WaPo Strangely Silent About Sen. Reid Blaming Marine Deaths on Sequest

If you peruse the Washington Post online, you’d notice that the top five stories didn’t even mention Harry Reid’s egregious comments about the seven Marines that were killed in Nevada yesterday.  Likewise, although the fatal training accident itself was reported on page A3, Reid's comments were nowhere in the March 20 print edition. On the Senate floor yesterday, Reid suggested a link between…
Matt Vespa
March 20th, 2013 12:03 PM

‘Glee’ on the Gridiron

If liberals in the sports media have their way, your favorite sporting event will soon be a little more like an episode of “Glee.” Writers and talking heads at outlets from ESPN to NBC Sports are in a full-court press. They want to see openly gay athletes in American sports, no matter what it means for the games, the fans, or the athletes themselves. Perhaps envious that their news colleagues…
Matt Philbin
March 20th, 2013 11:58 AM

CNN Omits Harry Reid Implying Sequester Led to Marine Deaths; MSNBC Re

Senate Majority Header Harry Reid (D-Nev.) disgustingly implied on Tuesday that a freak explosion killing seven Marines during a training exercise in Nevada happened because of sequester cuts. While MSNBC reported Reid's comments and the "strong exception" taken to them by the Marine Corps, CNN made no mention of them at all on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, just like CBS, ABC, and NBC.…
Matt Hadro
March 20th, 2013 11:42 AM

On NBC's 'Today,' Maria Shriver Frets Over 'Stained Glass Ceiling' for

Appearing on Tuesday's NBC Today as part of its Vatican coverage of Pope Francis's installation mass, former correspondent Maria Shriver offered a report that urged the Catholic Church to allow female priests: "Catholic women, and nuns in particular....cannot be ordained, they cannot say Mass and they cannot vote for the pope. Now millions of women think it's time for the hierarchy of this Church…
Kyle Drennen
March 20th, 2013 11:25 AM

All Three Networks Ignore Harry Reid Connecting Marine Deaths to Seque

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday linked the accidental deaths of seven U.S. Marines to sequester spending cuts. All three networks have, thus far, skipped the story. After highlighting the details of the botched training event in Hawthorne, Nevada, the Democrat manipulated the tragedy: "But one of the things in sequester is we cut back in training and maintenance." He added, "…
Scott Whitlock
March 20th, 2013 11:06 AM

Leno: History Channel Considered Dick Cheney as Satan, Decided He Was

Will Dick Cheney is evil jokes ever go out of style? On NBC's Tonight Show Tuesday, host Jay Leno joked that the folks at the History Channel considered casting the former Vice President in the role of Satan in their hit miniseries The Bible, but they decided he was too evil (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 20th, 2013 10:50 AM

Much of the Press Calls Now-Nixed Partial Account Seizure in Cyprus a

Much of the press is describing the EU's demand that Cyprus seize a portion of bank account holders' deposits, a demand rejected yesterday by the island nation's legislature, as a "tax." I think it's reasonable to suggest that this characterization is designed to minimize the frightening authoritarianism the EU has just attempted. In a bit of a pleasant surprise, one organization openly…
Tom Blumer
March 20th, 2013 10:29 AM

Lawrence O'Donnell 'Desperately Misses' Show Business, Still 'Doesn't

In a recent interview with Salon, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell candidly revealed just how much he dislikes his current job as the host of MSNBC's prime-time commentary show The Last Word. In fact, the former actor who just so happens to have a cameo in the new movie Olympus Has Fallen as a news anchor admitted that he still has no idea what he's doing. O'Donnell had recurring roles in the past…
Ryan Robertson
March 20th, 2013 9:50 AM

‘Bates Motel’: New ‘Psycho’ Has Rape, Violence, Incest for

Alfred Hitchcock’s film masterpieces thrilled audiences with imagination and suspense, but if Hitchcock focused the cameras instead on graphic violence and rape, “Psycho” might resemble today’s “Bates Motel” series. And throw in some implied incest just because it’s TV. The A&E show provided a modern-day prequel to Hitchcock’s horror film, “Psycho.” The “Bates Motel” series illuminated…
Katie Yoder
March 20th, 2013 9:44 AM

Ted Nugent Calls Michael Moore and Piers Morgan 'Subhuman Punks

Gun rights advocate Ted Nugent on Wednesday called Michael Moore and Piers Morgan "subhuman punks." This was clearly in response to what the pair said about him on CNN's Piers Morgan Live Tuesday evening:
Noel Sheppard
March 20th, 2013 9:43 AM

Mark Levin Slams Harry Reid: 'Lowest of the Lowlives,' 'Bottom of the

Conservative talk radio host Mark Levin on Tuesday absolutely excoriated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) for implying on the Senate floor that the sequester was connected to the death of seven Marines at the Hawthorne, Nevada, Army depot earlier in the day. "Harry Reid, you’re the lowest of the lowlives, you know that? You really are at the bottom of the sewer" (video follows…
Noel Sheppard
March 20th, 2013 9:27 AM

Scarborough Mocks Mika: You See Obama As 'Messiah' Returning To Israel

Does Mika Brzezinski see Barack Obama as the Messiah?  Mika dismissed the notion, but Joe Scarborough had a very different point of view. As today's Morning Joe rolled live footage of President Obama's arrival in Tel Aviv, former Bush foreign policy advisor Dan Senor couldn't help sarcastically observing "the Messiah has returned to Israel."  Mika Brzezinski feigned dismissiveness, asking: "…
Mark Finkelstein
March 20th, 2013 9:26 AM

NY Times' Bruni Mocked for Urging Pope to 'Dwell Less in the Bedroom

James Taranto at the Wall Street Journal cracked on New York Times columnist Frank Bruni for his Sunday Review column urging the new pope to "dwell less in the bedroom, more in the soup kitchen." (Last week Bruni guest-hosted the Charlie Rose show and pushed similar talking points.) Taranto had fun with Bruni in his "Best of the Web" column Monday:
Clay Waters
March 20th, 2013 8:11 AM

Your Day on Liberal Radio: God Allowed Gay Animals on Noah's Ark

Talkers magazine says the leftist Thom Hartmann radio show is number nine in their "Heavy Hundred," two spots below Mark Levin. But what a listener often gets is left-wing nuttiness. On Monday's show, Phoenix-area radio host Dr. Mike Newcomb was subbing in, declaring that conservatives claim to favor individual liberty but really don't when they oppose same-sex marriage. While he and his…
Tim Graham
March 20th, 2013 6:54 AM