NYT's 'Miserable' Objectivity Fail: Ken Starr Is Inspector Javert

New York Times Hillary-beat reporter Amy Chozick matter-of-factly compared Whitewater special prosecutor Ken Starr to Inspector Javert, the fanatical pursuer of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, while blaming him for bringing “a new intensity to partisan warfare” in his prosecution of Bill Clinton, in Wednesday’s “Starr, Who Tried to Bury Clinton, Now Praises Him.” Chozick even suggested Starr's…
Clay Waters
May 25th, 2016 7:50 PM

CNN's Lemon Seems Unaware of Claims Hillary Intimidated Women

On Tuesday's CNN Tonight, during a discussion of Donald Trump making an issue of Hillary Clinton being an "enabler" of her husband, Bill Clinton, abusing women, host Don Lemon seemed unaware of the kinds of accusations made by women like Juanita Broaddrick and Kathleen Willey that Hillary Clinton had taken part in efforts to intimidate them into silence about sexual assaults. At one point,…
Brad Wilmouth
May 25th, 2016 7:50 PM

MRC Expose of Latest Clinton Cover-Up Stuns This Major Media Host

Fox Business host Lou Dobbs could barely contain his outrage over the latest examples of the media spinning for Hillary Clinton. Regarding a new MRC analysis that found the networks in 2016 have spent less than five minutes on the scandals engulfing the Clinton Foundation, Dobbs sputtered, “You’re talking about, basically, ten percent of that money going to good causes. That’s a hefty…
Scott Whitlock
May 25th, 2016 5:42 PM

Film Critics Laugh as ‘Rape Comedy’ Premieres at Cannes

The media routinely insist on taking rape seriously (think: The Hunting Ground). But an odd hypocrisy arises when entertainment media suddenly praise a “rape comedy.”
Katie Yoder
May 25th, 2016 5:07 PM

Media Thrilled By Possible Lesbian Couple In Finding Dory Trailer

It took less than five seconds of animation in the latest trailer for Pixar’s Finding Dory to convince Twitter and some media outlets that Disney will finally feature a lesbian couple. Around the one-minute mark, two women are shown with a little girl in a stroller during a fast-paced escape scene for Dory, the beloved forgetful fish. 
Mairead McArdle
May 25th, 2016 5:03 PM

House Moves to Impeach IRS Commissioner, Nets Refuse to Report

On Tuesday, the House began proceedings to impeach current IRS chief John Koskinen for his role in stonewalling the investigation into the IRS targeting scandal. Impeachment is something that hasn’t been done, according to Fox News’ Bill Hemmer, for a non-president since 1876. And despite Koskinen arrogantly ducking yesterday’s hearings the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks didn’t air a second…
Geoffrey Dickens
May 25th, 2016 3:59 PM

Nets Tout Anti-Trump Rioters ‘Protesting With a Purpose’

On Wednesday, the network morning shows all promoted violent left-wing protests outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico as a sign of trouble for the “controversial” GOP candidate and even provided a platform for rioters to justify their actions. At the top of NBC’s Today, co-host Matt Lauer breathlessly declared: “Breaking overnight, protests turn violent at a Trump rally in New Mexico.…
Kyle Drennen
May 25th, 2016 3:20 PM

WashPost Pushes Univision Voter Registration Drive

As further proof that the nation’s leading Hispanic media are really a subset of the establishment media - as opposed to something independent of it - the Washington Post has decided to once again dedicate prime ink to the showcasing of Univision’s much-ballyhooed voter registration drive.
Jorge Bonilla and Daniel Garza
May 25th, 2016 3:18 PM

Matthews: Anti-Obama Americans Want Him Wiped from History Books

In the overnight hours of Tuesday into Wednesday, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews suggested that there’s a segment of Americans opposed to President Barack Obama who want him permanently wiped from U.S. history books and any list of American Presidents because of his race. Right on the dot at 1:00 a.m. Eastern, Matthews also creepily complimented NBC News correspondent Hallie Jackson for having “…
Curtis Houck
May 25th, 2016 3:11 PM

WaPo Editorial Board Writes Socialism-Free Critique of Venezuela

The Washington Post sure knows how to very carefully nibble around the edges when it comes to criticizing the economic system that brought disaster to a country. In this case, the Post's editorial board managed to severely criticize Venezuela for being a complete economic failure despite have the largest known oil reserves of any nation in the world. It had to be an incredibly disastrous economic…
P.J. Gladnick
May 25th, 2016 3:04 PM

Nets Never Blame Obama Admin for TSA Failures

The backlash against the increasing delays caused by the TSA has been so bad that on March 24, the TSA reassigned its head of security. According to CBS Evening News, 450 people missed their flights from Chicago’s O’Hare airport on May 15 because of TSA delays. Despite devoting more than 42 minutes to the abysmal failures of the TSA since coverage began on May 10, neither ABC, CBS nor NBC once…
Mike Ciandella
May 25th, 2016 2:36 PM

Gregory Minimizes Dem Chaos As 'Overblown,' 'Not As Big' As In GOP

On Wednesday's New Day, CNN political analyst David Gregory downplayed the dispute between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters over DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "I do think this is overblown." Gregory later asserted that "there is certainly discord within the Democratic Party. It's not as big as we've seen and are seeing on the Republican side."
Matthew Balan
May 25th, 2016 2:16 PM

Finally, a ‘Preacher’ Liberal Hollywood Can Believe In

There’s a new superhero in town, and he’s got a shockingly violent and irreligious sermon to preach. AMC’s Preacher debuted explosively over the weekend. Predictably, critics loved the politically correct, Christian-bashing new show.
Maggie McKneely
May 25th, 2016 2:07 PM

Twitter Fights Over Boyfriend For Captain America

In the wake of the #GiveElseAGirlfriend campaign Twitter erupted last night with calls to turn one of  America’s most manly superheroes gay. Many were excited by the idea of #GiveCaptainAmericaABoyfriend, and The Wrap, The Independent, Mirror, E!Online, The Los Angeles Times, and others quickly publicized the trend. 
Mairead McArdle
May 25th, 2016 12:07 PM