Former New Yorker Staff Writer to Anti-Gun Democrats: 'Stop Fearing Ca

So, here’s something that the liberal media will never aggressively pursue:  a liberal Democrat, who is pro-gun.  Why? It ruins their narrative that all gun-owners are right-wing zealots. But the Atlantic has an excellent interview with Dan Baum, former staff writer for the New Yorker, in which he detailed his road trip across America to give a first-hand account of these rational and…
Matt Vespa
March 7th, 2013 4:59 PM

MSNBC’s David Corn: Holder Letter To Paul ‘Had a Very Silent FU In

Not surprisingly, most of the folks on MSNBC have being having a field day Thursday ridiculing Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for his historic filibuster the day before. Doing his part on the Martin Bashir show was MSNBC political analyst David Corn who said that Attorney General Eric Holder’s letter to Paul “had a very silent FU in it” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 7th, 2013 4:42 PM

Ann Coulter Column: Maybe Republicans Should Try Being Popular

Republicans don't control the U.S. Senate and they don't have the presidency. Instead of wasting time and energy in doomed efforts to defeat President Obama's Cabinet nominees or sucking up to illegal aliens, why not focus on issues where Republicans can be off-the-charts popular while forcing Democrats into taking stupid positions?
Ann Coulter
March 7th, 2013 4:37 PM

NY Times Buries Sen. Paul's Filibuster, While Wash Post Carries Two Fu

Republican Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster on Attorney General Eric Holder's refusal to rule out drone strikes against U.S. citizens, which ended early Thursday morning, was absent from the front page of Thursday's New York Times. The Times buried its coverage of Paul's striking "talking" filibuster, in which he held the floor for nearly 13 hours, ostensibly in opposition to Obama's choice of John…
Clay Waters
March 7th, 2013 3:56 PM

Al Gore Sued For $5-Million Over Sale of Current TV to Qatari-owned Al

Media consultant John Terenzio is suing former U.S. Vice President Al Gore for stiffing him of a cool $5 million over the environmental activist's sale of Current TV to the Al Jazeera, the Islamist-friendly news network owned by the oil-rich country of Qatar. In a nutshell, Terenzio claims the sale was his idea and that he got the ball rolling on the sale, only to see Gore initially reject it…
Ken Shepherd
March 7th, 2013 3:51 PM

WaPo Wrongly Accuses Gun Rights Advocate of Breaking Ranks With NRA on

The anti-gun media will do anything in their power to undermine and discredit the National Rifle Association. Doing its part Tuesday was the Washington Post with an article that wrongly accused the National Shooting Sports Foundation of breaking ranks with the NRA on background checks:
Noel Sheppard
March 7th, 2013 3:10 PM

Networks Demand Bush Release Strategic Petroleum Reserve Over 3 Times

It is well-established that the broadcasts networks covered rising gas prices different under President George W. Bush’s administration than they did President Barack Obama, in tone and even the amount of coverage. In addition to fueling discontent with many gas price reports, one of the networks’ frequent suggestions for lowering gas prices during the Bush years was for the federal…
Mike Ciandella
March 7th, 2013 2:25 PM

Yahoo News Asks: 'Was Mother Teresa Actually Sort of a Jerk

Former Time.com writer Keith Wagstaff has just joined a different magazine, The Week, but he’s still sounding like the old employer. He has a new piece posted on Yahoo! News titled “Was Mother Teresa actually sort of a jerk?” Catholic-bashing is a much more acceptable journalistic pastime than snarky revisionist histories of hallowed liberals like Thurgood Marshall (honored as a saint by the…
Tim Graham
March 7th, 2013 1:59 PM

MSNBC’s ‘Tweet Of The Day’ Highlights Politico’s Thrush Making

A daily feature on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. is the ‘tweet of the day’ in which host Chris Jansing showcases a tweet from a politician or a member of the media that is topical to a major news event. Most of Jansing’s featured tweets are from liberal journalists, and on March 7, things weren’t much different.  Following coverage of Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) 13-hour filibuster over the…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 7th, 2013 1:06 PM

NBC Whines About Vatican 'Secrecy' And Media 'Clamp Down

In a report from the Vatican on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Keir Simmons fretted over Church officials limiting press access to cardinals as they prepare to elect the next Pope in Conclave: "The U.S. cardinals have been told to stop talking, to close ranks. Since Monday, they've been holding news conferences....The last, abruptly cancelled before it began, the Vatican imposing immediate…
Kyle Drennen
March 7th, 2013 12:48 PM

Video: Noyes, Varney Discuss Media's Hype of Sequester, Befuddlement T

In the fortnight leading up to the sequester, the broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC wrung their hands about "all the catastrophes that would happen if these cuts went through," NewsBusters senior editor Rich Noyes noted on the March 7 edition of Fox Business Network's Varney & Co. Since, then, however, "they've spent no time asking how is the White House going to decide where these cuts…
Ken Shepherd
March 7th, 2013 12:42 PM

ABC Skimps on Filibuster Coverage, Offers Confusing Explanation of Ran

ABC's World News on Wednesday and Good Morning America on Thursday offered confusing, incomplete and brief explanations for why Rand Paul filibustered John Brennan, Barack Obama's Central Intelligence Agency nominee. According to GMA news reader Josh Elliott, "Paul was protesting the Obama administration's use of drone strikes against Americans." [Video of the terse explanations can be found…
Scott Whitlock
March 7th, 2013 12:38 PM

CNN Gives 8 Times More Coverage to Beyoncé Lip Sync Than Obama Seques

CNN gave over eight times more coverage to Beyonce lip synching the national anthem than it did to President Obama's falsehood on the sequester last Friday. After the President claimed in last Friday's presser that Capitol Hill janitors and police would receive a pay cut because of the sequester, CNN correspondent Dana Bash fact-checked it and found it not to be the case. Her report aired…
Matt Hadro
March 7th, 2013 11:47 AM

Pelosi: 'I Hope the Democrats Will Use the Filibuster Some Time as Wel

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) commented Thursday on Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) historic filibuster the previous day. 'I hope the Democrats will use the filibuster some time as well in that way."
Noel Sheppard
March 7th, 2013 11:45 AM