Elizabeth Warren & Ruth Buzzi: Vocal Twins?

When you hear Elizabeth Warren loudly ranting about Donald Trump do her screechings sound vaguely familiar? Perhaps you were sure you heard someone like that in the past but you can't quite put your finger on it. Well, a recent caller to the Laura Ingraham radio show, Mark from Virginia, finally lifted the veil on that maddening mystery when he revealed that Warren was an almost exact vocal twin…
P.J. Gladnick
June 10th, 2016 11:07 PM

NBC Touts 'Buzz' For 'Hero of the Left' Warren As Possible V.P. Pick

Friday's NBC Nightly News played up that "V.P. speculation [was] swirling as Elizabeth Warren meets Hillary Clinton at her house." Lester Holt trumpeted Senator Warren as "a hero of the left," while Andrea Mitchell hyped that "the buzz about Warren [is] only growing." Mitchell later underlined that "the pros of picking Warren: she's a fiery speaker, who relishes attacking Trump....and [is] a…
Matthew Balan
June 10th, 2016 10:41 PM

CBS: With Obama and Hillary, Dems Will Be the ‘Party of Grown-Ups’

According to New York Times writer Mark Leibovich, the combination of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren and others will make the Democrats the “party of grown-ups.” The journalist appeared on CBS This Morning and sneered, “I think one of the things the Democrats have going for them, especially in comparison to Trump, is they can be seen as the party of grown-ups.” 
Scott Whitlock
June 10th, 2016 4:51 PM

The Prop 187-ing of America

 Univision anchor Jorge Ramos recently sat down for an interview with the Los Angeles Times, which was later rebroadcast in podcast format. Part of his responses are more of the same, but there are statements that should raise a huge red flag.
Jorge Bonilla
June 10th, 2016 4:03 PM

NRDC Co-Founder Fights Eco-Friendly Community Near His Home

The media often cite the Natural Resources Defense Council when covering environmental issues, but one of the group’s founders appears opposed to going “green”’ when it’s near his own back yard. James Gustave “Gus” Speth recently expressed vehement opposition to a plan to build 20 self-sustaining, eco-friendly communities in Vermont. In 1970, he co-founded the NRDC, and is still listed as an…
Mira Ebersole
June 10th, 2016 3:55 PM

Chuck Todd: Media Would Cover Hillary Scandal if Not for Trump

As news broke Friday in The Wall Street Journal about Hillary Clinton’s private server containing e-mails discussing classified drone strikes, on NBC’s Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd assured viewers that he and his media colleagues would cover the scandal everyday if not for their obsession with Donald Trump’s controversies.
Kyle Drennen
June 10th, 2016 3:53 PM

MSNBC to Trump: You Better Hammer Clinton, Because We Won’t

On Friday, Morning Joe viewers got a dose of MSNBC’s finest hypocrisy. Consider this: Brzezinski and Scarborough are the pot, and Trump is the kettle.  The hosts berated Donald Trump for not attacking Clinton over the recent State Department Inspector General’s Report and May’s dismal jobs report, yet as per usual they side-stepped the very same issues. Instead, they continued to harp on his…
Samantha Cohen
June 10th, 2016 2:12 PM

GOP Anti-Poverty Initiative Ignored By Top Spanish Nets

House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans have released a comprehensive plan to tackle poverty in America, but so far Univision and Telemundo have studiously ignored covering the proposal. The country’s top two Spanish-language television networks have failed to devote any coverage to the House Republican majority’s initiative, which aims to encourage work, improve education and tailor…
Edgard Portela
June 10th, 2016 12:44 PM

Shock: ABC Probes Hillary Placing Donor on Key Intelligence Board

In a refreshing twist, Good Morning America’s reporters actually committed the act of journalism on Friday, investigating Hillary Clinton. Brian Ross wondering how and why the then-Secretary of State placed a wealthy donor on a sensitive, key intelligence board. 
Scott Whitlock
June 10th, 2016 12:27 PM

NBC: ‘Progressive Hero’ Elizabeth Warren Hillary’s ‘Secret Weapon'

After hailing Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as a “progressive champion” for Hillary Clinton on Thursday, on Friday, NBC’s Today doubled down as co-host Savannah Guthrie led the show by cheering the left-wing lawmaker formerly endorsing the presumptive Democratic nominee: “Clinton's secret weapon?...Is Warren on the VP short list? The speculation that has the political world spinning.”
Kyle Drennen
June 10th, 2016 12:15 PM

MRC's Bozell Slams ‘Stunning’ Endorsement of Violence By HuffPost

Media Research Center President Brent Bozell on Friday slammed the “stunning” endorsement of violence by the Huffington Post. The popular liberal news site on Monday published an article championing hostile resistance at Donald Trump rallies. Writer Jesse Benn insisted, “Whatever your beliefs regarding violent resistance, there is inherent value stopping Trump's normalization. Violence…
NB Staff
June 10th, 2016 11:55 AM

Vox: Scientific Experiments Uncover Fish Rights

Most vegans are bigots. At least, that’s the implication of the latest “scientific” discoveries reported by Vox. According to Vox, fish have decent proficiency at human face recognition. That doesn’t just make fish one step ahead of iPhoto. Although it may be a tough hook to swallow, Vox concludes, fish probably have rights too.
Elliot Polsky
June 10th, 2016 11:30 AM

Former NYT Editor Andrew Rosenthal Still Whining About Willie Horton

New York Times liberals don’t come any more knee-jerk than Andrew Rosenthal, son of the paper’s long-serving former executive editor A.M. Rosenthal. Rosenthal served nine years as the paper’s Editorial Page editor, and his first opinion column, "Why Republicans Won't Renounce Trump," plays on a seemingly deathless themes: Racist Republicans and the Willie Horton ad from the 1988 campaign, which…
Clay Waters
June 10th, 2016 11:22 AM

Media Trumpet Obama Endorsing Hillary, Yawned at Bush Endorsing McCain

Political journalists have often suggested that presidential candidates announcing their endorsements isn’t very newsworthy, but that news judgment apparently never applies to Barack Obama. As the media gushes with hyperbole that it’s somehow “breaking news” that Obama’s endorsing Hillary Clinton, let’s ask the obvious question: Did this happen when President Bush endorsed John McCain on March 5…
Tim Graham
June 10th, 2016 7:48 AM