CNN Makes Sure to Remind Viewers of Rick Perry 'Oops Moment' from 2011
After news broke on Tuesday that former Texas Governor Rick Perry would be President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Energy Department, CNN anchors made sure to have fun reminding viewers of the infamous "oops moment" from October 2011 when Perry was unable to name during a debate the third department that he wished to eliminate if he were elected President -- which coincidentally was…
December 13th, 2016 11:54 PM
Bozell & Graham Column: Whitewashing the Black President's Legacy
As Barack Obama’s White House days run out, it’s time for Obama’s obsequious courtiers in the liberal media to announce his glorious “legacy.” On December 7, CNN devoted a two-hour prime special to the Obama legacy, hosted by Fareed Zakaria, a journalist Obama had invited to the White House so the president could soak in his wisdom and expertise – in other words, so he could flatter a journalist…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
December 13th, 2016 11:24 PM
Matthews Is Livid Trump Might Move U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Amidst the discussion on MSNBC’s Hardball late Tuesday concerning President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the State Department, host Chris Matthews was apoplectic at the notion that a Trump administration would “desecrate” Jerusalem by moving the U.S. embassy there from Tel Aviv.
December 13th, 2016 11:07 PM
Mike Pence Says Trump Has a Mandate
When Mike Pence becomes the 48th vice president of the United States next month, he will take on the role of a political lobbyist for Donald Trump's activist agenda. In an interview I conducted with Pence in his transitional office next to a sandwich shop in Washington, he said he believed voters gave Donald Trump a "mandate." How can that be when Hillary Clinton won the popular vote? "Trump won…
December 13th, 2016 9:57 PM
NBC Fears Tillerson Will Enrich Putin: ‘Kremlin Couldn’t Be Happier’
It appeared that NBC sharpened its claws in preparation for NBC Nightly News on Tuesday, as the network sent Richard Engel to Russia. The reporter was there to find dirt on President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. “I'm Richard Engel in Moscow, where the Kremlin couldn't be happier with the way Trump's cabinet is shaping up, especially with Rex…
December 13th, 2016 9:55 PM
'Gender Fluid' Actor Makes 'History,' Submits for Oscar in Two Genders
Well this is a first. In what is being touted as “Oscar history,” a gender-fluid actor could potentially be the first nominee in both male and female categories. In addition to asking the question – what the heck is a “gender-fluid” actor? -- it also makes us wonder if that’s even fair – being eligible for both categories when everyone else is delineated to either a male or female category.
December 13th, 2016 8:11 PM
Actor's Take on Kennedy at Chappaquiddick - 'Ted Had a Rough Night'
"Jason Clarke is Ted Kennedy," declares The Daily Beast headline, "The Aussie Actor on the Controversial 'Chappaquiddick.' Based on Clarke's remarks to the Beast, he sure sounds like him. Daily Beast reporter Liza Foreman tells readers in her lede that she was "not all that familiar" with Chappaquiddick, the remote island where Kennedy drove off a bridge late at night with a young woman who…
December 13th, 2016 7:25 PM
Christmas Jeer: NYT Says 'Rudolph' Musical Denies Female Equality
More proof that the New York Times will not let the most innocuous trifle pass unjudged for sexism: Laurel Graeber’s theater review in in Tuesday’s New York Times of the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” musical was headlined “A Red Note Lights an Uneven Field – All receive lessons against bullying, but bucks still get more attention that does.” The online headline: “A ‘Rudolph’ for Inclusion (at…
December 13th, 2016 5:19 PM
Mrs. Stephanopoulos Brags Kid Screamed About Abortions After Trump Won
Nothing could make a liberal power couple’s hearts swell up with pride more than the sweet sounds of their young daughter throwing a pro-abortion hissy fit. That’s exactly what happened Tuesday on The View, when actress/comedian Ali Wentworth, married to ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos, boasted about how “upset” her young daughter was with Trump’s win. Wentworth bragged that the 14-year-old…
December 13th, 2016 4:03 PM
Surprise: CNN Panel Unanimously Denounces Campus 'Safe Spaces'
On Monday's CNN Tonight, Don Lemon and his panel refreshingly condemned "safe spaces" on college campuses. Lemon raised how some student Trump supporters have called for their own "safe spaces." Dennis Prager recognized the "legitimate factor here that kids who did vote for Trump are ostracized," but added, "I'm still against the safe space even for conservative students." Professor Todd Gitlin…
December 13th, 2016 4:02 PM
Vox: ‘Rogue One’ ‘Is the First Star Wars Movie to Acknowledge' War
Vox readers and Twitter users were left scratching their heads on Tuesday as an article by Todd VanDerWerff proclaimed that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story represents the first film in the Star Wars cinematic universe “to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war.”
December 13th, 2016 3:53 PM
Whoopi: Celebrating Christmas ‘Same Conversation’ as Abortion
Leave it to ABC’s The View to connect Christmas – the celebration of the world’s most important birth – to abortion. But that it did. According to Whoopi Goldberg, the right to publicly celebrate Christmas is the same as a “woman’s right to choose.”
December 13th, 2016 3:43 PM
Nets Hit Tillerson for 'No Experience,' Predict ‘Tough Confirmation'
As news broke on Tuesday that Donald Trump had officially tapped ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as Secretary of State, the network morning shows all decried the business executive’s lack of “government experience” and warned of a “tough” confirmation “battle” in the Senate.
December 13th, 2016 3:29 PM
Journalist on CBS: ‘Racialized’ GOP Opposed Obama From the Start
The hosts at CBS This morning on Tuesday brought on a fawning, pro-Barack Obama journalist to cement the legacy of the President. Atlantic national correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates identified racism as a key reason for Republican resistance to Obama.
December 13th, 2016 2:27 PM