Reporting Bob Filner's Sentencing, ABC, CNN, MSNBC Websites All Omit F

This morning, Bob Filner (D) was sentenced to "90 days home confinement as punishment for three criminal charges connected to the sexual harassment scandal that ended his term as San Diego mayor," according to NBCSanDiego.com staffers Monica Garske and R. Stickney, who failed to mention Filner's Democratic Party affiliation in their story. But Garske and Stickney are not alone among their…
Ken Shepherd
December 9th, 2013 3:08 PM

Mandela Tribute From NBC's Gregory Turns Into Obama Love Letter

On Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, host David Gregory used the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela to lecture American politicians: "Mandela refused to be consumed by hatred and insisted on working toward a common purpose with his political foes. That, seems to me, is what is missing from this era of argument in Washington." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump…
Kyle Drennen
December 9th, 2013 2:45 PM

MSNBC's Finney Compares GOP 'Separating' and 'Dividing' People to 'Apa

On Friday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC's Karen Finney accused Republicans of practicing their own form of "apartheid" by "separating people and dividing people" as she and host Al Sharpton discussed comments some right-leaning public figures have made in the aftermath of Nelson Mandela's passing. Referring to former Senator Rick Santorum comparing Mandela fighting against the oppresssion of…
Brad Wilmouth
December 9th, 2013 2:11 PM

CBS Notices 'Another Problem' With ObamaCare – Higher Deductibles; A

Norah O'Donnell's 20-second news brief on Monday's CBS This Morning is the sole Big Three network mention so far of the Wall Street Journal's Sunday report about a "troubling element" of ObamaCare – exorbitant deductibles with the no-frills plans available on the health care exchanges. O'Donnell zeroed in on the item by reporters Leslie Scism and Timothy W. Martin, who cited a new report…
Matthew Balan
December 9th, 2013 1:22 PM

Chris Matthews's Pop Culture Fail: Santorum Fighting ObamaCare Is Like

  For someone who loves to make pop culture references, Chris Matthews can't seem to get them right. On Friday night, the Hardball host sneered at Rick Santorum comparing his fight against ObamaCare to Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid. A cocky Matthews derided, "That's like Snoopy fighting the Red Dragon." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] As any Peanuts fan will tell you, Snoopy…
Scott Whitlock
December 9th, 2013 12:50 PM

New Jersey Waitress Alleging Anti-Gay Hate Ought to Be Cautionary Tale

A New Jersey waitress who became a minor internet celebrity after she alleged that a customer refused to give her a tip because she is a lesbian appears to have resigned or been fired after evidence was presented that she fabricated the entire incident. The restaurant, Gallop Asian Bistro, posted a note to its Facebook page Saturday evening saying that it had conducted an investigation into…
Matthew Sheffield
December 9th, 2013 12:18 PM

Ben Affleck on Republican Actors: 'I Probably Wouldn’t Like This Per

Just how much do many Hollywood liberals hate conservatives? In an interview with Playboy, Ben Affleck said, "When I watch a guy [on film] I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him":
Noel Sheppard
December 9th, 2013 11:32 AM

MSNBC's Harris-Perry Uses ‘Derogatory’ Term ObamaCare Two Weeks Be

MSNBC weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry has a tendency to wax sanctimonious when the camera light goes on and she takes to the air. So it's our pleasure to note her utter hypocrisy when it comes to how to describe the president's signature legislative accomplishment, the ObamaCare health care overhaul. [See video after jump.]
Jeffrey Meyer
December 9th, 2013 11:10 AM

Belligerent Zeke Emanuel Again Helps the Anti-Obamacare Cause in Sunda

Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace was not in the mood to put up with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel's standard-issue leftist guff on Sunday. Last night, I noted that the pressed Emanuel until he forced a "yes" out of him to a simple question: "Didn't he (President Obama) say, 'If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.'" That move brought out Emanuel's ridiculous contention that what Obama somehow…
Tom Blumer
December 9th, 2013 10:45 AM

Scarborough, Dean Squabble Over Dems Moving Left: You Spout That 'Carl

Things got testy between Joe Scarborough and Howard Dean on today's Morning Joe over the issue of the Dem party moving left.  In a particularly unkind cut, Scarborough accused Dean of spouting "Carl Bernstein nonsense," while Dean tried to shut Scarborough down, bleating "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."  Adding spice to the mix, Mika Brzezinski made clear her great regard for lefty Senator…
Mark Finkelstein
December 9th, 2013 9:41 AM

Oops! NPR Host Diane Rehm Asserts Reagan Was President In 1979, And No

On Friday's edition of The Diane Rehm Show that's broadcast on many NPR stations from Washington, the host mangled her presidential history, but her guests and producers all humored her, like you might humor a nice lady who's 77. No one suggested a gold watch and an open space for a younger NPR liberal behind the mic. As Rehm and a crew of reporters aerobically compared Barack Obama to Nelson…
Tim Graham
December 9th, 2013 8:28 AM

Revenge Recap Season 3 Episode 9: Surrender

Positve messages and plot twists rule the day.
Evan Mantel
December 9th, 2013 1:43 AM

Zeke Emanuel on Fox: You Can Keep Your Doctor, But You May Be Fully Re

In promoting the Affordable Care Act, or what has come to be known by friend and foe alike as "Obamacare," to the American public, President Obama spent at least four years making two fundamental guarantees: "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan," and "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." It is quite well-known that the first guarantee has been…
Tom Blumer
December 8th, 2013 9:41 PM

Top HBO TV Producer David Simon Embraces Marx Diagnosis: 'My Country I

David Simon, the toast of Hollywood and the cultural elite for creating the inner-city Baltimore crime drama "The Wire" for HBO, unleashed a left-wing jeremiad on the "Two Americas" at a "Festival of Dangerous Ideas" in Sydney, Australia. He also shocked Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik for admitting people don't really watch his HBO stuff. As his show "Treme" ends on Sunday, he declared…
Tim Graham
December 8th, 2013 6:35 PM