Wendy Davis Plays the Race Card and It Blows Up in Her Face

Wendy Davis keeps failing. The one-time media darling keeps whiffing in her attacks against her Republican opponent in the Texas gubernatorial race. On Monday she implied Texas Republican Attorney General Gregory Abbot was against interracial marriage - even though Abbot’s wife, Cecilia, is a Latina. 
Geoffrey Dickens
October 20th, 2014 4:01 PM

NBC Newscasts Avoid NBC's Latest Bad-News Poll for Dems

Chuck Todd noted on Meet the Press that the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Annenberg weekly tracking survey found “the biggest lead we've reported yet for generically for the Republicans,” 49 to 44 percent among likely voters (and 45-43 among registered voters). “Here's what I can tell you. All Democrats agree, it was a bad week for them,” Todd said. But Sunday’s NBC Nightly News and Monday…
Tim Graham
October 20th, 2014 3:34 PM

WaPo Columnist: ‘Sex Only for Rich People’ in America

Maybe the War on Women is really a class struggle, and the wealthy are trying to make sure the proletariat doesn’t get to make whoopee. Or so suggests one Washington Post opinion columnist.  The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell asked on Oct. 16, “Is sex only for rich people?” Rampell argued for more access to “family planning” (aka birth control and abortion) for low-incomers. “America has…
Katie Yoder
October 20th, 2014 3:28 PM

Mark Levin to Shep Smith: Stop Whining About Ebola 'Hysteria' in Media

Mark Levin does not suffer liberal foolishness gladly, as his radio listeners are keenly aware, and whether said fools are employed at Fox News Channel is irrelevant to him. Levin, well-deserving and most recent recipient of the Media Research Center's annual William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence, went after Fox's Sheppard Smith for complaining about "hysterical" voices in media…
Jack Coleman
October 20th, 2014 2:49 PM

New MSNBC ‘Lean Forward’ Ad Urges Dems To ‘Organize’ At The Polls

In the latest “Lean Forward” ad, which aired during Sunday’s Up w/ Steve Kornacki, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews continued the network’s theme of pushing liberal policies on its airwaves. The Hardball host declared that “the one lesson we learn again and again is that it matters who is elected. Whether it’s in a small suburb of Missouri or in the American presidency.” 
Jeffrey Meyer
October 20th, 2014 1:13 PM

AP: 'Troubles Clearly Aren't Over' For NBC's Snyderman Over Ebola Move

On Monday, the AP's David Bauder spotlighted the ongoing controversy over NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman breaking her own quarantine, after she returned from West Africa to cover the Ebola outbreak. Bauder underlined that Synderman's "the troubles clearly aren't over for NBC News' chief medical editor," and added that "NBC must now decide whether Snyderman's credibility is too damaged for her to…
Matthew Balan
October 20th, 2014 12:43 PM

Media Abortion Champion Wendy Davis Sells Baby Onesies

The media’s “conscience on abortion” is profiting off of babies – in more ways than one. Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis’ online campaign store is selling baby onesies for a $20 contribution. The messages on the clothing read, “Wendy Davis for Texas” and “Generation Wendy.” (Ironic for a candidate the media showcased as an abortion heroine.)
Katie Yoder
October 20th, 2014 11:58 AM

New York Times a Prime Carrier of Unfounded Ebola Assurances by Obama

The New York Times is one of the media's prime carriers of sickly White House assurances about Ebola, dictating unfounded claims that it has the disease under control, while dismissing calls from Republicans and health experts for banning flights out of infected countries as paranoid, unscientific overreaction.
Clay Waters
October 20th, 2014 11:33 AM

Andrea Mitchell: ‘Voting Restrictions’ Will Hurt Democrats In Midterms

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, appeared on Sunday’s Meet the Press and did her best to make excuses for potential Democratic losses in the November midterm elections. Speaking to moderator Chuck Todd, Mitchell complained that the “Texas Supreme Court decision on Saturday morning is going to be really telling, if there are more voter restrictions placed in some of…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 20th, 2014 11:13 AM

Networks Barely Notice White House War on Women’s Pay

After puffing up Obama as equal pay champion, roughly 95 percent of stories on pay disparity mentioning Obama ignore White House wage gap.
Julia A. Seymour
October 20th, 2014 10:30 AM

NBC’s Welker: GOP Candidates ‘Stoking Public Fears’ On Ebola

On Sunday’s Nightly News, Kristen Welker, NBC News White House Correspondent, scolded the GOP over their criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the Ebola crisis. The NBC reporter maintained that “with public fears spreading faster than the disease itself, some Republican candidates eyeing wins in the upcoming midterm elections are stoking public fears.”
Jeffrey Meyer
October 20th, 2014 9:53 AM

Tina Brown Treats Republicans Like Dogs: 'They Had Their Rabies Shots'

Tart-tongued Tina Brown is at it again. On today's Morning Joe, seeking to explain why Republicans are doing surprisingly well with women voters this year, Brown said: "they had their rabies shots."
Mark Finkelstein
October 20th, 2014 9:48 AM

MRC's Notable Quotables: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

With the first confirmed cases of Ebola in America, CNN's Van Jones urges Democrats to exploit the issue: "We've got to get our base going....This Ebola thing is the best argument you can make for the kind of government that we believe in." But when Republicans criticize the Obama administration's response, journalists sneer. "This is the politics of fear. It's irresponsible," chastised MSNBC'…

Rich Noyes
October 20th, 2014 8:40 AM

MSNBC's Dorian Warren Bets 'History Will Be Very, Very Good' to Obama

Don't know what Dorian Warren's been smoking, but we can guess what he's been reading: Rolling Stone, and in particular a recent column in which Paul Krugman claims that Barack Obama is one of the most "successful presidents in American history" . On today's Morning Joe, MSNBC contributor Warren said he'd be happy to call his Vegas buddies to bet that "history will be very, very good to Barack…
Mark Finkelstein
October 20th, 2014 8:28 AM