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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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.”
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.
'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.
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.
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…
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.
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…