Lefties Say Marriage Ruling Not Pro-Gay Enough

You’d think the uber-lefty talking heads at Huffington Post would be wildly rejoicing over the DOMA and Prop 8 rulings in the Supreme Court. But actually, HuffPo Live’s panel complained on June 26 that the decisions weren’t quite pro-gay enough. The entirely one-sided, pro-gay panel did celebrate the victory but also voiced discontent with the broadness and vagueness of the decisions. Brian…
Lauren Enk
June 27th, 2013 4:21 PM

Robert Spencer Skewers AP's Coverage of UK's Ban of Spencer-Pamela Gel

Over at Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer has posted what he says is the substance of his entire email exchange with James Brooks of the Associated Press in the wire service's coverage of the UK Home Office's decision to ban Spencer and fellow Stop the Islamization of America leader Pamela Geller, so we can compare what actually transpired to what was published. Brooks apparently did not contact…
Tom Blumer
June 27th, 2013 4:05 PM

Lefties Say Marriage Ruling Not Pro-Gay Enough

One-Sided Huffpo panel in a huff about Scotus decision.

Lauren Enk
June 27th, 2013 4:02 PM

'Today' Show Panel Praises Pop Culture Being 'Ahead of the Courts' on

Leading off a panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today applauding the Supreme Court's gay marriage decisions, co-host Natalie Morales proclaimed: "Wednesday's historic ruling on same-sex marriage is being celebrated across the country, but it was sixteen years ago when Ellen Degeneres marked a milestone, breaking a huge barrier in front of millions of people on primetime TV." [Listen to the…
Kyle Drennen
June 27th, 2013 3:44 PM

Tangled Web: Claire Shipman, ABC Reporter/Wife to Top Obama Aide, Head

 ABC's Claire Shipman isn't just another pro-Obama journalist. She's also married to Jay Carney, the President's press secretary. If that wasn't enough of a conflict, Jeffrey Lord of the American Spectator recently revealed that Shipman has served on a White House panel in her official capacity as a journalist. A series of 2010 videotapes shows Shipman's role in the "Council on Women and…
Scott Whitlock
June 27th, 2013 3:36 PM

MSNBC's Hayes Hypes 'Absolutely Epic' Filibuster by Texas Democrat to

On Wednesday's All In show, host Chris Hayes celebrated a filibuster by Texas Democratic State Senator Wendy Davis to thwart the passage of a bill restricting abortion, calling her 11-hour filibuster "absolutely-epic" and "one of the most remarkable acts of political leadership that I've ever seen." Hayes plugged the segment recounting a Twitter response to the speech from President Obama,…
Brad Wilmouth
June 27th, 2013 3:32 PM

MRC Study: CNN Hands Airwaves to Liberals After Supreme Court Decision

CNN really showed its bias in reacting to two very different Supreme Court decisions this week. On Tuesday, the Court struck down a portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act; in the hours that followed, CNN's coverage included four times as many critics of the decision as supporters (8 vs. 2). Then on Wednesday, the Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and permitted the nullification of…
Matt Hadro
June 27th, 2013 3:16 PM

USA TODAY: Hollywood ‘the best man of gay marriage

Being a Hollywood liberal means getting to choose which societal developments you’re responsible for. Culture of violence? Our blood-spattered shoot-em-ups are just good fun that don’t influence anyone. Growing acceptance of gay-marriage? Put our names high in the credits for that one!  Hollywood “has for decades now chipped away at a once taboo topic,” USA Today reporter Marco della Cava …
Lauren Enk
June 27th, 2013 3:10 PM

CBS Trumpets 'Long Night of Celebrating' Over Prop 8 Ruling; Spotlight

CBS This Morning led its Thursday broadcast with overwhelmingly slanted coverage on the Supreme Court's pro-same-sex "marriage" rulings. Ben Tracy played up the "long night of celebrating in West Hollywood", after the Court paved the way for the termination of California's Proposition 8. Tracy also prominently featured a homosexual couple's informal ring ceremony, who "after being blocked by…
Matthew Balan
June 27th, 2013 2:20 PM

Rainbow Rapture: Networks Cheer Gay Marriage Rulings with 86 Percent F

It’s hard to know where yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage met with the most jubilation: West Hollywood, the Castro District, Greenwich Village? Or the newsrooms of ABC, CBS and NBC? Combined, the three broadcast networks devoted an astounding 25 minutes, 54 seconds of their evening news shows to the Supreme Court’s decisions striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and…
Matt Philbin
June 27th, 2013 1:54 PM

WashPost Hypes Study Pushing 'Calorie Tax' to 'Reduce Obesity

"There may be an economic cure for the nation's obesity," the Washington Post's Peter Whoriskey exulted as he opened his page A17 story in today's edition. "Hike the price of food," with a tax on calories. "Raising the price of a calorie for home consumption by 10 percent might lower the percentage of body fat in youths about 8 or 9 percent," Whoriskey noted, citing "new research from the…
Ken Shepherd
June 27th, 2013 1:03 PM

NBC Cheers Gay 'Vindication': 'Day San Francisco's Castro District Has

Celebrating Wednesday's Supreme Court rulings in favor of gay marriage, on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez reported live from San Francisco city hall and announced: "In one of the country's oldest and largest gay neighborhoods, vindication. It was the day San Francisco's Castro District had been waiting for." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] A series…
Kyle Drennen
June 27th, 2013 12:22 PM

WashPost Hypes Texas Abortion Filibuster, Ignores Polling Showing Amer

Following Texas Democratic state senator Wendy Davis's successful attempt on Tuesday to block legislation that would ban abortions in the Lone Star State past 20 weeks as well as put in place other safety measures for abortion clinics, the liberal media have lionize the lawmaker, labeling her a “star.” Take, for example, today's 24-paragraph front-page puff piece by the Washington Post’s Karen…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 27th, 2013 12:14 PM

Leno: 'Clinton Thought DOMA Was Defending Marriage as if it Were Reall

Jay Leno took his sights off Barack Obama Wednesday and set them upon former President Bill Clinton. During the opening monologue of NBC’s Tonight Show, the host said, “In fairness to Clinton, see he didn't totally understand the law. When he signed the bill, he thought the Defense of Marriage Act was defending marriage as if it were really just an act.”
Noel Sheppard
June 27th, 2013 11:32 AM