Nets Spend 48 Minutes on Jenner’s Cover, Skip Obama's Bad News

Since Vanity Fair unveiled its cover featuring Bruce Jenner’s transition to Caitlyn Jenner on Monday afternoon, the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) networks have gone over the top in their promotion of the story, giving it a whopping 48 minutes and 25 seconds of coverage (Monday night through Wednesday morning) -- while omitting several damaging stories regarding President Obama’s policy agenda.
Jeffrey Meyer
June 3rd, 2015 11:39 AM

CNN Experts Insist Conservatives Don't See Jenner as a 'Human Being'

In reaction to Bruce Jenner's transition and Mike Huckabee’s controversial comments on transgenderism and gender-neutral bathrooms, a panel of CNN experts ripped the former Arkansas governor for his supposed insensitivity. The June 2 edition of OutFront featured Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon and HLN host Dr. Drew Pinsky, and they both lambasted Huckabee repeatedly by insinuating that he…
Connor Williams
June 3rd, 2015 11:08 AM

Mika Miffed 'Jabby' Jindal Dared Mention Monica Lewinsky

Mika Brzezinski apparently thinks that when it comes to discussing Bill and Hillary Clinton— those paragons of integrity—certain subjects should be taboo. On today's Morning Joe, Mika took umbrage that about-to-announce Bobby Jindal dared mention that Bill had lied about Monica Lewinsky. Mika was miffed that Jindal thought it was "blasé" to bring up Monica.  She later called the Louisiana…
Mark Finkelstein
June 3rd, 2015 9:05 AM

'Mainstream' Media Meet to Lament Hillary's 'Excessive' Grip on Info

In what could best be described as a “love/hate” relationship with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, a group of journalists met at the Los Angeles Times/Tribune offices in Washington on Monday to complain among themselves about limited access to Clinton and her campaign.   Michael Calderone at The Huffington Post says they accuse Hillary’s camp of “keeping an excessively tight…
Melissa Mullins
June 3rd, 2015 7:24 AM

Nets Duck Rising ObamaCare Premiums, Bad Polls for Hillary and Obama

On Tuesday night, the major English and Spanish broadcast networks ignored news that health insurance premiums under ObamaCare are expected to skyrocket in the next year with many topping out in the double digits. In addition, the networks punted on a poll indicating that support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is continuing to tumble while CBS again neglected to take note…
Curtis Houck
June 3rd, 2015 12:36 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: The Media's Worst Liberal Brain Cramps

Journalists are supposed to be the most informed members of society. Nothing is supposed to get past the iron traps in their brains. So which one of these concepts sounds more like a brain cramp? Hillary is so fantastic at defending herself she shouldn't be hiding from the press; or the Obama administration is remarkably scandal-free? These are actual concepts forwarded on television in the last…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
June 2nd, 2015 10:22 PM

Todd Wonders if Hispanics Are 'Justified' to Think GOP 'Doesn't Care'

Reporting on Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News, NBC's Chuck Todd hyped the size of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign with the rise in “vanity candidates” and wondered to GOP presidential candidate Lindsey Graham if “Hispanics are justified in believing the Republican Party doesn't care about them right now.”
Curtis Houck
June 2nd, 2015 10:12 PM

Vox Writer: Media Don’t Like Hillary, But Average People Do

The mainstream media don’t like Hillary Clinton, contends Yglesias, nor does she “care to hide her disdain” for them. Conservatives don’t have to choose a side (talk about strange bedfellows either way) but Yglesias related in a Monday post that in this conflict, he’s partial to Hillary. Yglesias claimed that “the press hates to admit…good news” about HRC, such as her edge in polls over her…
Tom Johnson
June 2nd, 2015 9:47 PM

NewsBusted | MSNBC: The Circling the Drain Network

"In April, MSNBC had its lowest ratings in 10 years. To give you an idea how bad it is, the network is changing its slogan from 'Lean Forward' to 'Spiral Downward.'" -- NewsBusted host Jodi Miller.
NB Staff
June 2nd, 2015 8:47 PM

Geraldo Rivera Likens Vince Vaughn to Timothy McVeigh on Guns

The co-hosts of Fox News Channel’s The Five began Tuesday’s show with discussion of actor Vince Vaughn’s comments in support of gun rights and grew rather heated when first-time co-host Geraldo Rivera compared Vaughn to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Rivera insisted “[t]he Second Amendment is most lavishly defended” amendment in “all the Constitution of the United States” and asked if…
Curtis Houck
June 2nd, 2015 8:46 PM

The O'Malley Factor In the 2016 Race

"If O'Malley doesn't win the [Democratic] nomination, he will at least have raised his profile for another run in four or eight years. By then, maybe he can find a better platform to run on than the one he has now."
Cal Thomas
June 2nd, 2015 8:21 PM

MRCTV's Dan Joseph Mocks Stephanopoulos In Song

MRC has kept a major spotlight on the Clinton cronyism and donations of George Stephanopoulos, the oh-so-"objective" host of Good Morning America and This Week. Now MRCTV's Dan Joseph has created a song parody to mock how the ABC anchor can get away with all this mangling of media ethics. Enjoy. 
NB Staff
June 2nd, 2015 5:32 PM

Dem Sheriff: Obama Justice Dept 'Trying to Emasculate' Police

On Tuesday's New Day, CNN gave attention to recent surges in violent crime in American cities, including Milwaukee, as it brought aboard Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke as a guest to give his take on why the spike has occurred.   Sheriff Clarke, an elected Democrat, began by making a conservative argument against "failed social engineering projects," as he advocated longer prison…
Brad Wilmouth
June 2nd, 2015 5:11 PM

HBO's John Oliver Can't Distinguish Between Murder And Execution

Just when you find yourself doubting the legitimacy of capital punishment, a liberal comes along and erodes that doubt. On his HBO program Sunday night, former Daily Show correspondent John Oliver mocked the efforts of Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts to acquire the drugs needed for the lethal-injection execution of an inmate after the solidly Republican state legislature voted to end capital…
Jack Coleman
June 2nd, 2015 4:17 PM