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ABC Pushes Anti-Catholic 'Philomena' as a 'Touching,' 'True' 'Winner
Good Morning America's Bianna Golodrygra on Thursday promoted the anti-Catholic film Philomena as a "touching," "true story." The ABC journalist spun the movie as largely uncontroversial and a "clear winner with audiences everywhere." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Golodryga downplayed the film's harsh anti-Catholic plot points and soft-peddled the movie's fictional elements,…
February 20th, 2014 3:51 PM
Depraved New World: The Atlantic Plugs Polyamory
Find the thought of marriage’s “incredibly intense contract” with its big commitment “horrifying?” Think monogamy might be too hard and result in a “sexless marriage” that leads to divorce? The answer is simple: marry more than one person! Or, don’t marry them. Or sort of marry them … just make sure there are more than two of you in the relationship.
Or so “polyamorous lawyer” Diana Adams…
February 20th, 2014 3:40 PM
Daily Beast: Syria Likely Used Chemical Weapons in January; Obama 'Sti
Kudos to the Daily Beast for reporting this story. Don't hold your breath for the network news outlets to pick up on it and doggedly pursue it.
In an exclusive published at the website today, Josh Rogin and Noah Shachtman explain how there's credible evidence that regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad may have used chemical weapons in January 2014, something that U.S. intelligence…
February 20th, 2014 3:16 PM
Networks Ignore FCC Plan to Investigate Newsrooms
Despite the disturbing news on Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission had developed a controversial plan to investigate television and radio newsrooms across the country, the broadcast networks of NBC, ABC, and CBS completely ignored the potential threat to press freedom.
In a February 10 Op/Ed for the Wall Street Journal, current FCC commissioner Ajit Pai warned: "Last May the…
February 20th, 2014 2:39 PM
Media Stuck In 'Move On' Mode with Hillary's White House History, Says
MRC founder and president Brent Bozell appeared on “The Kelly File” on Wednesday night to discuss the media’s distaste for conservative media digging into Hillary Clinton’s history. Fox host Megyn Kelly discussed her earlier interview with Kathleen Willey, who has alleged she was sexually harassed by President Clinton in the Oval Office.
Willey told Kelly that Mrs. Clinton ran a “war on…
February 20th, 2014 2:03 PM
CNN's Van Jones: 'Delusional' to Not Act on Climate Change to Prevent
Left-wing activist turned CNN host Van Jones ran to John Kerry's defense on Wednesday's Crossfire, after co-host Newt Gingrich slammed Kerry as "delusional" for recently hyping climate change as "the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction." Jones retorted, "It's not delusional to focus on climate disruption. It's delusional not to."
Moments earlier, the former Obama green jobs czar…
February 20th, 2014 1:35 PM
Irony-Free Chris Matthews Hits Conservatives: 'You Are Known By the Co
Clearly, Chris Matthews doesn't understand irony. The MSNBC host, whose network colleagues have lobbied for someone who defecate down Sarah Palin's throat and called Laura Ingraham a "slut," on Wednesday night lectured, "It's been said more than once that you are known by the company you keep." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
Yet, Matthews wasn't talking about his coworkers or when he…
February 20th, 2014 12:31 PM
Another Day, Another MSNBC.com Freakout: ‘Ohio Restricts The Right T
Does Zachary Roth ever get tired of hyperventilating over new voting laws being passed across the country? He must not because yet again the MSNBC reporter freaked out over the Republican-controlled legislature “restricts the right to vote.” Just in the last year, Roth has penned more than 50 articles on the subject of voting and how the GOP wants to make it harder for Democrats and minorities…
February 20th, 2014 12:10 PM
Do DC Reporters Sleep With Sources? Actress Says Team Obama Says Yes
As a way of promoting the Netflix DC melodrama "House of Cards," the local magazine Capitol File and the gossip column at The Washington Post are promoting anonymous gossip from a "senior person" inside Team Obama.
Actress Robin Wright -- best known to older movie watchers as the title character in "The Princess Bride" -- claimed she gleaned "this little gem from a conversation with an…
February 20th, 2014 11:34 AM
NBC's Brian Williams Apologizes to Arsenio Hall for Only Noting White
It’s funny how quickly liberals are willing to apologize when one of their own is upset with them. On Wednesday’s Nightly News NBC’s Brian Williams said he was sorry to Arsenio Hall for leaving him out of their overview of the late-night talk show scene. Since journalists are usually loathe to admit their mistakes, the on-air apology is a rare event. So Williams threw in a few more apologies to…
February 20th, 2014 11:22 AM
Only CBS Notices Joe Biden 'Lowering Expectations' on ObamaCare, NBC a
After Vice President Joe Biden admitted on Wednesday that the goal of getting 7 million people signed up for ObamaCare by March 31 would not happen, only Thursday's CBS This Morning made any mention of it, and then only giving the news a mere 29 seconds. Neither NBC nor ABC bothered to cover the acknowledgment of failure. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
This Morning…
February 20th, 2014 10:07 AM
WashPost Tilts Left on Front Page: Scott Walker's Name Is Mud, Charlie
Is The Washington Post a rag for liberal Democrats? It’s certainly striving for that reputation today. On the front page (above the fold) is this story, trying to ruin another GOP presidential hopeful like Chris Christie: “Gov. Walker, eyeing 2016, faces fallout from probes: Release of ex-aide’s e-mails could stall rise of national Republican.”
Meanwhile, on the front page of the Style…
February 20th, 2014 8:56 AM