Not Every Mizzou Player Supported Football Boycott

Like a tree falling in the woods, a Missouri football player not in the team twitter pic expressing solidarity with campus radicals apparently makes no sound. Why is this? Well, because apparently those dissenting football players need not be mentioned.
Dylan Gwinn
November 9th, 2015 4:54 PM

Afternoon Open Thread: The Media's Bird-Brained Flock Mentality

Here's a little something to kick off today's afternoon open thread: RedState.com's Leon Wolf has an interesting metaphor for what animals the liberal media are most like.
NB Staff
November 9th, 2015 4:33 PM

Campus Radicals Use the Missouri Football Team to Take Control

Because University Presidents apparently now have the power to outlaw racism, campus activists, aka football players, threatened and succeeded in bringing about the resignation of University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe. Though, Wolfe did not acknowledge his “white privilege” in accordance with Demand #1, put forth by the radicals (small win?), his ouster was brought about with unbelievable…
Dylan Gwinn
November 9th, 2015 4:04 PM

NBC to Ben Carson: ‘Welcome to the Big Leagues’

In an effort to dismiss Ben Carson’s charges of media bias, on Monday, NBC’s First Read condescendingly proclaimed: “Welcome to the Big Leagues, Ben Carson.” The political analysis authored by Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd, senior political editor Mark Murray, and political editor Carrie Dann further declared: “If you can't deal with media scrutiny as a candidate, you won't be able to…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2015 3:55 PM

MSNBC: 2.7-Degree Celsius Temps Change Same As 37 Degrees Fahrenheit

At the math-challenged mess known as MSNBC, the network's "all new video experience" known as "Shift by MSNBC" tweeted a dire warning: "Latest UN report says humanity will warm the planet by 2.7˚C or roughly 37˚F." Though not revealed in the tweet, this warming will allegedly occur by 2100. If MSNBC's conversion were true, it would of course mean that the earth as we know it is in dire straits.…
Tom Blumer
November 9th, 2015 3:32 PM

ABC Warns: Bio Controversy Could Be ‘Devastating’ to Carson

The media-driven controversy surrounding Ben Carson’s biography could be “devastating” for the candidate who is “under fire” and “on the defensive,” according to the journalists at Good Morning America on Monday. The hosts repeatedly hyped alleged discrepancies in Carson’s background. 
Scott Whitlock
November 9th, 2015 3:22 PM

Morning Joe: No Evidence Marco Rubio’s Finances Show He Went 'Wild'

Even Joe Scarborough, who according to the National Review's Elaina Plott has a "vehement" dislike of Marco Rubio, thinks there's nothing to the Florida Republican Senator's credit card issue. 
Michael McKinney
November 9th, 2015 3:20 PM

‘View’ Host Demands Carson Books be Moved to Fiction Section

On Monday, the co-hosts of ABC’s The View continued the media obsession with trying to discredit Dr. Ben Carson’s personal narrative with liberal co-host Michelle Collins going so far as to suggest his books should no longer be considered non-fiction: "I do think they should put his book in the fiction section."
Jeffrey Meyer
November 9th, 2015 2:56 PM

WashPost Mires Vatican In Mud While Obama's Still 'Hope and Change'

On the top of Saturday’s front page were the words “THE OBAMA EFFECT: An education in hope and change.” Reporter William Wan profiled “The kids who adopted a president,” minority children who successfully lobbied to rename their grade school after Barack Obama. “To the nation, Obama’s election was a historic and cultural milestone, an electrifying moment when the seemingly impossible became real…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2015 1:58 PM

Hey WSJ: Amnesty is the Hugest Cronyism of All

The political definition of Cronyism is: government policy that favors one or more specific beneficiaries - at the expense of everyone else.  To wit: $80 billion of the 2009 “Stimulus” was wasted on “green energy” companies - 80% of whom were Barack Obama donors.  Amongst the parade of horribles contained therein: the government took money from energy companies - to fund competitors to their…
Seton Motley
November 9th, 2015 1:04 PM

Cold War Redux on NYT Book Page: Hailing Gorby, Bashing Reaganomics

It was an '80s flashback in the New York Times Sunday book review. Serge Schmemann attacked a new book about Russian dictator Vladimir Putin by Garry Kasparov. Schmemann seemed to take personally Kasparov's criticism of Barack Obama and his celebration of Ronald Reagan. Schmemann gave all the credit to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev: "...ultimately it was Gorbachev, more than any American or…
Clay Waters
November 9th, 2015 11:33 AM

Gwen Ifill Hits Ben Carson Over Claims of Unfair Media Treatment

Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday, PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill acted as a Democratic Party spokesperson when she hit Ben Carson for accusing the media of having a double standard in covering his personal biography.    
Jeffrey Meyer
November 9th, 2015 9:59 AM

RNC Chair Tells Off Matt Lauer, Rips Media ‘Vendetta’ Against GOP

During an interview with NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer on Monday, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus denounced the “crazy obsession” of the media over alleged inaccuracies in Ben Carson’s biography and pointed out a glaring double standard: “The fact is, you know, we kind of wish the media would be just as obsessed or half obsessed with Hillary Clinton's lies of many years and…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2015 9:51 AM

Scarborough to Hugh Hewitt: 'You're Full of It, Owe Me Apology'

On today's Morning Joe, an incensed Joe Scarborough told Hugh Hewitt he was "full of it," and that "you owe me an apology."  Scarborough was steamed that Hewitt seemed to suggest that Joe was part of the "Manhattan-DC Beltway elite" that refused to cover Hillary's scandals. Scarborough said "I put my neck on the line every day here," covering Hillary and criticizing media bias. 
Mark Finkelstein
November 9th, 2015 9:50 AM