NBC News Uncritically Swallows HHS Obamacare 'Surge' Number

  Ooooh! Let's throw a Brosurance keg party!!! The March Obamacare numbers are surging! Yes, in just the first two weeks of March, the number of "enrollees" has surged 800,000 from 4.2 million to 5 million. How do I know this? Because the Department of Health and Human Services told me so and the most "transparent" administration in history would never fib, would they? If you think that…
P.J. Gladnick

Ban ‘Bossy?’ Beyoncé Says ‘Bitch’ 9 Times in New Album

Is it possible that some mischievous conservative created the Ban Bossy campaign to lampoon liberal hypocrisy (as well as liberal preoccupations)? The new initiative claims that championing young women’s leadership begins with banning the word “bossy.” But while Diane Sawyer was calling it “the powerful movement to change one word,” entertainment TV aired the word “bitch” 50 times last week…
Katie Yoder

Daily Beast Knee-Slapper: 'Wendy Davis Will Turn Texas Purple

"Wendy Davis Will Turn Texas Purple" insists the teaser headline on the Daily Beast front page today. No, this is NOT satire, but the honest-to-goodness belief of community organizer turned Daily Beast contributor Sally Kohn. The headline for the story itself -- "Wendy Davis Is One Step Closer To Turning Texas Purple" -- dials down the hype a tiny bit, but the argument of her piece is pretty…
Ken Shepherd

Only Fox News Hits 'Spectacular Failure' of Obama Transparency Claim

Despite Barack Obama's self-congratulatory claim in 2013 that he is running the "most transparent administration in history," several watchdog groups this week have hit the President for restricting information. Yet, so far, the networks have skipped the bad news. The Associated Press on Sunday reported, "The Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied…
Scott Whitlock

AP's Coverage of Edwin Edwards' La. Congressional Candidacy Puts No Pr

Former Louisiana Governor and convicted felon Edwin Edwards now wants to be the Bayou State's Sixth District congressman — as a Democrat. In his coverage of Edwards' improbable but obviously not impossible candidacy, Associated Press reporter Kevin McGill simply took it for granted that Edwards can appear on the November ballot as a Democrat. That shouldn't be automatic, as a recent example…
Tom Blumer

Actor Kevin Sorbo: ‘In the Last Two Elections If You Didn’t Vote F

Conservative actor Kevin Sorbo had some harsh words about the state of politics in America today. Sorbo appeared on “The Steve Malzberg Show” on March 17 to discuss his newest project “God’s Not Dead” and to share is thoughts on being a conservative actor. Appearing on Maltzberg’s show Monday, Sorbo laughed at the idea that “In the last two elections if you didn’t vote for Obama you’re…
Jeffrey Meyer

ObamaCare Enrollment Still Falling Short, CBS Spins it as 'Milestone

Following the release of new ObamaCare enrollment numbers on Monday showing five million sign-ups – still two million short of the original seven million goal set by the administration – fill-in CBS This Morning co-host Anthony Mason spun the news as positive: "This morning, the White House is closer to a crucial goal ahead of a key deadline for the health care law." [Listen to the audio or…
Kyle Drennen

Science Blogger Backs Prof Who Wants Climate ‘Deniers’ Tried for

Philosophy professor the latest to call for prosecution of skeptics.
Julia A. Seymour

ABC Ignores Death of Heiress Involved in John Edwards Scandal; CBS and

ABC News completely ignored the Monday death of heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, who used her wealth to help conceal the mistress of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. CBS and NBC both noted the passing of the 103-year-old and her connection to Edwards, but failed identify Edwards as a Democrat. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] On Tuesday's CBS This…
Kyle Drennen

Chris Hayes MSNBC Promo: 'I'm There To Do Politics—Not Talk About It

The line between liberal political punditry and outright, unapologetic, liberal political activism at MSNBC has faded to the very vanishing point. In the latest promo for his All In show, Chris Hayes boasts "I'm not just a passive witness. I am not there to just tell you a story. I'm there to act out: to do it in real time—to do politics, not talk about it."  There's something comic about…
Mark Finkelstein

HuffPo Scribe Can't Decide if Obama's OT Order is 'Really Huge Deal' o

A useful rule of thumb for discerning what liberals actually think about any given policy emanating from the Obama administration -- wait a few minutes after their initial gushing. Usually the gush continues indefinitely, but unexpected candor will occasionally surface. An example of this curious dynamic was heard on libtalker Bill Press's radio show March 14 during a discussion with one of…
Jack Coleman

The Glow of Utter Servility: NY Times Bows to Honor Transgender Lobby

The New York Times carries the sermonizing flavor of "Can I get an Amen?" when it turns to topics on the “LGBT” agenda. The Thursday Styles section could be called the Aren’t They Fabulous? section. The top half of Thursday’s section was a huge picture of a “trans man” and a “trans woman” in love, illustrating a Jacob Bernstein story appropriately headlined “In Their Own Terms: From art to…
Tim Graham

Anonymous Dem Tells New York Times That Obama's 'Poisonous' to 2014 Ca

The New York Times is allowing anonymous sources in politics to slime a political leader. But this time it’s Barack Obama. In a Saturday story by Jonathan Martin and Ashley Parker on “new urgency about the need to address” Democratic prospects, an anonymous “Democratic lawmaker” said Obama was becoming “poisonous” to the party’s candidates.
Tim Graham

Networks Ignore Latest North Korean Missile Launches; Cover Fashion De

As of Monday evening, ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to cover North Korea's firing of 25 short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday. NBCNews.com did post an unsigned article from Reuters on Sunday about how the "missiles flew for 45 miles before splashing into the sea," and ABC News' website went with AP's write-up on the development, but neither outlet…
Matthew Balan