MSNBC Talks Up Socialist Bernie Sanders’ Presidential Announcement

Contrary to when Ted Cruz announced he was seeking the presidency, the extremist label has hardly been applied to self-avowed Democratic-Socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as he prepared to launch his 2016 campaign with an event in Vermont. While the mainstream press frequently labeled Cruz radical, dangerous, and slimy, no such words were used to describe the Vermont Senator on the May 26 edition…
Connor Williams
May 26th, 2015 4:45 PM

AP Offended That CEOs Are Paid As Well As Elite Entertainers

Seldom does one see such an obvious betrayal of reporters' biased mindsets as the one found in the opening paragraph of an Associated Press report earlier today on CEO pay at major U.S. publicly-held companies. According to the AP's Steve Rothwell and Ryan Nakashima, that entertainers, whose incomes are derived from leveraging special physical and artistic talents, deserve all the money they can…
Tom Blumer
May 26th, 2015 4:06 PM

Charlie Rose: 'Do We Have Too Many Scientific Deniers?'

On Monday’s Charlie Rose show, the host couldn’t get through a interview with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson without asking about climate change and what to do about all those “scientific deniers?” Rose: “Do we have too many scientific deniers in our country or do we give too much prominence to those who want to look the other way on science?”  
Geoffrey Dickens
May 26th, 2015 4:00 PM

Open Letter to the WashPost on the Alleged Duggar 'Cult of Purity'

NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham sent an open letter to The Washington Post on Tuesday over Post humorist/blogger Alexandra Petri mocking the Duggar family's "dangerous cult of purity" on camera and off in a Friday article on her blog "ComPost."
Tim Graham
May 26th, 2015 3:46 PM

CNN's King Lauds 'Smart' Hillary Clinton for Skirting Media Questions

On Tuesday's New Day, CNN's John King touted Bill and Hillary Clinton's participation in a Memorial Day parade in Chappaqua, New York. King played up how "we don't see them together in public all that often," and gushed over how it was apparently "smart on her part" for not taking "any questions about politics."
Matthew Balan
May 26th, 2015 3:39 PM

AP: ‘Ugly Fallout’ for GOP if Court Rules Against ObamaCare

In an effort to preemptively denounce a Supreme Court ruling against ObamaCare, on Monday, the Associated Press warned of “ugly potential fallout” if health insurance subsidies in the law were struck down. The article began by fretting: “A Supreme Court ruling due in a few weeks could wipe out health insurance for millions of people covered by President Barack Obama's health care law.”
Kyle Drennen
May 26th, 2015 3:04 PM

Jonathan Gruber Absent From NYT Article on Obamacare Wording 'Mistake'

Say my name. ---Walter White aka Heisenberg in Breaking Bad. New York Times writer Robert Pear  knows his name but he didn't say it in his article about how four words in the Obamacare law was simply a mistake. Pear quotes a number of people involved in the law's writing process but fails to mention the one who was acknowledged as the architect of Obamacare...until it became politically…
P.J. Gladnick
May 26th, 2015 2:06 PM

As ISIS Slaughters Continue, Pelosi Cites Social Media 'Advances'

I think it's a safe assumption that I need to inform the vast majority of readers here that former Democratic Massachusetts Congressman Patrick Murphy has a new weekend show on MSNBC. On that show on Sunday, Murphy interviewed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. In the "Who was more out of touch?" contest between the two, it was a draw. Murphy asserted that the war against ISIS had "mixed…
Tom Blumer
May 26th, 2015 1:56 PM

CBS Fawned Over Warren But Sneers Rand Paul Is Trying to 'Sell Books'

In the past, the hosts of CBS This Morning fawned over Hillary Clinton and potential candidate Elizabeth Warren, but on Tuesday they grilled Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul. The Senator appeared to promote his new book, but Charlie Rose focused on Paul's stand against government surveillance. He dismissed: "Senator McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham have both said this is revenue-…
Scott Whitlock
May 26th, 2015 12:34 PM

CBS Hypes ‘Presumptive President’ Hillary on Forbes ‘Powerful' List

While ignoring the rolling release of her State Department e-mails, Tuesday’s CBS This Morning did find time to tout Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton making the number two spot on the annual Forbes magazine list of the world’s most powerful women.
Kyle Drennen
May 26th, 2015 12:09 PM

Morning Joe Panel: Hillary Could Lead Democratic Wave in 2016

On the May 26 edition of Morning Joe, panelists Mike Allen, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin were all bullish about Hillary Clinton’s prospects for creating a wave that could carry down-ballot Democrats to their own election victories in 2016. Allen happily noted that Democrats were using “the historic element of her candidacy and the higher turnout that you traditionally get in a presidential…
Connor Williams
May 26th, 2015 11:40 AM

Powerful Photo of Marine and Bride-to-Be Goes Viral

The media remembered Memorial Day this weekend by covering something beautiful: a Marine in prayer with his bride-to-be. A photo of a U.S. Marine and his bride-to-be before marriage went viral over Memorial Day weekend. Moments before their wedding, U.S. Marine Cpl. Caleb Earwood and his fiancée Maggie joined hands in prayer around a corner to avoid making eye contact before the ceremony. Dwayne…
Katie Yoder
May 26th, 2015 11:24 AM

NBC Touts Possible Hillary VP Dismissing E-Mail Scandal as ‘Side Show'

In a story for Tuesday’s NBC Today devoid of any Hillary Clinton critics, correspondent Andrea Mitchell highlighted “one Democratic ally,” Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, “considered a potential running mate by some should Clinton win the nomination,” dismissing the e-mail scandal still swirling around the former Secretary of State as a “side show.”
Kyle Drennen
May 26th, 2015 11:03 AM

Actor James Woods Calls Out ‘Corporate Scum’ PacSun on Flag Tees

Tip for retailers: If you’re trying to make money disrespecting the American Flag – especially on Memorial Day Weekend – just hope James Woods doesn’t hear about. Or, for that matter, thousands of other patriots on Twitter. PacSun, a national clothing retailer aimed at teens and young adults was selling a black t-shirt with a graphic of the American flag upside down in stores and online this…
Kristine Marsh
May 26th, 2015 10:02 AM