MRC's Tim Graham: The Media's Biased Gun Control Push 'Never Works!'

The Media Research Center’s Tim Graham appeared on Fox Business Network’s Risk and Reward to discuss the liberal media’s response to the Orlando terrorist attack. “They always talk about one side goes to talking about radical Islam and the other side goes to talking about gun control,” Graham began, “And guess which side the so-called objective media goes to?” 
NB Staff
June 14th, 2016 6:38 PM

Lifetime’s ‘UnReal’ Pits Confederate Flag Bikini Against #BLM T-Shirt

In “Insurgent,” last night's episode of Lifetime’s UnReal, racial tensions once again rear their ugly head - in a completely cynical, manufactured way, of course. 
Karen Townsend
June 14th, 2016 5:52 PM

NC Reporter Blames Christians, Bathroom Law Advocates for Orlando

The North Carolina media have been predictably out of control since the state passed and signed the transgender bathroom law, but their behavior sunk even further following the Orlando terror attack when WRAL chief political correspondent Laura Leslie suggested backers of the law were to blame for the shooting because of their “rhetoric” “in the wake of this horrific anti-gay crime.”
Curtis Houck
June 14th, 2016 4:36 PM

MSNBC Mocks Reagan on Assault Rifles: ‘Non-Conservative’ Commie

Tuesday on Morning Joe, the gun control conversation continued in the wake of terrorism in Orlando.  However, MSNBC didn’t put the spotlight on the FBI for taking Omar Mateen off the terrorist watch list, nor did they call out Congress for letting the federal assault weapons ban expire. Rather, they targeted Ronald Reagan. Unsurprisingly, MSNBC hosts saw this as an opportunity to joke about the…
Samantha Cohen
June 14th, 2016 4:11 PM

Roll Call Shames Republicans Who 'Didn't Say LGBT' in Orlando Tweets

Andrew Breiner carried water for socially-liberal activists and their congressional allies in a Monday item for Roll Call. Breiner, who previously worked for the left-wing website Think Progress, hyped how "House Democrats are criticizing congressional Republicans for...their refusal to call the [Orlando] massacre an anti-LGBT hate crime." The writer then spotlighted Twitter posts from 16…
Matthew Balan
June 14th, 2016 4:10 PM

NBC, CBS Tout Dems Disrupting Tribute to Terror Victims

On Tuesday, both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning actually promoted an offensive temper tantrum thrown by congressional Democrats in the House of Representatives on Monday during what was supposed to be a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Orlando terrorist attack.
Kyle Drennen
June 14th, 2016 4:07 PM

Nets Censor Chick-fil-A’s Help in Orlando Blood Drives After Shooting

The networks have long attacked Chick-fil-A for its management’s opposition to gay marriage. But when the food chain opened its doors (on a Sunday no less) for the LGBT community following the Orlando shooting, ABC, CBS and NBC didn’t say a word.
Katie Yoder
June 14th, 2016 3:54 PM

Cooper Grills Bondi: ‘You Never Even Tweeted About Gay Pride Month!'

On Tuesday’s CNN Newsroom, Anderson Cooper talked to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi about what she was doing to help the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting and their families. Instead of focusing on the topic at hand, Cooper decided to attack Bondi on her gay rights record, relentlessly asking if she was a hypocrite for helping the gay community now when she allegedly didn’t defend…

Kristine Marsh
June 14th, 2016 3:37 PM

Nets Hit Trump for Banning WashPost, Yawned at Obama Booting Papers

On Monday night and Tuesday morning, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC offered multiple segments decrying presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for revoking press credentials from The Washington Post while having the exact opposite reaction to three newspapers being banned from the Obama campaign press plane in 2008. 
Curtis Houck
June 14th, 2016 2:42 PM

NYT Avoids Islamic Terror, Hits Intolerant Trump, 'Aberrant' Gun Laws

The New York Times continued to evade the issue of Islamic terror in its reporting on the Orlando nightclub massacre. Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns targeted Donald Trump for his intolerance on the front-page under a lecturing headline “Branding Muslims as Threats, Trump Tosses Pluralism Aside.” Also, reporter Jim Yardley fretted about the bizarre aberration" of America's gun laws while…
Clay Waters
June 14th, 2016 2:20 PM

MSNBC Loves Obama’s ‘Extraordinary,’ ‘Passionate Cry From the Heart'

Make no mistake, the journalists at MSNBC and CNN loved Barack Obama’s defense of not using the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism.” Regarding the Tuesday speech, which also denounced Donald Trump, Andrea Mitchell was beside herself: “This was a passionate cry from the heart about his vision of America by this President. He has never before taken on Donald Trump and he just eviscerated Donald…
Scott Whitlock
June 14th, 2016 1:48 PM

CBS to DHS Sec: ‘What Will it Take to Move the Needle' on Gun Control?

In an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday, the hosts of CBS This Morning devoted most of the segment to calling for gun control in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack and demanding the cabinet secretary use his position to promote the cause. Co-host Gayle King began: “But it does raise the question again about gun control. I keep wondering what it's going to…
Kyle Drennen
June 14th, 2016 1:42 PM

Skepticism Justified When It Comes to WashPost Trump Headline

As Scott Whitlock at NewsBusters noted Monday afternoon, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has revoked the Washington Post's press credentials for covering his campaign. Trump took special umbrage to the following headline at Jenna Johnson's coverage of Trump's reactions to the terrorist massacre in Orlando: "Donald Trump suggests President Obama was involved with Orlando…
Tom Blumer
June 14th, 2016 1:26 PM

Conan O’Brien Uses Orlando to Call for Banning ‘Weapons of War’

Horrific mass shooting? Time to push a political agenda. Although many high-profile figures have simply offered their prayers and condolences in the wake of this weekend’s tragic event in Orlando, plenty of gun-control crazy celebrities and politicians have predictably continued their anti-gun rhetoric. Monday night, Conan O’Brien used his platform to call for banning all assault rifles.
Maggie McKneely
June 14th, 2016 1:16 PM