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'CBS Evening News' Downplays Ash Carter's Private E-Mail Scandal
The Big Three broadcast network evening newscasts all touched on the revelation that Secretary of Defense Ash Carter used private e-mails for government business and this well after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under fire for exclusively conducting her official email correspondence that way. That said, only CBS's Evening News downplayed the significance of the story by…
December 17th, 2015 8:53 PM
Late Night TV Targets Trump and GOP Over Hillary and the Democrats
A new report from the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University finds that it’s not just the news media that’s obsessed with Donald Trump. A study of jokes told by late night comedians finds that GOP frontrunner was the target of more punchlines (308) than the rest of the GOP field combined (282). And Republicans were targeted by more than twice as many jokes as Democrats…
December 17th, 2015 8:07 PM
ExxonMobil, the Kochs 'Enemies of the State'? Kerry Won't Disagree
James Taranto of The Wall Street Journal wrote his last column of 2015 on a John Kerry profile by New Yorker editor David Remnick, and a Rolling Stone interview with Kerry. "He denies -- too strongly -- that he's still bitter over 2004. Taranto saw liberal media hypocrisy as Kerry was noncommittal on Rolling Stone's suggestion that Exxon Mobil and the Koch brothers should be considered treasonous…
December 17th, 2015 5:53 PM
‘View’ Gun Rant: Build ‘an Assault Weapons Wall!’
The View’s Whoopi Goldberg went on a rant, Thursday, as she reported the news that a majority of Americans oppose a new ban on so-called assault weapons. Referencing Donald Trump, she lobbied, “Because it seems to me, you know, you want to ban people, you want to ban a people from coming. You want to build a wall? How about an assault weapon wall? Let's build a wall about that!”
December 17th, 2015 5:47 PM
NewsBusted: Might the IRS Finally Clip Rev. Al's Wings?
"The State Department may rescind passports for tax delinquents… which will make it almost impossible for Al Sharpton to vacation at Charlie Rangel's timeshare." -- Jodi Miller of NewsBusted.
December 17th, 2015 5:23 PM
Some Thoughts About the GOP's Fifth Presidential Debate
Each of the Republican presidential candidates brings something good to the race for the GOP nomination and some things not so good. In the fifth and final GOP debate of the year, the candidates on the main stage, and even a few on the "undercard," presented ideas and positions that many Republican voters would consider far better than those we have now under the president we have now.
December 17th, 2015 5:14 PM
AP Howler: Economy 'Healthy' Because of 'Solid Consumer Spending'
For an understanding of just how weak the business press's understanding of economic fundamentals is, look no further than Paul Wiseman's brief "coverage" at the Associated Press Wednesday of the Federal Reserve's awful Industrial Production.
The Fed reported yesterday that industrial production fell by 0.6 percent in November on top of a revised -0.4 percent (down from -0.2 percent) in October…
December 17th, 2015 4:56 PM
CNN's Left-Wing Guests Wildly Distort 'Racist' GOP Debate
On Wednesday's CNN Tonight, left-wing analyst Rula Jebreal and Columbia University's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin unleashed against the Republican presidential candidates, in the wake of Tuesday's CNN debates. Jebreal asserted that Ted Cruz was "nostalgic for Arab dictators," and concluded that "this is racist. This is pure bigotry." She later likened the GOP contenders to the Nazis: "What you are hearing…
December 17th, 2015 4:32 PM
Koppel Downplays ISIS Threat, Claims U.S. Created Al Qaeda ‘Franchise'
On Wednesday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly pressed NBC’s Ted Koppel on the state of the country: “...a new Wall Street Journal poll says just 20% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction....do you believe the USA is in bad shape right now, Mr. Koppel? And if so, why?” Koppel dismissed the public’s pessimism and tried to minimize the threat from ISIS terrorists: “I…
December 17th, 2015 3:43 PM
Ian McKellen: Terrorists Have ‘Legitimate Complaint’ About the West
Lord of the Rings and X-Men star Ian McKellen on Wednesday asserted that Islamic terrorists have a “legitimate complaint” about the west. Appearing on Larry King Now, the actor discussed the “dreadful” murder of 130 people in Paris. McKellen equivocated, “I’m sure the legitimate complaint that your country and my country have meddled in their affairs is a fair one.”
December 17th, 2015 1:16 PM
Only ABC Sees Latest Use of Private E-Mails as Obama ‘Embarrassment’
All three network morning shows on Thursday covered the breaking news that Defense Secretary Ash Carter used private e-mails for government work. But only ABC deemed it an “embarrassment” for Barack Obama himself. Good Morning America’s Mary Bruce asserted, “This is no question this is an embarrassment for the White House and will likely draw attacks from Republicans who say the administration…
December 17th, 2015 11:41 AM
Jack Welch Slams PolitiFact as ‘Communist Outfit’
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch said on Dec. 16, that PolitiFact was a “total communist outfit” and that employees at the organization should be arrested for naming Bill Clinton the most honest presidential candidate and Ben Carson the least.
December 17th, 2015 10:46 AM
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Wins MRC's Quote of the Year Award
The Media Research Center (MRC) is proud to announce the Worst of the Worst of 2015: The 28th Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting, with MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry taking home the "Quote of the Year" honor for scolding a guest who referred to Speaker-to-be Paul Ryan as a "hard worker:"
December 17th, 2015 10:43 AM
AP: San Bernardino Terrorist Massacre Was a 'Mass Shooting'
Pity the poor folks at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press.
The Obama administration, usually hyper-reluctant to characterize a domestic terrorist attack on U.S. soil as, well, a domestic terrorist attack, has actually had to admit in the face of overwhelming evidence that the San Bernardino massacre on December 2, during which 14 were killed and two dozen injured, was indeed a…
December 17th, 2015 10:04 AM