CJR: Paris ‘Opportunity’ for Media to Show Commitment to Climate

One-sided and overwhelmingly biased coverage of climate change wasn’t enough for the news industry publication Columbia Journalism Review. On Dec. 1, CJR contributing editor Cristine Russell actually claimed “climate change has often languished in news coverage ...”
Julia A. Seymour
December 3rd, 2015 2:46 PM

CNN Boosts NY Daily News's 'Provocative' Anti-Prayer Front Page

Three CNN programs on Wednesday night and Thursday morning promoted the anti-prayer front page of the New York Daily News: "God Isn't Fixing This." Unsurprisingly, pro-gun control anchor Carol Costello quoted from the liberal newspaper's headline and sub-headline on Thursday's CNN Newsroom: "It's gotten a lot of buzz this morning...It reads, 'God Isn't Fixing This,' and slams [Ted] Cruz and other…
Matthew Balan
December 3rd, 2015 1:03 PM

Media, Politicians Mock Prayer After Shooting: ‘F**k Your Prayers’

Immediately following the shooting in San Bernardino yesterday, many people offered up their prayers for the victims and their family members. In response, many liberal journalists and politicians took to Twitter to mock prayer as “ineffective” and called for conservatives to “shut up.”
Kristine Marsh
December 3rd, 2015 12:22 PM

MRC’s Brent Bozell Blasts Media Derision of Prayer

MRC President Brent Bozell on Thursday slammed the media’s mocking of religious Americans who offered prayers in the wake of the shooting in California. Responding to a New York Daily News cover saying, “God Isn’t Fixing This,” Bozell attacked, “If you don't want to believe in God, you don't want to believe in God. But what the New York Daily News did here was take it far further than that and…
NB Staff
December 3rd, 2015 12:03 PM

NBC, CBS Tout NY Daily News Attacking Prayer After Shooting

On Thursday, both CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today eagerly promoted the New York Daily News attacking Republicans for sending “thoughts and prayers” to victims of the San Bernardino shooting but not signing on to liberal gun control measures. This Morning co-host Gayle King declared: “I think this headline’s very powerful.”
Kyle Drennen
December 3rd, 2015 11:55 AM

O'Malley:'Outrageous' Ryan Talks of Due Process Rights of Gun Buyers

Maybe Martin O'Malley could come up with a list of all the constitutional rights which, as president, he would suspend. On Jose Diaz-Balart's MSNBC show today, discussing the rights of Americans to buy guns, O'Malley said "the very fact that Paul Ryan would start talking about due process and these sorts of issues, I mean I think is outrageous" in the wake of San Bernardino. During an appearance…
Mark Finkelstein
December 3rd, 2015 11:47 AM

Bozell Slams New York Daily News's Decision to Mock People of Faith

Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell issued a statement today blasting the New York Daily News for their cover mocking people of faith for praying in the wake of the tragedy in San Bernardino, California.
NB Staff
December 3rd, 2015 11:27 AM

ABC Exploits Shooting With Celebrity Gun Control Messages

ABC on Thursday exploited the mass shooting in California as a way to tout the gun control advocacy of celebrities and politicians. Good Morning America reporter Jon Karl highlighted Barack Obama’s “frustration” at the inability to pass new restrictions. Correspondent Michael Strahan read tweets from “actor and gun control activist” Amy Schumer, including this one: “It doesn't have to be this way…
Scott Whitlock
December 3rd, 2015 10:39 AM

Powerless: Green Infighting Proves 'Renewable' Future Isn't Easy

The matter of renewable “energy” sources is certain to be part of Paris summit negotiations, since they are an essential part of the goal of lowering carbon emissions. Ahead of the Paris meeting, one British Labor Party politician argued for a “zero” emissions target, rather than already discussed severe 80-percent cuts. However, the proponents of such cuts rarely acknowledge they are an…
Julia A. Seymour
December 3rd, 2015 9:04 AM

MSNBC Lets Lefty Pundit Smear 'Thoughts & Prayers' Line Post-Shooting

In addition to his hours-long Twitter tirade on Wednesday attacking God-fearing people for offering their “thoughts and prayers” in reaction to the San Bernardino, Think Progress contributing editor Igor Volsky capped off his day on the 11:00 p.m. Eastern edition of MSNBC’s All In where host Chris Hayes gave him the floor to pontificate about how “all we hear from these people is thoughts and…
Curtis Houck
December 3rd, 2015 7:44 AM

South Park Eviscerates Liberal Sacred Cows 'Caitlyn' and Safe Spaces

The episode "Truth and Advertising" takes big shots at topics liberals consider to be sacrosanct. South Park is the only show that can get away with portraying Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner as anything other than "stunning and brave." Suffice it to say, South Park is NOT a "safe space" for "Caitlyn."
Alexa Moutevelis
December 3rd, 2015 2:37 AM

ABC's Nashville: Country Fans Are Anti-Gay Bigots

If you like country music, you’re probably an anti-gay bigot. That was the message of last night’s episode of ABC’s country music-themed drama, Nashville. Songwriter Will Lexington (Chris Carmack) is shocked that Wade Cole (Josh Coxx) chose to feature his song on Cole's upcoming album, given his sexual orientation. He can’t comprehend why an outwardly religious singer might want to work with a…
Erik Soderstrom
December 3rd, 2015 1:27 AM

CNN Guest: Office Holiday Party ‘May Have Been Offensive' to Gunman

Just when the liberal media’s extrapolations concerning the motives of the San Bernardino gunman couldn’t grow any more jaw-dropping, an expert appearing during the 11:00 p.m. Eastern hour of CNN Tonight predicted late Wednesday that the office holiday party where the shooting occurred “may have been offensive” to the Muslim gunman.
Curtis Houck
December 3rd, 2015 12:57 AM

Vox Writer: Decades of GOP ‘Fear and Paranoia’ Paved Way For Trump

Though a great many on the right don’t consider Donald Trump one of their own, he’s the Republican presidential frontrunner in large part because he’s exploited an ideological and media environment designed to increase the power of movement conservatives, contended Roberts in a Tuesday piece. According to Roberts, Trump appeals to “a faction of the electorate that has been primed to respond to…
Tom Johnson
December 3rd, 2015 12:41 AM