William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence: Charlie Daniels

At Thursday’s Media Research Center Gala, President Brent Bozell presented the tenth annual “William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence” to 2016 honoree Charlie Daniels. After celebrating the music career of the legendary country star, Bozell explained: “A few years ago I began reading Charlie’s columns....They were striking for their intellect, their passion, their beauty – reflecting…

NB Staff
September 23rd, 2016 11:03 AM

Matthews Wins ‘Damn Those Conservatives to Hell Award’ at MRC Gala '16

After the smoke cleared in the voting for the ‘Damn Those Conservatives to Hell Award’ at Media Research Center’s 2016 Gala, frequent Notable Quotables subject and MSNBC host Chris Matthews emerged as the winner for a vicious smear after the New Hampshire primary on “troll-like” Ted Cruz for living “below the level of human life.”

NB Staff
September 23rd, 2016 10:26 AM

CNN's Toobin: Trump Base 'Sick, Tired of' Blacks 'Trying to Get Power'

On Thursday's The Situation Room, CNN personalities were in overdrive throwing around accusations of racism toward Donald Trump's base of support within the Republican party during a panel discussion. Senior political analyst Jeffrey Toobin repeated the recurring charge that "law and order" represents "code words for cracking down on African-Americans," claimed Republicans are engaging in  "voter…
Brad Wilmouth
September 23rd, 2016 9:30 AM

NYT's Itzkoff Supports Lefty Scold Samantha Bee's Criticism of Fallon

New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff wrote a supportive article about an anti-Trump rant of TBS "Full Frontal" host and leftist scold Samantha Bee for attacking a fellow late-night comedian for the crime of being playful with one of his guests, Donald Trump. As Itzkoff noted in his story, “From One Comedic Host to Another: Criticism Over Trump,” on the front of Wednesday’s Arts section,…
Clay Waters
September 23rd, 2016 8:06 AM

Spanish Nets Bury Comey Hearing, Focus on Machado

Bias in the media is not just reflected in what is reported, but also through that which goes unreported. Yesterday, we found our most recent example of such biases. On Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey came before the House Judiciary Committee and was questioned regarding the manner in which the agency handled its investigation of Hillary Clinton's private server scandal. But the story was…
Jorge Bonilla
September 23rd, 2016 7:15 AM

New NBC Comedy Condemns Columbus to Hell for Rape, Slavery, Genocide

Just in time for Columbus Day coming up next month, NBC's new comedy The Good Place condemns the famous explorer to Hell for "all the raping, slave trade, and genocide."
Alexa Moutevelis
September 23rd, 2016 4:34 AM

Fox’s ‘Pitch’ Works Hillary Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres Into Opener

Pitch is a show about the first ever female Major League Baseball player. A funny premise, since the fastest pitch ever thrown by a woman was 69 mph, a feat easily reached, and frequently surpassed, by most male high school pitchers.
Dylan Gwinn
September 22nd, 2016 11:42 PM

Colin Kaepernick's 'Perilous Fight' Lands the Cover of TIME

In a desperate attempt to convince the world that they still exist, Time magazine put anthem-protesting, second string quarterback Colin Kaepernick on the cover.
Dylan Gwinn
September 22nd, 2016 10:59 PM

Is Univision Already Devouring Itself?

The last time we examined the structural changes at Univision, we looked at the internal pressures faced by the network as it tries to capture a larger share of the Millenial audience and expand its digital footprint- while still depending heavily on Spanish-language entertainment for ratings and revenue. Early signs point to a crackup.
Jorge Bonilla
September 22nd, 2016 10:56 PM

Melissa Harris-Perry Wins Quote of the Year Award at MRC Gala 2016

Washington, D.C. — Late Thursday night, a boisterous crowd of 800 conservatives and guests packed the National Building Museum for the Media Research Center’s 2016 Gala featuring the DisHonors Awards and after awarding the best of the worst in four categories, Melissa Harris-Perry emerged as the overall winner for the most outrageous and pathetic quote by a liberal journalist. Harris-Perry …

NB Staff
September 22nd, 2016 9:57 PM

CNN Reporter Body Slammed on Live TV by Rioter in Charlotte

As Wednesday night's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN was giving live coverage to the riots in Charlotte, North Carolina, correspondent Ed Lavandera was knocked to the ground by a rioter on live television at 9:16 p.m. ET as he recalled that police had just recently used tear gas to get rioters to move further from the Omni Hotel.
Brad Wilmouth
September 22nd, 2016 8:21 PM

WashPost Op-Ed Writer Shames Her Teenage Boys For Non-PC Beliefs

The last thing teenaged kids need is their mother to shame them on the Internet — and as part of her making a living, no less. But that's what's apparently been going on for some time with feminist writer Jody Allard and her two teenaged sons, currently 16 and 18. Her most recent callout came a week ago at the Washington Post, where she sharply criticized them — even though she weakly allowed…
Tom Blumer
September 22nd, 2016 3:24 PM

Not News? Clinton Foundation Honors Wife of Palestinian Terrorist

Snopes.com was checking out a story the liberal media doesn’t want to touch: “Hanan al-Hroub, whose husband was jailed for providing chemicals used in making bombs that killed Israelis, was invited to speak at a Clinton Global Initiative dinner.” Ruling: True. So the liberal media thrills at any chance to associate Donald Trump with David Duke, but it can’t possibly find the newsworthiness in…
Tim Graham
September 22nd, 2016 2:52 PM

False! Bill Clinton Says 'We Make Everything Public' at Foundation

Cameron Cawthorne at the Washington Free Beacon offered a clear case for the "fact checkers" at PolitiFact and other sites of a Bill Clinton fib on CNBC. He claimed that "we make everything public, we disclose everything" in the land of Clinton philanthropy. This turns out to be Trumpian bluster. Clinton also slammed the political press for having "no previous exposure to the way we work," which…
Tim Graham
September 22nd, 2016 2:40 PM