Colbert and Stewart Launch Tirades Against SCOTUS Campaign Finance Dec

Comedy Central launched a crusade against the Supreme Court's campaign finance decision on Thursday night, as both the Daily Show and Colbert Report spent a combined three segments and 20 minutes on a liberal diatribe against the decision. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart aired a lengthy 10-minute rant against the Court striking down the limit on the amount of overall political donations. That…
Matt Hadro
April 4th, 2014 12:56 PM

Networks Refused to Give President Primetime Air for ObamaCare Victory

On Thursday, BuzzFeed reported that NBC, ABC, and CBS turned down a White House request for primetime coverage of a presidential address on Tuesday to spike the football on ObamaCare reaching the seven million enrollment mark. Instead, the President was forced to settle for an afternoon pep rally in the Rose Garden which only ABC and NBC covered live. These were the same networks that…
Kyle Drennen
April 4th, 2014 12:37 PM

Kickstarter Funded ‘After Tiller’ Abortionist Documentary, Rejecte

Talk about blatant bias. Although crowdfunded site Kickstarter refused the makers of the new Gosnell movie permission to fundraise, the same company hosted the recent “After Tiller” late-term abortionist documentary. Filmmaker Phelim McAleer along with wife Ann McElhinney and Magdalena Segieda aimed to raise $2.1 million in 45 days via Kickstarter for their Gosnell project, a scripted drama…
Katie Yoder
April 4th, 2014 12:21 PM

Adam Carolla Defends O'Reilly, Calls Out Biased Press

Adam Carolla knows it's no accident entertainment scribes bring up his "right wing" politics at every turn. The podcast king called out biased entertainment reports during a feisty Q&A with RollingStone.com. The interviewer stirred the pot by asking if Carolla got flak from his Hollywood pals for appearing on The O'Reilly Factor, the highly rated pundit show on Fox News.
Christian Toto
April 4th, 2014 12:00 PM

ABC Uses Footage of Hateful Westboro Baptist to Slime CEO Who Opposes

According to Good Morning America's Linzie Janis, a CEO who made a donation in opposition to gay marriage is the same as the hateful members of the Westboro Baptist Church. On Friday, Janis reported on Brendan Eich, the former head of the tech company Mozilla. Eich was ousted after liberal groups found out that in 2008 he made a $1000 donation to support Proposition 8 in California. As  …
Scott Whitlock
April 4th, 2014 11:05 AM

NBC Promotes Global Warming Special: 'Did Climate Change Just Hit Home

Teasing an upcoming special on global warming hosted by Ann Curry, on Friday's NBC Today, news anchor Natalie Morales hyped the danger: "The head of the World Bank is warning that climate change will lead to violent conflict over shortages of food and water. And this Sunday night, NBC's Ann Curry shows us how ordinary people are already witnessing the impact of rising global temperatures." […
Kyle Drennen
April 4th, 2014 10:45 AM

'Vikings' Portrays Crucifixion as Normal Church Punishment for Apostat

Your humble correspondent is a fan of the History Channel show, "Vikings." However, its historical accuracy leaves something to be desired to the extent that a week ago I posted a thread at IMDB, Things I Learned While Watching 'Vikings', which humorously mocked such inaccuracies as well as anachronisms on the show. Along with noticing that Rollo wore L.A. Ink type tattoos, I also took note of…
P.J. Gladnick
April 4th, 2014 9:55 AM

Other Top Journalists Tell Jake Tapper That Hillary's 2008 Campaign Pl

On Friday morning, CNN host Jake Tapper tweeted “On Hillary Clinton's assertion of media double standard, strongest complaints by her campaign in 2008 were against pro-Obama male journos”. MRC's Dan Gainor alerted me that the responses from other national journalists about Hillary Clinton’s treatment of the press in the ‘08 cycle were surprising. Perhaps this should be a segment on Tapper's…
Tim Graham
April 4th, 2014 9:37 AM

Morning Joe Manages to Devote 12+ Minutes to Lauding Letterman Without

Today's Morning Joe devoted a seemingly endless opening segment to the lavish lauding of David Letterman, who yesterday announced that he would be retiring sometime next year.  Not once, but twice, Joe Scarborough actually equated Letterman's importance with that of the Beatles.  Gag me with a walrus. But not once in the 12-plus minute love letter to Letterman did anyone find time to mention…
Mark Finkelstein
April 4th, 2014 8:28 AM

Salon: Reagan Popularized 'A False Dichotomy Between Communism and Cap

Competition between rivals often brings out the best in both. Think of Bird and Magic, or Lennon and McCartney. In a Tuesday piece for Salon, writer Edward McClelland dared to adapt that principle to the quintessential Cold War foes, the United States and the Soviet Union, contending that American capitalism "never functioned better than when it was forced to compete with [the] rival economic…
Tom Johnson
April 4th, 2014 8:10 AM

Networks Ignore Insurer's Claim That 15-20 Percent of ObamaCare Enroll

On Thursday evening’s news casts, the networks ignored a claim by major insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield that as many as 20 percent of their new enrollees did not pay the first month’s premium for ObamaCare. If that was the case for all insurers, the White House’s brag of 7 million enrollees would be cut down to 6 million or lower. National Journal had the story, calling Blue Cross Blue Shield…
Matt Hadro
April 4th, 2014 1:14 AM

On His New HBO Show, John Oliver Will Relentlessly Mock Republicans

Thursday’s Washington Post promoted the forthcoming HBO news-satire show starring “The Daily Show” correspondent John Oliver, run by a former head writer for “The Daily Show.” But reporter Paul Farhi passes along claims that it won’t be like “The Daily Show.” Right. By story's end, it's clear he doesn't believe that, either. But in classic Comedy Central fashion Oliver’s team previewed their…
Tim Graham
April 3rd, 2014 11:00 PM

Chris Matthews and Joan Walsh Call Those Disputing ObamaCare Numbers

On Thursday's Hardball, host Chris Matthews and guest Joan Walsh disparaged conservatives who disputed the administration's ObamaCare enrollment numbers "birthers" and "truthers." "What can you say about these guys besides they are health care enrollment truthers right now," Matthews insisted. "It's a new firm of birtherism. It's a new way to say it's not legitimate, he [Obama] doesn't…
Matt Hadro
April 3rd, 2014 9:57 PM

Thom Hartmann Dangles October Surprise Bait for Jimmy Carter - and Fai

His interview with former president Jimmy Carter didn't go quite as Thom Hartmann expected, which made it all the more amusing. As Carter continues making the rounds to drum up sales for his new book, he was a guest on liberal talker Hartmann's radio show Tuesday, but there was something else that Hartmann wanted to talk about first. (Video after the jump)
Jack Coleman
April 3rd, 2014 9:17 PM