'When Will the Catholic Church Stop Firing Gays?' Daily Beast Whines

"Far from becoming more open, the Catholic Church is doubling down on its homophobia," groused the liberal website Daily Beast.
Ken Shepherd
July 10th, 2015 5:08 PM

On Twitter, CNN Blames GOP for Disgraced Former OPM Director

CNN Politics's Twitter account on Friday pointed the finger at congressional Republicans over the now-former director of the Office of Personnel Management's responsibility for the massive hacking there that compromised the personal data of over 22 million people. A post hyped that "Republicans acknowledge to [correspondent] @evanperez they didn't properly vet [Katherine] Archuleta's…
Matthew Balan
July 10th, 2015 4:53 PM

A Pleasant Surprise! ABC Shocks with Fair Pro-Life Coverage

Get this! Pro-choice and pro-life activists agree on something: the tactics and messaging of the pro-life movement are better than they ever were. And the battle is on. Here’s another shocker. ABC Nightline devoted a 10-minute segment of fairly objective journalism to “what the pro-life movement looks like at its strongest in the United States today.”
Sarah Stites
July 10th, 2015 4:48 PM

Pundit: GOP Base Broadcasts an ‘Ignorant, Garbled Howl’

The late NFL head coach George Allen had a favorite saying: “The future is now.” Conversely, The Week's Linker believes the Republican party’s future “will be delayed so long as [its] candidates remain beholden to voters who view politics primarily as a megaphone for broadcasting an ignorant, garbled howl of anger, fear, alienation, and resentment.” In a Friday piece, Linker remarked that…
Tom Johnson
July 10th, 2015 4:12 PM

MSNBC Provides Extensive Live Coverage of Flag Pole Removal

Hours after the Confederate flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina state house Friday morning, MSNBC interrupted its regular 2 p.m. ET hour programming to bring viewers “breaking news” coverage of the pole that held that flag also being removed. Correspondent Craig Melvin narrated: “We do not know precisely how long the process itself is going to take, nor do we know what’s going…
Kyle Drennen
July 10th, 2015 4:10 PM

MSNBC Guest: Flag Removal ‘Beginning of the End of the Civil War’

On July 10, following the removal of the Confederate battle flag from Capitol grounds in South Carolina, a panel discussed the historic event on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. Guest host Craig Melvin brought Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson to the program. He asked the author to put the removal of the flag into “historical perspective.” Wilkerson remarked that we are “witnessing…
Connor Williams
July 10th, 2015 4:07 PM

Avengers Director Joss Whedon: 'Rich, White People are F---ing Insane'

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Avengers director Joss Whedon surprised Comic-Con attendees at a discussion of Comedy Central’s show Another Period. While talking about the show on July 9, Whedon praised the show saying,“It makes us laugh but it makes us think and it reminds us of the universal truth: that rich, white people are f---ing insane.”
MRC Culture Staff
July 10th, 2015 3:49 PM

New York Times Puts Front-Page Pressure on GOP to Dump Trump

Friday's front-page New York Times "news analysis" reveled in the alleged difficulties posed to the Republican Party by real-estate mogul and presidential hopeful Donald Trump, under fire for controversial statements about illegal immigrants from Mexico. A Times triumvirate of reporters held the party's feet to the fire and found an age/racial angle to boot ("aging, anxious white voters"), while…
Clay Waters
July 10th, 2015 2:56 PM

CBS: Trump ‘Causing' 'Angst’ for GOP; ‘Burning’ ‘Bridge' to Hispanics

Aside from coverage of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussing on Thursday night the 2016 race, Friday’s CBS This Morning dedicated two segments to going after the Republican Party through the lens of presidential candidate Donald Trump in ruling that he’s “causing more angst” in the GOP and “burn[ed]” down the party’s “bridge” to Hispanics voters.
Curtis Houck
July 10th, 2015 2:48 PM

Green Billionaire Steyer Really Just Another Capitalist

Liberal climate change activist listed as ‘manager’ of environmental energy company.
Aly Nielsen
July 10th, 2015 2:35 PM

MTV Hires Illegal Alien to Force White Kids to See 'White Privilege'

MTV used to be known for its 24 hours of constant music videos before becoming overrun with trashy shows like 16 and Pregnant, Jersey Shore, Teen Mom and Jackass.  Now MTV is trying to get “serious” with a documentary called White People that follows five young white people around, documenting their experience as being a white person in America and “white privilege.” Jose Antonio Vargas hosts…
Melissa Mullins
July 10th, 2015 2:30 PM

Green Billionaire Tom Steyer, Squeezing Climate Panic for Profit

Tom Steyer’s concern for the environment and almost religious devotion to promoting green energy appear to be targeting another kind of green. Steyer, criticized for the hypocrisy of having built some of his fortune on coal, is now connected to green energy companies that might benefit from his climate change activism.
Aly Nielsen
July 10th, 2015 2:29 PM

HuffPost Underreports Abortion Related Deaths by 16 Million

Liberals like to pretend abortion is somehow victimless. The latest example of this comes from The Huffington Post, which just published an article with the tag line: “Abortion-related deaths continue to be extremely rare.” The piece defies even the basic definition of what an abortion does. Every abortion procedure ends a human life. That’s the whole point of the procedure – to kill someone.…
MRC Culture Staff
July 10th, 2015 2:23 PM

Salon Derides ‘Loony’ Rep. Louie Gohmert for ‘Dumb & Dumber’ C

Left-wing editor attacks congressman after he promotes ‘opposing viewpoints’ on global warming.
Joseph Rossell
July 10th, 2015 2:17 PM