NB's Tim Graham Blasts Cartoonish Left-Wing N.Y. Daily News Covers
"I would call this newspaper sophomoric but it's an insult to sophomores," quipped NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham, reacting to the latest New York Daily News cover which depicts Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as having beheaded the Statue of Liberty.
"They are just in such high dudgeon... they're much more against Donald Trump than they are against [San Bernardino…
NB Staff
Muslim NFL Players Blast Trump for ‘Ignorant’ Stance on Muslims
Lions safety Isa Abdul-Quddus and running back Ameer Abdullah are both Muslim. They’re also both upset at Donald Trump’s calling for a ban on Muslim immigration, and for his call for a Muslim registration plan.
Dylan Gwinn
Activist Chris Cuomo to GOP: Launch 'Full-Throated' Attack on Trump
CNN's Chris Cuomo again acted as a liberal activist on Wednesday's New Day during a panel discussion on Donald Trump's controversial plan to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S. Cuomo asserted that it was the Republican presidential candidates' "moment to step up and say how they are different on this particular issue," because, in his view, "Republicans are reaping what they've sown. You know,…
Matthew Balan
AP's 'Spin Meter' Suggests Carson, Trump Hypocrites on Gun Rights
In the AP Spin Meter today, the newswire's Bill Barrow and Jill Colvin hit Republican presidential candidates Bill Carson and Donald Trump over hypocrisy regarding gun rights. Both candidates have made statements in favor of civilian concealed carry as a preventative measure against terrorist attacks like San Bernardino.
Ken Shepherd
Natl. Geographic Names Virgin Mary ‘Most Powerful Woman in the World’
Just in time for Christmas, National Geographic is honoring the Virgin Mary as the “most powerful woman in the world.”
From featuring Mary on its December cover to airing an episode on the worldwide Marian devotion this coming Sunday, National Geographic is recognizing the gentle power of Jesus’ mother. While the show has not yet aired, Nat Geo’s project has already transformed the life of one…
Katie Yoder
ABC: Trump ‘Declared His Own Personal Jihad on American Values’
Whether one considers Donald Trump’s recent comments highly offensive or simply over-the-top, it’s clear that the networks have abandoned any attempt at objectivity. On Wednesday, Good Morning America’s Tom Llamas trumpeted the New York Daily News’s assault. Llamas described the front cover featuring Trump. The journalist cheered, “It shows Trump with a large sword. His victim? The Statue of…
Scott Whitlock
MRC’s Noyes to Cavuto: Media ‘Finger on the Scale’ in Trump Coverage
Appearing on Fox Business’s Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Wednesday, Media Research Center research director Rich Noyes took the editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed to task for “basically telling his staff that it's okay to call Trump a mendacious racist, a lying racist.” Noyes told host Neil Cavuto it was “another example of the media trying to basically, you know, deal with Trump themselves rather than…
NB Staff
Networks Spend 105 Minutes in 2 Days Bashing Trump Comments
The networks are never willing to let a good Trump controversy go to waste.
The morning and evening news broadcasts on ABC, CBS and NBC have dedicated a whopping 105 minutes (1 hour and 45 minutes) to criticism of Trump’s comments about restricting Muslim immigration, since Trump made the comments on December 7.
Mike Ciandella
Real Life PC Principal Interrupts Ben Shapiro Speech
His name is Dean Nafarrete, associate principal of Otay Ranch High School near San Diego. I have no idea how his name is pronounced but it really doesn't matter since he seems to have doomed himself to being called "PC Principal" now and forever unto the end of time. How did he accomplish this distinction? By interrupting a speech at that school sponsored by the Young America's Foundation by Ben…
P.J. Gladnick
CNN's Walsh Likens Trump's 'Radical' Supporters to ISIS
Appearing on Wednesday's New Day on CNN to discuss reaction in other countries to Donald Trump's proposal to ban immigration into the U.S. by Muslims, CNN Senior International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh described Trump supporters as being a "radical part of a wing" that is similar to "the same radical ideology ISIS is to the Muslim faith."
Brad Wilmouth
Squandered Resources on College Education
"Most college students do not belong in college" and what's more "some college professors are not fit for college, as suggested by the courses they teach," argues George Mason University's Walter E. Williams.
Walter E. Williams
Bozell Slams Media’s Trump Obsession While Ignoring Obama's Errors
Media Research Center founder and President Brent Bozell slammed the media’s lack of interest in Barack Obama’s aimless, muted response to the latest terror attack on the United States. At the same time, he contrasted this with the networks obsession with what Bozell described at Donald Trump’s “reckless,” “stupid” remarks on Muslims.
NB Staff
Fox Spotlights Town's Rebellion Against Anti-Christmas Atheists
Fox News Channel's Kelly Wright detailed on Wednesday's Fox & Friends First how Christians in Wadena, Minnesota launched a silent rebellion, after the nativity scene in their town's square was taken down due to the threat of a lawsuit from the atheist Freedom From Religion Foundation. Hundreds of Wadena residents set up nativity scenes outside their own homes once the Christmas creche was…
Matthew Balan
ABC Predicts Anti-Muslim Violence After Trump's Comments
Good Morning America’s Matt Gutman on Wednesday feared that angry Americans will lash out with violence in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting and Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims. The segment also highlighted the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Just as with CBS on Monday, the group’s extremist views weren’t mentioned.