Jorge Ramos' Transition From Advocacy to Partisanship Now Complete

We recently detailed our concerns over how Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos might have crossed a line by writing an implicit endorsement of Hillary Clinton. His most recent column, however, has erased all doubt and crossed the final line between advocacy journalism and outright partisanship.
Jorge Bonilla
August 11th, 2016 1:52 PM

'Historic' Hijab-Wearing U.S. Olympian Hates Israel, Media Mum

Trey Sanchez at Truth Revolt reports that Ibtihaj Muhammad – the first Muslim-American athlete to wear a hijab while competing in the Olympics –  isn’t the darling the media are portraying her to be. The media coverage of Muhammed has made her into some sort of Olympic star, with their continuous fawning and praise over the 30-year-old fencing competitor. It was even suggested that it should’ve…
Melissa Mullins
August 11th, 2016 1:49 PM

Fairfax, Va. Mayor in 'Meth-for-Sex' Bust Rarely Tagged As a Democrat

According to a statement at the city's web site, Fairfax, Virginia Mayor Richard "Scott" Silverthorne's resignation took effect at noon on Thursday. The resignation occurs a week after Silverthorne was arrested "for allegedly trying to exchange methamphetamine to undercover detectives in exchange for sex, city officials said Monday." The press, as has so often been the case in situations…
Tom Blumer
August 11th, 2016 1:37 PM

So NOW CBS Is Interested in ‘Controversial’ Faces at Rallies?

CBS on Tuesday and Wednesday showed scant interest in the father of a mass murdering terrorist sitting directly behind Hillary Clinton at a rally in Florida. But when a disgraced former Republican congressman sat behind Donald Trump, the network’s journalists perked up. CBS This Morning reporters hyped the “controversial” Mark Foley, whose appearance made Trump’s highlighting of Seddique Mateen “…
Scott Whitlock
August 11th, 2016 12:05 PM

Mic.com: Abortions and Voter Registration, One Stop Shop

Mic writer, Claire Lampen, boasted yesterday that Planned Parenthood will now be registering voters outside its clinics—in the words of pro-abortion activist, Anna Keene, “No matter what your political beliefs.”
Elliot Polsky
August 11th, 2016 11:51 AM

Liberal Sports Website to NBC: ‘You Have a Gay Problem’

Cyd Zeigler at Outsports, a part of the SB Nation network, is no fan of NBC and their refusal to celebrate gay marriage at this year’s summer games.
Bruce Bookter
August 11th, 2016 10:06 AM

Jorge Ramos Moves Towards Hitting Campaign Trail for Hillary

The days when Univision anchor Jorge Ramos used to swear he would never go so far as to tell his audience how to vote are over. The most well-known Hispanic newsman in the United States, once widely respected for pursuing tough, critical lines of questioning with all his political interview subjects, is now openly taking sides in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
MRC Latino Staff
August 11th, 2016 8:15 AM

Nets Silent on Dem Senate Candidate Celebrating Death of Scalia

While the liberal “Big Three” networks were up in arms Wednesday evening over the a comment Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made about “second amendment people” in reference to stopping Hillary Clinton, they were strangely silent then when a Democratic Senate candidate from Ohio was caught celebrated the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 11th, 2016 1:57 AM

Nets Drown Out Latest E-Mail Scandal with Almost 4 Times More Trump

The liberal “Big Three” networks seemed to try everything in their power to not mention Hillary Clinton’s latest e-mail controversy Wednesday. Throughout all of their news programs, both morning and evening, they gave the e-mails a total of 6 minutes 59 seconds. In stark contrast, they dragged out Trump’s “Second Amendment people” comment with a whopping 25 minutes, 54 seconds of coverage.
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 11th, 2016 12:27 AM

MRC's Graham Highlights Network Split in Clinton, Trump Controversies

Hours after MRC President Brent Bozell appeared on FNC’s Your World, NewsBusters Executive Editor Tim Graham entered the No Spin Zone of Thursday’s O’Reilly Factor to highlight for fill-in host Eric Bolling the stark disparity in network coverage of Trump’s Second Amendment slip and the father of the Orlando terrorist attending a Hillary Clinton rally. 
NB Staff
August 10th, 2016 9:57 PM

New Republic Writer: Trump’s Campaign Combines Racism and Romneyism

The day before Donald Trump reflected on “Second Amendment people” and their response to Hillary Clinton’s taste in judges, he made news with a speech about economics. To The New Republic’s Brian Beutler, the takeaway there was that Trump had “adopted [both] Paul Ryan’s tax policy and the GOP’s gaffe-centered 2012 campaign strategy of misquoting or misrepresenting the Democratic candidate’s words…
Tom Johnson
August 10th, 2016 9:12 PM

NPR Brings on Anita Hill to Trash Sex Harassment by Ailes, Not Clinton

NPR’s Morning Edition brought on Anita Hill for another of many softball interviews about sexual harassment on Wednesday. Hill is treated as a kind of feminist saint, and no one brings up how she came to Bill Clinton’s defense in the adultery-slash-sexual harassment fight before he was impeached in 1998. NPR anchor Steve Inskeep began: “It's been submerged beneath the presidential campaign news…
Tim Graham
August 10th, 2016 7:52 PM

MTV's Cox on CNN: Trump's 'Violence' Bigger Deal Than Hillary E-Mails

MTV's Ana Marie Cox invoked the Founding Fathers on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom as she argued that the unsavory elements of Donald Trump's presidential campaign were a more serious issue than Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal: "I think that the violence and bigotry of the Trump campaign are more important than the Hillary e-mails....our founders could foresee the kind of controversies...and the kind…
Matthew Balan
August 10th, 2016 6:54 PM

Media Slam Socialist Bernie Sanders for Buying His Third House

While Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was unable to win the Democratic Party's nomination to move into the White House by campaigning in this year's presidential contest against issues like income inequality, he is instead buying a different house -- his third, in fact. Sanders, who targeted the 1 percent of richest Americans, apparently subscribes to the old phrase, “Do as I say, not as I do,”…
Randy Hall
August 10th, 2016 6:42 PM