ABC and CBS Ignore IRS Scandal Hearing; NBC Frets Over Darrell Issa Cu

Although President Obama's former IRS chief refused to answer questions about the IRS scandal she is at the center of, NBC's Brian Williams instead lamented the behavior of GOP congressman Darrell Issa at Wednesday's hearing. "In Washington today, a public and startling example of the kind of behavior Congress has become known for and Congress has become gridlocked over," Williams began. NBC…
Matt Hadro
 

RT Anchor Resigns in Protest of 'Network...That Whitewashes the Action

Bryan Preston of the PJ Media blog spotlighted in a Wednesday post how Russia Today anchor Liz Wahl resigned from her position at the network's Washington, DC division during a live broadcast because, in her words, she "cannot be part of a network, funded by the Russian government, that whitewashes the actions of Putin." During her impromptu commentary, Wahl referenced how fellow RT on-air…
Matthew Balan
 

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Slams CNN as 'Not What It Used to Be

In an obvious back-handed compliment, Rachel Maddow started her eponymous Tuesday night program on MSNBC by supposedly praising the Cable News Network, which she said “once upon a time” was the “only cable news network, and they really did have a singular role in keeping people informed.” However, while the network once had a reputation for providing information “about what was going on, not…
Randy Hall
 

Column: From JFK to Obama, Democratic Presidents Have Shown Weakness i

It's pointless to pay attention to foreign policy when a Democrat is president, unless you enjoy having your stomach in a knot. As long as a Democrat sits in the White House, America will be repeatedly humiliated, the world will become a much more dangerous place -- and there's absolutely nothing anybody can do about it. (Though this information might come in handy when voting for president,…
Ann Coulter
 

Ed Schultz Caves to Liberals, Officially Flips on Keystone Pipeline

Ed Schultz's brief rebellion against liberal orthodoxy is over. The MSNBC anchor in February announced his support for the Keystone oil pipeline, telling his audience to "confront reality." Ever since, Schultz has been slowly retreating. On Wednesday, Schultz caved, "Mr. President, say no to this project. I turn this night, on this program. I was wrong." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] The…
Scott Whitlock
 

Scarborough Shows Hypocrisy On Criticizing Presidential Foreign Polic

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough got rather self-righteous on Wednesday’s Morning Joe, chiding Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and others who have criticized President Obama’s weak-kneed response to the crisis in Ukraine. [Video below. MP3 audio here.] Scarborough asserted his belief that “politics should really end at the water's edge” during international crises like this, proclaiming,  “I'm old-…
Paul Bremmer
 

Two Papers in One! Bush Snarls Roads While Obama Just Pops in to Raise

Brent Baker
 

WashPost Deploys Selective Quotation to Distort Key GOP Criticism of O

The Obama administration is preparing to put in place yet another delay in ObamaCare, forestalling a wave of insurance policy cancelations that are mandated by law in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In doing so, some of the negative repercussions of ObamaCare will be delayed until well after the November 2014 midterm election. The political journalists at the Washington Post are no fools, they…
Ken Shepherd
 

AP Quickly Buries Today's Disappointing Economic Reports, While Dispat

You don't even need to know the specifics to realize that today's economic reports were weak. All you need to know is that there was no mention of them in the Associated Press's list of Top 10 business stories as of 3:35 p.m. Among stories considered more important: a product review of Apple's tiny market-share program called iWork and three dozen passengers suing Carnival Cruise Lines. This…
Tom Blumer
 

Only CBS Bothers to Cover Yet Another ObamaCare Delay: Critics Have a

Only CBS This Morning on Wednesday bothered to cover yet another delay of ObamaCare. NBC's Today and ABC's Good Morning America both skipped the news. On Tuesday night, all three networks ignored the topic.  CBS co-anchor Charlie Rose explained, "This morning, critics of the President's health care law have a new target for anger, another major delay." He added, "The Obama administration will…
Scott Whitlock
 

Networks Ignore Big Win for Chevron in Court

U.S. court calls Ecuador ruling ‘fraud,’ obtained ‘by corrupt means.’
Julia A. Seymour
 

CNN Grasps to Find Silver Lining for Liberals in Pope's Pro-Traditiona

On Wednesday, CNN's Daniel Burke gave liberal-tinged spin/extrapolation about Pope Francis's answer to an Italian newspaper's question about secular civil unions. Burke asserted in a CNN.com article that the pontiff "reaffirmed the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage...but suggested in a newspaper interview that it could support some types of civil unions." However, the journalist…
Matthew Balan
 

Networks Never Covered German Home-School Family's Plight

Illegal immigration might be a hot topic for the media, but the networks remained mum when the government denied asylum to a German family seeking the freedom to educate their own children.  Uwe and Hannelore Romeike along with their children came to the United States in 2008, seeking political asylum because home-schooling is illegal in Germany. The family wants to homeschool due to its…
Katie Yoder
 

NBC Shows Flashback of Obama Mocking Romney for Labeling Russia A U.S

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, NBC has been the only Big Three broadcast network to look back to President Obama ridiculing Mitt Romney for calling Russia a U.S. "geopolitical foe" in 2012. On Wednesday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander reminded viewers: "Republicans have repeatedly attacked President Obama's Russia policy as weak and naive....Helping fuel that…
Kyle Drennen