Lazy GMA: ABC Replays the Same Trump Segment 24 Hours Later

Laziness or just an incompetent screw-up? On Tuesday, the journalists at Good Morning America replayed the exact same segment (in its entirety) on Donald Trump that ABC used on Monday morning. This, despite the fact that one of the statements within the story became out of date and inaccurate. On both days Tom Llamas insisted of Megyn Kelly: "She hasn't spoken about his latest statements, but now…
Scott Whitlock
August 11th, 2015 10:56 AM

Gene Robinson: GOP Has Moved ‘Way, Way, Way to the Right on Abortion’

On Tuesday's Morning Joe, the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson attacked the Republican Party for “going way, way, way to the right on abortion.” The columnist based this opinion on Marco Rubio’s refusal to rule out voting for a bill that wouldn't have exceptions for cases of rape or incest. No word from Robinson about a move to the left in the Democratic Party despite a surge in the polls from…
Connor Williams
August 11th, 2015 10:24 AM

CBS’s O’Donnell Hits Ben Carson from Left on Abortion, Women’s Issues

During an interview with Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Tuesday, CBS This Morning’s Norah O’Donnell repeatedly hit the famed neurosurgeon from the left on abortion and whether or not he agreed with Donald Trump’s disparaging remarks about women. 
Jeffrey Meyer
August 11th, 2015 9:50 AM

Mika Calls Opposition to Iran Deal 'Ludicrous, Crazy, Calamitous'

Well, she did stop short of accusing Chuck Schumer of being worried about losing donations from co-religionist contributors . . . But on today's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinksi repeatedly claimed that Schumer was acting out of politics in opposing the Iran deal. Battling with Bill Kristol, an exceptionally exercised Brzezinski broke out the over-the-top adjectives, branding opposition to the deal "…
Mark Finkelstein
August 11th, 2015 8:45 AM

Blogger: ‘Right-Wing Republicans’ Will Heckle Pope Francis

When you think of tough crowds, Philadelphia sports fans or the audience for Amateur Night at the Apollo may come to mind. The Washington Monthly's D.R. Tucker thought of the “right-wing Republicans” he expects will heckle Pope Francis when the pontiff speaks before a joint session of Congress late next month. “Joe Wilson’s…infamous 2009 'You lie!' outburst will be considered a term of…
Tom Johnson
August 10th, 2015 9:09 PM

NBC's Mitchell Hypes Hillary's Attack on Marco Rubio, GOP Generally

While all three broadcast evening newscasts tonight noted Hillary Clinton's reaction to Donald Trump's offensive comments regarding Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and her menstrual cycle, NBC gave considerable attention to Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's attempt to exploit the Trump kerfuffle in order to attack all Republican presidential candidates as anti-woman.
Ken Shepherd
August 10th, 2015 8:57 PM

Networks Ignore Latest ObamaCare Audit Findings

The Big Three broadcast evening newscasts tonight ignored a new audit showing that the government may have paid out subsidies to ObamaCare purchasers who were not eligible for them.
Ken Shepherd
August 10th, 2015 7:56 PM

Sharpton Astounded Rand Paul Thinks People Who Work Harder Earn More

In the liberal universe, there's no correlation between hard work or ingenuity and financial success.  As President Obama recently put it, the rich are simply "society's lottery winners."   Sounding a similar theme, Al Sharpton today declared it "astounding" that Rand Paul believes that income inequality is due to "some people working harder."  Astounding, indeed!  What's wrong with Rand?  How…
Mark Finkelstein
August 10th, 2015 7:48 PM

AP's Recall of Michael Brown Saga Continues to Distort History

The Associated Press has been in Ferguson covering the anniversary of Michael Brown's death and the George Soros-funded out-of-towners leading the "festivities." I'll leave it to others to dissect the wire service's on-the-street reporting during the past several days. What also concerns me is how AP's reports continue to bitterly cling to half-truths and distortions about how Brown died and the…
Tom Blumer
August 10th, 2015 7:01 PM

MSNBC Tries to Blame ‘Locals,’ Not EPA, for River Pollution

On MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts Monday afternoon, environmental reporter Tony Dokoupil described the Environmental Protection Agency causing three million gallons of toxic waste to spill into a Colorado river as “good intentions leading to a bad outcome.” He explained: “This mine has been leaking sludge for a long time and EPA was on the scene in hopes of cleaning it up.”
Kyle Drennen
August 10th, 2015 4:59 PM

MSNBC's Benen: Kasich 'Not Even a Little' Moderate

While MSNBC host Chris Matthews may be over the moon about John Kasich, seeing him as the most "moderate" and ergo acceptable choice of the Republican presidential primary field, The Rachel Maddow Show host and msnbc.com contributor Steve Benen took to the Lean Forward network's website today to denounce Kasich as a hard-core rightie.
Ken Shepherd
August 10th, 2015 4:11 PM

Furious Matthews: 'Nasty' Debate Audience Laughed at Rosie O'Donnell

An angry Chris Matthews on Friday fumed over comedian Rosie O'Donnell becoming a laugh line at last Thursday's debate. Rather than allow that conservatives might object to the liberal comedian's trashing of conservatives, Matthews saw Republican voters as full of hate. Speaking of Donald Trump and the debate crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, Matthews derided, "...[Trump] threw Rosie O'Donnell under the…
Scott Whitlock
August 10th, 2015 4:10 PM

MSNBC Reporter Touts Hillary Using Trump as ‘Cudgel’ to Bash GOP

Appearing on MSNBC’s The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart on Monday, political reporter Alex Seitz-Wald speculated on whether Hillary Clinton would comment on Donald Trump during an upcoming speech in New Hampshire: “...it might be hard for her to resist, right? Donald Trump was the biggest news of the weekend....And he’s been most useful to her as a cudgel against the rest of the GOP field.”
Kyle Drennen
August 10th, 2015 3:31 PM

Media Applaud: Target Removes of ‘Boy’ and ‘Girl’ Labels from Toys

One retail store is right on target to fight gender stereotypes – according to the media, that is. On Friday, Target announced that it would “phase out gender-based signage” by not advertising differences between boys’ and girls’ items, including toys and bedding. From The Washington Post to Upworthy, writers praised the “exciting move” that bashes “harmful” “gender stereotyping” and connected…
Katie Yoder
August 10th, 2015 2:53 PM