Matthews: Cruz 'Very Hard to Listen To,' He 'Whines All the Time'

After noting that tonight's GOP was thoroughly substantive and devoid of cheap shots and insult comedy, MSNBC's Chris Matthews whined to guest Robert Costa of the Washington Post that Ted Cruz's voice was "very hard to listen to" and that the Texas Republican "whines all the time."
Ken Shepherd
March 10th, 2016 11:41 PM

CNN Fails to Ask Trump About Incident with Staffer and Michelle Fields

On Thursday night, CNN and its four moderators made no attempt to ask Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his three opponents about the purported incident Tuesday night involving Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields that left Fields bruised on one of her arms. 
Curtis Houck
March 10th, 2016 11:28 PM

CNN's Burnett: Do Those Comparing Trump to Hitler 'Have a Point?'

As Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott appeared as a guest on Thursday's Erin Burnett Outfront to discuss the upcoming GOP presidential debate, host Burnett actually asked him of those who attack Donald Trump by comparing him to Adolf Hitler: "Do they have a point?"
Brad Wilmouth
March 10th, 2016 9:53 PM

Matthews: 'Fair' to Assume 'Anything' About Motive of Rally Assault

Wrapping up a segment regarding the arrest of an elderly white North Carolina man for sucker-punching a Trump rally protester, MSNBC's Chris Matthews held back from saying the motive must be racism but concluded that "anything you want to assume about it is fair at this point."
Ken Shepherd
March 10th, 2016 8:40 PM

Networks Finally Cover Michelle Fields Incident with Trump Staffer

Two days after Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski allegedly forcefully grabbed the arm of Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, the “big three” networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC finally noticed this disturbing incident just as a Trump protester was sucker punched at a rally on Wednesday night. All told, the three network evening newscasts combined for two minutes and 18 seconds reporting on how…
Curtis Houck
March 10th, 2016 8:28 PM

NBC Gushes Over 'Dreamy' 'Heartthrob' Canadian Prime Minister

In a segment sounding more like Access Hollywood than the evening news, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt hyped that "heads [were] turning" and "the White House abuzz" with the visit of Canada's new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Reporter Ron Allen continued the gushing, calling the young liberal PM "Canada's Obama" at "just 44 with a young family," and even describing the politician as "…
Kristine Marsh
March 10th, 2016 8:13 PM

CNN Tags Killer of American in Israel as Palestinian in 20th Paragraph

Those not well-versed on events in the Middle East and how the international press routinely distorts its coverage there might think from the following headline at CNN.com yesterday — "American fatally stabbed in Israel terror attack that wounds 10 others" — that the state of Israel carried out the brutal attack which killed Vanderbilt Universtity student and U.S. Army veteran Taylor Force. Of…

Tom Blumer
March 10th, 2016 8:08 PM

NewsBusted: Hey, It Worked for Iran, Didn't It?!

"President Obama will travel to Cuba soon: Foreign policy experts say the visit is an important step toward Cuba’s getting the bomb." – NewsBusted's Jodi Miller.
NB Staff
March 10th, 2016 6:10 PM

'Fact Checkers' Side with Hillary: Sanders 'Stood' with Minutemen

Multiple political “fact checkers” have weighed in on Wednesday night’s Democratic debate, especially when Hillary Clinton claimed Bernie Sanders “stood with the Minutemen vigilantes in their ridiculous, absurd efforts to quote, ‘hunt down immigrants.’” What is Mrs. Clinton quoting? Did the Minutemen ever shoot an illegal alien dead? “Hunt down immigrants” surely evokes the notion or murder. AP’…
Tim Graham
March 10th, 2016 6:05 PM

The 2016 Finalists: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz

Donald Trump's lead in the Republican race is real, but far from secure. At the moment, the billionaire has 458 delegates and Ted Cruz has 359. That's a 99 delegate lead with more than 1,400 delegates still to be selected. Cruz has plenty of room to come from behind if he's able to defeat Trump in a head-to-head match-up.
Scott Rasmussen
March 10th, 2016 5:36 PM

CNN's Van Jones Raves Over ‘Dazzling’ Hillary’s Debate Performance

CNN’s dedicated Hillary Clinton fan, Van Jones, on Wednesday praised the Democrat’s performance at the debate as “dazzling” and a “tour de force.” During post-debate coverage, he cheered, “ Hillary Clinton just, at times, displaying just a dazzling mastery of policy nuance.” 
Scott Whitlock
March 10th, 2016 4:48 PM

English Author Laments Publishing Industry Not Diverse Enough

Well here we go again.  Right on the heels of the diversity controversy that plagued the Oscars, it looks like the next target is the publishing industry. Award-winning English author Bali Rai, who is of Indian background, believes that just as Hollywood and the Academy Awards are gatekeepers for representing only select ideas and talent on the silver screen, the publishing industry is guilty of…
Melissa Mullins
March 10th, 2016 4:42 PM

Scarborough Decries GOP 'Clown Show,' While Driving Trump Clown Car

After helping drive the Donald Trump clown car for nine months, Joe Scarborough was furious that the GOP primary ended up in the ditch Thursday morning. “They perform so poorly on-- This year on a fifth-grade level and constantly send one clown after another clown after another clown up on the national stage and tarnishes the Republican brand in the way that they have for years now.”  Meanwhile,…
Nicholas Fondacaro
March 10th, 2016 3:24 PM

NBC, ABC Skip Hillary's Benghazi Lies; Bernie's Suit 'Biggest Debate'

On Thursday, while covering the latest Democratic debate, NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America avoided any mention of Hillary Clinton being grilled by Univision anchor Jorge Ramos about accusations that she lied to the families of the Benghazi victims. Instead, both morning shows focused on the “biggest debate” of the night being over the color of Bernie Sanders’ suit.
Kyle Drennen
March 10th, 2016 2:59 PM