MSNBC's Hayes Misstates O'Reilly's Confederate Flag Stance, Apologizes

This item is only worthy of note because it's about an apparently genuine apology from a leftist — something rarely seen from the "I'm sorry you were offended" crowd — and because the chances are that very few have actually seen the apology. Early last week, MSNBC's Chris Hayes claimed that Bill O'Reilly had asserted, as if it was the Fox News host's opinion, that the Confederate flag "…
Tom Blumer
June 28th, 2015 5:57 PM

NY Times Columnist: Time to End Tax Exemptions for All Churches

Sen. Mike Lee has seen the threat coming, and introduced a bill to prevent liberals from scrapping the tax exemptions on orthodox churches that oppose gay marriages. The liberal media disagree. On Time magazine’s website, New York Times “Beliefs” columnist Mark Oppenheimer wrote a piece headlined: “Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions: The Supreme Court's ruling on gay…
Tim Graham
June 28th, 2015 5:14 PM

Newt Gingrich: ‘Liberal Media’ Impact What Issues GOP Can Run On

During an appearance on Meet the Press, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that as a result of the liberal media there are certain issues that Republicans cannot run on and expect to win. Speaking to Chuck Todd, Gingrich insisted that conservatives can only win on issues with 70 or 80 percent support and Republicans “cannot run in a country that has liberal media with 51 percent issues and…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2015 3:47 PM

PennLive Whines As It Reverses Pro-Traditional Marriage Comments Ban

On Friday, Curtis Houck at NewsBusters reported that "the Harrisburg, PA newspaper The Patriot News announced that both they and their online site PennLive.com 'will very strictly limit op-Eds and letters to the editor in opposition to same-sex marriage.'" As of three years ago, the newspaper claimed weekly circulation of 476,000. Its current hype to advertisers boasts of "500,000 unique…
Tom Blumer
June 28th, 2015 3:37 PM

Chuck Todd Hits Jindal Over GOPers Critical of His Record in Louisiana

On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Chuck Todd did his best to play up Republican criticism of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal following the start of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The Meet the Press moderator stressed how following Jindal’s campaign announcement he wasn’t “getting a favorite son send-off” and how his approval rating in Louisiana was “actually lower than…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2015 1:38 PM

Vox 'Voxsplains' CNN's Dildo Flag Blunder

I am sure that when John Cameron Swayze began anchoring the Camel News Caravan at NBC in 1949 he never in his wildest imagination would have thought that there ever could be a day when a flag covered with dildos and butt plugs at a gay pride parade would become the focus of a television news broadcast. However such was the case on Saturday when a CNN reporter confused a parody ISIS flag with the…
P.J. Gladnick
June 28th, 2015 1:04 PM

Blogger: VP Sanders Would Be ‘The Progressive Answer to Dick Cheney’

Presidential nominees sometimes choose one of the candidates they defeated during primary/caucus season as their running mate for the general election. In that tradition, the Washington Monthly's D.R. Tucker recommends that Hillary Clinton, assuming she’s the Democratic nominee, name Bernie Sanders to the ticket, adding that Hillary “would have to signal that [Sanders] would be something of a co-…
Tom Johnson
June 28th, 2015 12:58 PM

Van Jones: GOP Uses ‘Old’ ’Anti-Civil Rights Rhetoric’ on Gay Marriage

On Sunday’s State of the Union, CNN’s Van Jones accused those who oppose the Supreme Court's decision to ignore the normal legislative process on gay marriage of pushing “the old state’s rights rhetoric that was anti-civil rights rhetoric of the past than embracing the future.” Jones bemoaned that his “heart was broken” after he heard Mike Huckabee’s comments on the Supreme Court ruling…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2015 11:03 AM

Trump Vs. Univision

The ever-escalating war between Donald Trump and Univision gives us a valuable glimpse at how the network advances convenient narratives throughout its various divisions. This particular instance is a higher-profile version of something we’ve seen before.
Jorge Bonilla
June 28th, 2015 10:40 AM

Ron Fournier Compares Mike Huckabee to Segregationist

During a discussion on CNN’s Inside Politics about the political impact of the Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage, National Journal reporter Ron Fournier rushed to compare Mike Huckabee to segregationist former Democratic Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas.  
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2015 9:14 AM

WashPost Gay Advice: The Right Needs to Surrender, Like Confederates

Last year, The Washington Post gave a gay activist named Steven Petrow a regular column called “Civilities.” This quickly became a farce, since Petrow was a fan of outing...and Dan Savage. The original conceit was that this gay Mr. Manners was going to explain to the readers how to negotiate the Brave New World of mangled pronouns and how to address gay newlyweds on your Christmas cards and so…
Tim Graham
June 28th, 2015 8:16 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Senator Cruz’s ‘Hidden Talent’

Following Senator Ted Cruz’s “Center Seat” session on Wednesday’s Special Report, FNC’s Bret Baier ended his program with some YouTube clips showing Cruz “has a hidden talent on the campaign trail, apparently.” Cruz watched along with the audience and, afterward, offered an assessment of his talent.
Brent Baker
June 28th, 2015 12:01 AM

WashPost Columnist Scolds Jenner for Identifying As...Republican

For Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine, humor columnist Gene Weingarten professes he admires Caitlyn Jenner, but is willing to ask “tough but necessary follow-up questions” unlike other journalists. He starts by questioning the “y” in Kaitlyn, which he finds profoundly annoying. Coming in second to that was his disgust that this icon of the LGBT agenda would still claim to be Republican.
Tim Graham
June 27th, 2015 11:08 PM

Ed Schultz: Purge of Confederate Flag is 'Desecration' of US History

The heated debate over the Confederate battle flag has drawn a partisan but not on the side you might expect -- longtime libtalker Ed Schultz. Before appearing in his hour-long MSNBC show on weekday afternoons, Schultz posts a podcast on his website, as he's done since ending his radio show in the spring of 2014. It was during Thursday's podcast that Schultz provided surprising commentary…
Jack Coleman
June 27th, 2015 9:21 PM