Networks Ignore Obama Team's Latest Attack on Journalist -- Pre-Dawn R

 All three networks, so far, have skipped the latest example of the Obama administration's aggressive attacks on journalists, this time against a former Washington Times reporter who in 2005 exposed the scant number of flights being protected by Homeland Security. On August 6, 2013, agency officials showed up at Audrey Hudson's house at 4:30 in the morning. With a warrant for an unrelated,…
Scott Whitlock
October 29th, 2013 4:56 PM

NBC's Lauer Revels in Christie Bashing GOP and Praising Obama Over San

During an interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer seized the opportunity to tout Christie slamming fellow Republicans over federal relief efforts: "You said, quote, 'There's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the House majority and their Speaker,…
Kyle Drennen
October 29th, 2013 4:43 PM

1 Year Later: Media Link Climate Change, Sandy Every Single Time

During the 2008 banking crisis, then-Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel famously said, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste.” The broadcast networks certainly followed his advice when reporting on Hurricane Sandy since the storm became a hurricane one year ago, hitting the New Jersey coast on Oct. 29. Network reporters and experts have repeatedly claimed that the storm was either caused or…
Kristine Marsh
October 29th, 2013 4:41 PM

Bozell: NBC Buries Own Reporter's Scoop to Hide President's Lies About

Barack Obama lied to the American people – repeatedly and with a straight face – every time he insisted that those who like their current healthcare could keep it under Obamacare. And he’ll keep lying to the American people because the liberal media refuse to hold him accountable. NBC News, whose own reporter found the language in Obamacare proving Obama knowingly lied to the people for over…
Brent Bozell
October 29th, 2013 4:36 PM

CNN Spins for Obama: 'You Can Keep Your Health Care Plan' Promise Was

CNN's Joe Johns wouldn't call President Obama's "you can keep your health care plan" promise a lie or a broken promise, on Tuesday. According to him, it "might have been an oversell." This despite a report that the administration knew millions would lose their insurance under ObamaCare.  Johns, in his deep benefit of the doubt for the White House, gave this ever-so-slight criticism of the…
Matt Hadro
October 29th, 2013 4:15 PM

WaPo Religion Blogger: Christian Belief ‘Scarier Than Halloween

Want to really scare someone this Halloween? Dress up like a Christian and go trick or treating at the offices of The Washington Post. After all, the Post’s “On Faith” blog contributor Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, a professor of theology and fellow at the far-left Center for American Progress, warned readers that much of Christian orthodoxy was more frightening than witches, ghosts and goblins…
Katie Yoder
October 29th, 2013 4:00 PM

Attention Media: Americans Identify Equally With Tea Party and Obama

For almost a month the mainstream media have declared the Tea Party dead - are you listening, E.J. Dionne? - as a result of the government shutdown. However, a new Rasmussen poll finds that an equal number of Americans identify with the Tea Party's views as do Obama's:
Noel Sheppard
October 29th, 2013 3:54 PM

CBS: 2 Million Forced Out of Health Plans By ObamaCare 'Just The Tip o

Tuesday's CBS This Morning repeatedly played up how "more than two million Americans are losing their current health care coverage because of ObamaCare". Jan Crawford outlined that "this is just the tip of the iceberg. And the people who are opening these letters are shocked to learn they can't keep their current policies, despite the President's assurances to the contrary." Crawford…
Matthew Balan
October 29th, 2013 3:38 PM

On Front of USA Today, Pro-lifers Accused of 'Legal Barbed Wire Unfold

A glance at the top of Tuesday's USA Today reveals an article at top right headlined "Texas abortion limits take hit." Below, reporter Rick Jervis reported "A federal judge on Monday struck down tough new abortion restrictions in Texas." But then he said it was "a move that may galvanize abortion-rights activists amid the legal barbed wire unfolding across the nation." This vivid metaphor --…
Tim Graham
October 29th, 2013 3:31 PM

TIME Omits Party Label for Disgraced Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D

She had four paragraphs to work with, yet Time magazine's Madison Gray found no space to note disgraced former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s political affiliation. The Illinois Democrat is in the news again today as he entered prison Tuesday morning to begin serving his 2 1/2-year long sentence. Here's how Gray reported it for the "Nation" section of his magazine's website:
Ken Shepherd
October 29th, 2013 3:09 PM

Hurricane Sandy Relief: Networks Attack GOP, But Mention Pork Only

Striking the Northeast on Oct. 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy tragically devastated communities causing an estimated $50 billion in damages. By the end of January 2013, a relief bill was passed for Sandy aid, after the bill was delayed because of wasteful spending. House Republicans opposed a pork-ridden $60 billion Senate bill ($10 billion higher than damage estimates) and chose not to vote on it…
Sean Long
October 29th, 2013 2:10 PM

MSNBC's Roberts: Republicans Want To Stop Women From Voting

The liberal claim that Republicans are engaging in a perpetual “war on women” seems to have taken a new turn on MSNBC. No longer does the term “war on women” apply only to access to abortion but now encompasses voting rights as well. Appearing on MSNBC on October 29, liberal MSNBC host Thomas Roberts claimed that Republicans are trying to restrict a woman’s access to the ballot box. This…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 29th, 2013 1:07 PM

Fusion Network Debuts With Softball Obama Interview: Can You Do More f

 The new Fusion Network debuted on Monday with an exclusive Barack Obama interview. Journalist Jim Avila offered mostly softball questions and avoided any mention of disastrous launch of the ObamaCare website. Avila pushed the President from the left on immigration, wondering, "...Why if you have been able to by presidential fiat say that dreamers will not be deported, why not their parents?…
Scott Whitlock
October 29th, 2013 12:28 PM

Look on the Bright Side! CNN Relays ObamaCare Spin After WH Admits Som

Even after the White House admitted that some Americans would lose their health insurance – breaking multiple promises by President Obama that people could keep their health plan under ObamaCare – CNN's White House correspondent Brianna Keilar served a generous portion of White House spin on Tuesday that health plans would improve under ObamaCare. "The White House now admitting that some…
Matt Hadro
October 29th, 2013 12:08 PM