Tremendous Taranto Twitter Takedown of WashPost on Female Candidates

James Taranto, the man in charge of the op-ed pages at The Wall Street Journal, curated an excellent Twitter thread of media criticism on Friday morning. Washington Post political reporter Philip Rucker tweet-promoted a "good @AnnieLinskey & @daveweigel piece on the gendered criticisms candidates like Warren have to confront." Taranto's thread devastated the Post's liberal feminist hot take…
Tim Graham
January 4th, 2019 1:55 PM

Really, NYT? Desperate Paper Links ‘Trump County’ to Child Cancer

The New York Times Thursday ran a long investigative piece by climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi, “E.P.A. Retreat Leaves Wound In Small Town.” The online headline made it political: “A Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers.” It’s the old “cancer cluster” concept that alarmist reporters use to push business regulations or in this case protect regulations from repeal,…
Clay Waters
January 4th, 2019 1:44 PM

CBS Doesn’t Object When Ocasio-Cortez Compares Herself to Lincoln, FDR

CBS This Morning on Friday offered a platform to radical socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, deeming the new Congresswoman’s extreme views as “interesting.” The network, which will showcase the socialist in a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday, previewed it by allowing Ocasio-Cortez to compare herself to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt. There was no objection to this. 
Scott Whitlock
January 4th, 2019 12:15 PM

Chuck Todd: Trump’s ‘Ego is Too Much in the Way’ of Ending Shutdown

Appearing on NBC’s Today show Friday morning, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd lamented that President Trump’s “ego” was standing in the way of a deal being reached to end the government shutdown. Even after acknowledging that Democrats didn’t “have any political incentive to somehow compromise with the President,” Todd never referred to the egos of Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer being a problem.
Kyle Drennen
January 4th, 2019 11:50 AM

Blockbuster 312K Jobs ‘Good for the Economy,’ ‘Working People’

The December jobs report crushed expectations on Jan. 4, with 312,000 jobs added, a strong participation rate, wage gains and two months of upward revisions. That was 136,000 jobs more than expected.
Julia A. Seymour
January 4th, 2019 11:06 AM

Sports Media: Fired Coaches Victims of Race, Not Their Losing Records

African-American and progressive white writers are in full gripe mode over this season's firing of five black head coaches in the NFL. The combined records of Denver's Vance Joseph (appearing in photo), Arizona's Steve Wilks, Cincinnati's Marvin Lewis, Cleveland's Hue Jackson and the New York Jets' Todd Bowles was 21 wins, 50 losses and one tie. Records be darned, though, because it's a clear…
Jay Maxson
January 4th, 2019 10:00 AM

ABC Ignores Dem Congresswoman’s Expletive-Laden Call for Impeachment

Much has been made in the media of the diversity in the new Congress, particularly of the two female Muslim Democrats sworn in Thursday. While ABC found time to praise Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s swearing in on Thursday’s Good Morning America, the next day the network was reluctant to report on her vulgar tirade against President Trump.
Kristine Marsh
January 4th, 2019 9:13 AM

Deutsch: Trump to Base -- Brown or Jewish Man Out to 'Take Your Wife'

Just when you thought the liberal media couldn't sink any lower in its deranged attacks on President Trump, along comes Donny Deutsch. On today's Morning Joe, Deutsch plumbed odious new depths with an allegation that Trump's last card is to prey on the sexual fears or insecurities of his supporters. Said Deutsch: "This is all [Trump] has left. That one metaphor, that one thing that talks to that…
Mark Finkelstein
January 4th, 2019 7:45 AM

‘Young Sheldon’ Sexualizes Teenage Baptism

CBS’s Young Sheldon is no stranger to mocking religion. That the January 3 episode, “A Race of Superhumans and a Letter to Alf” went after religion was nothing new. What was, however, was that the mockery came not from Sheldon (Iain Armitage), but from his dimwitted older brother, Georgie Cooper (Montana Jordan), for his own personal sexual gain.
Rebecca Downs
January 4th, 2019 12:56 AM

CNNers: Trump Held ‘Fake Briefing’ Partially Because of Our Reporting

Still irritated by President Trump taking no questions during his first press briefing in the White House press room on Thursday, CNN Tonight host Don Lemon was so exasperated that he started making up words. “Can you believe this day? Oh, my gosh. April, before we get into any of this, were you there when the fake briefing … The ‘friefing’ [was called],” he asked CNN political analyst April Ryan…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 4th, 2019 12:44 AM

‘Big Bang Theory’ Creator Uses Show Credits to Mock ‘Gangster' Trump

As television shows begin to return back to their regularly scheduled programming following their winter break, so has Chuck Lorre resumed his political rants when it comes to shows he’s created and produces. This is even when the show’s episode has nothing to do with politics.
Rebecca Downs
January 3rd, 2019 11:09 PM

ABC Touts Pelosi’s ‘Triumphant Return,’ CBS/NBC Hype Plan for Trump

With California Democrat Nancy Pelosi taking up the speaker’s gavel on Thursday, the liberal media was energized and excited to see how she would take down President Trump. During their evening news programming, the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) gushed about the day’s ceremony on the floor of the House and boasted about how “historic” it was.
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 3rd, 2019 9:45 PM

Watch CNN Go DEFCON-1 Over Trump Pulling a Fast One on the Press

This is what the liberal media not being able to control the narrative and what you, the public, know and don’t know. On Thursday afternoon, CNN’s The Lead threw a full-blown conniption after President Donald Trump appeared and then took no questions at a last-minute White House Press Briefing alongside National Border Patrol Council members. Fill-in host Brianna Keilar immediately seemed…
Curtis Houck
January 3rd, 2019 9:23 PM

Greg Gutfeld Offers Humorous Take on Media's Sudden Respect for Romney

During Wednesday’s edition of The Five, co-host Greg Gutfeld delivered a monologue addressing freshman Utah Senator Mitt Romney’s op-ed offering scathing criticism of President Trump’s character; while offering tepid praise of some of his accomplishments.. Gutfeld also referenced the media’s complete 180 on their treatment of Romney, comparing their adoring praise of him now to their coverage of…
Ryan Foley
January 3rd, 2019 9:04 PM