Notable Quotables: Farewell to the ‘Non-Political’ Eric Holder

Now online: the October 6 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week, NBC’s Chuck Todd tags the very liberal Eric Holder as “non-political,” even as his own network can’t decide if the President’s assertion that intelligence agencies failed to warn about ISIS was a “candid” admission or shifting the blame away from the…
Rich Noyes
October 6th, 2014 8:32 AM

Asked About Muslim Extremism Threat, Mohyeldin Counters with Crusades

Remember this the next time you see a report by Ayman Mohyeldin.  The man NBC sends to report on doings in Muslim countries around the world can't say which extremism—Christian, Jewish or Muslim—poses the greatest current threat to civilization. When Joe Scarborough posed that very question to the NBC reporter on today's Morning Joe, Mohyeldin punted. Instead of talking about current threats, …
Mark Finkelstein
October 6th, 2014 7:48 AM

AP Takes Wildlife Federation's Walrus Claims at Face Value

At the end of each chorus in "I am the Walrus," the Beatles' 1967 song, John Lennon sings what is more likely than not a nonsense line: "Goo goo g'joob." Apparently, Margaret Williams, managing director of the World Wildlife Federation's Arctic program, interpreted that line as "cuckoo-ca-choo," and has gone cuckoo in talking about real walruses in the real world, blaming a large gathering of…
Tom Blumer
October 5th, 2014 10:24 PM

Salon: Keep ‘Reactionary’ Righties Away From History Classes

Conservative-approved lessons on topics including the War on Poverty, the legacy of slavery, and U.S. foreign policy would mislead the students of America.
Tom Johnson
October 5th, 2014 8:26 PM

AP-GfK Poll Rates GOP Leaders in 'Congress,' But Not Dems in Senate

The polling partnership of the Associated Press and GfK Public Affairs & Corporate Communications conducted its final pre-early voting survey of the American electorate during the five days ended September 29. It would be pretty hard to argue against the idea that the polling effort searched for answers it could use, while avoiding getting — or at least publishing — answers it wouldn't like…
Tom Blumer
October 5th, 2014 7:10 PM

Chuck Todd Interviews Former Dem. Senator, Wife Worked On '06 Campaign

Talk about a conflict of interest. Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd sat down with former Senator Jim Webb (D-V.A.) for an interview Sunday morning and set up the discussion by declaring how his wife worked on the Democrat’s 2006 Senate campaign. The NBC News Political Director introduced the Virginia Democrat by highlighting how Webb is “a successful author and screenwriter and has written…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 5th, 2014 2:29 PM

Will Weighs in on How Poorly Obamanomics Has Worked in Illinois

On Thursday, President Barack Obama did something Republicans have inexplicably been reluctant to do. He nationalized the impending midterm elections by telling a friendly audience at Northwestern University that "I am not on the ballot this fall ... But make no mistake: These policies (of my administration) are on the ballot -- every single one of them." That evening on Fox News's Special…
Tom Blumer
October 5th, 2014 2:09 PM

Sarah Silverman 'SNL' Song: 'Jesus Was a Woman'

For a show so focused on rabid feminism, SNL didn't live up to expectations last night. On Oct. 4, comedian Sarah Silverman hosted Saturday Night Life. One of her projects -- a song with SNL's Kate McKinnon -- explained how "there are a lot more women out there than you think," from Marvel's female Thor character, to Bill Maher, to Jesus.
Katie Yoder
October 5th, 2014 1:49 PM

Van Jones: Dems Should Use Ebola As Campaign Talking Point Against GOP

It appears as though former Obama official Van Jones has taken Rahm Emmanuel’s belief that you never “want a good crisis go to waste” to heart during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s This Week w/ George Stephanopoulos. During a panel discussion on the upcoming midterm elections, Jones suggested that Democrats should point out that the “Ebola thing is the best argument you can make for the kind of…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 5th, 2014 12:23 PM

CNN Host Slams College For Inviting Cop Killer To Give Commencement

Goddard College, a small liberal arts college in Vermont, has taken it upon themselves to invite convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to speak at their fall commencement ceremony despite the tremendous outcry from the slain officer’s widow and much of the public. While many on the left have supported Abu-Jamal, on Saturday morning CNN host Michael Smerconish slammed the college for their…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 5th, 2014 10:56 AM

CBS Highlights Muslim Immigrants Fueling Anti-Semitism In Germany

Once again, CBS has proved that it is the lone “big three” network that attempts to be a real news network. Friday’s CBS Evening News w/ Scott Pelley actually reported on the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany primarily caused by Muslims immigrating into the country. Anchor Scott Pelley highlighted how “tonight, armed guards have been posted at synagogues throughout Germany for the start of Yom…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 5th, 2014 9:17 AM

WashPost Honors Gay Radio Host Who Told Gay GOP Voter to Drink Arsenic

The cover of Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine preaches the gay gospel again. Over an illustration of one groom helping another groom to the top of a wedding cake is the headline “The Gay Moment: How we got to a new American reality.” Post editor Erica Johnston profiled gay activists Michelangelo Signorile and Human Rights Campaign boss Chad Griffin. One unleashed hate on the radio. The other's…
Tim Graham
October 5th, 2014 6:41 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Words Newscasters Refuse to Say

Okay, maybe not so much falling down funny as amusing. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver put HBO’s producers to work tracking down video of TV newscasters and guests avoiding certain words and only referring to, for example, “the T word.”
Brent Baker
October 4th, 2014 11:36 PM

Cyber War (and Cyber Fraud) on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News

There’s no tale here of some 18-year-old Russian kid hacking into an American chain store or a super secret Mossad/CIA plot to insert the Stuxnet cyber worm into the computers running the Iranian nuclear program. This time these stories of cyber warfare or cyber fraud are all homegrown. The fingers on the keyboard belong to American leftists and two of the three targets are exactly those you…
Jeffrey Lord
October 4th, 2014 10:07 PM