Airbrushing Hackery: Maryland’s Mosby Makes Women’s Mag Rounds

Jezebel called her “badass” and “inspiring.” Vogue deemed her a “heroine and lightning rod.” To Cosmo, she’s the “the talk of the nation.” Yet, most of all, Maryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby is now known for being controversial. Last month, when she criminally charged six Baltimore police officers with the death of Freddie Gray, Vogue got it right: Mosby sent “ripples of both outrage and…
Sarah Stites
June 25th, 2015 3:42 PM

O'Reilly Calls Out Press For Not Challenging 'White Supremacist' Meme

In his "Talking Points" opening monologue Wednesday night, Fox News's Bill O'Reilly lit into the establishment press for allowing the notion that America is a "white supremacist nation" to go "largely unchallenged." He further accused the press of allowing itself to be "intimidated," leaving Fox as the only channel, in his view, "standing up for the truth." I have been told that O'Reilly's…
Tom Blumer
June 25th, 2015 3:32 PM

‘Hulk’ Mark Ruffalo: ‘I Get Angry’ that There is a Debate Over

Actor and director bellows against climate skepticism, fracking, sets 100 percent renewable energy goal by 2050.
Aly Nielsen
June 25th, 2015 3:17 PM

Mark Ruffalo: 'I Get Angry' That There's a Debate Over Climate Change

The man who plays the Incredible Hulk is angry: “angry that we are still debating climate change,” angry about fossil fuel investment and more. Using the far-left environmental website Grist on June 17, Mark Ruffalo leveraged his fame and popularity to rage about the supposed danger of fossil fuels, and pushed his goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. That goal was implausible at best,…
Aly Nielsen
June 25th, 2015 3:15 PM

AP Ignores Bad Economic Data, Treats 2nd Quarter 'Rebound' As Certain

Yesterday, the government revised the economy's first-quarter contraction from the annualized 0.7 percent it reported in May to 0.2 percent. In covering that news, the Associated Press's Christopher Rugaber spent most of his report speculating about the second quarter's impending "rebound" as if its existence is absolutely certain, citing only the items which would cause readers to believe that'…
Tom Blumer
June 25th, 2015 1:32 PM

CNN: GOP 'Core' Wants Immigrants to 'Act Like' White Americans

On Thursday's CNN Newsroom, during a discussion of GOP presidential candidate Bobby Jindal's official announcement speech, CNN political reporter Sara Murray provocatively asserted that some of Jindal's pitch was aimed at GOP "core" members who want immigrants to "act like every other white person in America."
Brad Wilmouth
June 25th, 2015 1:09 PM

CNN: 'This May Well Be The Best Week' of Obama's Second Term

Thursday's CNN Newsroom hyped the Supreme Court's decision that again upheld ObamaCare as a "huge win for the President of the United States," as Wolf Blitzer put it. Gloria Borger and John King tied the Court decision to Congress passing the President's fast-track trade legislation earlier in the week. Borger trumpeted, "You have trade legislation being approved – huge win for the President. You…
Matthew Balan
June 25th, 2015 12:39 PM

NBC Hails Obama's 'Big Victory' That Is Key to Health Care 'Legacy'

After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Barack Obama on Thursday, the journalists at NBC pounced to hail the "big victory" and assert just how relieved 2016 Republicans must be Peter Alexander touted, "So it is a big victory for the Obama administration. Basically, the Supreme Court has, for the second time, bailed out ObamaCare." 
Scott Whitlock
June 25th, 2015 12:35 PM

Even After Subpoena, IRS Erased 24,000 E-Mails -- Will Nets Report?

On Thursday The Washington Times reported that, according to investigators, “The IRS erased backup tapes with Lois G. Lerner emails even after the messages were subject to a congressional subpoena, likely permanently losing as many as 24,000 emails.” 
Geoffrey Dickens
June 25th, 2015 12:32 PM

Perez Hilton to Play Raunchy Dad in Full House Parody

Promises ‘ridiculous, naughty fun’.
MRC Culture Staff
June 25th, 2015 12:25 PM

Mark Steyn Slams the Democratic Party's Dark History on Hannity

On the June 24 edition of Hannity, National Review’s Mark Steyn was invited to the program to discuss the notion in much of the media that the Confederate flag is a Republican problem. Steyn slammed the history of the Democratic Party as one filled with hate: “The Democratic Party was the largest and most powerful institution supporting slavery in the English speaking world.”
Connor Williams
June 25th, 2015 12:01 PM

ABC’s Terry Moran Declares ‘ObamaCare 2, Conservatives 0'

Following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in favor of ObamaCare on Thursday, ABC News quickly touted the victory for the Obama administration with correspondent Terry Moran declaring “ObamaCare 2, conservatives 0 is the score right now.” The ABC reporter went on, in the 10 AM EDT hour special, to hype how "once again its Chief Justice John Roberts crushing the hopes of conservatives, upholding a…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 25th, 2015 11:58 AM

Olbermann Compares Washington Redskins To Confederate Flag

If Dan Snyder and the NFL don’t change the name of the Washington Redskins, people will die. At least that’s what Keith Olbermann ranted during his ESPN show Wednesday afternoon. How did he come to this conclusion? By comparing it to the Confederate flag, of course. 
Spencer Raley
June 25th, 2015 11:26 AM

CBS, NBC Punt on Covering Impending SCOTUS Rulings

On Thursday, the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) network morning shows all touted President Obama confronting an LGBT activist who heckled him at a White House event on Wednesday but only ABC’s Good Morning America was the only network morning show to cover the highly anticipated Supreme Court cases regarding ObamaCare and gay marriage. 
Jeffrey Meyer
June 25th, 2015 9:42 AM