Networks Join Brit Authorities in Hushing Muslim Sex Abuse Scandal

Imagine a sex scandal centered on a small area, involving decades of abuse, with hundreds of children raped, assaulted and prostituted. Authorities suspected or knew of the crimes but did nothing, preferring to protect the abusers than aid their victims or see justice done.  If that city were in, say, Ireland, and the abusers Catholic priests, the U.S. networks would report it immediately and…
Kristine Marsh
September 9th, 2014 10:00 AM

Once Again Chris Matthews Betrays His Historical Ignorance

In the midst of discussing the president's handling of the ISIS insurgency in Iraq and Syria on his Monday evening edition of Hardball, MSNBC's Chris Matthews railed against President Obama's use of the term "homeland" to describe America's home soil. But numerous presidents have used the term "homeland" in speeches, including Matthews's former boss, Jimmy Carter.
Ken Shepherd
September 9th, 2014 8:30 AM

U.S. Nets Joins British Authorities in Hushing Muslim Sex Abuse Scanda

Nets obsessed with Catholic sex abuse silent on Muslim crimes.
Kristine Marsh
September 9th, 2014 7:26 AM

Men Need Not Apply: Morning Joe Digs Idea of Women-Only Taxi Service

All the members of the Morning Joe panel--Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist--speak approvingly of "SheRide," a new taxi service that hires only women drivers and accepts only women passengers.
Mark Finkelstein
September 9th, 2014 7:24 AM

Even New Yorker Editor Laments Obama’s Tired, ‘Botched’ Foreign Policy

One of Obama's staunchest journalistic supporters, New Yorker editor David Remnick, lamented he "must admit that the president has sometimes been a thick-tongued steward of his own foreign policy." He's "compiling an anthology of botched pronouncements that have, at best, muddied his intentions."
Randy Hall
September 9th, 2014 7:14 AM

Even New Yorker Editor Laments Obama’s Tired, ‘Botched’ Foreign Policy

One of Obama's staunchest journalistic supporters, New Yorker editor David Remnick, lamented he "must admit that the president has sometimes been a thick-tongued steward of his own foreign policy." He's "compiling an anthology of botched pronouncements that have, at best, muddied his intentions."
Randy Hall
September 9th, 2014 7:13 AM

AP: 'Job Market Has Improved by Pretty Much Every Gauge Except Pay'

The Obama administration-prepared koolaid delivered to the Associated Press's economics writers on Monday must have been extraordinarily concentrated. How else can you explain how the AP's Christopher Rugaber could have written the following — "The U.S. job market has steadily improved by pretty much every gauge except ... Pay" — without doubling over with laughter? No, Chris. The reason pay…
Tom Blumer
September 8th, 2014 10:21 PM

ABC Ignores Start of Nagin's Prison Term; NBC Gives Story 15 Seconds

Beginning on Monday afternoon, Democrat and former Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin began a 10 year prison sentence for corruption charges that were as result of his actions following the landfall of Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding of the city in August 2005. When it came to reporting on the story during their evening newscasts, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir refused to cover the…
Curtis Houck
September 8th, 2014 10:04 PM

Hagerstown [Md.] Herald-Mail in the Bag for Democrat in House Race

The conservative Red Maryland Network blog detailed what it calls "a virtual news blackout" by the Hagerstown Herald-Mail for the campaign of conservative Republican and former Secret Service presidential detail agent Dan Bongino against Maryland Sixth Congressional District Rep. John Delaney.
Ken Shepherd
September 8th, 2014 9:45 PM

Charlie Crist's Boss Caught in Wild 'Choom' Rant

Be careful. Be very, very careful. When the boss of Charlie Crist  screams foul language at what appears to be a a 420 Reefer Madness rally of the Choom Gang it is okay to report it on the news. However, what is taboo is to mention Charlie Crist's connection to his own boss, John Morgan, at the law firm of Morgan & Morgan where Crist serves not only as a rainmaker but receives big campaign…
P.J. Gladnick
September 8th, 2014 9:39 PM

Daily Kos: ‘American Taliban' Push Missouri Abortion Law

The Missouri legislature may override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a 72-hour abortion waiting period. If that happens, it's another victory for social conservatives' quest to impose religious law in America.
Tom Johnson
September 8th, 2014 9:22 PM

Democrat Sen. Feinstein: Obama 'Too Cautious' With 'Vicious' ISIS

How can you tell that President Obama is dangerously incompetent when it comes to national security?  There are many ways, but very few that actually have the capacity to get the attention of the Obama-adoring Left, including the media.
Cheri Jacobus
September 8th, 2014 9:10 PM

NOW Throwing in Towel on Wendy Davis?

On MSNBC's Ed Show, NOW President Terry O'Neill gives a glum assessment of Wendy Davis' chances of winning her race for Governor of Texas: "this has always been very much an uphill battle."
Mark Finkelstein
September 8th, 2014 9:04 PM

Media Hammered Bush Disapproval in 2006, Ignore Obama's in 2014

"When this administration is falling apart, the media should give it the exact same coverage they gave to George Bush," Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell told Fox News Channel substitute host Stuart Varney on the September 8 Your World w/Neil Cavuto. But as a new MRC study shows, they most certainly are not.
NB Staff
September 8th, 2014 8:07 PM