NBC Won't Label Retiring Waxman a 'Liberal,' But CBS Does

On Thursday evening's news casts, both CBS and NBC announced the retirement of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) but only CBS labeled him a liberal. ABC ignored the news. "Democrat Henry Waxman in California, now in his 20th term, was elected with the post-Watergate class of 1974. He became one of the leading liberals in the House," reported CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley. In contrast, NBC…
Matt Hadro
January 30th, 2014 7:50 PM

Column: GOP's Push for Amnesty Is Electoral Suicide: Illegals Favor Bi

As House Republicans prepare to sell out the country on immigration this week, Phyllis Schlafly has produced a stunning report on how immigration is changing the country. The report is still embargoed, but someone slipped me a copy, and it's too important to wait. Leave aside the harm cheap labor being dumped on the country does to the millions of unemployed Americans. What does it mean for…
Ann Coulter
January 30th, 2014 6:56 PM

New Orleans Paper Distorts Tony Perkins Comments About GOP Sen. Vitter

In 2007, Senator David Vitter was implicated in a prostitution ring involving the infamous “D.C. Madam.” Since then the senator apologized to his wife and family as well as the citizens of Louisiana, who, apparently, forgave him, as attested to their reelecting him to the U.S. Senate. But that didn’t stop The Times-Picayune from publishing a story recently which selectively quoted from Family…
Jeffrey Meyer
January 30th, 2014 6:47 PM

Slate's Yglesias Demands Redistribution: 'Idea of Equal Opportunities

For some liberals in the media, working to ensure equality of  opportunity just isn’t enough. They want to see every American achieve an equal outcome and government have an active role in redistribution of wealth. Matthew Yglesias, business and economics correspondent at Slate, made such a contention in a Thursday article titled “Sorry, Equal Opportunity Isn’t Good Enough.”
Paul Bremmer
January 30th, 2014 6:00 PM

MSNBC Fires Staffer Who Sent Tweet Claiming Republicans Hate Multiraci

Shortly after Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus called on MSNBC's president to personally apologize and "take corrective action" for an offensive statement posted to the liberal network's Twitter feed which claimed that conservative people hate interracial families, the TV executive appears to have done just that. "The tweet last night was outrageous and unacceptable. We…
Matthew Sheffield
January 30th, 2014 5:55 PM

Poll: 47% of Uninsureds Unfavorable to ObamaCare; WashPost Buries on A

Some 47 percent of uninsured Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 are now unfavorable towards ObamaCare, the highest negative marks among that demographic since May 2012, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. That number could be considerably higher as the margin of error is plus/minus 8 percentage points. Nevertheless, reporting on the newly-released Kaiser survey, the…
Ken Shepherd
January 30th, 2014 5:45 PM

After the State of the Union Address, ABC Lauds Obama as a 'Go-It-Alon

  The journalists at ABC News have refrained from questioning Barack Obama's unilateral tone at the State of the Union address. Reporter Jim Avila on Tuesday's Nightline went so far as to compare the President to an iconic movie character. Regarding Obama's threats to use executive actions to accomplish his goals, Avila enthused, "This was President Obama, the go-it-alone Terminator, mindful…
Scott Whitlock
January 30th, 2014 5:30 PM

ABC’s Warming Alarmism Grows Cold

In a surprising turn, ABC’s “Nightline” consulted a scientist who thinks the world is in a period of global cooling. “Nightline” strayed from the networks’ fixation on global warming on Jan. 29, instead running a story with one scientist’s warning of a new ice age. It was the first network program to mention “global cooling” in at least four years. ABC interviewed Piers Corbyn, an…
Sean Long
January 30th, 2014 5:00 PM

McConnell Speaks Out Against New IRS Regulations, Big Three Nets Ignor

The Minority Leader of the United States Senate appeared on The Kelly File, Wednesday night, to announce a push back against the IRS’s latest attempt, via new rules, to silence conservative groups. Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) network reaction? Silence. Not a single network morning show, on Thursday, reported on the latest charges from Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Appearing on…
Geoffrey Dickens
January 30th, 2014 3:57 PM

MSNBC Unapologetically Alters Report on Biracial Cheerios Ad, Removing

MSNBC isn't anywhere near done apologizing for reflexively race-baiting conservatives. The Cheerios biracial ad controversy ginned up by the far-left network did not begin with an isolated tweet. It began with the underlying report itself by Gabriela Resto-Montero. As originally seen by a poster at Free Republic, Ms. Resto-Montero described the reaction to the original appearance of the ad…
Tom Blumer
January 30th, 2014 3:02 PM

MSNBC's Ball: GOPers 'Must Feel Like They Should Take a Vow of Silence

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's Krystal Ball cracked that Republicans "must feel like they should just take a vow of silence" until the election as she alluded to New York Republican Rep. Michael Grimm's meltdown with a reporter and Mike Huckabee's recent comments about the so-called "war on women." Referring to Washington Rep. Cathy…
Brad Wilmouth
January 30th, 2014 1:45 PM

In Rare Recognition, AP's Peoples Chronicles Dissatisfaction With Obam

At the Associated Press, labeling conservative politicians as "far-right" comes pretty easily. "Far-left"? Not so much. That there was even one item in the "far-left" search just noted is unusual. It's even more remarkable that the underlying report was written by Steve Peoples, a far-lefty disguised as a reporter if there ever was one. Excerpts from his Wednesday dispatch follow the jump.
Tom Blumer
January 30th, 2014 1:43 PM

WashPost Cheers Hillary's Huge Lead in Dem Primary Poll; 'Benghazi' Om

Philip Rucker and Scott Clement sure are "Ready for Hillary." The Washington Post scribes dutifully pounded out a January 30 front-pager that furthers the Hillary-is-inevitable meme discernible throughout the liberal media. "Clinton holds big Democratic lead" thunders the print headline, with a subhead noting she enjoys "strong support in all demographics" while the "GOP field shows no clear…
Ken Shepherd
January 30th, 2014 1:30 PM

As CBS and ABC Move On, NBC Continues to Hype GOP Congressman's Tussle

NBC's Today on Thursday decided to make Republican Congressman Michael Grimm's verbal attack on a reporter after Tuesday's State of the Union a two-day story, with fill-in co-host Tamron Hall proclaiming: "Well, there's more fallout this morning from an ugly scene following the President's State of the Union address." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] The additional "…
Kyle Drennen
January 30th, 2014 1:10 PM