Biotech Firm At The Center Of Abortion Scandal Abandons PP

StemExpress, the now infamous biomedical company which allegedly bought fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood for profit, is breaking off its relationship with the nation’s leading abortion provider reports Politico. 
Spencer Raley
August 14th, 2015 6:18 PM

Jewish Group: Congress Ending Iran Arms Agreement a 'Tragic Mistake'

A group of 98 prominent members of the Jewish community in Los Angeles -- most of whom have close ties to Hollywood -- signed an open letter supporting the proposed nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers led by the United States. According to an article written by Seth Abramovitch at The Hollywood Reporter's website, a full-page advertisement that appeared in Thursday's edition of…
Randy Hall
August 14th, 2015 5:15 PM

MSNBC Oozes Over Kerry Using Ted Kennedy’s Cane at Cuba Ceremony

In the midst of the covering the U.S. Embassy’s reopening in Havana, Cuba on Friday morning, MSNBC’s The Rundown couldn’t help but repeatedly ooze over the fact that Secretary of State John Kerry attended the ceremony using a walking cane that belonged to former President John F. Kennedy’s brother and former fellow Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. Gushing that it’s “a fascinating…
Curtis Houck
August 14th, 2015 5:03 PM

Nets Cheer ‘Historic Moment’ in Cuba, Barely Note Dissidents Kept Out

While all three broadcast networks on Friday morning celebrated the American flag being raised at the newly-reopened U.S. embassy in Havana, CBS ignored Cuban dissidents not being invited to the ceremony, while NBC and ABC gave mere seconds to the controversy.
Kyle Drennen
August 14th, 2015 4:38 PM

Anti-Catholic WashPost Amused by Child Sex Abuse...at the Movies

While Chris Cuomo worried out loud on Friday about The New York Times questioning an excessive focus on the religion inspiring ISIS when they resort to rape, the same concern about stereotypes didn’t come up pseudo-Catholic Cuomo for the Catholic-bashing front of The Washington Post. In “Pope urged to address clergy sex abuse in visit,” religion correspondent Michelle Boorstein repeats the never-…
Tim Graham
August 14th, 2015 4:30 PM

Shorter Time Magazine: Soldier? Sailor? Same Difference

"Meet the Man Who Claims to Be the Kissing Soldier in That Famous V-J Day Photo," promises the headline for Time magazine's August 14 article on a man by the name of George Mendonsa, who claims to be the sailor in the famous photo showing an unnamed sailor kissing an unnamed nurse in Times Square on V-J Day. They've since corrected the error, but we have the screen capture.
Ken Shepherd
August 14th, 2015 4:08 PM

Mark Cuban Would Be a Republican but ‘They Want Dogma’

Media mogul and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is an unquestioned genius when it comes to finances and marketing. When it comes to politics? Again, Mark Cuban is an unquestioned genius when it comes to finance and marketing. Writing on his Cyber Dust social-media app, Cuban wrote a piece flagged by Yahoo! where he said that he would rather join the GOP but had an issue with the party's…
Dylan Gwinn
August 14th, 2015 2:05 PM

Daily Beast's Daly: Marine 'Nailed' for Hillary-like Email Violation

Maj. Jason Brezler of the United States Marine Corps Reserves, is not a household name. But perhaps he should be. Brezler's military career is ruined thanks to one fleeting email transgression, and that committed as a split-second decision to save the lives of American servicemen in imminent danger. While Hillary Clinton will likely not suffer serious criminal or political repercussions for her…
Ken Shepherd
August 14th, 2015 12:54 PM

Cuomo Worries: ISIS Rapes Reinforce Negative 'Impression' of Islam

CNN's Chris Cuomo on Friday fretted that a new report on ISIS and its rape culture would reinforce negative perceptions of Muslims. The New Day anchor talked to Dr. Qanta Ahmed, an author and human rights advocate. Reacting to a front page story on the New York Times, Cuomo played a clip of a woman recounting brutal violence at the hands of ISIS. He then lectured, "This feeds the impression that…
Scott Whitlock
August 14th, 2015 12:48 PM

CNN's Carol Costello Hosts Anti-Israel General To Support Iran Deal

In the wake of GOP leaders expressing optimism that they can defeat the Obama Administration’s recent nuclear deal with Iran, CNN’s Carol Costello brought retired Air Force General Merrill McPeak on to her show to insist the only alternative to this deal is war. 
Spencer Raley
August 14th, 2015 12:39 PM

Actor to Wilmore: Trump Has An ‘Old School, Slave Owner Mentality’

Thursday on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, a panel discussed the 2016 presidential election, taking shots at both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the process. Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport slammed Donald Trump, suggesting he has a “ strong, old school, slave owner mentality.” He added: “[H]e told the Latinos, you're this, you’re that, you’re this and I’m gonna win your – and you’…
Connor Williams
August 14th, 2015 12:32 PM

Yawn: ABC Skips Hillary's Classified Chatter, Opts for Tennis Talk

Moving on? ABC's Good Morning America on Friday skipped the latest bombshell revelation in Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal, the news that her communications on a private server included talk about top secret CIA drones. The program instead hyped irrelevant stories throughout the two hour program. NBC's Today mentioned the AP report on the topic, but during a larger segment on whether Al Gore…
Scott Whitlock
August 14th, 2015 11:26 AM

Zeleny: 'Joe Six-Pack' Biden Is a ‘Generally Excellent’ Campaigner

CNN senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny had some fawning words during Thursday’s Anderson Cooper 360 for Vice President Joe Biden as he continues to mull a 2016 presidential campaign, referring to him as a “generally excellent” campaigner with an “authenticity that is really being craved in this election cycle.” As part of a segment on the possible run by Biden, host Anderson Cooper asked…
Curtis Houck
August 14th, 2015 11:22 AM

Morning Joe: Top Dems Tired of Hillary

Was our restaurant table bugged?  Last night over date-night dinner, my wife, a perspicacious observer of the political scene and, yes, a Bernie backer, said she sensed that Hillary's moment had passed and that people were tired of her. Cut to today's Morning Joe, and there were Donny Deutsch, Joe Scarborough and an initially reluctant Mika Brzezinski saying much the same thing: that powerful,…
Mark Finkelstein
August 14th, 2015 9:34 AM