Networks Ignore Hillary Clinton’s Favorability Plummeting to 39%

On Thursday, all three network morning shows skipped a new poll showing that Hillary Clinton’s favorablity rating had fallen to 39 percent. The newly-released Associated Press-GFK poll found: “Just 39 percent of all Americans have a favorable view of Clinton, compared to nearly half [49 percent] who say they have a negative opinion of her.”
Kyle Drennen
July 16th, 2015 2:27 PM

ESPYs: Rams Players' 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Gesture an Example of How

Alexa Moutevelis
July 16th, 2015 2:22 PM

Dems Defending Planned Parenthood Got $43K from Abortion Giant

The media are leaving out one critical detail about the Democrats defending Planned Parenthood’s actions. For The Hill, staff writer Sarah Ferris wrote “Several Dems defend Planned Parenthood.” In it, she quoted “several House Democrats” defending Planned Parenthood after an undercover video appeared to show an executive reveal how clinics procure and sell aborted babies’ body parts. But what…
Katie Yoder
July 16th, 2015 1:11 PM

CBS and NBC Skip ObamaCare Fraud; ABC Allows 17 Seconds

CBS and NBC on Thursday skipped the revelation that ObamaCare is particularly vulnerable to scams. Only ABC's Good Morning America covered the Government Accountability Office's fraud investigation and the two-hour show only allowed a scant 17 seconds on the topic. GMA news reader Paula Faris quickly revealed that "ObamaCare is facing new scrutiny today on Capitol Hill... after a sting operation…
Scott Whitlock
July 16th, 2015 12:33 PM

ABC Axes Wallace From 'The View' for...'Not Offering Enough Dissent'?

The Hollywood trade paper Variety reported that ABC axed Nicolle Wallace from “The View” when this season is over. Reporter Ramin Setoodeh called her a “conservative personality,” which is not how she came across on ABC at all.  But Variety also suggested “The former communications chief for George W. Bush was selected as the resident Republican on the show in September, but underwhelmed ABC…
Tim Graham
July 16th, 2015 12:10 PM

Cruz on Iran: Obama ‘Popping Champagne’ While Ignoring Christians

It’s one thing that Ted Cruz and one mainstream reporter can agree on: President Obama’s Iran nuke deal needs more pushback and less celebration. That’s not something the liberal media is going to give him, though. The networks have lauded the “history-making deal” and Obama’s “spirited defense” of it. CBS News reporter Major Garrett bucked the trend at a press conference yesterday where he …
Kristine Marsh
July 16th, 2015 11:41 AM

NY Times Ignores Hillary's $18.7 Million in Second-Quarter Spending

Nicholas Confessore and Maggie Haberman at the New York Times studiously avoided talking about Hillary Clinton's campaign spending in their front-page print edition story Thursday ("Hillary Clinton Lags in Engaging Grass-Roots Donors"). Mrs. Clinton hauled in $48.7 million, but she spent a stunning $18.7 million. As seen in a table accompanying the Times story, that's more than triple that of…
Tom Blumer
July 16th, 2015 11:41 AM

O’Donnell Hails Obama Presser: ‘More Confidence...Than Any President'

On Wednesday night, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell began his show by cheering President Obama’s news conference performance and declared he “demonstrated more confidence at the podium than any president in the history of televised presidential press conferences, more even than Kennedy.” 
Jeffrey Meyer
July 16th, 2015 11:18 AM

'Caitlyn' Jenner at ESPYs

Dylan Gwinn
July 16th, 2015 11:16 AM

NBC Cheers ‘Unfiltered’ and ‘Unplugged’ Obama ‘Taking on Critics’

At the top of Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie hailed President Obama’s Wednesday press conference: “Unfiltered. President Obama launches a vigorous defense of his controversial deal with Iran.” Introducing a report on the topics minutes later, Guthrie proclaimed: “...a news conference some are calling unplugged. During a more than hour-long session with the reporters, the President…
Kyle Drennen
July 16th, 2015 11:13 AM

Maher Rips 'Huge ***Hole' Major Garrett; 'Why Not Scream the N Word?'

Bill Maher slammed CBS's Major Garrett in a Wednesday post on Twitter for his pointed question to President Obama during a press conference in the East Room: "#MajorGarrett is a huge asshole. If U wanna 'strike a nerve' with POTUS, why not just scream the N word? That shld [should] get his attention."
Matthew Balan
July 16th, 2015 11:02 AM

LGBT-Inspired ‘Immigrant Revolution’ Examined on Univision

A national campaign that encourages unauthorized immigrants in the United States to “come out of the closet” and thus openly flout their violation of U.S. immigration law was the subject of uncritical examination in a recent Univision broadcast.
Javier Zurita
July 16th, 2015 9:59 AM

Charlie Rose to Colleague: Any ‘Second Thoughts’ Over Obama Question?

After CBS’s Major Garrett sharply questioned President Obama about the fate of four Americans held captive in Iran during Wednesday's news conference, on Thursday’s CBS This Morning, rather than defend his colleague’s tough question, co-host Charlie Rose chose to ask if he had any regrets or “second thoughts" surrounding his actions.
Jeffrey Meyer
July 16th, 2015 9:52 AM

In 30 Days, Nets Air 31 Evening News Stories on Trump ‘Rapists’ Remark

Since Donald Trump announced his presidential campaign exactly one month ago on June 16, ABC, CBS and NBC have aired a combined 31 evening news stories discussing his comment about illegal Mexican immigrants: “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” When then-President Bill Clinton was accused of rape, those same newscasts aired just…
Rich Noyes
July 16th, 2015 9:29 AM