MRC Study: TV News Is Trying to Winnow the Field of GOP Candidates

During the past three months, the big broadcast networks have essentially stopped covering most of the GOP presidential candidates, a lack of national news attention that presumably affects the national poll ratings used to determine which candidates are included in televised debates. Instead of covering the top 10 Republican candidates, or the entire current field of 15 candidates, the…

Rich Noyes
November 9th, 2015 9:16 AM

Notable Quotables: CNBC's Deplorable Debate Debacle

This week, after CNBC's moderators assault the GOP candidates with a barrage of offensive attack questions, liberal reporters decry Republican complaints about the debacle: "This got a little revolting tonight," MSNBC's Chris Matthews sneered, while ABC daytime host Whoopi Goldberg advised the candidates: "Grow some nuts." And: CBS and PBS host Charlie Rose tells socialist candidate Bernie…
Geoffrey Dickens and Rich Noyes
November 9th, 2015 9:12 AM

Scarborough, Wallace on Carson: 'One Lie After Another, Bald-faced'

Joe Scarborough and Nicolle Wallace went on an animated tag-team attack against Ben Carson on today's Morning Joe, accusing him of "one lie after another" and "bald-faced lies," respectively. And Scarborough emphatically denied that there is any bias behind the media's inquiries into Carson's biography. Scarborough, Wallace and Mika Brzezinski also criticized panelist Mark Halperin for not…
Mark Finkelstein
November 9th, 2015 7:54 AM

Affair Threatens Democrat’s Career on 'Quantico' (Sound Familiar?)

Has ABC’s Quantico coopted Law & Order’s “ripped from the headlines” screenwriting? Well, not exactly: that would require a media willing to ask Hillary Clinton about her husband’s numerous extramarital affairs. But it was hard not to think of the Democrats’ frontrunner during last night’s episode, “Go.”
Erik Soderstrom
November 9th, 2015 1:44 AM

CBS Dreams of a Third Obama Term in 'The Good Wife'

With memories of 2008 dancing in their heads, the writers of CBS’ The Good Wife have Gov. Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) going from having hopes of becoming Hillary Clinton’s vice president on the Democratic ticket to being the candidate for president himself. In the episode “Lies,” Peter becomes the latest challenger to Hillary from Illinois. Obama 2.0.
Karen Townsend
November 9th, 2015 1:14 AM

'Agent X' Elects Hillary as VP

TNT’s new action/drama Agent X decided to name a new Vice President within the first eight minutes of its pilot episode. But, you’ll never guess what the gender of this VP is, or who they’re obviously trying to make the VP look like.
Dylan Gwinn
November 9th, 2015 12:47 AM

CNN's Hill: 'Greatest Lie' in US History Is 'Myth of Self-Made Person'

Appearing as a guest during the 5:00 p.m. hour of CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow on Sunday, liberal CNN political commentator Marc Lamont Hill declared that "the greatest lie in American history is the myth of the self-made person" as he answered a question about why GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is so popular with white Republicans.
Brad Wilmouth
November 8th, 2015 11:12 PM

On HBO, Tarantino Cites '70s TV as Evidence Cops More Violent Now

Appearing as a guest on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, liberal film maker Quentin Tarantino joined host Maher in griping about police violence, and absurdly cited the happenings of 1970s police TV shows and the tendency of police characters to fight with criminals who attacked them rather than shoot them as evidence police officers are in modern times more likely to shoot criminal suspects…
Brad Wilmouth
November 8th, 2015 8:06 PM

National Review Investigates Scarborough’s ‘Vehement’ Dislike of Rubio

Ever wonder why MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is constantly attacking Marco Rubio? He’s called the Republican “a guy that’s running for student government” and a “liar.” National Review, in a lengthy piece on Friday, investigated Scarborough’s anger. 
Scott Whitlock
November 8th, 2015 6:45 PM

Salon Writer: Abortion a ‘Medical Procedure,’ Not a ‘Social Issue’

Many products long not advertised on television now are commonly promoted during ad breaks. Writer Danielle Campoamor would like to add one more type of commercial to that list. “Why is it that I never see an ad for abortion services?” wondered Campoamor in a Sunday piece. “Why are we willing to use women’s bodies in ads, but rarely see ads that would benefit women’s bodies?...Society has…
Tom Johnson
November 8th, 2015 5:14 PM

Maher Hits Carson with Uncle Ben's, Bevin Is 'Teabagger,' GOPers Cheat

On Friday's Real Time on HBO, host Bill Maher aimed venom at a number of conservative public figures as he referred to Uncle Ben's rice in a racially tinged joke about Dr. Ben Carson, and asserted that it is President Reagan's fault that many middle aged white Americans have personal problems that lead them to drunkenness, heroin addiction, and early death, as the HBO host tagged them "Trump…
Brad Wilmouth
November 8th, 2015 5:02 PM

Yale Student Goes Drama Queen Berserk Over Lack of 'Safe Space'

One of the latest shticks among college liberals is the need to create "safe spaces" on campuses. Such "safe spaces" are areas where the tender students can protect their precious eyes and ears from being exposed to ideas that could possibly upset them. Usually such ideas are conservative opinions but they can also be as silly as "offensive" halloween costumes. Such was the case recently at Yale…
P.J. Gladnick
November 8th, 2015 2:02 PM

Ignatius Hits GOP: No One Wants POTUS Who 'Whines About Media Coverage

Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius blasted the GOP presidential candidates for daring to complain about the biased questions asked during last month’s CNBC debate. Moderator John Dickerson teed up Ignatius by playing a clip of President Obama mocking the Republicans' debate complaints which prompted the Post columnist to declare the American public…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 8th, 2015 1:30 PM

Rich Lowry: ‘Negative’ Media Coverage Is ‘Gold’ for GOP

During an appearance on ABC’s This Week, National Review editor Rich Lowry dismissed the media obsession with Ben Carson’s personal biography and stressed that the constant attacks on the GOP presidential candidate will only serve to bolster his campaign. Lowry stressed that the media critiquing Carson is “going to help him” and pointed out that “in this Republican race that media coverage is…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 8th, 2015 11:35 AM