NY Times Uses Scalia’s Passing for Lefty Labeling, Loaded Language

The New York Times news coverage upon the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was mostly respectful (which is more than can be said about the paper’s nasty editorial thrust). But the paper’s liberal bias shone through in pondering how Scalia’s death would resonate during the election year. Emily Bazelon’s Monday “news analysis" portrayed conservative rulings as “limiting” and “…
Clay Waters
February 15th, 2016 8:40 PM

Showtime’s ‘Billions’ Turns Boring U.S. Attorney Into Sexual Deviant

So it’s been a while since I’ve written about Showtime’s Billions. Mainly because the show is just awesome and largely unbiased.
Dylan Gwinn
February 15th, 2016 7:39 PM

'CBS This Morning' Yawns at Latest Spitzer Scandal; ABC, NBC Cover

CBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast on Monday to not cover the assault allegation against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer that emerged over the weekend. By contrast, NBC's Today aired a full two-plus minute report on Spitzer "facing another potentially embarrassing scandal," as Kristen Dahlgren put it. ABC's Good Morning America gave a brief on the story, but didn't…
Matthew Balan
February 15th, 2016 5:57 PM

David Frum: GOP 'Repressed' the 'Trauma' of Bush Presidency

The polarizing former George W. Bush speech writer, David Frum was on MSNBC Live Monday afternoon to share his thoughts about Donald Trump attacking his former boss. Frum argued that the GOP needs to reflect on the Bush years, and described the GOP as a repressed mental patient. “And in Freudian psychology, the theory was, you suffered a trauma, you repressed it, but you could never make it go…
Nicholas Fondacaro
February 15th, 2016 5:48 PM

Adidas Defends Pro-Gay Instagram Post

Adidas has jumped on the politically correct bandwagon with a Valentine’s Day Instagram post showing a same sex couple. The picture of what looks like two women in a romantic embrace is captioned with the old Beatles line, “The love you take is equal to the love you make.” By Monday it had over 86,000 comments.
Mairead McArdle
February 15th, 2016 5:42 PM

Feminist Journalists Hail ‘Witch’ Scalia’s Death

Even in the face of a conservative warrior’s death, the feminist media are on the attack. On Saturday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away at the age of 79. The Catholic, pro-life constitutionalist embodied the values feminist media fight against daily in the name of their liberal agenda.
Katie Yoder
February 15th, 2016 4:37 PM

Author Stephen King: Ted Cruz is 'Very Scary'

Horror novelist Stephen King is apparently scared by the candidacy of Ted Cruz. The author of truly terrifying books like The Shining and Carrie told The Daily Beast's Marlow Stern he finds Cruz to be “very scary” because the conservative Texas senator is “a fundamentalist Christian” and his election would be “the analog of an Imam.”
Geoffrey Dickens
February 15th, 2016 4:11 PM

Chris Matthews Compares GOP to Grave Robbers After Scalia’s Death

Appearing on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports on Monday, Hardball host Chris Matthews blasted Republican opposition to President Obama nominating a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: “...this almost indecent march to rejection here within minutes of the announcement of Judge Scalia's death....it was like a Dickensian scene in A Christmas Carol when Scrooge or somebody’s died – dead…
Kyle Drennen
February 15th, 2016 3:26 PM

CBS: ‘History Could Be’ on Obama’s Side for Scalia Replacement

The journalists at CBS This Morning on Monday came to the President’s aid, insisting that “history could be” on Barack Obama’s side as he fights to replace Antonin Scalia with a liberal on the Supreme Court. Without highlighting opposing interpretations, reporter Margaret Brennan told her audience: “But history could be on the administration's side here. Since 1900, six Supreme Court justices…

Scott Whitlock
February 15th, 2016 3:17 PM

‘Bordertown’ Gives Conservatives - and Football Fans - the Foam Finger

Remember when cartoons were just silly and didn't have an agenda? Those days are apparently long gone. Fox's new venture into the world of adult cartoons, Bordertown oozes agenda from the title to the closing credits. The main character, Bud, is an overweight, racist, border patrol agent from the town of Mexifornia. If you can get past that then you are in for a thirty-minute deluge of insults…
Curtis Louder
February 15th, 2016 2:21 PM

MSNBC's Carmon: Scalia 'Left Out in the Cold' the 'Oppressed'

During Sunday morning's MSNBC live coverage of the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, host Ari Melber and correspondent Irin Carmon waded into going negative against the conservative justice as the two brought up those who viewed him as "cold" toward people who have been "historically oppressed" in spite of his pleasant personality.
Brad Wilmouth
February 15th, 2016 1:49 PM

MSNBC: Don’t Worry, Obama Doesn’t Pick ‘Bomb Throwers' for Court

Sunday’s coverage of the death of Justice Antonin Scalia included attacks on the judge as a “homophobe” who “coarsened” the dialogue. The network also offered the analysis that Republican’s shouldn’t be worried because Barack Obama doesn’t choose “bomb throwers” for the Supreme Court. Regarding the last two picks, Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor for Slate, parroted, “The qualities [Obama] was…
Scott Whitlock
February 15th, 2016 1:23 PM

Morning Joe: S.C. Debate Crowd was 'Offensive' and 'Deplorable

Joe Scarborough and the panelists on Monday’s Morning Joe sat down to discuss Saturday’s GOP debate. During the segment, some of Scarborough’s most stinging comments were not about any of the candidates on the stage, but about the crowd that attended the event. “I tell you what, that was a horrible debate. I know it was like the most watched but not only what was going on on stage. I'm sorry, the…
Nicholas Fondacaro
February 15th, 2016 1:10 PM

Twelve Tweets of Liberal Journalists Celebrating Scalia's Death

The news of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death this past Saturday shocked the country. A Reagan appointee, Scalia was also Catholic, socially conservative, and brilliant; a combination that made him the left’s most-hated member of the Supreme Court. While his passing was respectfully treated by many in the media, there were still many far-left journalists who refused to show the late…
Kristine Marsh
February 15th, 2016 12:58 PM