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Media Compare Jaden Smith to Jesus for Modeling Women’s Louis Vuitton
Sure, a guy modeling women’s clothing is a marketing move guaranteed to win liberal media praise. But when news outlets compare the guy to Jesus, it just looks desperate (and rather confused).
On Saturday, Louis Vuitton Creative Director Nicolas Ghesquière posted pictures online of actor Jaden Smith, the 17-year-old son of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, modeling clothing from the brand’s Spring/…
January 4th, 2016 3:21 PM
CNN Hypes 'Vanilla ISIS,' 'Yeehadist' Labels of Anti-Federal Protest
On Monday's CNN Newsroom, Deborah Feyerick touted how anonymous "critics" were likening Ammon Bundy's group that took over a wildlife refuge facility in Oregon to Islamist terrorists: "Everybody remembers Ruby Ridge...and the government certainly does not want something like that. But...critics are arguing that if this was another group...there are different hashtags out there now mocking this…
January 4th, 2016 3:07 PM
WashPost Dumps Socialist Columnist Harold Meyerson, Socialists Wail
At the very end of 2015, The Washington Post dumped a socialist columnist – Harold Meyerson, winner of this year’s “Ku Klux Con Job Award.” The reason? Low readership. It sounds like his audience may have been pretty limited to Bernie Sanders die-hards and conservative media critics looking for wacky quotes.
Hadas Gold at Politico noted Bernie Sanders tweeted out "There are few progressive…
January 4th, 2016 2:17 PM
Nets Hype ‘Popular’ Bill Clinton as Hillary’s ‘Secret Weapon’
The network morning shows on Monday hyped Hillary Clinton’s dismissal of Donald Trump’s attacks, instead promoting the “popular” Bill Clinton. On Good Morning America, Cecilia Vega enthused, “Bill Clinton has enormously high popularity numbers. But even with all of these attacks coming from Trump, her campaign and Hillary Clinton herself calls him their secret weapon.”
January 4th, 2016 12:24 PM
CNN's Louis Warns of 'Bill Cosby Thing' as Preview of Clinton Problems
On Monday's New Day, CNN political commentator Errol Louis brought up "this Bill Cosby thing that's kind of hanging out there" as he suggested that the A-list comedian's growing legal problems over his sexual assault history could be a harbinger of the problems the Hillary Clinton campaign could have if Donald Trump provides a "very large megaphone" for women who have accused Bill Clinton of "…
January 4th, 2016 11:35 AM
NYT Still Fretting Over GOP Donor Adelson's Big Bet on Las Vegas Paper
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson purchased the Las Vegas Review Journal newspaper last month, and the New York Times is obsessed. The paper put a conspiratorial Sunday front-page spotlight on Adelson (who is, not coincidentally, a major Republican donor) and his legal clashes with a Nevada judge: “Mogul’s Purchase of Las Vegas Newspaper Is Seen as Power Play." Also suspect: A free paper Adelson…
January 4th, 2016 11:16 AM
Nets Fret Over GOP Objection to Obama’s ‘Go it Alone’ Gun Control
On Monday, all three network morning shows touted Barack Obama planning to take unilateral executive action to restrict gun rights and worried that Republicans were already strong critics of the presidential power grab.
January 4th, 2016 11:09 AM
CNN: Bill Clinton's War-on-Women History Is Only 'Alleged'
Since last night, Matt Drudge has teased his link to CNN's coverage of Hillary Clinton "heckler" Katherine Prudhomme O'Brien with the following headline: "Clinton heckled in NH by rape survivor."
The headline at CNN's story by Dan Merica is quite different: "NH GOP lawmaker heckles Hillary Clinton over Bill Clinton's sex scandals." The headline difference is not unusual. What is unusual is that…
January 4th, 2016 10:40 AM
Facebook Faces Media Bias: One Story, Many Stupid Headlines
Media bias is hydra-headed in its perniciousness. It operates on many levels - in many ways. One of its practitioners’ favorite moves is the terrible headline. In which they knowingly - or unknowingly - tip their hand on the story at hand. These heinous headlines can effectively work to sway casual, drive-by media consumers - who don’t go deep into multiple articles to get a more fully-formed…
January 4th, 2016 10:32 AM
'Their Skin Is Crawling': Mika Says MSM Can't Be Objective About Trump
Mika Brzezinski has let the cat out of the MSM bag. On today's Morning Joe, Mika admitted that the press corps covering Donald Trump can't be objective about him: "it's like their skin is crawling."
Brzezinski said reporters "ooze with a lack of objectivity" when covering Trump, adding "you can sort of see it in their kind of like smiling, sort of slyly and uncomfortably and almost snarkily…
January 4th, 2016 8:30 AM
CNN Grants Obama a Gun-Control Town Hall to Pitch His 'Legacy'
CNN announced Sunday it’s granting President Obama an hour of air time on Thursday to have a town hall on his gun-control agenda with Anderson Cooper. The 8 pm special is simply titled Guns in America.
The makeup of the questioners will determine just how much of a favor CNN is granting the president, but the usual pattern – to judge from say, Christiane Amanpour’s town hall with Hillary Clinton…
January 4th, 2016 7:22 AM
Wildly Offensive New Show ‘Bordertown’ Takes Aim at Everyone
FOX’s new animated comedy from executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Bordertown, spared no individual, group, or social cause in its debut episode last night, "The Engagement." The show, set on the US/Mexico border in the fictional town of Mexifornia, hops neatly from one stereotype to the next, apparently out to offend every conceivable person.
January 4th, 2016 1:47 AM
An 'Undercover Boss' First: Cleveland Store Robbed On Camera!
In the latest episode of the CBS reality show Undercover Boss, “Shoppers World,” we meet Sam Dushey, President and CEO of Shoppers World, described as “one of the nation’s fastest growing retailers of discount apparel and merchandise.” A family-owned and operated discount retailer, Sam is the last family member in the business.
January 4th, 2016 1:18 AM
Bleah! Homer Simpson Caught Kissing Elizabeth Warren!
Viewers were met with an ugly sight in the opening scene of the latest episode of The Simpson's, "The Girl Code." Marge makes a surprise visit to the plant to deliver Homer’s lunch. In an attempt to make his office “a little more Marge-friendly,” Homer jumps up to hide a poster of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), putting it away with a kiss and saying, “See you soon, Liz-Liz.” BLEH!
January 3rd, 2016 11:29 PM