CBS Hypes NRA Battle With Fellow Gun Rights Groups

If there's one thing liberal media outlets enjoy, it's conservatives fighting with each other. On Tuesday, CBS This Morning journalists highlighted a dispute between the National Rifle Association and Open Carry Texas, another firearms organization. Co-host Norah O'Donnell related, "...The National Rifle Association is criticizing some of its usual supporters. NRA lobbyists say it's, quote, "…
Scott Whitlock
June 3rd, 2014 1:13 PM

Daily Show Targets Anti-Vaxxers As ‘Left-Leaning Idiocy

Editor’s Note: This article contains language that might be offensive to some readers. You know left-wing propaganda has gotten out of hand when even “The Daily Show” calls it out. In a video segment June 2, correspondent Samantha Bee went on a quest to find out who is causing the outbreak of infectious diseases such as measles in the U.S. She initially assumed the outbreaks were caused by “…
Kristine Marsh
June 3rd, 2014 12:51 PM

Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky: Bergdahl Controversy is the Right's New

Addressing the critics of the Obama administration’s prisoner swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky posited that this controversy represents the Right’s new Benghazi, by which he means a new scandal obsession which will prove fruitless. The absurdity in the piece is unrelenting; Tomasky claims that “Bergdahl may well end up being the flimsy excuse for the impeachment…
Connor Williams
June 3rd, 2014 12:50 PM

Sharyl Attkisson: Media Execs 'Censor or Block Stories That Don't Fall

Former CBS correspondent Sharyl Attkisson blasted the media's manipulation of news coverage in the first part of an interview that was posted on The Daily Signal, a new project of the conservative Heritage Foundation. Attkisson singled out a "tendency in the news media...on the part of some managers, to censor or block stories that don't fall in line with the message that they want sent to the…
Matthew Balan
June 3rd, 2014 12:31 PM

NBC Hails 'Landmark' Minimum Wage Hike in Seattle as 'Historic Victory

In a brief on Tuesday's NBC Today, news anchor Natalie Morales portrayed a minimum wage hike in Seattle as the first step toward a nationwide increase: "Well, with talks across the country ongoing about boosting the minimum wage, workers in Seattle are soon going to be seeing a big boost....The Seattle city council passed an ordinance Monday that bumps the minimum wage up to $15 an hour. That's…
Kyle Drennen
June 3rd, 2014 12:12 PM

Even MSNBC's Brzezinski Shows Doubts About Obama Deal with Terrorists

On Tuesday's Morning Joe on MSNBC, normally left-leaning co-host Mika Brzezinski repeatedly showed skepticism toward President Obama's decision to release five high-value Taliban prisoners in exchange for the release of hostage Bowe Bergdahl from the Haqqani terrorist group. In the absence of Joe Scarborough, Brzezinski introduced the show by recounting some of the correspondence involving…
Brad Wilmouth
June 3rd, 2014 11:56 AM

Katy Perry to Cosmo: Crystals ‘Attract the Male

“When a man stops believing in God he doesn’t then believe in nothing, he believes anything.” – G.K. Chesterton  Katy Perry not only knows how to sing about fireworks, but also how to create them – with crystals.  Comedian Chelsea Handler interviewed pop icon Katy Perry for Cosmopolitan’s July issue. When their conversation turned to frequency of sex, Perry revealed, “I carry a lot of rose…
Katie Yoder
June 3rd, 2014 10:40 AM

Bloomberg Columnist Defends Bergdahl Deal: 'The President Managed to G

Who the hell was President Obama rescuing: Bowe Bergdahl or the Taliban terrorists themselves?   The questions arises out of the mind-boggling defense of the Bergdahl deal proferred on today's Morning Joe by Bloomberg columnist Jeffrey Goldberg, who argued that by dint of the deal, "the President managed to get five guys out of Gitmo, which is a goal."  Well, at least President Obama didn't…
Mark Finkelstein
June 3rd, 2014 9:01 AM

NBC's Gregory to Ben Carson: 'Very Highly Charged' to Demand Gov't Fol

In an interview with Dr. Ben Carson for Meet the Press's web-based feature Press Pass, NBC host David Gregory dismissed Carson's call for "a government that placed the Constitution of the United States at the highest level": "There are some people who say that. That's a very highly charged thing to say. Where is the Constitution not placed in the right level today?" [Listen to the audio or…
Kyle Drennen
June 3rd, 2014 8:24 AM

There's Two Snowden 'Hero' Movies In The Works -- One by Oliver Stone

How radical is Hollywood? There are two competing movie projects sure to lionize Edward Snowden betraying America’s secrets. Naturally, one of them is helmed by Oliver Stone, who bows to no one in casting America as a global supervillain. See his Untold History of the United States bilge on Showtime. "This is one of the greatest stories of our time," said the leftist director. "A real…
Tim Graham
June 3rd, 2014 8:18 AM

Establishment Press Ignores House Vote to Defund Operation Choke Point

A month ago, I noted that the establishment press has ignored an especially pernicious program undertaken by Eric Holder's Department of Justice and the Obama administration's regulatory apparatus, namely Operation Choke Point. On Thursday, a strong 321-87 bipartisan majority of the House passed H.R. 4660, the "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (of) 2015."…
Tom Blumer
June 3rd, 2014 1:27 AM

WashPost Editor: We Should Negotiate With The Taliban More

MSNBC’s prime time lineup is known for its over-the-top liberal ideology, but the Monday, June 2 All In with Chris Hayes may have entered new levels of ridiculousness.  Host Chris Hayes brought on Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior Correspondent and Associate Editor of the Washington Post, to discuss the release of an American soldier in exchange for five Taliban leaders held in Guantanamo Bay.…

Jeffrey Meyer
June 2nd, 2014 10:19 PM

MSNBC's Matthews, Guests Blast Koch Bros., GOP: 'Hurting the Planet's

President Obama's newly-announced EPA regulations on coal-fired electric plants are engendering opposition from red-state Democrats hoping to win crucial Senate elections this November. For her part, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who says she favors "reduc[ing] carbon in the atmosphere," criticized the president's end-run around the legislature. "Congress should set…
Ken Shepherd
June 2nd, 2014 9:22 PM

ABC Spends Twice As Much Time on Hedgehogs Than New EPA Regulations

On Monday, June 2 the Environmental Protection Agency formally announced a slew of new regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions by coal plants by 30 percent over the next 15 years.  Despite the potential damaging impact the new regulations will have on the economy, ABC’s World News with Diane Sawyer spend twice as much time on hedgehogs becoming popular pets instead of providing a full…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 2nd, 2014 8:01 PM