CBS Continues Network Promotion of U.N. Climate Change Report

On Monday, CBS This Morning followed in the footsteps of ABC and NBC by hyping a new United Nations report on climate change. Unlike the other two networks that offered only news briefs during their Sunday broadcasts, CBS gave a full 2 minutes and 37 seconds of promotional coverage to the U.N. report on Monday morning. Co-host Charlie Rose began the segment by proclaiming “scientists are heating…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 3rd, 2014 10:28 AM

Todd Apologizes for Calling Race 'Fight Between Mob Families'

During a Morning Joe appearance late last month, Chuck Todd, as we reported, described the congressional race on Staten Island as a "fight between mob families." Not a great idea for a guy who not long before saw his comment that Alison Lundergan Grimes had "disqualified herself" made into a Mitch McConnell ad. Back on the show this morning, Todd offered an unqualified apology for his "mob…
Mark Finkelstein
November 3rd, 2014 9:26 AM

Oops: A Lot of Celebs In Rock The Vote's Ad Didn't Vote in 2010

Washington Post reporter Hunter Schwarz threw a major embarrassment at the liberal group Rock the Vote – just by checking the facts. A pile of the celebrities who appeared in their “Turn Out For What” PSA did not vote in the 2010 midterm elections.
Tim Graham
November 3rd, 2014 9:07 AM

MRC's Notable Quotables: Please Explain Why Republicans Suck

This week, CBS's Norah O'Donnell invites ultra-left Senator Elizabeth Warren to explain "what's going to happen if Republicans take control," even as the ultra-partisan Chris Matthews sneers: "What's worse, [North Carolina GOP Senate candidate] Thom Tillis or Ebola?"
Rich Noyes
November 3rd, 2014 8:55 AM

CNN, Fox News Discuss MRC's Finding of Nets Skipping Past the Midterms

Both CNN's Reliable Sources and Fox's Mediabuzz on Sunday recounted the Media Research Center's study on the dramatic difference in the amount of midterms election coverage between 2006 and 2014 on ABC, CBS, and NBC.  CNN host Brian Stelter introduced an interview with retired Sen. Alan Simpson by noting:
NB Staff
November 3rd, 2014 6:44 AM

Biden Tossing In Towel on Tomorrow's Elections?

C'mon man! That's no way for a plucky VP like you to talk just two days before the elections!  As a loyal member of the DNC email list, last night I received a message from Joe Biden that sounded decidedly down in the mouth; frankly fatalistic. Here's how Good Ol' Joe opened [emphasis added]: "No matter what happens on Tuesday, I'm proud of you, Mark."  "No matter what happens?" Not exactly a…
Mark Finkelstein
November 3rd, 2014 5:45 AM

Factual Whoppers On Jobs By Illinois Reporter and Michelle Obama

Doug Schorpp at the Quad City Times had a really bad day yesterday. The sad thing is that he still probably doesn't even know it. His report (HT Gateway Pundit) on Michelle Obama's visit to Moline, Illinois had two whoppers. One of them was spoken by Mrs. Obama, while the other error was completely unforced. They have been present at the paper's web site since Saturday at 6 p.m., humiliating…
Tom Blumer
November 2nd, 2014 11:52 PM

Lefty Blogger Likens Dubya’s ’04 Victory to a ‘Mass Murder’

The Washington Monthly’s D.R. Tucker rages that ten years ago, “George W. Bush, in essence, knocked down the towers of democracy,” and that “the right-wing interests that supported the Bush-Cheney administration still have an iron grip on our politics and media entities.”
Tom Johnson
November 2nd, 2014 9:10 PM

NPR Anchor Skips Obama In Interview With Leftist Anti-Obama Professor

In the October 13 edition of Time, they asked radical-left black professor Cornel West if he voted for Obama in 2012, and he said he couldn’t vote for a “war criminal.” NPR promoted this radical leftist on Saturday morning’s Weekend Edition, but in six minutes and 22 seconds, never mentioned the president or the 2014 elections. This syrupy interview promoting West’s book Black Prophetic Fire…
Tim Graham
November 2nd, 2014 8:40 PM

New York Times: 'Why 2014 Is Actually Shaping Up As a Bad GOP Year'

The New York Times saw grim tidings for Democrats in the congressional elections, but over the weekend, one could spot the paper subtly separating President Barack Obama from the travails of his party. And one headline should make the Hall of Fame for wishful thinking on the part of the liberal media.
Clay Waters
November 2nd, 2014 7:48 PM

ABC, NBC Promote ‘Alarming New Report’ On Climate Change

On Sunday, both ABC and NBC did their best to play up a new United Nations report on climate change, proclaiming its findings to be “alarming.” On GMA, newsreader Ron Claiborne hyped how “scientists say that the Earth is locked now in a irreversible course of global warming due to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” 
Jeffrey Meyer
November 2nd, 2014 7:20 PM

Meet The Press Insists Repealing ObamaCare Is ‘So Retro’

On Sunday, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) spoke with Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd to discuss the future of the Republican Party. Following the conclusion of the interview, the MTP panel eagerly criticized the Kentucky Republican for daring to call for a repeal of ObamaCare if the Republicans win control on the Senate. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, argued that…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 2nd, 2014 2:25 PM

Politico Headline: 'Bill Clinton Plugs Kay Hagan in N.C.'

Politico seems to have the distinction of publishing the most awkwardly hilarious story headline title of this political campaign season: "Bill Clinton Plugs Kay Hagan in N.C.." If that did not put at least a smile on your face if not cause a belly laugh, it sure had that effect on a lot of people including readers of the Politico article as well as folks on Twitter. To make matters worse, or…
P.J. Gladnick
November 2nd, 2014 1:27 PM

Bob Schieffer Complains That Money In Politics ‘Shames Us All’

On Sunday, Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer followed in NBC host Chuck Todd’s footstepsby predictably dragging up the tired liberal line that money is destroying American politics. The CBS host complained that “the right to vote is our proudest possession, but the way it has become debased by money shames us all.”
Jeffrey Meyer
November 2nd, 2014 1:17 PM