave vote on Sunday and Monday went to economic "experts" whose "analysis" betrayed partisanship and both feigned and real ignorance. On Sunday on Face the Nation, max 2015 Hillary contributor (as usual, not disclosed to viewers) Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics predicted that that the UK economy "is going down the rabbit hole" as the result of the Leave…
Tom Blumer
June 29th, 2016 11:58 PM

Networks Ignore Gitmo Detainee Who Went Missing in Uruguay

All of the “big three” news networks ignored new details Wednesday evening of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who went missing in Uruguay. “The detainee was transferred to Uruguay by the Obama administration in 2014,” stated anchor Bret Baier on Special Report, “But has since vanished and officials say he could be in Brazil.” The development provides Congressional Republicans with even more ammo to…
Nicholas Fondacaro
June 29th, 2016 10:20 PM

Matthews Worries Obama Could Lose ‘Some of His Glow’ Fighting Trump

A day after he wondered why terrorists always use bombs, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews spent parts of Wednesday night’s show comparing President Barack Obama to Reggie Jackson in being a clutch campaigner for Hillary Clinton this fall but worrying that the President’s jousting with Donald Trump could cause him to lose “some of his glow.”
Curtis Houck
June 29th, 2016 10:02 PM

WashPost Pundit: For Hillary, Benghazi Just the Latest ‘Non-Scandal’

Conservatives can’t stand Hillary Clinton, but do they have reasons for their antipathy? No, suggests pundit Paul Waldman, who indicates that detailed accusations about such matters as emails or Benghazi are mere pretext for the right’s “visceral loathing” of Hillary, which would be expressed more genuinely via sexist insults, or maybe primal screams. In a Tuesday Post web piece, Waldman wrote…
Tom Johnson
June 29th, 2016 8:55 PM