MSNBC Gets ‘Headache’ When Facts Refute Police Racial Bias

Eyebrows were raised Tuesday on Morning Joe after the New York Times featured a Harvard study that highlighted the relationship between race and the use of force in police shootings. Even Roland Fryer, the author of the study, described it as “the most surprising result of his career.” Panelists were most troubled by the findings of “no racial bias” in 1,300 incidents of police shootings in Texas…
Samantha Cohen

Katie Couric Reports Peaceful Protests, Ignores 21 Injured Police

In the wake of the Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas shootings, Katie Couric had a lot to report about police violence, but nothing to say about the protesters’ violence in Minnesota. 
Elliot Polsky

Hey, Media: Obama’s State Dept. Funded Move to Oust Netanyahu

According to the Weekly Standard on Tuesday, a just-released document by the Senate “confirms that the U.S. State Department funded an Israeli political organization that later ran a campaign dedicated to ousting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” Considering this is a rather outrageous breach, will the networks cover the embarrassing development for Barack Obama?  
Scott Whitlock

NBC Cover-Up: Ignores Own Poll That Most Wanted Clinton Indicted

Despite highlighting the latest NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll on Tuesday’s Today, showing Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump shrinking, the network morning show skipped the most damaging findings for the Democratic candidate. According the survey, 82% of voters thought it was inappropriate for Clinton to use a private e-mail server and 56% said they disagreed with the FBI’s decision not to…
Kyle Drennen

Eligible Gay Heartthrobs Compete in New ‘Bachelor’ Makeover

Forget The Bachelor. If you’re looking for a new dating show this fall, tune in to Finding Prince Charming – the first gay dating show of its kind. After all, as Entertainment Weekly’s deputy news director Breanne Heldman wrote, “fairytale romance isn’t limited to a man and a woman, so reality dating shows shouldn’t be either.”  
Sarah Stites

CBS Cheers Pot Legalization After Warning of Dangers

It’s hard to tell if CBS is in or out when it comes to the legalization of marijuana. Tuesday's segment on CBS This Morning painted a pretty rosy picture of the California initiative to legalize recreational pot. Opinions of the ethics of pot legalization aside, the piece only provided one example of negative criticism of the initiative if passed, and quickly glanced over that in order to…
Remso Martinez

NYT Exposes Environmentalists’ Inability to Agree on Energy Solutions

While radical environmentalists jointly claim greenhouse gases and fossil fuels such as oil and coal are responsible for global warming and endangering the planet, there is strong disagreement among them about what energy sources are acceptable. Environmental activists and groups are divided on natural gas and nuclear power, and even differ in their approach towards fossil fuel companies,…
Mira Ebersole

No Conflict Here: ABC, NBC Skip Ginsburg Cheering on Hillary

ABC and NBC on Monday and Tuesday ignored an obvious potential conflict of interest for Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The liberal justice told the New York Times that she “can’t imagine Donald Trump as our president” and had nice words for Hillary Clinton. (It must be pointed out that Ginsburg was appointed by Bill Clinton.) Only CBS This Morning on Monday bothered to cover the…

Scott Whitlock

ABC, NBC, and WaPo Bury Polls That Majority Disagree With DOJ on HRC

On Monday morning, Washington Post polling manager Scott Clement offered a new report that a majority of Americans disagreed with the decision not to indict Hillary Clinton over her emailing of classified information. But the people who paid for the ABC News/Washington Post poll could barely notice the result. Clement’s story has yet to appear in the actual newspaper, and the poll drew just 18…
Tim Graham

ABC's 'Mistresses:' Church Inspires 'Most of the World's Atrocities'

ABC's Mistresses episode "What Happens in Vegas" delves into parenthood and religion in a surprising way.
Alexa Moutevelis

'UnReal' Mocks 'Racist's Pregnancy as Growing a Future Trump Supporter

In Lifetime’s latest episode of UnReal, “Casualty,” the white southern contestant portrayed as a racist competing for the first black suitor provides a surprise plot twist. Beth Ann (Lindsay Musil) foils the race-baiting script for ratings when, during the hometown visit date with Darius (B.J. Britt), her supposedly racist family welcomes the football star with open arms.
Karen Townsend

Knife-Wielding 'BrainDead' Liberal: Keep Your Hands Off My NPR

"Wake Up Grassroots," last night’s episode of CBS’s political comedy, BrainDead, once again demonstrated that the writers aren’t afraid to mock activists from both sides of the aisle. Terrified that a compromise deal might eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and cut off his IV drip of government media, a knife-wielding liberal constituent cornered Democratic Senate staffer Laurel Healy…
Erik Soderstrom

‘The Fosters’: God’s Trust Means Finding the Perfect Gay Boyfriend

On this week’s edition of The Fosters, titled ‘Trust,’ we learned that if you’re a lost, alone, recently dumped teenage boy who trusts God, then you too will find the boyfriend of your dreams.
Dylan Gwinn

CBS Anchor Demands Executive Action on ‘Armor Piercing Bullets’

Following the tragic attack on Dallas police officers late last week, CBS anchor Scott Pelley took it upon himself on Monday to pressure Vice President Joe Biden for the Obama administration ban so-called ‘armor piercing rounds.” “Late today we asked Joe Biden about the ready availability of armor-piercing bullets,” he stated on CBS Evening News, “Dallas' mayor has blamed them for penetrating his…
Nicholas Fondacaro