NBC's Softball Hillary Infomercial: ‘Thank You for Your Candidacy'

Throughout a live townhall event on Monday’s Today, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton was treated to one softball after another from her adoring supporters at NBC. One sycophantic fan set the tone: “Secretary Clinton, you've had a lot of tough questions this morning. This may be the toughest one you get all day. But many years ago we saw another Clinton at his inauguration play an instrument…
Kyle Drennen
October 5th, 2015 1:06 PM

ABC, NBC Hail ‘Hilarious,’ ‘Spontaneous’ Hillary Clinton on SNL

ABC and NBC on Sunday and Monday fawned over the “hilarious,” "spontaneous” Hillary Clinton appearance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. As though she were blurbing a movie, Good Morning America’s Cecilia Vega on Monday cheered, “It is the new, spontaneous Hillary Clinton who hopes to be laughing all the way to the White House.” 
Scott Whitlock
October 5th, 2015 12:25 PM

Dionne, Brooks Tout Obama’s Decision to ‘Politicize’ Oregon Shooting

During appearances on NPR’s All Things Considered and PBS NewsHour on Friday, the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne and the New York Times’ David Brooks eagerly touted President Obama’s blatant decision to “politicize” the Oregon school shooting to push gun control. 
Jeffrey Meyer
October 5th, 2015 11:57 AM

WashPost: Parents Who Encourage Excellence are Killing Youth Sports

Parents: Have an athletic son or daughter? Do you encourage him to play to his highest level of excellence? Do you spend time and money making sure she can reach her potential? Well according to The Washington Post, you’re being really unfair to my slow fat kid. Yes, to its horror the Post has once again discovered that life isn’t fair. It seems participation in youth sports is down and writer…
Matt Philbin
October 5th, 2015 10:05 AM

New Fact-Checking Network Funded by Liberal Snowden Supporter

A new fact-checking organization is set to launch in October 2015, but it turns out a liberal billionaire is behind it and footing most of the bill. Poynter Institute, a journalism education organization, announced in July that it would be creating a new International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) this year, headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. On Sept. 21, Poynter announced its appointment…
Aly Nielsen
October 5th, 2015 9:59 AM

Mika: Why Not a Gun Ban Like in Australia?

They really are coming for your guns . . . After the Charleston church shootings, President Obama praised Australia's draconian gun laws, which included a mandatory buy-back program, AKA confiscation. On today's Morning Joe, Mika wondered "why" we couldn't institute a similar gun ban in the United States, throwing in support for a database of all gun ownership for good measure.  Joe Scarborough…
Mark Finkelstein
October 5th, 2015 9:40 AM

NBC’s Guthrie to Hillary: Should Benghazi Committee be ‘Disbanded’?

In an exclusive interview with Hillary Clinton on Monday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie teed up the Democratic front-runner to slam the congressional committee investigating the Benghazi terrorist attack as a partisan hit job: “You're scheduled to testify before that committee. Do you think it should be disbanded? That's what Nancy Pelosi has called for.”
Kyle Drennen
October 5th, 2015 9:36 AM

'Who Cares?' - 'Kardashians' Struggle with Vanity Fair Fallout

A few months ago Bruce Jenner shocked the world with his infamous "Call Me Caitlyn" Vanity Fair cover and article. Now on the Keeping Up with the Kardashians episode "Vanity Unfair," we see it from the perspective of the Kardashian girls - and things aren't as rosy as they were made out to be. The family is still adjusting to Jenner's new life and find some of the quotes in the article painful.
Alexa Moutevelis
October 5th, 2015 9:12 AM

'Quantico' Terror Plot Targets Planned Parenthood

To put it mildly, Planned Parenthood is in the middle of a public relations nightmare and they only seem to be digging themselves deeper with time. I doubt Hollywood can save the ship, but that won’t stop them from portraying the nation’s leading abortion provider as a victim. Enter last night's Quantico episode, titled “America," in which the FBI Academy trainees are given an exercise where they…
Erik Soderstrom
October 5th, 2015 7:08 AM

Left for the Walking Dead: American Military Cuts and Runs in Finale

In the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead, the U.S military finally decides to cut its losses and leave LA to the undead walkers. And honestly, I can't really blame them. For starters, the finale’s catastrophe is precipitated by the show’s protagonists’ own actions. In their desperate, and selfish, attempts to “save themselves” they release thousands of infected walkers from a nearby coliseum…
Erik Soderstrom
October 5th, 2015 5:35 AM

Editors? NY Times Issues Six Corrections to Melania Trump Story

One of the more tiresome criticisms the establishment press still levels at New Media from time to time is that they, unlike those awful bloggers, make sure their facts are right before they go to print or post a story online. A story published at the New York Times on Wednesday about Donald Trump's wife Melania shows what obvious rubbish that claim often is. The Old Gray Lady had to issue six…
Tom Blumer
October 4th, 2015 11:11 PM

On CBS, 'Madam Secretary' Takes God Out of the Oath of Office

“Madam Secretary” is sworn in as President by the guy who narrated March of the Penguins, and basically everything else that has ever been narrated over the last 15 years (Morgan Freeman). Except when this swearing in takes place, there’s the notable absence of a certain phrase that has been a staple of the Oath of Office.
Dylan Gwinn
October 4th, 2015 11:05 PM

NYT's Bruni Want to Protect College Texans From Scary Gun Thoughts

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni quailed in horror at the prospect of concealed firearms being permitted in college classrooms at the University of Texas: "Guns, Campuses and Madness." Bruni, a former White House correspondent for the Times, at least found a novel angle to attack gun rights after the killings on a college campus in Oregon, by bizarrely suggesting conservatives want to…
Clay Waters
October 4th, 2015 9:35 PM

Movie Critics Drag Limbaugh and the Pope Into 'The Martian' Reviews

Movie critics were mostly impressed with the new Matt Damon movie The Martian, but a few critics took the movie’s boosterism of scientific nerdiness to make a point against those alleged science-hating conservatives.
Tim Graham
October 4th, 2015 9:34 PM