'Morning Joe’ Gushes Over Joe Scarborough’s New Hampshire Visit in

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough visited the battleground state of New Hampshire over the weekend and spoke at two Republican Party events to promote his new book “The Right Path.” Despite Scarborough’s reputation as being an MSNBC Republican, the folks at “Morning Joe” oozed over Scarborough’s visit, with co-host Mika Brzezinski narrating a campaign-style piece for her colleague. The segment began…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 17th, 2014 9:05 AM

Not Yet News at AP or Politico: Russian State Broadcaster's 'Turn Into

As of 11 P.M. Eastern Time Sunday evening, searches at both the Associated Press and at the Politico on "radioactive" returned nothing relating to a comment made on TV by Russian "journalist" Dmitry Kiselyov reminding viewers that his country, as translated by the wire service AFP, "is the only one in the world "realistically capable of turning the United States into radioactive ash." Reuters…
Tom Blumer
March 16th, 2014 11:29 PM

Matthew Dowd Rejects Obamacare as Reason for Jolly Election Victory

"It is becoming clear to me -- not that it needs to be any more clear -- that the Republican establishment does not want to run against Obamacare." And as if to prove that Rush is right, Republican consultant Matthew Dowd on This Week With George Stephanopoulos rejected Obamacare as the reason for the victory of David Jolly over Alex Sink in last week's special congressional election in…
P.J. Gladnick
March 16th, 2014 9:18 PM

NPR Oddly Asks: 'Which Place Is More Sexist, The Middle East Or Latin

NPR prides itself on being globally sophisticated. So why on Earth would one of its correspondents ask “Which Place Is More Sexist, The Middle East Or Latin America?” On NPR's "Parallels" blog, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro suggested Brazil is just as oppressive for women as Egypt or Iraq, in a different way. She concluded: “Activists often target the Middle East for its policies towards women. But…
Tim Graham
March 16th, 2014 8:24 PM

Seth Meyers to ‘Cosmos’ Presenter Neil deGrasse Tyson: Those That

Newly minted NBC late night host Seth Meyers took a cheap shot at members of Congress on the Friday March 14th edition of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” During an interview with “Cosmos” presenter Neil deGrasse Tyson, Meyers laughed at his guest who argued that those that “don’t know science in the 21st century” should “just move back to the cave because that’s where we are going to leave you…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 16th, 2014 7:14 PM

Fox News Show ‘Media Buzz’ Discusses Sharyl Attkisson’s Resignat

Veteran investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson resigned from CBS News after 20 years with the network, expressing frustration at being unable to get her stories on air. Following Attkisson’s resignation, the folks at Fox News’ “Media Buzz” expressed dissatisfaction at the state of journalism in America’s newsrooms and the culture of liberal bias that exists. Appearing on the program on…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 16th, 2014 2:32 PM

Mothers of Celebrities Make the Newest ObamaCare Pitch to the Young

Daniel Halper at The Weekly Standard noted the latest Obamacare push on YouTube: an ad featuring the mothers of entertainers Jonah Hill, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, and Jennifer Lopez. Um, as if any of these famous young millionaires don’t have health insurance? Scratch that logic, this is about appealing to celebrity-obsessed Millenials. (Video below)
Tim Graham
March 16th, 2014 2:14 PM

Salon: 'White Rage in America' Best Exemplified By 'Red-Faced Irish Du

On this St. Patrick's Day weekend, if you're in the mood for a lamentation of Irish-Americans' ongoing shift to the political right, you're in luck. Andrew O'Hehir provided that and much else in a Saturday piece for the liberal online magazine Salon. While O'Hehir believes that the 1998 Northern Ireland peace deal was "unambiguously a good thing for the people of Ireland and their British…
Tom Johnson
March 16th, 2014 1:57 PM

NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Fawns Over Bill Maher, Skips His History

Comedian Bill Maher is no stranger to making outrageous and offensive comments, usually directed at conservatives. His weekly HBO program “Real Time with Bill Maher” is an opportunity for the devout atheist and liberal to spew his anti-conservative hate, yet when a major television network profiles his comedy routine, his controversial style is ignored. NBC’s Harry Smith sat down with Maher…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 16th, 2014 12:31 PM

Bill Maher: God Is a ‘Dick’ And a ‘Psychotic Mass Murderer

At the end of Friday’s Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO’s sneering star uncorked another tirade against God and the Bible. His unbelieving guests – including Seth MacFarlane and Andrew Sullivan – yucked it up alongside him. The smug atheist is already hating the forthcoming movie “Noah,” first that so many “stupid” Americans believe in the story, and second, if you believe that, then God is…
Tim Graham
March 16th, 2014 8:43 AM

NYT Fawns Over Movie of Anita Hill, Once 'Vilified' by Conservatives

On the eve of his Senate confirmation to the Supreme Court in 1991, Judge Clarence Thomas was confronted with old, unsubstantiated charges of sexual harassment by former colleague Anita Hill. A fawning documentary of Hill has just been released, and New York Times's political reporter Sheryl Gay Stolberg uses it as an excuse for a fawning interview with Hill on the front page of Sunday's Arts…
Clay Waters
March 16th, 2014 8:37 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Photos of Two Mayors in Action, Rob Ford v

A couple of weeks ago, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford flew down to Los Angeles to appear on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live – where Kimmel confronted him with sets of photos showing the very different approaches to his job and constituents compared to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Some pretty humorous contrasting pictures in this clip from Kimmel’s March 4 program.
Brent Baker
March 15th, 2014 11:48 PM

NY Times Still Crusading Against Unpaid Interns -- While It Keeps Expl

Long after Vice.com's eye-opening expose of  unpaid interns at allegedly progressive media outlets (“Exploited Laborers of the Liberal Media”), the hypocrisy of the Left continues. BuzzFeed reported The New York Times published an editorial on Sunday praising New York University and Columbia for moving away from unpaid internships. They cheered a stop to offering academic credit for "exploited…
Tim Graham
March 15th, 2014 10:09 PM

Upworthy May Really Bring the Liberal Bias to the Millennials on the W

This week, Politico media reporter Mackenzie Weinger revealed a powerful new tool in the Left’s social-media sandbox: the website Upworthy.com, founded in March 2012 by former MoveOn executive director Eli Pariser and former Onion managing editor Chris Koechley (also a MoveOn veteran). Touting itself as “social media with a mission,” Upworthy has “drawn big traffic – about 53 million…
Tim Graham
March 15th, 2014 9:01 PM