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Press Ignores How O'Malley Is Linking 'Climate Change' to Rise of ISIS
In June, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley unveiled a "climate change plan." The press loved it. Glowing articles appeared in many place, including the Washington Post, USA Today, The Hill and the Huffington Post, whose Kate Sheppard wrote that the former Maryland Governor had "Just Set An Extremely High Bar ... For 2016 Democratic Contenders."
Well, if they're so wired into…
July 21st, 2015 11:16 AM
Mika on Morning Joe: Using 'Gender Card' Against Hillary Is 'Sexist'
On the July 21 edition of Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski went off on Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after the Senate Majority Leader claimed the gender card would not be enough for Hillary Clinton to win in 2016. The Morning Joe co-host was appalled that McConnell used the term “gender card” and explained: “[T]his is now sexist. It's just unfortunate. It's like those words you can't say, but some people…
July 21st, 2015 10:46 AM
Charlie Rose Shocked Sen. Graham Compared Obama to Neville Chamberlain
On Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, Senator Lindsey Graham blasted President Obama over the Iranian nuclear deal and called him “the Neville Chamberlain of our time,” which caused host Charlie Rose to sharply react: “Neville Chamberlain? Appeasement?”
July 21st, 2015 10:34 AM
Fox News Asks: Why No White House Flag at Half-Staff for Chattanooga?
Less than a week ago, four Marines were murdered, and a now a sailor has also succumbed to his injuries from the shooting. On Monday, Fox News reporter John Roberts said there have been many displays of respect and heart-warming support for the victims of Chattanooga, but they’re not quite all there at the White House:
“Across Chattanooga and the area… we’re seeing signs, big electronic…
July 21st, 2015 10:15 AM
Planned Parenthood Exec Haggles Over Baby-Part Pricing for Lamborghini
One Planned Parenthood executive might get a Lamborghini -- funded by aborted baby parts.
The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a second undercover video July 21 showing another Planned Parenthood executive, Dr. Mary Gatter, bartering over prices for aborted baby parts and offering to abort with a “less crunchy technique” to harvest baby “specimens.”
July 21st, 2015 10:09 AM
MSNBC Bemoans Wisconsin's 20 Week Abortion Ban, Hammers Scott Walker
MSNBC’s online coverage of Scott Walker’s new 20-week abortion ban is about as biased as they come. The story was featured with a screen-filling headline which boldly stated “WALKER BANS CHOICE.” This blatant attempt to slam Walker was eventually changed to “NO CHOICE,” omitting the Republican hopeful’s name.
July 21st, 2015 9:15 AM
WaPo's Mr. Manners Advises a Gay Revolution Inside the Catholic Church
Anyone who thinks the gay Left are going to live and let live with the orthodox Christians isn’t reading their articles. The people who put “religious liberty” in scare quotes are just as ardent about crushing dissent (“bigotry”) inside the churches as outside. They won’t force the churches to perform gay marriages? Read Steven Petrow the so-called “Civilities” columnist in The Washington Post…
July 21st, 2015 7:58 AM
AP and The Hill Look at Same Survey, Post Sharply Different Reports
The National Association of Business Economics released its quarterly survey of its members' take on the state of the current and future economy today.
Given that the survey only had 112 responses, it's probably not a good idea to generalize too much about its results. That didn't stop The Hill from headlining Vicki Needham's writeup by far too optimistically declaring that "Business leaders…
July 20th, 2015 11:32 PM
Larry O'Donnell: I 'Stupidly' Jumped Into Fight on Trump's NBC Pay
MSNBC’s hot-headed host Lawrence O’Donnell is backpedaling recent comments he made when he questioned how much NBC paid Donald Trump for starring in The Apprentice. O’Donnell, host of The Last Word, was on Morning Joe Thursday when he told show host Joe Scarborough that Trump was a “hired hand” and lied about how much NBC paid him.
By day's end he was walking away, lamenting he "stupidly" jumped…
July 20th, 2015 11:09 PM
New York Magazine: Many GOPers Candidates in Name Only
There soon will be sixteen Republicans officially seeking their party’s 2016 presidential nomination, but Gabriel Sherman probably would replace “officially” with "nominally." In a Sunday post, Sherman suggested that many of those sixteen are CINOs (Candidates in Name Only) who really are running for the title of big-bucks “political celebrity.” He opined that “when it comes to presidential…
July 20th, 2015 10:06 PM
Word Tricks on MSNBC, Obeidallah: 'No Such Thing as Radical Islam'
On Friday's The Ed Show on MSNBC, during a discussion of conservative criticism of President Barack Obama for not using the words "radical Islam" in the aftermath of the shooting rampage in Chattanooga, Tennessee, liberal comedian and Daily Beast columnist Dean Obeidallah tried to misdirect the conversation with a debate over definitions of words as he asserted that "there is no such thing as…
July 20th, 2015 9:23 PM
CBS Notes Governors Allowing Natl. Guardsmen to Carry Personal Weapons
All three broadcast network evening newscasts on Monday had stories related to last week's spree shooting in Chattanooga that left four Marines and one sailor dead. But only CBS reported how the governors of seven states thus far are authorizing National Guardsmen to concealed-carry their own personal firearms while on state National Guard property.
July 20th, 2015 8:41 PM
Big Three Nets Spend More Than 11 Minutes on Trump/McCain Row
The Big Three broadcast network evening newscasts spent a total of 11 minutes and 19 seconds on Donald Trump's dismissive remarks regarding John McCain's heroic endurance of brutality at the hands of the North Vietnamese during his time as a prisoner of war.
July 20th, 2015 8:28 PM
AP, Reuters Fail to Connect Latest A&P Bankruptcy to Its Unions
The company officially known as the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in five years. This time around, the storied "A&P" name may completely disappear.
Coverage at USA Today by Nathan Bomey notes that "About 93% (of its workers) are represented by one of 12 different unions, and many of them have bumping rights that the company has described as…
July 20th, 2015 6:54 PM