MRC’s Rich Noyes Slams ‘Sophomoric,’ ‘Absurd’ Boston Globe Cover

The Media Research Center’s Rich Noyes appeared with Neil Cavuto, Monday, to slam the “sophomoric,” “absurd” Boston Globe for printing a fake front cover that speculated on what a future Trump presidency might be. Noyes derided the effort to pass off a stunt editorial as real news “As a political hit job, this is pretty sophomoric. It's absurd.” 
NB Staff
April 11th, 2016 1:30 PM

CNN Panel Pines for More Boycotting 'Religious Freedom' States

On Monday's New Day on CNN, co-host Michaela Pereira hosted a segment that slanted in favor of those on the left who are opposing current initiatives like the bathroom bill in North Carolina and the religious freedom bills in Georgia and Mississippi, with Pereira at one point fretting that the boycotts by businesses and entertainers will not be enough to thwart the measures. Speaking to Sarah…
Brad Wilmouth
April 11th, 2016 1:16 PM

ABC, CBS Ignore Obama Knocking Hillary as ‘Careless’ on E-Mails

ABC and CBS on Sunday night and Monday skipped the fact that Barack Obama chided Hillary Clinton as “careless” for the way she handled her private e-mail server. Only NBC reporters noticed the development and the network mentioned it only in passing. Appearing on Fox News Sunday, the President told Chris Wallace: “There’s a carelessness, in terms of managing e-mails, that she [Clinton] has owned…
Scott Whitlock
April 11th, 2016 12:20 PM

'Rigged': Morning Joe Rips Hillary Investigation, Delegate System

The words of the day at Morning Joe today were "rigged, rigged, rigged, rigged." The reference was to the delegate selection process in both parties and the FBI investigation/Justice Department decision-making process regarding Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information on her private server. While the panel discussed problems in the Republican process, the most glaring example given…
Mark Finkelstein
April 11th, 2016 12:09 PM

Maddow’s Leg Thrill for Matthews: His Style Is Trump’s 'Kryptonite'

In a sympathetic interview by Isaac Chotiner at Slate.com, Rachel Maddow gushed all over Chris Matthews, about how he’s this “kinetic guy who’s very different than everyone elseo n TV, but that apparently is the Kryptonite for interviewing Trump.” He was “born to interview Donald Trump.” A more cynical person might read this as corporate cheerleading with a bit of rivalry thrown in since, Maddow…
Tim Graham
April 11th, 2016 11:54 AM

NBC Boosts HBO Film With Softball Anita Hill Interview

In a softball exchange with Anita Hill on Monday to promote the new HBO film commemorating her sexual harassment claims against Clarence Thomas, co-host Savannah Guthrie touted the law professor as a “reluctant witness” during the 1991 hearings that attempted to sink the nomination of the future Supreme Court justice.
Kyle Drennen
April 11th, 2016 11:15 AM

The Atlantic: Pornography Does Not Promote Objectification

The Atlantic dismissed all moral charges against pornography as largely irrelevant but admitted that it poses a public health crisis. “Surveying the world around me, it just doesn’t seem as if the men in younger generations are more likely than their forbearers to use and abuse women,” said the Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf. “In fact, just the opposite seems to be true.”
Mairead McArdle
April 11th, 2016 10:27 AM

Living Rent-Free: ABC’s 'Quantico' Slings Mud at Palin and Bush

In an episode about America’s porous borders in which 18 FBI recruits successfully slip across the border undetected without any proper planning, Quantico’s writers made sure to slip in a few digs at President George W. Bush and former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Erik Soderstrom
April 11th, 2016 2:17 AM

MTV Stands for Must Televise Vulgarity - 84 Curse Words in 2 Hours

In case you missed it (lucky you), MTV held its 25th Annual MTV Movie Awards hosted by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Chris Ro-- I mean, Kevin Hart. This dynamic duo managed to throw down no less than 18 curse words in the opening 9 minutes of the show. Johnson and Hart were so foul-mouthed even Amy Poehler joked that she would keep her acceptance speech clean in order to get more airtime. 
Curtis Louder
April 11th, 2016 12:56 AM

E! Channel’s ‘I Am Cait’, Bride of Transition

Very little needs to be said about Sunday night’s edition of ‘I Am Cait,” other than the fact that the ratings must be every bit as bad as reported if the producers felt the need to pull this stunt.
Dylan Gwinn
April 11th, 2016 12:08 AM

AP: Min. Wage Job Losses 'Uncertain'; 2 States Show It's a Sure Thing

On Tuesday, shortly after Governor Jerry Brown signed California's $15-an-hour minimum wage legislation, the Associated Press's Michael R. Blood and Don Thompson called the move "a victory for those struggling on the margins of the economy and the politically powerful unions that pushed it." As seen in a NewsBusters post on March 31, it's definitely a win for union members whose wages are set…
Tom Blumer
April 10th, 2016 11:55 PM

CBS’s ‘Madam Secretary’ Puts Forth Worst Idea Ever

So quite possibly the worst idea in the history of foreign relations happened on a show modeling itself after Hillary Clinton.
Dylan Gwinn
April 10th, 2016 11:44 PM

Knock, Knock: NYT Again Bangs Door for Transgenders, Abortion

The New York Times can’t get enough of a new study published in Science suggesting door-to-door canvassing can enlighten troglodyte citizens into supporting progressive policies like gay marriage, abortion (alongside Planned Parenthood), and gun control. The Times had just embraced the study in its news pages a few days before, and now contributing writer Benoit-Denizet Lewis devoted 5,000 words…
Clay Waters
April 10th, 2016 10:01 PM

Ex-ABC's Simpson Seems Flummoxed Young Women Not Voting Clinton

Appearing as a guest on Saturday's Smerconish show on CNN, former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson seemed taken aback that younger women -- some of whom she teaches in a college class -- are not supporting Hillary Clinton for President, unlike women in her own generation: "I don't know what's going on with women," and later, "I don't know why women don't think Hillary Clinton ought to be the first…
Brad Wilmouth
April 10th, 2016 8:09 PM