Jay Carney: Obama's Immigration Move Contradicts Previous Statements

At CNN on Thursday night, Anderson Cooper asked former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who is now a contributor at the network, to square President Barack Obama's Thursday night immigration announcement with past presidential statements that he didn't have the power to do what he had just done. As seen in the video after the jump, Carney acknowledged his former boss's compete flip-flop (…
Tom Blumer
November 21st, 2014 7:45 PM

Couric Hails 'Unparalleled...Courage' of Transgender Activist/Actor

“Ladies and gentlemen – or however you self-identify on the gender identity spectrum – please welcome lovely Glamour Woman of the Year Laverne Cox!” That’s how lesbian actress Jodie Foster introduced transgender actress/activist (Charles) Laverne Cox at the Glamour magazine event. In the magazine, the article on Cox was titled “The Advocate.”  
Tim Graham
November 21st, 2014 7:01 PM

Univision’s Jorge Ramos Claims Amnesty Victory, Demands More

The tone at the nation’s top Spanish-language television network was triumphant – and demanding – following President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty proclamation for upwards of 4 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States.
Jorge Bonilla
November 21st, 2014 6:12 PM

No, AP: Monthly Deficit Is Not the Same As What Government Borrowed

Old habits die hard at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press — especially when those old habits help Dear Leader's regime look better, or less awful, than it deserves. It's been eight days, but it's still worth a look. On November 13, the government released its Monthly Treasury Statement for October, showing that Uncle Sam ran a $122 billion deficit. In his coverage of that…
Tom Blumer
November 21st, 2014 6:04 PM

NBC's Mitchell: Obama Exec.Order 'Not Amnesty'; Puts 'Burden' on GOP

On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Friday, host Andrea Mitchell asserted that President Obama's executive order blocking deportation of millions of illegal immigrants was somehow "not amnesty": "...what this is not, as the President said, this is not amnesty. People have to apply, the applications won't be taken until the spring. There's a window where Republicans could act. So it's not what…
Kyle Drennen
November 21st, 2014 4:50 PM

PETA Plans Naked Protest During Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

PETA activists are planning to protest a SeaWorld float at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year by painting their naked bodies black and white to look like orcas (“killer whales”) according to a report by Policy Mic. The animal rights group also plans to protest the theme park’s use of animals in captivity by cramming a bunch of naked, painted people into a bathtub set outside Macy’s…
Kristine Marsh
November 21st, 2014 4:00 PM

Kudos: Daily Beast Notes Radical, Bloodthirsty Ferguson Protesters

“What do we want?” “Darren Wilson!” “How do we want him?” “Dead!” That's a call-and-response chant of radical, bloodthirsty protesters outside the police department in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday, Nov. 20, as reported by freelancer Justin Glawe, writing at the Daily Beast.
Ken Shepherd
November 21st, 2014 3:42 PM

Emails Out: Holder Aide Fussed CBS's Attkisson Was 'Out of Control'

Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson told Glenn Beck about the latest document release forced by Judicial Watch, which demonstrates Obama's Department of Justice was working to squash Attkisson's reporting on the Obama administration. Attkisson read from one of the documents, an October 4, 2011 e-mail from Tracy Schmaler, the top press aide for Attorney General Eric Holder, to White House Deputy…
Tim Graham
November 21st, 2014 3:18 PM

Media Join Petition Against ‘Fear Mongering’ Duggar Family

The media’s support doesn’t always guarantee Americans’ support – and the Duggar petition battle is the latest example.  A three-month-old Change.org petition demanding that TLC cancel its “19 Kids and Counting” show reached 100,000 signatures on Nov. 20. The petition called out the stars of the show, the Duggar family, for “LGBTQ fear mongering.” In response, LifeSite organized a petition to…
Katie Yoder
November 21st, 2014 3:03 PM

Tolerance? Gays Force San Fran Wedding Photographers to Close Shop

A small photography business run by a husband and wife has closed their business, due to intense media scrutiny, threats and pressure from the gay community in their Bay Area home town.  According to the SF Gate, husband and wife team Nang and Chris Mai of “Urloved”  were “flooded with hate calls, e-mails and accusations that inaccurately depict our business,” after the couple referred a gay…
Kristine Marsh
November 21st, 2014 2:34 PM

Tolerance: Gays Force San Fran Wedding Photographers to Close Shop

The Bay Area family-run business shut down to due threats, harassment.
Kristine Marsh
November 21st, 2014 2:02 PM

Tavis Smiley Ignores Folk Singer’s Sex Offense History

What’s worse than spending a half-hour revisiting the 60s with some old beatniks and their guitars? Spending that half-hour tip-toeing around the fact that one of them is a convicted sex offender. On Nov. 18, PBS’ Tavis Smiley hosted Peter Yarrow and Noel “Paul” Stookey on his self-named show, the surviving members of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Smiley's entire interview ignored Yarrow's…
Matt Philbin
November 21st, 2014 1:44 PM

Perfect Fit: MSNBC's New VP of Communications is Obama Admin. Flack

TVNewser's Chris Ariens reported on Friday that MSNBC hired current White House associate communications director Rachel Racusen to be their vice president of communications. The left-leaning network, which rarely misses an opportunity to defend President Obama, was reportedly "looking for a candidate with connections to the current administration," according to a report that Ariens linked to…
Matthew Balan
November 21st, 2014 1:01 PM

Charlie Rose, PBS Guests: GOP Reaction to Obama ‘Extreme,' ’Ludicrous'

In a segment on his PBS show Thursday night, Charlie Rose and his guests discussed President Obama’s executive order on illegal immigration and described the responses from those in the Republican Party as “a bit extreme” and “ludicrous” while also harping on the conundrum that Republican leadership now supposedly faces in dealing with conservatives now that the executive amnesty is announced.…
Curtis Houck
November 21st, 2014 12:44 PM