As He Gets 10-Year Sentence, Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's Part

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison today on fraud, bribery and related charges. In a January 2006 appearance on PBS's Tavis Smiley Show, Nagin, who in many several previous news reports had been described as a Republican who became a Democrat once he sought political office, told Smiley that he "never was a Republican" and he has been a "life-long Democrat…
Tom Blumer
July 9th, 2014 2:29 PM

Even MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Can't Understand Why Obama Won't Visit th

Has Barack Obama lost Mika Brzezinski? Wednesday morning on Morning Joe, the MSNBC co-host wondered why the President is still refusing to visit the border while in Texas. Brzezinski argued that if Obama really does have a vision, why not go down to Texas and show the Republicans lack of effort on the issue? Of course, Brzezinski threw in the “make Republicans look bad” caveat, but she also…
Jackie Seal
July 9th, 2014 2:11 PM

MRC VP Dan Gainor on 'Varney & Co.' Discusses BBC Censoring Climate Ch

Media Research Center VP for Business and Culture, Dan Gainor, appeared on Fox Business' "Varney & Co." to discuss the BBC's decision to censor climate change skeptics. On July 5, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced it was training journalists to ignore skeptical views on man-made climate change. Rather than condemn the BBC, American media outlets like The Huffington Post,…
Mike Ciandella
July 9th, 2014 1:52 PM

Andrea Mitchell Laments Democrat's Contraception Legislation Won’t

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, who is known for softball interviews with pro-abortion activists, appeared distraught during her Andrea Mitchell Reports program on Wednesday, July 9 at the chances of a Democratic bill meant to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby passing Congress.  Speaking with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), one of the co-sponsors of the legislation, Mitchell…
Jeffrey Meyer
July 9th, 2014 1:23 PM

CBS Returns to Puffing Pot: 'High Times' in Seattle

For the second day in a row, CBS This Morning reported live from Seattle as Washington State officially legalizes marijuana. The on-screen graphic for the segment promoted the "high times" sure to come. Standing in front of Cannabis City, reporter Adriana Diaz enthused, "At 12 o'clock, Tuesday, dubbed high noon, Cannabis City's owner cut police tape to symbolically mark the legal sale of…
Scott Whitlock
July 9th, 2014 12:55 PM

Michael Eric Dyson On 'The Ed Show': 'Is Compassionate Conservatism D

Michael Eric Dyson successfully filled in for Ed Schultz on the June 8 edition of The Ed Show by continuing the tradition of blaming America’s problems on Republicans and ranting about their heartlessness. For this show, Dyson chose to focus his opening monologue on blasting “the party that claims to believe in family values and Christian charity” that also calls for Obama to tighten border…
Laura Flint
July 9th, 2014 12:00 PM

NBC's Guthrie Tries to Blame Congress for Immigration Crisis

On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie attempted to link House Republican opposition to Democrat-backed immigration reform legislation to the current border crisis: "There's also this immigration reform bill that's been passed in the Senate, it's dead on arrival in the House....is it a situation where you think members of Congress would rather have the political issue than a…
Kyle Drennen
July 9th, 2014 11:45 AM

What Terror? Networks Call Hamas ‘Militants,’ ‘Fighters

Broadcast news outlets have figured out a way to end terrorism. Just stop calling it what it is. They identify terror groups like Hamas “militants” instead. Hamas has been raining rockets indiscriminately on Israel and is blamed for the recent kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens. It’s a group the United States has designated as terrorist for nearly 17 years. Yet on evening and…
Dan Gainor
July 9th, 2014 11:30 AM

MSNBC’s Wagner Smears: GOP Thinks Black Votes In Mississippi ‘Aren

Leave it to MSNBC to twist the rhetoric of the Tea Party following Thad Cochran’s upset of Chris McDaniel in the June 24 Mississippi runoff. On Tuesday's Now, host Alex Wagner and David Corn of Mother Jones both strongly suggested that racism is the reason why the Tea Party objected to thousands of Democrats pushing Cochran to victory. Wagner sneered, “This is particularly pointed for the…
Connor Williams
July 9th, 2014 10:59 AM

‘Snowpiercer:’ A Train Ride Through the Horrors of Liberal Extremi

Liberals see only ‘class warfare’ in this Korean thriller, most ignore villain’s embrace of radical left-wing views.
Julia A. Seymour
July 9th, 2014 10:55 AM

Rosie O'Donnell, 9/11 Truther and Hater of 'Radical Christianity,' Ret

According to TMZ, 9/11 truther and denouncer of "radical Christianity" Rosie O'Donnell has signed a deal with ABC to once again be a permanent host of The View. In the wake of the retirement of Barbara Walters and the departures of Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd, the show has turned to the woman who once said this of America: "I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead.…
Scott Whitlock
July 9th, 2014 10:44 AM

Hillary's 'Hard Choices' Plunges Below Amazon Top 100 Less Than Month

Less than a month after its official release date of June 10, Hillary Clinton's book, "Hard Choices," has today plunged below the Amazon Top 100 list to a humbling #102 as of this writing. Over at Simon & Schuster, the book publisher who paid Hillary a big campaign contribution in the form of a whopping $14 million advance, there is now a lot of angry finger pointing according to the New…
P.J. Gladnick
July 9th, 2014 10:23 AM

Ronan Farrow Relates US Immigration Crisis To Jewish People Fleeing Hi

Ronan Farrow devoted a significant portion of his July 9 show to attempting to coopt the storied heroism of Raoul Wallenberg to spin the Mexican border crisis. The MSNBC host invited the US Ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski and Swedish Ambassador to the US Bjorn Lyrvall onto Ronan Farrow Daily to discuss the accomplishments of the Swedish humanitarian who saved thousands of Jewish lives…
Laura Flint
July 9th, 2014 10:05 AM

NYT Editor: Like Civil Rights, GOP Must Be 'Convinced' Gay Marriage is

Appearing on Meet the Press's web-based feature Press Pass, New York Times opinion editor Clay Risen told NBC host David Gregory that just as Republicans "had to be convinced" that civil rights legislation in the 1960s "was a moral issue," so too would the GOP have to convinced on the issue of "gay rights": "...a lot of people who, when it comes down to it, don't really have an opinion one way…
Kyle Drennen
July 9th, 2014 8:35 AM