Wow: CBS Discovers Those Who See Gun Control as ‘Assault' on 'Freedom'
Given how strongly journalists have used the Parkland shooting to promote gun control, it’s surprising to see a simple realization of how the current debate sounds to half the country. That observation occurred on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning as co-host John Dickerson mentioned his own relatives.
Scott Whitlock
Obsessed Rosie O'Donnell Selling 'Artwork' of Trump
If your business plan is to find a dark corner of the internet marketplace and sell kitschy anti-Trump art etched in sadness, then you’re too late. Rosie O’Donnell has beat you there.
Gabriel Hays
NPR Censors Pro-Gun Rights Voices in Boycott, Divestment Coverage
NPR couldn't be bothered to include pro-gun rights talking heads in their Monday coverage of boycotts targeting the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers. Morning Edition featured pro-gun control activist Shannon Watts during their report on the "more than a dozen companies...cutting ties with the National Rifle Association." However, the program merely read an excerpt from a NRA…
Matthew Balan
Mitchell Gives the Game Away: 'If the Guns Did Not Exist...'
On Tuesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, two Florida politicians, a Republican and a Democrat, made back-to-back appearances to discuss gun control. Host Andrea Mitchell took a radically different tone with each interviewee – both of whom are seeking statewide elected office in 2018 – thus epitomizing MSNBC’s inescapable liberal bias.
Bill D'Agostino
CNN Boss Says Calling the Town Hall Biased Is 'Silly' and Insulting
Jeremy Barr at The Hollywood Reporter asked CNN president Jeff Zucker and their “town hall” moderator Jake Tapper about critics of their “Students Demand Action” program on February 21. Zucker said it’s insulting and “silly” to cite the program as liberal or partisan. Tapper said critics will “get over it,” but “the people in that stadium, they won’t.”
Tim Graham
Jerry Springer: Trump Not Presidential, Guns Bad, Oprah 2020
An almost down-to-earth celebrity discussed the hypocrisy of celebrity opinions with the Daily Beast, and then went on to give his own hypocritical celebrity opinion.
Gabriel Hays
Jennifer Lawrence Used to Think Actresses Shouldn’t Talk Politics
Jennifer Lawrence never wanted to save the world. Not the real world, anyway. She didn’t think actresses should talk politics. But then “Donald Trump got sworn into office,” and “that f*cking changed.”
Matt Philbin
CNN Panelist Refers to West Wing as a 'Hunger Game'
For a brief moment Tuesday morning, CNN's New Day briefly took on the role of a tabloid magazine, with one guest speculating that Chief of Staff John Kelly is on his way out the door and comparing the West Wing to a "Hunger Game."
Ryan Foley
Media Favorite Warren Buffett Is Cutting More Journalism Jobs
Despite widespread praise when first purchasing his newspaper empire, liberal billionaire Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway is slashing media jobs by 6 percent — after cutting hundreds of jobs last year, according to Bloomberg.
Callista Ring
CBS Hypes ‘The Good Fight’ Impeaching Trump: ‘Pushes the Envelope!’
The upcoming season of CBS’s The Good Fight will feature an episode on impeaching Trump. So, naturally, the drama got some pre-hype on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning. Co-host Gayle King marveled, “You talk about white supremacy, referring to the President of the United States. You talk about racial injustice.” She cheered, “It really pushes the envelope.”
Scott Whitlock
NY Times Goes Label-Happy Covering Key Court Case on Government Unions
After a brief interlude, the New York Times is getting label-happy again, this time in its Supreme Court coverage. Beat reporter Adam Liptak on Tuesday covered the arguments in an important case involving free speech and government unions -- whether forcing workers to support public unions violates their First Amendment rights -- in “Newest Justice, Seen as Key Vote, Is Silent During Arguments on…
Clay Waters
Streisand Blames Trump for Shooting: ‘Brings Out Violence in People!'
In a gushy interview with Variety magazine, Hollywood entertainer Barbra Streisand revealed she still is very much suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Talking about the Parkland shooting, the singer and actress blamed the president, saying he inspired the shooter. “[He] brings out the violence in people!” she gushed. Streisand also bizarrely claimed the election was rigged and that Hillary…
Kristine Marsh
CBS Scolds Ivanka Trump for ‘Playing the Daughter Card’
Reacting to Ivanka Trump’s Monday interview with NBC, on Tuesday, the hosts of CBS This Morning hyped the first daughter “drawing criticism” for objecting to a question about allegations of misconduct against President Trump and scolded her for “playing the daughter card.” This was the same morning show that fawned over Chelsea Clinton without asking a single question about Bill Clinton’s…
Kyle Drennen
Trump Derangement Syndrome: Morning Joe Panelists Long for a Hero
“A hero comes from need.” So said MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Tuesday, during a bizarre Morning Joe segment in which panelists exchanged heartfelt soliloquies and longed for a savior to deliver them from the “disaster” of President Donald Trump.