Attacked for Coziness with Trump, Scarborough Hits Mitchell, Matthews

Power-sniffing Washington Post political reporter Ben Terris interviewed the Morning Joe crew for a Wednesday front-pager in the Style section on their cozy relationship with the president-elect. Terris highlighted criticism from the left (and kooky left), not the right, about their closeness to Trump. It’s fun to see Scarborough attack Andrea Mitchell and Chris Matthews for having close…
Tim Graham
December 14th, 2016 2:34 PM

NYT Wakes Up to Russia Threat With 8,000-Word 'Hacking the Democrats'

After its favored candidate lost the presidential election in shocking fashion, the New York Times is suddenly wide awake to the threat posed by Russia. It devoted 8,000 words and Wednesday’s front page to “Hacking The Democrats – How Russia Honed its Cyberpower and Trained It on an American Election.” The accompanying photo of the filing cabinet broken into during Watergate made it clear the…
Clay Waters
December 14th, 2016 2:19 PM

'We Have a Chance!' The View Desperately Tries to Get Trump Unelected

Wednesday on The View, the ladies turned their self-admitted “rage” over the election results into a tentative plan of how to stop Trump from entering office. Host Joy Behar argued that the Constitution left a “chance” for Trump to get forced out, with help from the electoral college.
Kristine Marsh
December 14th, 2016 1:46 PM

MRC’s Noyes Blasts Media’s ‘Hail Mary Passes’ to Destroy Trump

The Media Research Center's Rich Noyes on Wednesday blasted the media’s “Hail Mary passes” to stop Donald Trump or undermine his presidency. Appearing on Fox Business, the research director spotlighted the failed recount attempts in Wisconsin. Saying of the initial efforts, “that got several minutes of air time in the networks. It wasn't laughed at.... Now we have had a recount in Wisconsin and…
NB Staff
December 14th, 2016 1:41 PM

Media Research Center Announces Save the Snowflakes

RESTON, VA – Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell issued the following statement announcing the creation of an emergency new initiative, Save the Snowflakes.
NB Staff
December 14th, 2016 1:39 PM

NBC Devotes Full Story to GOP Corruption Case, Skips Dem Sentencing

On Tuesday, NBC’s Today featured a nearly two-minute long report on former Republican Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock being arraigned on corruption charges in federal court. However, the morning show completely ignored the 10-year prison sentence handed down against former Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman Chaka Fattah for racketeering.
Kyle Drennen
December 14th, 2016 12:58 PM

NBC, ABC Skip Obama Blame: U.S. ‘Powerless to Stop’ Aleppo Slaughter

As Aleppo descends into chaos and death, the journalists at NBC and ABC on Wednesday avoided singling out Barack Obama’s foreign policy. Instead, NBC focused on the present and said America is “powerless” to do anything.  It was only CBS This Morning that hosted a discussion on culpability of Barack Obama’s inaction. Talking to Republican strategist Dan Senor, co-host Charlie Rose wondered if the…
Scott Whitlock
December 14th, 2016 12:55 PM

Cosmopolitan: Obama Should Have Done More for Black Lives

In the latest bizarre chapter of 2016, a year full of bizarre chapters, a lefty magazine is actually criticizing Obama. According to Cosmopolitan, America’s first black President, twice elected, did not care enough for black lives. 
Maggie McKneely
December 14th, 2016 12:44 PM

USA’s 'Shooter' Equates 'Second Amendment Militias' with Terrorism

In Tuesday night’s episode of USA’s Shooter, Bob Lee Swagger (Ryan Phillippe) finally locates the actual bullet used to assassinate the Ukrainian president, a vital piece of evidence in his quest to clear his name. The bullet is essentially undamaged, the audience learns, and it’s unlike any other bullet on the market. In a scene reminiscent of the notorious Die Hard Glock 7, viewers are told…
Erik Soderstrom
December 14th, 2016 12:21 PM

‘Moana’ Disney Star Could Have Been Aborted, Says ‘Keep Your Babies’

At a time when Hollywood gushes over abortion, this actress is one pro-life rebel. Pussycat Dolls singer and Moana voice Nicole Scherzinger stars as Penny Johnson in ABC's upcoming Dirty Dancing remake. But the 38-year-old nearly refused the role – because of her stance against abortion.
Katie Yoder
December 14th, 2016 12:18 PM

Top 10 Ways the Liberal Agenda Dominated 2016 Economic News

2016 was a crazy year. Americans had ringside seats to the presidential boxing match between Apprentice star Donald Trump, R, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, D. Trump won the prize fight in spite of the liberal media acting more like Clinton’s boxing promoter than the referee. Throughout the tumult, the liberal agenda dominated economic and business news from media spin of the…
Julia A. Seymour
December 14th, 2016 8:05 AM

Jorge Ramos Comes Out Against Deportation of Criminal Aliens

This interview is perhaps the most consequential to emerge from Univision's still-smoking post-electoral rubble. Over the course of a few minutes, we are shown a definitive editorial direction, and we are treated to admissions that were unimaginable a little over a month ago.
Jorge Bonilla
December 14th, 2016 8:00 AM

Krazy Keith: Trump's Election Is a 'Bloodless Coup' by 'Russian Scum'

Now more than ever, conservatives can have this debate among themselves: are the rantings of Keith Olbermann worth transcribing and ridiculing? If Olbermann doing his best  impression of Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show mattered when he was on MSNBC, a widely distributed cable channel, did they really matter during the failure of Current TV? And do they matter as Olbermann now descends to a…
Tim Graham
December 14th, 2016 7:55 AM

Chuck Todd Excited by Abolishing the Electoral College

With the Electoral College gathering early next week to elect Donald Trump President of the United States, many on the left are desperate to find a way the turn the institution against him and/or abolish it. Such schemes are popular on MSNBC, and Chuck Todd expressed the same desire on Tuesday’s MTP Daily. “If we are never going to use the Electoral College, then we should abolish it,” Todd…
Nicholas Fondacaro
December 14th, 2016 12:23 AM