CNN Stokes Fear for America’s Air and Water under Trump's EPA

CNN continued to stoke fear of President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on The Lead Thursday.  “’At the risk of being dramatic. Scott Pruitt is an existential threat to the planet.’ That's quite a charge,” host Jake Tapper said, as he read a tweet from Dan Pfeiffer, a former adviser to President Barack Obama. He was speaking to reporter…
Nicholas Fondacaro
December 8th, 2016 9:30 PM

Mike Rowe: Why Are We Financing Schools Where Students Burn the Flag?

While a guest on Wednesday's edition of the Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson Tonight program, Mike Rowe --  a cable television host best known for his work on the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs program and the Somebody's Gotta Do It series on the Cable News Network -- criticized students at colleges and universities who burn the American flag because it's not persuasive to destroy “a symbol so…
Randy Hall
December 8th, 2016 6:24 PM

CNN's Zakaria Suggests Terror Threat 'Trivial' in US

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's New Day to talk about his CNN special on President Barack Obama, CNN's Fareed Zakaria dismissively suggested that the number of people killed by terrorism in the U.S. in the past decade is "trivial," and recalled that President Obama has a history of pointing out that "more Americans drown in their bathtubs every year than are killed by international terrorists…
Brad Wilmouth
December 8th, 2016 5:46 PM

WashPost Columnist: It's 'Dangerous' that Christians Don't Trust MSM

The escalation against conservatives continued on Thursday in an online Washington Post column by Sarah Pulliam Bailey that sought to connect the distrust in the mainstream media on the right to the rise of fake news that’s made for “dangerous” consequences like the false story that’s become known as Pizzagate. 
Curtis Houck
December 8th, 2016 4:42 PM

NYT Changes Headline to Call Trump EPA Pick a Climate ‘Denialist’

Just what the climate debate needed, word games. After liberals complained on Twitter, The New York Times changed its headline to describe Trump’s EPA pick as a “climate change denialist” instead of a “climate change dissenter.” 
Sam Dorman
December 8th, 2016 4:36 PM

CNN’s Tapper Hits Slate for ‘Ridiculous and False’ Story

On Wednesday, Slate had a sensational headline accusing Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway of telling an audience at a Politico event that “Women With Kids Shouldn’t Take Jobs in the White House.” The only problem? It was a complete misrepresentation of what Conway actually said.
Kyle Drennen
December 8th, 2016 3:48 PM

Money Speaks: Macy’s Halts Funding of Planned Parenthood

This Christmas, pro-lifers should consider shopping at Macy’s. Because, as it turns out, the giant chain listens to its conservative consumers.
Katie Yoder
December 8th, 2016 3:38 PM

Fusion Comic: Trump Assassination 'Best Case Scenario'

The media’s post-election treatment of President-elect Donald Trump has gone from downright ridiculous to downright terrifying. On December 8, the liberal news site Fusion posted a cartoon titled, “The Best Case Scenarios Under Trump.” One of the four scenarios suggested Trump’s assassination.
Callista Ring
December 8th, 2016 3:13 PM

Bob Dylan Cops a Nobel

WASHINGTON — When I heard that Bob Dylan had received the Nobel Prize for literature, I was mildly surprised. He writes music -- popular music. As did George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, both of whom almost certainly wrote better music. I have nothing against Dylan's music, except that it was written by a scruffy young man who has remained a scruffy young man all his life. At least that is an…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
December 8th, 2016 1:57 PM

Cuomo Sneers: Warming Skepticism Like Opposing Interracial Marriage

New Day co-anchor Chris Cuomo on Thursday continued the media freak out over Donald Trump picking a climate change doubter to run the Environmental Protection Agency. He even outrageously compared those with similar beliefs to past opposition of interracial marriage. 
Scott Whitlock
December 8th, 2016 12:53 PM

WATCH: A Year in Absurd Falsehoods from The View

On Wednesday’s The View, the notoriously biased panel touted their trustworthy reputations, in a completely unironic segment. While discussing ‘fake news,’ the panel contrasted right-leaning media website Breitbart with the “news” they give on The View. The most radically left hosts, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg, gushed over their own credibility, touting that any facts they give…
Kristine Marsh
December 8th, 2016 12:53 PM

Protests in Park City: Sundance Crowd May Oppose Inauguration

At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, some attendees are planning to express their worldviews through methods beyond cinematic art. If you can’t guess what’s in store, maybe this will help: the festival begins the day before President Trump’s inauguration. And lots of progressives attend. (Read: protests.) 
Sarah Stites
December 8th, 2016 12:26 PM

CNN Frets Over 'Militarized View of America' That 'Created Mess'

On Thursday's CNN Newsroom, Carol Costello boosted liberal criticism of President-Elect Donald Trump picking several retired generals to his Cabinet. She first asked former Obama Cabinet member Janet Napolitano, "Democrats — they're worried that Mr. Trump has picked so many generals....Does that concern you?" The anchor later hyped that "some...say a militarized view of America got us into...the…
Matthew Balan
December 8th, 2016 12:10 PM

Media Freak-Out: Trump EPA Pick an ‘Environmental Disaster’

On Thursday morning, NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning were in full panic mode over Donald Trump nominating Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, labeling him an “environmental disaster” and the equivalent of “putting an arsonist in charge of fighting fires.”
Kyle Drennen
December 8th, 2016 11:48 AM