MSNBC's Maddow Smears Fox News as Just ‘Republican Party Television’

On her self-titled MSNBC show Tuesday night, Rachel Maddow used the current feud between Fox News and Donald Trump to attack the news network as nothing more than an arm of the Republican Party. Maddow admitted that Fox was a “competitor of ours at MSNBC” but dismissed them as a news outlet and merely “Republican Party television. So we not only compete with them but we also cover them as a…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 26th, 2015 3:07 PM

Jorge Ramos Is Leftist Political Heckler, Not a Reporter

Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell and MRC Latino Director Ken Oliver-Mendez issued the following statements in the wake of Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos’ crass abandonment last night of professional journalism standards and protocol.
Brent Bozell and Ken Oliver-Méndez
August 26th, 2015 2:52 PM

CNN's Cuomo Presses Ramos on Shouting Down 'Dangerous' Trump

On Wednesday's New Day, CNN's Chris Cuomo refreshingly pressed Univision's Jorge Ramos over his Tuesday face-off with Donald Trump. Cuomo noted that Trump's "point is, it wasn't a question – it was a comment. You wanted to get into a fight with him." Ramos played up that "this is very important for the Hispanic community; and this is personal...we're talking about...destroying the lives of…
Matthew Balan
August 26th, 2015 2:48 PM

The Stage-Crafted Martyrdom of Jorge Ramos

Tuesday night’s surreal exchange between Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos and GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump was the greatest single example of what happens at the intersection of journalism, agenda advocacy, political partisanship, and special business interests. 
Jorge Bonilla
August 26th, 2015 2:23 PM

Sportswriter Blames NRA for VA Killings

Just in case anyone still doubts that American sports media (aka Frustrated Athletes for Change, aka MSNBC Sports, aka the Take Us Seriously Caucus) is reflexively left-wing, let’s see what a member in good standing had to say about Wednesday morning’s murder of two journalists in Virginia. I give you Bart Hubbuch, NFL writer/columnist for the New York Post. While most people were still reeling…
Dylan Gwinn
August 26th, 2015 2:18 PM

Media Mock Student for Challenging Duke Univ. ‘Pornographic’ Novel

Isn’t it ironic how liberals are the first ones to tell you how “bigoted” and “close-minded” conservatives are, but then they’re the first ones to bash individuals who think for themselves? The Washington Post should be commended for publishing an articulate op-ed Aug. 25 by  freshman Duke University student Brian Grasso, who explained his reasoning for refusing to read one book on his school’s…
Kristine Marsh
August 26th, 2015 2:16 PM

Boy Fears Michigan Heart Docs Will Change His OSU Allegience

You can surgically repair the heart of the boy, but you better not reprogram it to be a Michigan fan. Our feel good story of the day comes from Ohio, where according the Sporting News, a young Buckeye fan is very concerned about his upcoming heart surgery. Understandably. Though, not for the reason you might suspect:
Dylan Gwinn
August 26th, 2015 1:45 PM

Bozell Petitions Networks Over Lack of Planned Parenthood Coverage

On Tuesday, Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell, along with more than two dozen pro-life leaders, sent letters to the network news chiefs at ABC, CBS, and NBC, protesting their lack of coverage of shocking Planned Parenthood sting videos. ABC News, in particularly, was particularly egregious, as it "has no even aired one second of video footage with audio of the Center for…

NB Staff
August 26th, 2015 1:03 PM

Lawrence O'Donnell and BLM Activists Blast Ben Carson Op-Ed On Race

Lawrence O’Donnell and MSNBC proved again Tuesday night that Republican presidential candidates will never receive a break, even when they appear to be agreeing with them on an issue. On his show The Last Word, the liberal host held a segment on Ben Carson’s USA Today op-ed in which the Republican presidential candidate acknowledged the issue of police brutality, and offered a new way of…

Spencer Raley
August 26th, 2015 1:02 PM

What? Obama Will Fly 14,000 Miles on Lecture Tour on Climate Change

USA Today published this lede from White House reporter Gregory Korte without the slightest bit of irony about carbon footprints:  "WASHINGTON — President Obama will log more than 14,000 miles on Air Force One over the next 11 days in a climate change tour that will take him from the desert West to the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle."
Tim Graham
August 26th, 2015 12:31 PM

NBC: Jorge Ramos ‘The Walter Cronkite of Latino America’

At the top of Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer described how Univision anchor Jorge Ramos was “kicked out of a Donald Trump news conference” on Tuesday and wondered: “Can Trump’s confrontational style carry him all the way to the White House or will it wear thin with voters?” Peter Alexander proclaimed: “To be clear, Jorge Ramos is the most powerful newsman in Spanish-language TV. He's…
Kyle Drennen
August 26th, 2015 12:28 PM

Jorge Ramos: The Job of Journalists Is to 'Denounce' Trump's Positions

Fresh from his confrontation with Donald Trump on Tuesday night, activist reporter Jorge Ramos appeared on ABC and CBS to pitch the idea that it's the job of journalists to openly oppose the candidate's positions. On Good Morning America, Wednesday, he asked colleague George Stephanopoulos: "We have to denounce that he wants to deny citizenship to children being born here." He added, "They're…
Scott Whitlock
August 26th, 2015 12:18 PM

Venezuela's Govt. Largely Avoiding Media Blame For Economic Calamity

As Venezuela's Chavista economy under Nicolas Maduro continues to crumble, the Associated Press and others in the media to describe its problems as if they came out of nowhere instead of originating with its statist, oppressive government. Examples follow the jump.
Tom Blumer
August 26th, 2015 11:44 AM

Katrina Anniversary: Media's 10 Most Outlandish Hurricane Predictions

Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, destroying homes, businesses, and claiming more than 1,000 lives. The networks saw Katrina as a harbinger of climate doom. Hurricane Katrina was the 7th-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record, the third-deadliest in US history, and the most expensive at roughly $108 billion (including economic impact,). That was more than twice as…
Aly Nielsen and Joseph Rossell
August 26th, 2015 10:07 AM