Matthews Harps On 'How Bad It Was' in Catholic Church's Recent Past

MSNBC's Chris Matthews revealed his loathing for a part of his Catholic upbringing on Wednesday's Hardball, and ended up mangling the theology behind a beautiful and ancient Church ritual for new mothers. Matthews turned to Catholic dissident Sister Simone Campbell for her take on Pope Francis's visit. Sister Campbell touted her liberal "Nuns on the Bus" campaign as a supposed way to "take the…
Matthew Balan
September 26th, 2015 11:00 AM

Tim Allen, Sean Hannity Slam Feds on Spending, Political Correctness

Promoting the new season of his ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, actor and Republican Tim Allen joined Thursday’s Hannity on Fox News Channel (FNC) to blast the federal government over reckless spending, the national debt, and a culture of political correctness that he tries to rebuke on the show where he plays “a very smart Archie Bunker.”
Curtis Houck
September 26th, 2015 10:07 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: Muslims and Sex-Abuse Double Standards

They call it “bacha bazi,” translated as “boy play” – Afghan militia men throwing boys into sexual slavery. What’s worse yet, the U.S. military has turned a blind eye to this obscene practice. The front page of The New York Times carried the headline  "U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies." Soldiers who tried to stop this abuse act actually being punished by the U.S…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
September 26th, 2015 8:18 AM

Campaign Chair: Anyone But Hillary Would Hide in a Cabin

Hillary Clinton: bravest person in America? You betcha! But don't take my word for it. Here's John Podesta, Chair of Hillary for America, in an email sent out this morning: "If anyone else faced the constant barrage of insults and attacks that Hillary endures everyday, they would quickly and happily squirrel away in a cabin hidden somewhere in the Rockies. Not Hillary. Her default setting is…
Mark Finkelstein
September 26th, 2015 7:26 AM

MRC's Tim Graham: Media Avoid Pope Talking Abortion, Persecution

NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham appeared Friday night on The Steve Malzberg Show on Newsmax TV to discuss the Pope and President Obama. First they discussed the U.S. News website trying to argue the pope “echoed” Obama in attacking Christianity in his speech to Congress. That wasn’t true, Graham said.
NB Staff
September 25th, 2015 11:57 PM

Carl Bernstein: 'Zealots Are Winning the Soul of the Republican Party'

Appearing as a guest on Friday's CNN Newsroom, CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein asserted that "zealots are winning the soul of the Republican Party" as he blamed the "zealots of his party" for Republican House Speaker John Boehner's announced resignation from the House of Representatives. Moments later, as he praised the Pope's speech to Congress, Bernstein took a shot at Texas Senator Ted…
Brad Wilmouth
September 25th, 2015 11:44 PM

NBC Hypes: 'Challenge From...Far Right' Led to Boehner's Resignation

Two journalists on Friday's NBC Nightly News played up how the supposed "far right" of the Republican Party pushed out Rep. John Boehner, who announced earlier in the day that he would be stepping down as Speaker of the House. Lester Holt underlined that Boehner is "resigning from Congress at the end of next month in the face of a challenge from members of the far right of his party, who believe…
Matthew Balan
September 25th, 2015 11:26 PM

Law Prof: Christian Right Throwing ‘Tantrum’ Over Gay Marriage

Variations on the term “Bush Derangement Syndrome” are common on both the right and the left (a Google search for “Clinton Derangement Syndrome” yielded roughly 180,000 results). Therefore, it wasn’t surprising to see Indiana University law prof Steve Sanders modify Charles Krauthammer’s famous coinage in order to trash religious conservatives. “The Christian right is deep in the grip of gay…
Tom Johnson
September 25th, 2015 9:41 PM

NBC Omits Defense Dept. Finding Hillary E-Mails; ABC and CBS Minimize

Friday's NBC Nightly News failed to cover how the Defense Department revealed earlier in the day that they found an "email chain that Hillary Clinton did not give to the State Department, as a Reuters report put it. Mrs. Clinton exchanged the e-mails with then-General David Petraeus between January and February of 2009.  Anchor Lester Holt did air a 16-second news brief on the other "big news…
Matthew Balan
September 25th, 2015 8:33 PM

'Hitler' Finds Out Ahmed the Clock Boy Is a Fraud

That Ahmed the clock boy is such a genius! Why, on his own he put together an intricate clock displaying a great deal of electronic knowledge. Yet for his effort he was accused of bringing a suspicious object to school and was arrested. Fortunately, after enlightened members of the MSM hailed the genius of young Ahmed Mohamed, he got himself an invite to the White House and Google too!…
P.J. Gladnick
September 25th, 2015 8:26 PM

The Media Always Liked John Boehner? Not So Much

After House Speaker John Boehner announced his intention to resign at the end of October, suddenly liberal journalists grew nostalgic. Rachel Maddow found him “refreshing and lovable.”  Chris Matthews insisted “verybody likes John Boehner. I can tell you the media like him.” That’s not exactly what Matthews and his liberal-media colleagues have been saying over the last five years. 
Geoffrey Dickens
September 25th, 2015 7:57 PM

Is Liberal Reasoning Idiotic or Just Straight-Up Dishonest?

Many people argue that liberals, socialists and progressives do not understand basic economics. I am not totally convinced about that.
Walter E. Williams
September 25th, 2015 6:31 PM

Poll of GOP Voter Preferences Shows Trump Backers Not Racist

Supporters of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump are used to being criticized whether it be their own party or Democrats. One charge often hurled at them is that Trump supporters are racist.  But a new Fox news poll on the 2016 presidential election should put that claim to rest. Currently the poll finds the New York real-estate developer is still on top with 26 percent of voters,…
Melissa Mullins
September 25th, 2015 6:25 PM

ABC Notes ‘Stunning’ Fall for Clinton, But Allows Only Seconds on It

Despite teasing a new poll showing a “stunning” fall for Hillary Clinton, ABC’s Good Morning America on Friday only allowed seconds to the subject. According to a WMUR poll, Clinton trails Bernie Sanders by 16 points in New Hampshire. Robin Roberts opened the show by trumpeting, “And the stunning new poll showing Hillary Clinton falling further behind in a make-or-break state.” Yet, the actual…
Scott Whitlock
September 25th, 2015 5:34 PM