Wistful NYT Remembers ‘Broad Shoulders,’ ‘Icy Blue Gaze’ of Olbermann

Treating him like a mythic figure, the New York Times magazine on Sunday devoted 3377 words to reminiscing about the “broad shoulders” and “icy blue gaze” of liberal anchor Keith Olbermann. Writer Greg Howard lamented that the cable host, who couldn’t hold jobs at ESPN, MSNBC or even the defunct Current network, isn’t on TV during the Trump years.
Scott Whitlock

Lefty Journalism Professor: Jimmy Kimmel ‘Will Save Health Care’

On Tuesday, left-wing City University of New York journalism professor Jeff Jarvis took to MSNBC’s 9 a.m. ET hour to celebrate late-night host Jimmy Kimmel supposedly being poised to “save health care” from Republican plans to repeal ObamaCare. Talking to anchor Stephanie Ruhle, Jarvis proclaimed: “The night he gave his first spiel on the show about his son I tweeted...that he will save health…
Kyle Drennen

Feminist Media Bash ‘Bulls***’ NYT Pro-Life Op-Ed by ‘Terrorists'

One of the (many) problems with the “pro-choice” movement is that it can’t stand others’ choices. Take, for example, a recent NYT op-ed against counting human persons as mere economic objects. From the feminist media’s foul-mouthed outrage, you’d almost think the writer was talking about killing babies. Oh wait. She was. 
Katie Yoder

Rice Smacks Down The View For Claiming Hacking Delegitimized Election

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared on Tuesday’s The View, where she was pummelled with partisan questions aimed to bait her into admitting that Hillary Clinton should’ve won the 2016 election and attack Donald Trump. Rice didn’t fall for any of the liberal hosts’ traps though and held her own, even earning the panel’s listening ear, something most Republicans don’t get when…
Kristine Marsh

RINO Nicolle Wallace Gets Her Own MSNBC Show

After a lengthy career as an NBC/MSNBC analyst spent trashing conservatives and admiring Democrats, so-called Republican Nicolle Wallace is finally being rewarded with her own show. Wallace’s show Deadline: White House will debut on Tuesday, and she fits the bill of an “MSNBC Republican” to a T. The former McCain-Palin campaign senior advisor, according to the New York Times, didn’t even vote for…
Geoffrey Dickens

L.A. Actor Running for Congress… And He’s Republican

Conservative actors in Hollywood are few and far between. Although some are afraid to express their political views for fear of ostracism, Antonio Sabato Jr. is not one of them. On Monday, GOP Strategist Charles Moran confirmed the news that Sabato will challenge Democratic incumbent Julia Brownley for a seat in California’s 26th congressional district. His platform will focus on veterans and…
Sarah Stites

CNN Applauds Kimmel’s Health Care Position ‘No One' Should 'Dispute'

In the world of liberals, only their personal anecdotes matter and can’t be challenged. On CNN’s New Day early Tuesday morning, liberal co-hosts Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo invited colleagues Brian Stelter and Bill Carter to laud ABC comic Jimmy Kimmel for his health care position that “no one should be able to dispute.”
Curtis Houck

Cuomo Claims 'BS,' Trump 'Cherry Picks' to Hype Danger from Immigrants

On Tuesday's New Day, during a discussion of the legal battle over the Trump administration's efforts to implement a travel ban targeting several predominantly Muslim countries, CNN co-host Chris Cuomo claimed that there was "BS" in the administration perceiving more danger from illegal immigrants and Muslim immigrants, and claimed that Trump had "called all Muslims bad people." And, even though…
Brad Wilmouth

ABC, NBC Skip Ted Cruz Hammering Yates on Trump’s Travel Ban

Though the networks on Tuesday were excited by the “dramatic” and “explosive” testimony of Sally Yates, only CBS This Morning bothered to show Ted Cruz hammering the ex-Justice Department official about the legality of Donald Trump’s travel ban. Co-host Norah O’Donnell described how the Republican called out Yates:
Scott Whitlock

Lena Dunham’s (Political) Weight Loss Tips: ‘Marching Your A** Off'

Leave it to Lena Dunham to make weight loss political. After US Weekly used her photo in a story about “20 Slimdown Diet Tips Stars Are Using,” the liberal actress and writer—a noted critic of body-shaming and dieting—responded with some characteristic political snark. 
Sarah Stites

Bitter Kimmel Rants Against GOP Again; GMA Gushes He 'Hit a Nerve!'

Personal anecdotes suddenly matter to the left when talking about health care. After late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel went on an emotional rant last week for his sick child over the GOP’s health care bill provisions, the media rewarded him with gushy praise over the “brave” admission, using it as a launch pad to attack Republicans with for getting rid of ObamaCare. Well Monday night Kimmel was…
Kristine Marsh

NBC Focuses on Job Losses 8x More Than Good Jobs Report

April marked the lowest unemployment rate in a decade, but that didn’t stop one NBC news show from spending far more time covering jobs being lost to Mexico. “Hiring picked up,” that month according to CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley. All three broadcast network evening shows reported the “positive” jobs report which the Bureau of Labor Statistics released May 5. But the evening shows spent…
Julia A. Seymour

Press on April Jobs Report: 'Unexpectedly' Good News, 'Scars' Healing

On Friday, the government reported that the economy added a seasonally adjusted 211,000 jobs, and that the unemployment rate dropped to a 10-year low of 4.4 percent. The day's press coverage had three noticeable highlights. The first was the headline at the Associated Press's coverage — "US JOBS DATA SHOW SOME SCARS FROM RECESSION FINALLY HEALING."
Tom Blumer

NUTS: WashPost Says Partisan Tilt 'Mostly Unheard Of In Broadcast TV'

The Washington Post sounded the bias alarm on the front page of Tuesday’s paper. Sinclair is buying some powerful local TV stations from Tribune, “raising questions about content.” Reporter Todd C. Frankel worried “The deal also has energized long-running speculation that the quiet company has ambitions to be the broadcast world’s Fox News.” Frankel laughably claimed partisan coverage "remains…
Tim Graham