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NBC's Lauer to Dem Senator: Why Not 'Call Out' Sexist Colleagues?
In an interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer asked the New York Democrat about accusations in her new memoir of male congressional colleagues making sexist remarks to her and voiced his disappointment that she had not "named names" [Listen to the audio]:
A senator, this is a guy you admire, squeezed your waist from behind and told you not to lose…
September 9th, 2014 3:53 PM
Maddow, McCaskill Blame Cops for Chaos In Ferguson, Not Looters
Ignoring the travails of the humble hard-working business owners in Ferguson, Missouri has become pronounced among MSNBC pundits and their guests.
September 9th, 2014 3:26 PM
Obsession: Media Include Gay Marriage in Chick-fil-A Founder Obits
A man starts a multi-billion dollar business that employs tens of thousands, gives millions to charity and touches innumerable lives in his near century of life. So why would every obituary of him mention something he didn’t say about a topic completely unrelated to the man’s life and legacy?
Because of the media obsession with that most fashionable of victim groups – gays.
September 9th, 2014 3:01 PM
10 Million Private-Sector Jobs — and 7 Million More on Food Stamps
The press is good at putting the most positive spin possible on the monthly job-market news. But at the same time, many of its members still claim that food stamp enrollment remains as high as it is because of the lingering effects of the (Bush did it) recession.
On Friday, following the release of August's employment numbers, Obama administration Labor Secretary Tom Perez celebrated how "…
September 9th, 2014 2:11 PM
Report: NBC Producer Facing Charges For Filming Sex With Girlfriend
The New York Post's Jamie Schram reported on Tuesday that NBC News digital producer Carlo Dellaverson is facing criminal charges after "for secretly making a video of his girlfriend having sex with him on Valentines Day — and posting it on a porn web site." Schram cited anonymous sources in law enforcement, and detailed the alleged sexual misconduct by Dellaverson, who was charged with "…
September 9th, 2014 1:31 PM
Maddow, McCaskill Blame Cops for Ferguson Chaos, Let Looters Off Hook
Few lower forms of life exist, at least to MSNBC, than the humble, hard-working owners of small businesses in Ferguson, Mo., that were looted last month in civil unrest after the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen.
Indifference is worse than hatred, the old saw goes, and ignoring the travails of these business people since their livelihoods were destroyed has become pronounced among…
September 9th, 2014 12:50 PM
ABC? NBC? Beheaded American's Family: Obama Treats Us Like 'Pawns'
A family spokesman for an American who was beheaded in Iraq appeared on CNN, Monday, and slammed the Obama administration's handling of the deaths. Barak Barfi accused the White House of playing a "game of bureaucratic infighting and Jim [Foley] and Steve [Sotloff] are pawns in that game and that's not fair." On Tuesday, ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today showed no interest in the…
September 9th, 2014 12:30 PM
ABC & NBC Barely Note Obama Approval 'Near Record Lows'; CBS Ignores
On Tuesday, ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today, offered mere seconds on President Obama's approval rating hitting "near record lows" amid his reluctance to aggressively combat ISIS terrorists. CBS This Morning skipped any mention of the dismal poll numbers for the commander-in-chief.
On Good Morning America, after touting broad public support for the kind of military action against…
September 9th, 2014 11:29 AM
On Fox, Ward Churchill Doubles Down on Comparing 9/11 Victims To Nazis
During an appearance on Fox News’ The Kelly File on Monday night, radical left-wing professor Ward Churchill continued to demonize the victims of 9/11 by once again comparing them to infamous Nazi Adolf Eichmann. The former University of Colorado professor refused to back down from his previous statements when he called 9/11 victims “Little Eichmanns.”
Churchill argued that the victims of 9/11…
September 9th, 2014 10:57 AM
Clift Crushed Bush's Coalition Building, Takes It Easy on Obama
In the 2003 run-up to the Iraq war Eleanor Clift mocked George W. Bush’s 39-nation strong “coalition of the willing” as the “bullied and the bribed” but fast forward to today and The Daily Beast reporter is taking a much different tone with Barack Obama’s 9-nation grouping.
September 9th, 2014 10:00 AM
Networks Join Brit Authorities in Hushing Muslim Sex Abuse Scandal
Imagine a sex scandal centered on a small area, involving decades of abuse, with hundreds of children raped, assaulted and prostituted. Authorities suspected or knew of the crimes but did nothing, preferring to protect the abusers than aid their victims or see justice done.
If that city were in, say, Ireland, and the abusers Catholic priests, the U.S. networks would report it immediately and…
September 9th, 2014 10:00 AM
Once Again Chris Matthews Betrays His Historical Ignorance
In the midst of discussing the president's handling of the ISIS insurgency in Iraq and Syria on his Monday evening edition of Hardball, MSNBC's Chris Matthews railed against President Obama's use of the term "homeland" to describe America's home soil. But numerous presidents have used the term "homeland" in speeches, including Matthews's former boss, Jimmy Carter.
September 9th, 2014 8:30 AM
U.S. Nets Joins British Authorities in Hushing Muslim Sex Abuse Scanda
Nets
obsessed with Catholic sex abuse silent on Muslim crimes.
September 9th, 2014 7:26 AM
Men Need Not Apply: Morning Joe Digs Idea of Women-Only Taxi Service
All the members of the Morning Joe panel--Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist--speak approvingly of "SheRide," a new taxi service that hires only women drivers and accepts only women passengers.
September 9th, 2014 7:24 AM