NY Times: 'Startling Breach of Decorum' on Drinking Jabs...from GOP

The New York Times was shocked, shocked, to find “a startling breach of decorum and of the norms” by a member of President Trump’s cabinet. Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Coral Davenport covered a heated social media spat between far-left Congressman Raul Grijalva and Ryan Zinke, Trump’s Secretary of the Interior: “Zinke’s Insults At Lawmaker Rattle Capitol.” It took chutzpah on the paper’s part to…
Clay Waters
December 2nd, 2018 7:58 AM

Meacham Lauds Bush Defying Conservatives to 'Put Country First'

Appearing as a guest on Saturday's Today show on NBC to discuss the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, MSNBC contributor and historian Jon Meacham made a point of praising the former President for going left on some issues like taxes in defiance of the Republican party's conservative base. Correspondent Andrea Mitchell also saw raising taxes as a bright spot on Bush's presidency and…
Brad Wilmouth
December 1st, 2018 11:08 PM

Rush Limbaugh Leads Backlash to Media’s Cohen Headlines

Rush Limbaugh was furious. As news trickled out about ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen saying he had lied to Congress, the liberal media pounced. This was surely it, they were in essence saying. The Trump-Russia collusion connection has been finally uncovered.
Jeffrey Lord
December 1st, 2018 4:00 PM

Surprise! NBC Uses Death of President Bush to Attack President Trump

It did not take long after the death of Former President George H.W. Bush, who died as the longest-lived President in American history, for the media to begin using his death to attack President Trump or even the late former President himself. During Saturday’s edition of Today, NBC’s Peter Alexander made sure to take shots at President Trump as he read aloud a tweet from the President expressing…
Ryan Foley
December 1st, 2018 3:14 PM

Far-Left Murphy Brown Perfectly Captures Fake News

The creative force behind Murphy Brown 2.0 made it clear why the sitcom rose from its sitcom grave. Donald Trump. President Donald Trump, to be precise. The head of Warner Bros. asked for the reboot, thinking the show could be relevant again in the Age of Trump. English worried a reboot might tarnish the show’s Emmy-winning legacy – at first. She quickly came around, realizing she could weaponize…
Christian Toto
December 1st, 2018 1:30 PM

After Mocking Beto Puffery, Politico Puffs Beto O'Rourke as Lincoln

Are the editors of Politico Magazine even aware of what they have previously published? One has to ask that question since a mere six weeks ago, that periodical published an article by Jack Shafer mocking the the notion of Beto O'Rourke idolatry in the media called "Stop the Press Before It Profiles Beto O’Rourke Again." So what did Politico Magazine do on December 1? It hyped O'Rourke as another…
P.J. Gladnick
December 1st, 2018 1:16 PM

NY Times' Bush Obit Can't Avoid Fake News About Supermarket Scanner

New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney’s front-page obituary for President George H.W. Bush, who passed away Friday night at his Houston home at age 94, was in the main a respectful effort. But it was marred by the inclusion of a liberal media legend that won’t die: The myth of Bush touring the floor of a grocery store trade show in February 1992 during his re-election campaign, and supposedly…
Clay Waters
December 1st, 2018 12:51 PM

This Week in Media Bias History: Ken Starr’s ‘Pornography for Puritans

Remember back when journalists were skeptical of independent investigations into presidents? In the days when Ken Starr was looking into Bill Clinton, journalists weren’t so supportive. On November 25, 1998, 20/20's Diane Sawyer grilled Starr, saying of the Starr Report: “This has been called demented pornography, pornography for puritans.” 
Scott Whitlock
December 1st, 2018 12:15 PM

Hours After Death, MSNBC, CNN Hit Bush’s ‘Racial Animus,’ Horton

Just hours after George H.W. Bush passed away, MSNBC and CNN felt the need to immediately jump to Willie Horton and the legacy of Bush’s 1988 ad against Michael Dukakis. During live coverage Saturday morning, MSNBC analyst Eddie Glaude insisted, “We have to bring up with Willie Horton.” Glaude sneered, “Dukakis was leading and then that ad started running. And the way in which he appealed to…
Scott Whitlock
December 1st, 2018 12:01 PM

Twitter Stunt: Kaepernick Gains Votes for Pro Bowl

Mid-term elections weren't the only American elections making news in November. Since Thursday, NFL fans have had the opportunity to cast votes for their favorite players to appear in the Pro Bowl game in Orlando Jan. 27, 2019. A Twitter campaign by "Resist Programming" is encouraging fans to vote -- gulp! -- for inactive free agent and social justice warrior Colin Kaepernick (center in photo,…
Jay Maxson
December 1st, 2018 10:00 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: Hollywood Seeks Revenge for Gary Hart

Hollywood has been a bit inconsistent when the topic is the press. They were righteous guardians of the truth against the Catholic Church in Spotlight and against Richard Nixon in The Post. But now, in the new movie The Front Runner, they are painted as the villains – when their target was Gary Hart. 
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
December 1st, 2018 9:12 AM

What Are You Doing?! AP Offers Tasteless Obituary of George H.W. Bush

Not long after it was announced that former President George H.W. Bush had passed away late Friday night in Houston, Texas, the Associated Press came out with a smug obituary by recently-retired correspondent Michael Graczyk that began this way: “George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of…
Curtis Houck
December 1st, 2018 2:38 AM

CNN's Chris Cillizza Admits 'Trump Is Right' on No Proof of Collusion

Although CNN's Jeffrey Toobin claimed on Thursday that it was the first day that he thought that President Donald Trump might not finish his term, his colleague at the network, Chris Cillizza, admitted on the same day that Trump is right about no collusion. So game over much to poor Toobin's disappointment, right? Well, not quite. Even though Cillizza admitted that there is no actual proof of…
P.J. Gladnick
November 30th, 2018 5:54 PM

Ocasio-Cortez, Roy Cohn Docs Are Sundance 2019 Fixtures

Yes the Sundance Film Festival is back and The New York Times is here to give you the rundown on all the notable contenders hitting this year’s indie film circuit. Of course, the big mentions broach the topics of lefty politics, sex, and serial killers, because what would Hollywood be without some in-your-face, culture-eroding material.
Gabriel Hays
November 30th, 2018 5:16 PM