Shorter MSNBC: Nonpartisan Elections in Ferguson Are 'Shenanigans' Whi

One week after MSNBC.com staff writer Zachary Roth hinted  that Ferguson, Missouri's April municipal elections are racially discriminatory, MSNBC host Joy Reid took that argument out for a spin on the Thursday, August 21 edition of her eponymous Reid Report program with guests MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor and Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D). Oddly enough, Ms. Reid laid some…
Ken Shepherd
August 21st, 2014 6:07 PM

WashPost Writer Steers Daughter from Redskins Outfit for Teddy Bear Be

Washington Post parenting writer Mari-Jane Williams took to the paper’s Thursday "Local Living" section to continue the paper’s advocating the name “Redskins” be stripped from the city’s NFL team through a conversation she had with her seven-year-old daughter after she wanted “to buy a Redskins outfit” for a bear she had at home. Upon hearing her daughter’s request, she told readers it was then…
Curtis Houck
August 21st, 2014 5:45 PM

Breaking: Wash Post Discovers Alaska Is Sparsely Populated, Knocks GOP

The Washington Post on Thursday apparently discovered that Alaska is a sparsely populated state. In an online article, writer Philip Bump repeatedly complained about the small turnout in the Republican senatorial primary, making the same point over and over for seven paragraphs.  Regarding Republican Dan Sullivan's vote total, Bump worried that it was "just over 36,000 -- enough for him to…
Scott Whitlock
August 21st, 2014 4:05 PM

ABC, NBC Fail to Cite Hamas Official Admitting to Group’s Kidnapping

The morning news shows for the major broadcast networks came and went on Thursday and two of the three networks in ABC and NBC refused to mention a key revelation in the ongoing fighting between Israel and the Islamic terrorist group Hamas. After previously denying involvement, a senior Hamas official admitted to the group's involvement in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in…
Curtis Houck
August 21st, 2014 3:25 PM

Networks: Ferguson 'Relieved' By Eric Holder's Visit; 'A Step Towards

Between Wednesday's evening newscasts and Thursday's morning shows, NBC, CBS, and ABC all praised Attorney General Eric Holder's visit to Ferguson, Missouri. On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Ron Allen proclaimed: "Those demanding justice for Michael Brown are relieved that Eric Holder is here because they simply don't trust the local authorities." [Listen to the audio or watch the…
Kyle Drennen
August 21st, 2014 3:20 PM

Forget the Ice Bucket Challenge; Lefty Blogger Starts Taco-Or-Beer Ch

Editor’s Note: this article contains offensive language. You know what’s funny? Infanticide! It’s the point of a hysterical new trend from a left-wing blogger.  Andrea Grimes of RH Reality Check and the Texas Observer (Both part of George Soros’ Media Consortium) wasn’t keen on the internet-viral #IceBucketChallenge, so she decided to create one of her own: the #TacoOrBeerChallenge – to…
Katie Yoder
August 21st, 2014 2:58 PM

'Bash That Pretty Face In': Bravo's Boston 'Top Chef' Taping Marred By

The Boston Herald reports that “Teamsters Local 25 — the crew that drives for most TV and movie productions made in Massachusetts — reportedly harassed and threatened” the cast and crew of Bravo’s “Top Chef” when they taped their latest season in the area and used non-union drivers. Unions rarely make national news, and this will probably be no exception. What about "Entertainment Tonight" or "…
Tim Graham
August 21st, 2014 1:21 PM

Bird Watching: Obama’s an ‘Odd Duck,’ But His GOP Critics ‘Scr

The Obama administration is in the doldrums, and not only because it’s August. Is it that the president has a short attention span, or that he’s insufficiently ideological, or have Republicans just worn him down? Three lefty pundits opined on the issue earlier this week. In a Tuesday New Republic piece, Georgetown history professor Michael Kazin identified “Obama’s sober mistrust of ideology…
Tom Johnson
August 21st, 2014 12:39 PM

CBS Offers a Shockingly Positive Look at Women and Guns: A 'Great Amer

CBS This Morning journalists on Thursday offered something Americans rarely see on network television: A thoroughly positive look at guns and the affinity women have for shooting. Reporter Jan Crawford told viewers that this is "completely removed" from gun violence. She enthused, "These women see their sport as this great American tradition that they hope their daughters and their…
Scott Whitlock
August 21st, 2014 12:22 PM

Nicki Minaj, MTV and Pornified Pop

Editor's note: This article contains offensive language and content. The 2014 MTV Video Music Awards air Sunday night, and Nicki Minaj’s new video “Anaconda” is finally out. It’s a good week for porn, er, pop. Last year’s VMA show featured the Miley Cyrus “twerking” extravaganza. “Anaconda” is, according one enthusiastic description, about “butts.” It’s tempting to say that we’ve reached…
Anna Walker
August 21st, 2014 12:03 PM

WashPost Columnist Slams Opponents of Ferguson Looting: Think 'Persona

Clinton Yates, Washington Post online columnist and commentator for Washington D.C’s WTOP radio station, decided to wade into the controversy in Ferguson by slamming those who oppose the looting and violence in the wake of Michael Brown’s death.  On Thursday, August 21, during his “My Take with Clinton Yates” segment on WTOP, which is the main news radio station for the political class in…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 21st, 2014 11:25 AM

Networks Ignore 'Unpatriotic' Tax Decisions of Obama Donors

President Barack Obama has come out strongly against corporations moving their addresses overseas in an attempt to pay lower taxes – while several of his own donors saved money by employing this very tactic, known as “inversion.” Yet, ABC, CBS and NBC have completely ignored that hypocrisy since the president addressed the issue on July 24. White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz told…
Mike Ciandella
August 21st, 2014 10:29 AM

Networks Refuse to Mention Latest Fast and Furious Development

On Wednesday night, the major broadcast networks ignored the latest news from the Fast and Furious scandal as a federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice (DOJ) must turn over a list of documents regarding the botched gun-running scheme that was formally called Operation Fast and Furious. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in court hearing Wednesday that the DOJ will…
Curtis Houck
August 21st, 2014 12:25 AM

O’Reilly Blasts Sharpton on Ferguson, Calls Him a ‘Charlatan’ Wh

On Wednesday evening, Bill O’Reilly returned from vacation to anchor his Fox News Channel (FNC) program live to discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri since the death of Michael Brown on August 9. In just over an eight-minute-long “Talking Points” segment, O’Reilly addressed multiple aspects of the story, but specifically slammed MSNBC commentator and activist Al Sharpton as “this…
Curtis Houck
August 20th, 2014 10:50 PM