Guess Who Said 'Decline of Middle Class Tied to Decline of Unions'

Who said: "I've always believed the decline of the middle class could be tied to the decline of unions. And when you have 7%, 8% of the work force in unions, when you have CEO pay going up to record heights, you're going to have a hollowing out of the middle class." Was it a. Elizabeth Warren; b. Robert Reich; or c. Ed Schultz? Correct answer: d. None of the above.  It was Joe Scarborough on…
Mark Finkelstein
February 25th, 2015 9:31 AM

AP Distorts Coverage of DOJ's Decision Not to Charge Zimmerman

In an almost completely expected decision, the Department of Justice yesterday announced that it "found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012." In reporting on the announcement, Jennifer Kay and Eric Tucker at the Associated Press were predictably selective in recounting the details…
Tom Blumer
February 25th, 2015 9:09 AM

GQ Mocks Fox News, O'Reilly for Having No Respect for Truth

No one looks to GQ for political analysis. It would be like looking to Rolling Stone for religion coverage. But they can still ape the rest of the liberal media and mock Fox News. As the Fox haters campaign to get Bill O’Reilly canned, GQ (not an abbreviation for Genius Quotient) has come up with a mocking list of “18 Things That Actually Would Get Bill O'Reilly Fired.” It includes things like "…
Tim Graham
February 25th, 2015 7:07 AM

Nets Cover Keystone Veto, Fail to Mention Americans Approve Project

While all three of the major broadcast networks on Tuesday night covered President Barack Obama's veto of the bill passed by Congress approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ABC, CBS and NBC failed to mention Obama's veto came despite a majority of Americans supporting the pipeline. Total coverage amounted to one minute and six seconds.
Curtis Houck
February 25th, 2015 12:30 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: Obama Criticism Should Be Banned?

Some might insist Barack Obama is a lame duck, but our national media elite still think of him as a very graceful swan. When this man comes under criticism, journalists are incapable of any sense of objectivity, balance, or fairness. The accuser must be forced to withdraw the criticism, or be punished. First, Rudy Giuliani said at an event for Gov. Scott Walker that the president doesn’t love…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
February 24th, 2015 10:47 PM

Lack of College Degree Actually Scott Walker's Secret Weapon

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has emerged as a serious contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. In response, the Washington Post researched and published a lengthy article on the "mystery" of why Walker dropped out of college. The decision to attack Walker for failing to graduate tells us more about the worldview of the Washington Post and the political class than it does…
Scott Rasmussen
February 24th, 2015 10:13 PM

NBC, Telemundo, Univision Ignore ISIS Kidnapping Christians in Syria

Early Tuesday morning, the terrorist group ISIS entered a village in northeastern Syrian and kidnapped droves of Christians with estimates ranging from 70 to as many as 150 people. For viewers that tuned into English-language network NBC and Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Univision for their Tuesday evening newscasts, however, they were left completely in the dark on this story as it…
Curtis Houck
February 24th, 2015 9:31 PM

The Cancer of Multiculturalism

President Obama's vision of the world is that of a man brainwashed through an academic vision of multiculturalism, in which American exceptionalism has no place.
Walter E. Williams
February 24th, 2015 9:29 PM

Ex-MSNBC Host Actually Claims Network Was 'Never Left Wing TV'

This young man might have a bright future in comedy, providing he doesn't mind that people laugh only when he's not kidding. You might remember Cenk Uygur -- pronounced "Jenk U-Gur" -- hosting an evening show on MSNBC for several months in 2011 after the network booted Keith Olbermann within weeks of the Tucson massacre, when liberals like Olbermann blamed Sarah Palin for creating a sulfuric "…
Jack Coleman
February 24th, 2015 9:17 PM

RNC's Spicer Charges Media Showing Liberal Bias in Giuliani Coverage

Ever since former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani stated on Thursday that “I do not believe that the president loves America,” the people in the “mainstream media” have produced more than 8,000 articles on the comment -- which was made at a private Manhattan dinner for 60 or so political donors -- in just a few days. That led Sean Spicer, communications director for the Republican National…
Randy Hall
February 24th, 2015 7:00 PM

Mike Barnicle: Giuliani is a ‘Nut Boy’ Putting On a 'Clown Act'

After careful consideration, Mike Barnicle has figured out why Giuliani questioned President Obama’s patriotism. In an article for the Daily Beast, Barnicle says Giuliani questioned Obama’s love for the nation, not for the reasons he clearly outlined, but because he is a “nut boy” full of “bitterness and a contempt that borders on hate” who engaged in an “off-the-cliff assault” against the…
Bryan Ballas
February 24th, 2015 4:59 PM

Blogger: GOP Base’s ‘Free-Floating Paranoia’ a Problem For Walker

Jonathan Chait, Paul Waldman, and Amanda Marcotte each discuss how the Wisconsin governor and probable presidential candidate has responded to recent questions about issues including evolution, Obama’s religious beliefs, and Obama’s patriotism, as well as how his answers might play with the “paranoid” Republican base that thinks, in Waldman’s words, that “Obama is The Other, an alien presence…
Tom Johnson
February 24th, 2015 4:34 PM

Wall Street Journal Oddly Tries to Identify 'Moderate Islamists'

Even the Wall Street Journal news pages can get caught in the politically correct labeling games that mar so much of today's reporting -- especially when it comes to Islam. Case in point: Friday's story about Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, complete with big headline and large photo, occupying the whole top third of the back page of the front section. The article explored Western…
Quin Hillyer
February 24th, 2015 3:47 PM

Entertainment Weekly Writer Slams Conservative Criticism of Oscars

Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican blasted conservatives on Monday's CNN Tonight for criticizing actress Patricia Arquette for her politicized acceptance speech at the Oscars. Breznican actually went after Don Lemon for stating that "winners and presenters bring their often-liberal-leaning political and social issues to the ceremony." Breznican asserted: "I can't really think of anything…
Matthew Balan
February 24th, 2015 3:31 PM