Ellen Degeneres Calls Mississippi Law 'Definition of Discrimination'

During a recent weekday episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show, the lesbian host used her opening monologue to criticize Mississippi's new Religious Freedom Law as “something wrong” she felt the need to talk about because she claims it allows people to discriminate against members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) community. Degeneres stated that the law “might sound good…
Randy Hall
April 12th, 2016 5:00 PM

NBC Celebrates Anita Hill ‘Back in the Headlines’ With HBO Film

In the sixth segment in less than two weeks promoting HBO’s movie rehash of the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill hearings, on Tuesday’s NBC Today, weatherman Al Roker spoke to the stars of the film and proclaimed: “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill are back in the headlines thanks to Confirmation. It’s a dramatized version of the controversial Senate hearings, premiering this week on…
Kyle Drennen
April 12th, 2016 4:07 PM

CNN's Hoover Slams 'Draconian' Religious Freedom Laws

Appearing as a panel member on Monday's CNN Tonight, during a discussion of proposed religious freedom laws in states like Mississippi and the bathroom law in North Carolina, CNN political commentator Margaret Hoover slammed the measures as "draconian laws that dismiss LGBT people." For his part, host Don Lemon labeled the laws as "crazy" after liberal Republican Hoover recalled polling that…
Brad Wilmouth
April 12th, 2016 3:48 PM

Larry Wilmore: Even Ted Cruz’s Parents Are Ashamed of Him

On Monday’s edition of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the Comedy Central host couldn’t get through a rant against Bill and Hillary Clinton without taking a cheap shot at GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Wilmore noted the former First Lady once used the politically incorrect term “super-predators.” Wilmore reported that even the criminologist who coined the term had disavowed it: “He’s…
Geoffrey Dickens
April 12th, 2016 3:31 PM

Twitter: Rapper's Gang-Rape-Palin Tweets Don't Violate Our Rules

Twitter doesn't find anything abusive or threatening about Azealia Banks tweeting a call for former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin to be gang banged.  At least, that's what one assumes as they recently came out in defense of the filthy mouthed rapper. To quickly recap, Banks tweeted that Palin, "'get headf****d by a big, veiny, ashy black d**k' and for 'the biggest burliest blackest n*****s' to '…
Melissa Mullins
April 12th, 2016 3:26 PM

CBS, AP: Racist Joke Told by Dems Is 'Race-Based' and 'Insensitive'

Add this to the seemingly endless list of "Imagine what would happen if Republicans or conservatives did the same thing" items. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary "I don't feel no ways tired" Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio rolled out a very tired, old and insulting racist stereotype this weekend. The headline at Stephanie Condon's report on the related event at CBS News…
Tom Blumer
April 12th, 2016 3:17 PM

Charles Pierce Rips Paul Ryan on MSNBC: 'He's As Ambitious As Satan'

Esquire's Charles Pierce unleashed on Paul Ryan on MSNBC's All In on Monday during a panel discussion on a possible presidential bid by the House speaker: "I think he's as ambitious as Satan. I think he doesn't want to go out in the country where he was already deemed not worthy of the vice presidency, and try to run for president. But if they offer him the crown, he would loathe to lay his hands…
Matthew Balan
April 12th, 2016 12:48 PM

Comedian George Lopez Endorses Sanders, Doesn’t Want to Pay More Taxes

In a recent radio interview for BigBoyTV, comedian George Lopez let us all know that he’s endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders, while paradoxically, making it known he doesn’t want to pay any more taxes.
Daniel Garza
April 12th, 2016 12:28 PM

Rose to Kasich: Why Are GOP Voters ‘Following the Path to Darkness?'

The co-hosts of CBS This Morning on Tuesday devoted an exhaustive seven minutes to Republican presidential candidate John Kasich. What Charlie Rose really wanted to know, however, is just why GOP voters are following “the path to darkness.” 
Scott Whitlock
April 12th, 2016 11:50 AM

Nets Actually Hammer Hillary Over ‘Racially Charged Joke’

On Tuesday, all three network morning shows surprisingly hit Hillary Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for making a “racially charged joke” during a failed comedy skit at a press dinner.  
Kyle Drennen
April 12th, 2016 11:30 AM

Morgan Freeman: Islam Aims for Peace

Morgan Freeman disappointed some fans during Sunday’s episode of National Geographic’s “The Story of God” when he downplayed Islamic terrorism, saying Islam aims for peace. News reports of Islamic extremism by “a tiny percentage of Muslims” do not reflect the mindset of the majority of Muslims, Freeman said.  
Mairead McArdle
April 12th, 2016 11:18 AM

Moved by Hillary, Nicolle Wallace Gets 'Chills' Up Her Arm

Shades of Chris Matthews' infamous thrill up his leg when listening to Barack Obama in 2008 . . . Fast forward to 2016, and we have ostensible Republican Nicolle Wallace getting the good kind of "chills" up her arm when listening to . . . Hillary Clinton talk about gun control. Morning Joe today played a clip of Hillary saying that many of the guns used to commit crimes in New York come from…
Mark Finkelstein
April 12th, 2016 9:16 AM

Saints and Sinners: Lucifer is Just a 'Bad Boy with a Heart of Gold'

Fox's Lucifer is a show that takes the Biblical concept of Heaven and Hell and turns it on its head. The main character Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis) is literally the devil experiencing life on earth, but outside of Hell he is actually pretty good while his angel brother is very bad outside of Heaven.
Alexa Moutevelis
April 12th, 2016 3:22 AM

Cincinnati Paper Plays Race Card in Lookback at Area Hit by 2001 Riots

Despite the decay of the left-dominated blue-city model during the past several decades, liberals and the press are not fans of many urban neighborhood improvement efforts. One recent example found at a national media outlet is at Newsweek, where on April 2, Alexander Nazaryan, in an item headlined "WHITE CITY: THE NEW URBAN BLIGHT IS RICH PEOPLE," wrote that "gentrification ... turns cities…
Tom Blumer
April 12th, 2016 1:33 AM