Feminists Praise "Choose Your Own [Abortion] Adventure" Website
In the latest example of “WTH?!” feminism, one liberal blog has taken a stab at conjoining one of your favorite childhood memories with militant abortion activism.
This is Fusion has come up with an interactive “Choose Your Own Adventure” game about, of all things, getting an abortion. You remember, those stories where you choose at the end of each chapter, what should happen next?
Kristine Marsh
Eugene Robinson: 'Obama Derangement Syndrome' Will Harm GOP in '16
One of MSNBC’s favorite contributors, Eugene Robinson, graced Monday’s Washington Post with an opinion article that accused Republicans of “Obama Derangement Syndrome.” In an article entitled “Deranged by Obama, Republicans are spouting nonsense,” Robinson described the “feverish delirium” of those who dare to criticize President Obama for being unpatriotic.
According to the Post…
Laura Flint
NBC Out to Lunch on ISIS's Mass Kidnapping of Christians
As of Wednesday morning, NBC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover ISIS's kidnapping of up to 150 Christians from northeastern Syria on Monday. On Wednesday, Today yawned at this latest example of the Islamic extremist group's persecution of Christians. Instead, they devoted 1 minute and 13 seconds to a Slate writer's advice to parents on giving their children allowances.
Matthew Balan
Soros, Ford Foundations ‘Lavish’ $196 Million to Push Net Regulations
The government could gain unprecedented control over the Internet, depending on the decision made this week by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It is a move long supported by top liberal foundations to the tune of at least $196 million.
On February 26, the commissioners of the FCC will decide if the Internet should regulated by the agency as a public utility as proposed by President…
Joseph Rossell
Nets Ignore Palestinian Groups Liable for Americans Killed in Terror
A story fit for the top fold of the front page of The New York Times Tuesday morning wasn’t important enough, apparently, for the big three networks to cover on Monday and Tuesday’s evening news broadcasts. Though they did find time to talk about a new development in treatment of peanut allergies.
On the upper right corner of The New York Times, Feb. 24, the headline read “Palestine Groups Are…
Kristine Marsh
Nets Ignore Alleged Rape Inspired by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
You can imagine the media outcry if a gunman attributed an attempted shooting to viewing “American Sniper.” What if “Fifty Shades” was cited in a real-world violent incident? That’s right: crickets.
Mohammad Hossain, a 19-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago student charged with sexual assault of a classmate, credited E. L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” as his inspiration. ABC, CBS and…
Katie Yoder
John Fund Decries Liberal Media 'Gotcha Game' with Republicans
National Review’s John Fund wrote an opinion piece Sunday about the way the media have gone after Rudy Giuliani’s recent comments questioning Obama’s love for America, and that the same standard of “gotcha” questions should also be held to the same standards for liberals as they are with conservatives.
Melissa Mullins
David Axelrod Throws Reid and Pelosi Under Immigration Bus
Obama spinmaster David Axelrod recently went on (Univision sister network) Fusion’s America with Jorge Ramos and discussed immigration policy, among other things. In the process of rendering his accustomed Obama apologia, this time on immigration, Axelrod made quite the interesting revelation.
Jorge Bonilla
NBC's Lauer Cheers Tom Hanks Promoting Obama's 'Free' College Plan
Wrapping up an interview with actor Tom Hanks on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer took time to promote a January op-ed Hanks wrote for The New York Times praising "free" community college: "I read this op-ed you wrote recently....I love that. Why was it so important for you to get that message out there?"
Kyle Drennen
Slate Writer: Obama Should ‘Name the Enemy’ – the GOP
Apropos of President Obama’s refusal to use the terms “Islamic extremism” or “radical Islam,” Saletan opines, “If we’re going to start calling out religious and political groups for extremism, we could start at home with Republicans. Too many of them spew animus. Too many foment sectarianism. Too many sit by, or make excuses, as others appeal to tribalism. If Obama were to treat them the way they…
Tom Johnson
Will Media Apologize for Calling Walker an Un-American Racist?
Liberal journalists from CBS’s Norah O’Donnell to the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank have questioned Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for not rejecting Rudy Giuliani’s comments about Barack Obama’s patriotism and for his response to a “gotcha” question about the President’s faith. But where were they when Walker himself was being called an un-American, tyrannical, racist woman-beater…
Geoffrey Dickens
CBS, NBC Tout Hillary’s Call for Pay Equity, Ignore Her Hypocrisy
On Wednesday, both CBS This Morning and NBC’s Today did their best to promote a recent speech by Hillary Clinton in Silicon Valley in which the former First Lady stressed the importance of gender pay equity in the workforce. The two networks conveniently ignored the fact that under the media’s and her own definition of pay inequality, she paid her female Senate staffers 72 cents for each dollar…
Jeffrey Meyer
New ‘Girls’ Episode: ‘I Can’t Go for a Run Because I Had an Abortion’
Abortion (n) The destruction of a ball of cells
Source: HBO’s “Girls.”
In its fourth season, Lena Dunham’s execrable “Girls” aired Feb. 22 on HBO. Entitled “Close-Up,” the episode featured one character, Mimi-Rose (Gillian Jacobs), who described how she “can’t go for a run” because she had an abortion the day before. In the show, she confronted her boyfriend, Adam (Adam Driver), with the news…
Katie Yoder
NYT's Fave Topic: How GOP Congress Is Wrecking Party Hopes for 2016
Tuesday's New York Times featured a front-page "congressional memo" by Carl Hulse and Ashley Parker devoted to the paper's new favorite topic: How the GOP-led Congress is staining the party's reputation for 2016: "Funding Fight Poses Dangers For the G.O.P. -- Battle on Immigration Puts Security at Issue."