‘False’? Media Deny Fact Clinton Camp Pushed Birtherism in 2008

On Friday, both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning blasted Donald Trump for refusing to respond to a question about whether President Obama was born in the United States and “fact-checked” his assertion that Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign actually first pushed the conspiracy theory. On Today, correspondent Peter Alexander noted: “The Trump team issuing a reversal, saying, quote, ‘Mr. Trump…
Kyle Drennen
September 16th, 2016 12:47 PM

CBS Defends Clinton for Using James Brown Song, Who Died of Pneumonia

The journalists at CBS This Morning on Friday leapt to the defense of Hillary Clinton after she used entrance music by James Brown, the singer who died of pneumonia in 2006. Rather than see the awkwardness of this, as Clinton recovers from pneumonia, co-host Gayle King seemed irritated at colleague Norah O’Donnell for bringing it up. 
Scott Whitlock
September 16th, 2016 12:15 PM

NYT Questions ‘Morals' of Fallon Inviting 'Indecent' Trump on His Show

Thursday night, late-night comedy host Jimmy Fallon invited GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump onto his program for a fairly uncontroversial interview. Despite the fact that Fallon in particular doesn’t berate his political guests like some late-night hosts do, one writer for the New York Times complained he should have. In a series of tweets Friday morning, television critic for the Times…
Kristine Marsh
September 16th, 2016 11:35 AM

Cavett Gives Clinton a Pass, Says 'Confront the Donald'

Well, Dick Cavett is still alive. That’s good to know. He’s also hale and hearty enough to pick up and run with the media’s double standard when it comes to the presidential candidates. The former TV talk show host believes Donald Trump, and not notorious liar and press conference-avoider Hillary Clinton, is getting a pass from the media. Writing in the September 15 Hollywood Reporter, Cavett, 79…
Callista Ring
September 16th, 2016 11:02 AM

Spotify, Mic Target Millennials From the Left on Election

Think old media are biased? New media is vying to be worse. Spotify, the streaming music service with 100 million active users, is rolling out an election issues video series targeting millennials through a partnership with Mic. And from the start it is leaning left. The Clarify video series will address a number of subjects like student debt, gun control, the economy and civil rights, according…
Julia A. Seymour
September 16th, 2016 10:29 AM

CNN's Cuomo Insists Clinton 'Did Not Do Anything Illegal'

On this Friday morning, CNN has gotten off to an early start in once again playing defense for Hillary Clinton on whether the Democratic presidential nominee broke the law in the mishandling of her email as Secretary of State. During a debate on CNN's New Day about whether Donald Trump should declare publicly that he no longer believes President Barack Obama might have been born outside the U.S…
Brad Wilmouth
September 16th, 2016 10:09 AM

Sean Hannity: 'I Would Love to Sue' CNN for Slander for Stelter Insult

Sam Reisman at Mediaite reported Sean Hannity unleashed his anger on CNN’s Brian Stelter on his radio show Thursday after Stelter insisted on the PBS chat show Charlie Rose that Hannity and Rush Limbaugh belonged in “truly deplorable basket” for trafficking in Hillary health rumors.   “What does — how do I get an apology from CNN? Should I — I would love to sue them for slander when they say, “…
Tim Graham
September 16th, 2016 10:03 AM

HuffPo, Kristen Bell Have Huge Gap in Understanding Wages

The Huffington Post has launched a new lefty comedy sketch series call Celebs Have Issues, where celebrities freely voice liberal opinions. But it’s HuffPo that has issues — with reality. The first episode, “PinkSourcing,” starred liberal actress Kristen Bell as the advocate of a staffing agency specializing in “cheap” female labor. It’s brimming with propaganda and misinformation.
Aly Nielsen
September 16th, 2016 9:10 AM

Libs Gone Insane: Cultural Appropriation, the Ultimate Sin

Editor’s Note: Normal people might find some of this offensive. (We hope.) Liberals don’t believe in the double standard. They believe in one standard. Anything that the left does is great. Anything conservatives, Christians or even chefs, yes chefs, do is wrong.
Dan Gainor
September 16th, 2016 8:42 AM

‘Daily Show:’ Wouldn’t Trust Trump’s Doctor ‘in a Game of Operation'

With the candidates health still in the news it was ripe for ridicule for Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and host Trevor Noah. But instead of focusing on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton themselves, Noah’s initial desire was to hammer away at Trump’s doctor who he named “Dr. Lebowski.” “And look, I’m not saying that guy is qualified or not,” exclaimed Noah, “I’m just saying, I wouldn't trust…
Nicholas Fondacaro
September 16th, 2016 1:57 AM

Outsports: NCAA Must Kick ‘Anti-Gay’ BYU Out

Freshly emboldened by the NCAA’s withdrawal of all championship games from North Carolina over that state’s HB2 law, which requires that people use the bathroom of their gender as assigned at birth, the Rainbow Jihad, represented by Outsports, has now trained their sights on getting schools they don’t like kicked out of the NCAA entirely.
Dylan Gwinn
September 15th, 2016 10:56 PM

Gregory: Clinton 'Deplorables' Slam of Trump Voters May Be 'Accurate'

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's New Day, CNN political analyst and former NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory became the latest liberal journalist to suggest that Hillary Clinton was factually "accurate" when she derided many voters who support Donald Trump as "deplorables." Gregory called her comments "inartful," but then declared she "may have been accurate."
Brad Wilmouth
September 15th, 2016 9:30 PM

Worried Chuck Todd Wants to ‘Fix' This ‘Flaw in the Constitution’

MSNBC host Chuck Todd put on his professor hat on Thursday and lectured viewers about the “flaw” in the Constitution that he wants “fixed.” Discussing possibilities where the presidential candidates could get 269 electoral votes and have the election decided in the House of Representatives, Todd fretted, “But are we sure every state with that majority would vote that same way? Are we sure every…
Scott Whitlock
September 15th, 2016 6:20 PM

MSNBC Host Claims Hillary Clinton 'Faces Double Standard Every Day'

Stephanie Ruhle, the host of MSNBC Live, charged during the Thursday edition of her program that “Hillary Clinton faces a double standard every day, right, left and center” before she dismissed the concept that “the liberal media” spend most of the time “just going after” GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. As proof of her outlandish assertion, Ruhle stated: “The media was front and center…
Randy Hall
September 15th, 2016 6:05 PM