Bozell, Kelly Blast Media for Double Standard in Trump Coverage

During an appearance on Wednesday’s edition of The Kelly File on the Fox News Channel (FNC), Media Research Center Brent Bozell and host Megyn Kelly eviscerated the media for their double standard in rushing to cover unsubstantiated rape allegations surrounding 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump but not, among others, the Bill Clinton-Juanita Brodderick case.
NB Staff
July 29th, 2015 10:59 PM

Matthews Ignores Planned Parenthood Videos, Denounces Lion Killing

MSNBC host Chris Matthews has failed to cover all three of the Planned Parenthood fetal-parts videos that have been released this month. But tonight he found time for a segment on the latest development in Deflategate and devoted his closing Let Me Finish commentary to denouncing the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe.
Ken Shepherd
July 29th, 2015 9:03 PM

ABC Ignores Dem Rep’s Criminal Indictment; NBC Mentions Ties to Wife

ABC failed to cover on Wednesday’s World News Tonight the criminal indictment of Democratic Congressman Chaka Fattah (Penn.) on charges related to alleged racketeering and conspiracy that resulted in the misuse of campaign funds and federal grant money for his personal gain. Surprisingly, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News covered the story and labeled Fattah as a Democrat in news briefs…
Curtis Houck
July 29th, 2015 8:53 PM

Matthews Notes 'Sad News' of Dem Rep. Fattah's Federal Indictments

MSNBC host and native Philadelphian Chris Matthews devoted less than a minute tonight to news of numerous federal indictments handed down today against Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.). The Hardball host prefaced the story by editorially commenting, "This is sad news."
Ken Shepherd
July 29th, 2015 8:20 PM

Reporter: Can Obama Stop U.S. Hunters From Killing Animals Like Cecil?

During Wednesday's White House press briefing, Julia Edwards -- a reporter for the Reuters news service -- asked Press Secretary Josh Earnest if President Barack Obama would respond to the “growing outcry” over the killing of Cecil, a well-loved lion in a Zimbabwe park that was hunted down by Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer. “Is the White House or is President Obama aware of this killing…
Randy Hall
July 29th, 2015 8:20 PM

Venezuela Orders Food Providers: 'Divert' Output to Empty State Stores

The news out of Venezuela has apparently become so grim that the arguably Chavista-sympathetic press barely bothers to report it in any kind of sutstantive fashion. Inflation has gone wild, the level of violent crime has become frightening, and the government has taken to jailing citizens who dare to tweet their dissatisfaction with the regime of Nicolas Makuro (note that the linked report was…
Tom Blumer
July 29th, 2015 6:23 PM

Obama Campaign Volunteer and Donor to Anchor CBS Evening News

“CBS News contributor Jane Pauley will fill in for Scott Pelley on tonight’s CBS Evening News,” TV Newser reported Wednesday afternoon.” Brian Flood noted “Pauley has previously filled in as a co-host on CBS This Morning, but this is her first time anchoring the Evening News.” In a 2008 interview with WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, about her campaigning for Barack Obama, she declared: “I want…
Brent Baker
July 29th, 2015 6:04 PM

Disgusted’ Paglia: Media ‘Shockingly Unprofessional’ for Planned

The ‘former member’ of Planned Parenthood eloquently attacks the liberal media.
Sarah Stites
July 29th, 2015 6:00 PM

Nets Maintain Blackout on New Planned Parenthood Video; CNN Covers

As of Wednesday morning, ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover the third video from the Center for Medical Progress, which featured a whistle-blower's account of "picking" through the remains of aborted babies in order to find organs that could be sold for medical research. The Big Three networks have actually devoted more time to the slaying of a lion in Zimbabwe…
Matthew Balan
July 29th, 2015 5:41 PM

Low Blow In Liberal Land: NYT Columnist Compares Tom Brady to Nixon

Michael Powell, a longtime reporter and columnist for The New York Times, now writes a sports column in the paper. In his Wednesday column on Tom Brady, “A Quarterback Hands Off the Dirty Work,” he threw a low blow in Liberal Land. He compared Brady to Richard Nixon.  The “Deflategate” probe for the NFL discovered Brady had a cellphone with 10,000 text messages on it. Brady didn’t destroy it; he…
Tim Graham
July 29th, 2015 5:30 PM

Larry King: Modern GOP Is So Conservative, It Would Reject Reagan

According to Larry King on Tuesday, the modern Republican Party is so conservative that it would reject Ronald Reagan. The former CNN anchor interviewed struggling Democratic candidate Lincoln Chafee. After King wondered "what happened to your party, you old party," the former Republican sneered, "It moved south. Back in the '60s, President Nixon had what they called the southern strategy." King…
Scott Whitlock
July 29th, 2015 5:24 PM

'Unexpectedly' Again: Pending Home Sales Fall 1.8 Percent

Yet another important economic statistic confidently predicted to rise has fallen — hard. This time it was June's pending sales of existing homes. Just in time for summer, they were predicted to increase by a seasonally adjusted 1.0 percent to 1.5 percent. Instead they fell by 1.8 percent, the steepest drop since December 2013. Additionally, May's original 0.9 percent increase was revised down…
Tom Blumer
July 29th, 2015 3:46 PM

On CNN, John McWhorter Rebukes New Liberal 'Religion' of Anti-Racism

Liberal writer John McWhorter spotlighted how the anti-racism cause has become a "new religion" during a segment on Tuesday's CNN Tonight. McWhorter underlined that "we have a religion in that, there is scripture; and there are questions you're not supposed to ask; and there is original sin...the scripture says that America is based on racism, and that racism is what America is all about today…

Matthew Balan
July 29th, 2015 2:50 PM

NBC Hosts Thrilled Network Hired Obama’s Chef as Analyst

On Wednesday, the hosts of NBC’s Today cheered the network’s decision to hire former White House chef – and husband of left-wing MSNBC host AlexWagner – Sam Kass. Co-host Savannah Guthrie gushed: “...we’ve got an exciting announcement. You guys remember Sam Kass, of course he’s the former assistant White House chef, executive director of the First Lady's Let's Move campaign, and nutrition advisor…
Kyle Drennen
July 29th, 2015 2:30 PM