Steve Roberts: 'What's Missing Often in TV Newsrooms: There Are Plenty

Readers are advised to prepare themselves for a rare dose of sanity and reality on television. On CNN's Reliable Sources Sunday, journalism professor Steve Roberts actually said, "What's missing often in TV newsrooms: there are plenty of gays, there are very few people of faith and very  few evangelical Christians who in their own beliefs would be against gay marriage. And this has always…
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2013 7:32 PM

Hayden: 'I Can't Imagine a Government Anywhere on the Planet Who Now B

Former head of both the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency General Michael Hayden made a stunning remark Sunday. In a CBS Face the Nation discussion about the recent leaks by Edward Snowden, Hayden said, "I can't imagine a government anywhere on the planet who now believes we can keep a secret."
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2013 5:41 PM

Pelosi on Snowden: ‘It's Pretty Good That He's Stuck in Moscow Airpo

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said some amazingly stupid things throughout her career. Sunday was no exception when during a discussion with NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory about National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the former Speaker of the House actually said, "I think it's pretty good that he's stuck in Moscow airport. That's okay with me.”
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2013 5:15 PM

MSNBC's Mitchell Omits Key Details From TX Abortion Bill – The Ones

The June 28 broadcast of MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports wouldn’t be complete without some mentioning of abortion and the 11-hour filibuster by Texas State Senator Wendy Davis on Tuesday.  Davis, who worked herself through Harvard Law despite having had the hardship of being a teenage single mother, temporarily killed the bill which would have made it illegal to conduct an abortion after 20…
Matt Vespa
June 30th, 2013 5:10 PM

Ralph Reed Smacks Down Rachel Maddow for Claiming Same-Sex Marriage Op

Faith and Freedom Coalition Founder Ralph Reed and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow had a heated exchange on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday. When Maddow claimed that same-sex marriage opponents are "arguing in favor of discrimination," Reed strongly objected and eventually asked if Barack Obama was "a bigot 14 months ago" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2013 4:29 PM

Bob Schieffer: ‘I Haven't Heard’ of Lawsuits Against People Refusi

It’s always fascinating when media members are totally clueless about what’s actually happening in the society. Take CBS’s Bob Schieffer who admitted on Sunday’s Face the Nation to not having heard of lawsuits that have been filed against various business owners around the country for refusing to serve same-sex couples as a result of their religious beliefs (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2013 3:09 PM

U.S. Press Virtually Ignoring Strong Anti-Obama and Anti-American Sent

As I noted on Friday, the final sentence in an AP report earlier that day (saved here at host for future reference, fair use and discussion purposes) on protests in Egypt read: "One banner depicted President Barack Obama and said, 'Obama supports terrorism.'" I predicted with little risk of being wrong that the existence of this banner would not "survive future AP reports" -- and it hasn't,…
Tom Blumer
June 30th, 2013 2:54 PM

From the 'I Thought I'd Seen It All' Dept.: Magician Must Have Disaste

Ozark, Missouri-based children's magician Marty Hahne uses a three-pound rabbit in his magic act. In a development which probably won't become a news story because it makes the government look bad, Hahne has informed blogger Bob McCarty that "I just received an 8 page letter from the USDA, telling me that by July 29 I need to have in place a written disaster plan, detailing all the steps I…
Tom Blumer
June 30th, 2013 1:41 PM

Overnight Star Wendy Davis Condemns Politicians Using Abortion Issue

Latest dispatch from the Department of Pot-Meet-Kettle. On today's Face the Nation, Texas state senator Wendy Davis, who overnight went from being a national unknown to a rising star who today appeared on count-em three Sunday talk shows, has accused politicians of using the abortion issue "to boost their own political aspirations."   Davis also accused Texas Governor Rick Perry and Lt.…
Mark Finkelstein
June 30th, 2013 11:57 AM

Facebook Blocks, Restores 'Politically Incorrect' Post of Fox Radio's

Any doubt that there is a serious problem with leftists imitating the Thought Police in George Orwell's 1984 and scouring the Internet to silence free expression pretty much disappears once you see what they were able to have temporarily removed from the Facebook page of Fox Radio's Todd Starnes. And while it's a relief that the post has been restored, consider how many others without the Fox…
Tom Blumer
June 30th, 2013 11:18 AM

ABC News Defends Alec Baldwin, Calls Homophobic Attack ‘Alleged Slur

It was a metaphysical certitude that liberal media members were going to once again show their hypocritical colors and defend Alec Baldwin’s homophobic attack on a British reporter Thursday. ABC’s David Muir came through for the high-strung actor on Saturday’s World News actually calling the attack an “alleged slur” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 30th, 2013 10:11 AM

U.S. Park Police Lost Thousands of Guns; Will the Media Report

Ever since the Newtown mass shooting, the liberal media have pushed for a fresh round of federal gun control, insisting that such measures are needed to keep guns from falling into the wrong hands, even though the efficacy of such measures is doubtful. But what about guns potentially falling into the wrong hands thanks to the malfeasance or incompetence of government officials? Shouldn't the…
Ken Shepherd
June 29th, 2013 8:22 PM

Jimmy Carter's Craven Critiques, Part 2: Lambasting America's War Reco

In Part 1 (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I covered how the Bill Barrow at the Associated Press covered the religion-based aspects of former President Jimmy Carter's speech at Carter's Mobilizing Faith for Women conference yesterday in Atlanta. Carter characterized certain religions' failure to allow women to be priests as examples of "oppression," and seemed to consider them as worthy of…
Tom Blumer
June 29th, 2013 6:52 PM

Jimmy Carter's Craven Critiques, Part 1: World's Religions Share Blame

(See Updates Below based on commenter input) At first glance. Bill Barrow's write-up of Jimmy Carter's speech at his center's Mobilizing Faith for Women conference appears to have covered the facts about the conference and the specifics of the former U.S. president's outrageous attempts at moral equivalency in comparing how the world's religions treat women reasonably well. But the AP…
Tom Blumer
June 29th, 2013 3:08 PM