Guess Who's Losing? NY Times Scorns 'Bumpkinification' of the Midterms

New York Times political writer Mark Leibovich employed the Full Sneer in a story for this weekend's New York Times Magazine entitled "The Bumpkinification of the Midterm Elections.” Leibovich began with Iowa Republican candidate Joni Ernst talking about castrating hogs, but he soon turned to the announcement that the “apotheosis” of bumpkin-hood was Sarah Palin, the mama grizzly with the…
Tim Graham
October 28th, 2014 4:34 PM

Not Network News: When Grandpa Shoots Three Home Invaders

While many on the Left spent last week using the terrorist attack in Canada to promote their gun control agendas, all three major networks managed to overlook a newsworthy story that supported gun rights. On October 20 in North Carolina, a grandfather used a gun to successfully protect his family from violent home invaders.
Laura Flint
October 28th, 2014 2:10 PM

She's No Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Nicolle Wallace Touts 'Rock Star' Dem

It's no shock that liberal View hosts Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez and Whoopi Goldberg fawned over Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday. But so did former Republican operative and co-host Nicolle Wallace. Hardly representing the right, Wallace enthused, "Senator Elizabeth Warren has become a rock star in American politics!" 
Scott Whitlock
October 28th, 2014 12:56 PM

On MSNBC, Graham Nash Blasts Koch Bros.; 'Execution' of Michael Brown

On Monday's Morning Joe, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough prompted hippie icon Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, and Nash fame to promote his new song about the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Nash wildly contended that "what happened with...almost, the execution of Michael Brown, we had to say something." He also took a shot at a regular boogeyman for MSNBC: the Koch brothers.
Matthew Balan
October 28th, 2014 12:56 PM

Misery Loves Company: Jon Stewart Hosts Wendy Davis

Suggests a Texas ‘Planned Parenthood food truck;’ ’Get a Taco and a Pap Smear.’
Kristine Marsh
October 28th, 2014 12:39 PM

TMI: Time Editor Oozes on Orgasmic Charisma of Editor Ben Bradlee

Last week, former Washington Post features writer Martha Sherill oozed after “legendary” executive editor Ben Bradlee’s death that he was so handsome, he put Cary Grant to shame. So it’s a bit shocking to find another former Postie, Time editor at large David Von Drehle, outdoing Sherrill in the ooze department, throwing out the word “orgasm” to describe Bradlee’s charisma.
Tim Graham
October 28th, 2014 12:19 PM

WaPo's Chuck Lane Mocks Hillary: ‘NBC Created A Job For Chelsea'

Last week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at a campaign rally for Democrat Martha Coakley and told her liberal audience “don’t let anybody tell you it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.” On Monday night, the entire panel on Fox News’ Special Report w/ Bret Baier eagerly mocked Ms. Clinton's comments with Chuck Lane of the Washington Post joking that he “thought NBC…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 28th, 2014 12:13 PM

ABC's 'World News Tonight' Finally Ends Midterm Blackout

After failing to mention the upcoming midterm election a single time since he took over the anchor desk of ABC's World News Tonight on September 1, on Monday, David Muir finally informed viewers that a political contest with "enormous" stakes was just days away: "The countdown is on, this evening, to the midterm elections tonight. Your voice, your vote. Just eight days to go before this election…
Kyle Drennen
October 28th, 2014 11:28 AM

Flummoxed Charlie Rose on Midterms: 'Why Is It They Don't Like' Obama?

The CBS This Morning crew on Tuesday alternated between confusion as to why Barack Obama may be driving Republicans to a big midterm victory and strident declarations that the GOP would have no mandate. Co-host Charlie Rose talked with political director John Dickerson and wondered of disenchanted voters: "So why is it they don't like this President so much? Is it a spillover from ObamaCare or…
Scott Whitlock
October 28th, 2014 11:07 AM

Cosmo to Send Party Bus With Male Models to Take NC Coeds to Polls

Cosmopolitan magazine will be sending a party bus filled with shirtless male models to North Carolina State University to shuttle coeds to the election polls next week. If this sounds like a skit from the upcoming Zoolander 2 movie you could be right. However, it is all too real. Of course, as we shall see, the real purpose of this stunt by Cosmopolitan is to help Democrats.
P.J. Gladnick
October 28th, 2014 10:56 AM

Norah O’Donnell Admits To Throwing ‘A Softball' At Elizabeth Warren

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) appeared on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning to discuss next week’s midterm elections and the three CBS hosts eagerly threw softball questions at the Massachusetts Democrat. During the interview, Norah O’Donnell asked Senator Warren “what's going to happen if Republicans take control?” before admitting “I guess that was a softball of a question, wasn’t it?”  
Jeffrey Meyer
October 28th, 2014 10:41 AM

Nicolle Wallace Lumps Scott with Crist: Untethered to 'Moral Compass'

If on national TV you pass along from a "friend" an extremely damning charge about someone's morality, do you have an obligation to identify that "friend" or provide some sort of substantiation for the charge?  Nicolle Wallace apparently doesn't think so. On today's Morning Joe, speaking of Rick Scott and Charlie Crist, Wallace blithely passed along the charge from an unnamed "friend" from…
Mark Finkelstein
October 28th, 2014 8:12 AM

Poehler to Create New Church-Centered Sit-Com for NBC

Oh good. A Hollywood liberal is doing a sitcom about a church. What could go wrong? With NBC’s popular comedic sit-com “Parks and Recreation” heading into its seventh and final season, lead actress Amy Poehler’s next project is one conservative Christians probably won’t welcome.
Tianna DiMartino
October 28th, 2014 7:02 AM

Networks Ignore Hillary Clinton's Claim Businesses Don’t Create Jobs

As of Monday night, the major English and Spanish broadcast networks have blacked out all mention of remarks made by Hillary Clinton on Friday at a campaign event for Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley that businesses and corporations do not create jobs. Speaking at the campaign event, Clinton told the audience that: “Don't let anybody tell you that, you know – it's…
Curtis Houck
October 28th, 2014 1:03 AM