Networks Show Double Standard in Coverage of Hillary's Controversies

On Tuesday, the “big three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) morning shows all covered a New York Times report exposing how Hillary Clinton potentially violated federal law during her tenure as Secretary of State by conducting all government business with her personal email account, and when asked by the State Department to turn over the emails her staff “decided which ones to turn over." 
Jeffrey Meyer
March 3rd, 2015 10:03 AM

Morning Joe: Reporter Fearing 'Retribution' From Hillary Camp?

When Joe and Mika interviewed New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough had to work to get Schmidt to say something that was in his own article: that while Colin Powell also used private email as Secretary of State, there were no rules prohibiting that at the time. Later, Joe and Mika later remarked that they were "taken aback" by the interview and that "…
Mark Finkelstein
March 3rd, 2015 8:19 AM

NPR Feels Pain for British Muslims for Ten Minutes (with Fox-Bashing)

Last August, NPR aired three segments on a horrific child-abuse scandal in Rotherham, England involving 1400 children. None of these stories mentioned the offenders were Muslims. The abusers were of “Pakistani descent” -- that's all they would say. Rotherham didn’t come up on Monday night’s All Things Considered in a very sensitive ten-minute, 31-second segment with the online headline “Britain'…
Tim Graham
March 3rd, 2015 8:08 AM

Ebony Editor Worries She'll Be Killed After SNL's ISIS Parody

Jamilah Lemieux probably shouldn't sit by the phone awaiting word that she's won a profile in courage award. Ebony's senior digital editor was one of Al Sharpton's guests on MSNBC's PoliticsNation last night when the subject turned to a Saturday Night Live parody of a Super Bowl commercial.
Jack Coleman
March 3rd, 2015 7:57 AM

Hillary Used Only Private Email While Sec. of State; Will Nets Report?

Late Monday night, The New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton “exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state” and in turn “may have violated federal requirements that officials’ correspondence be retained as part of the agency’s record.” With a story potentially as big as this one, the question ahead of the Tuesday morning network newscasts…
Curtis Houck
March 3rd, 2015 1:30 AM

ABC, NBC Push Mushy Briefs on Retiring Dem Senator Mikulski

The Monday editions of ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News aired news briefs on the announcement that Maryland Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski will retire. They both failed to label Mikulski a liberal and heaped only effusive praise on her. On ABC, anchor David Muir hailed the announcement as “the end of an era in Washington” for the 78-year old “longest serving woman in Congress” …
Curtis Houck
March 3rd, 2015 12:01 AM

NBC Continues Scolding Netanyahu for Creating a ‘Storm of Controversy’

Following a morning in which NBC’s Today offered only criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his visit to the United States, Monday’s NBC Nightly News continued piling on the denunciation of Netanyahu for creating a “storm of controversy” during “a tense and critical moment” in U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations. Fill-in anchor Savannah Guthrie proclaimed that a “storm of…
Curtis Houck
March 2nd, 2015 10:31 PM

Matthews: Reckless, Racist Republicans Ready to Go All Goldwater

Say "1964," and those of us old enough might think of the appearance on Ed Sullivan's show of some little British group called the Beatles. But Chris Matthews recalls something else: the Republican party's decision to nominate Mr. Conservative, Barry Goldwater, and his ensuing wipeout by LBJ. On his MSNBC show tonight, Matthews suggested that Republicans are in a similarly reckless mood, and…
Mark Finkelstein
March 2nd, 2015 9:28 PM

Nets Skip Judge Ruling EPA Discriminated Against Conservative Group

The major broadcast networks all ignored on their Monday night newscasts reports that a federal judge ruled earlier in the day that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had lied to Landmark Legal Foundation in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and warned the agency to cease discriminating against other conservatives. In a 25-page opinion, Washington D.C.-based Judge Royce C.…
Curtis Houck
March 2nd, 2015 9:12 PM

Kathleen Parker Blows Up Simplistic Narrative on Netanyahu Invite

Informing Hardball viewers of something host Chris Matthews would never tell them, moderately-conservative columnist Kathleen Parker on Monday gave some much-needed context to why Speaker John Boehner did not extensively consult with the White House prior to inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address the Congress.
Ken Shepherd
March 2nd, 2015 8:27 PM

Before Congress Speech, Netanyahu More Favorable Than Obama in U.S.

Ever since House Speaker John Boehner in mid-January invited Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's current prime minister, to speak before both chambers of Congress on Tuesday, March 3, the White House and most members of the press have slammed the fact that the Ohio Republican didn't consult the president before extending the offer, which many Democrats and White House officials have interpreted as an…
Randy Hall
March 2nd, 2015 7:17 PM

Obama Smears Netanyahu, Coddles Iran

The Obama White House is in full war mode against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of our best ally in the Middle East, for accepting House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to speak before Congress, while it mollycoddles that region's most dangerous nation, Iran. No one crosses Obama without facing his wrath. No one dares. He is the president.
David Limbaugh
March 2nd, 2015 7:05 PM

Working the Ref: Law Prof Details How Media's Lobbying John Roberts

Georgetown Law professor Randy Barnett has an excellent piece today at the Volokh Conspiracy blog detailing the lengths to which the liberal media is going to not-too-subtly lobby Chief Justice John Roberts on the upcoming ObamaCare subsidy case King v. Burwell.
Ken Shepherd
March 2nd, 2015 6:16 PM

Actor, Ex-Obama Aide Shocked at Cops Treating Suspects With Respect

Indian-American actor Kal Penn – who spent two years on the White House staff under Obama – gave an interview to Time magazine about playing a detective on the new CBS show Battle Creek. When they asked him what he learned from riding around with cops in Battle Creek, Michigan, he said “The most surprising thing was the way officers were treating their suspects with respect. With the national…
Tim Graham
March 2nd, 2015 4:26 PM