Nets Brand Pence 'Conservative,' No Labels for Potential Dem VPs

All three broadcasts evening newscasts on Thursday previewed Donald Trump’s selection of Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. While all three networks employed religious and/or ideological tags to describe Pence, there were no references to the liberalism of potential Democratic VP candidates like Virginia's Tim Kaine — only how he’s “fluent” in Spanish and how Hillary Clinton “loved…
Rich Noyes
July 14th, 2016 8:57 PM

CNN: Maybe Clinton Better on Race Than Obama, Can Talk to Whites

On Wednesday's Wolf show on CNN, in the aftermath of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's speech on race in Springfield, CNN's Nia-Malika Henderson talked up the views of Democrats in suggesting that Clinton might be better at handling race relations as President than President Barack Obama because she "can talk directly to white people in a way that President Obama might not have…
Brad Wilmouth
July 14th, 2016 8:09 PM

Megyn Kelly's Debate With Black Guest Degenerates Into Shouting Match

During Wednesday evening's edition of The Kelly File on the Fox News Channel, host Megyn Kelly wound up clashing with guest D. L. Hughley -- a black author, political commentator, radio host and stand-up comedian -- regarding the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by police officer Jeronimo Yanez on July 6 in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota. While Kelly tried to keep the discussion civil,…
Randy Hall
July 14th, 2016 7:48 PM

Ebony Editor Not 'Comfortable' Calling Dallas Massacre a Hate Crime

At her personal web site's home page, Ebony Magazine Senior Editor Jamilah Lemieux says she is "One of those pesky Black feminists who challenges the status quo, while remaining fresh and fab at all times." "Fresh and fab" would hardly describe Ms. Lemieux's Wednesday appearance on CNN Newsroom, where she took issue with, per the White House, President Barack Obama's characterization of the…
Tom Blumer
July 14th, 2016 7:45 PM

NBC Uses Assad Interview to Harp on Trump's Inexperience, Muslim Ban

NBC News foreign correspondent Bill Neely interviewed Syrian President and brutal dictator Bashar Al-Assad that began airing on Wednesday night and, somehow, large portions of the hour-long special were dedicated to harping on Donald Trump’s candidacy, if his lack of foreign policy experience concerned Assad and if his Muslim ban hurt his feelings.
Curtis Houck
July 14th, 2016 7:34 PM

23 Seconds on ObamaCare Exchange Failures All Year, from Evening News

The Affordable Care Act crisis is continuing, but you wouldn’t know that if you relied on ABC, CBS or NBC for your news. On July 5, CNBC called Connecticut’s state co-op “financially unstable,” noting that “HealthyCT is the 14th of 23 original ObamaCare co-ops to fail since they began selling health plans on government-run Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges.” A few days later, on July 8,…
Mike Ciandella
July 14th, 2016 6:15 PM

Univision News Predictably Trashes GOP Immigration Platform

As we have noted previously, the wildest instances of bias by Univision News are now reflected on the network's digital platform. The latest instance comes via its coverage of the Republican National Convention's platform plank on the issue most essential to Univision's long-term survival: immigration.
Jorge Bonilla
July 14th, 2016 5:14 PM

Media's Kennedy Love Continues: JFK Jr. Was ‘American Royalty'

Journalists still haven’t lost their devotion to the Kennedys. The Today show on Thursday hailed a new documentary on John F. Kennedy Jr. as highlighting “America’s royalty” and a “prince.” Previewing I Am JFK Jr., Savannah Guthrie lauded, “A new documentary sheds light on the life and love of America's prince nearly two decades after his tragic death.” 
Scott Whitlock
July 14th, 2016 5:09 PM

Actress Lena Dunham: Sushi in Dining Halls Is ‘Cultural Appropriation’

Say goodbye to those un-American foods like sushi, tacos, and pasta, you college kids! At least, if Lena Dunham and Co. get their way. Political correctness strikes again, this time at Ohio’s liberal Oberlin College. Students there have been getting their panties in a knot recently because their college dining hall has the audacity to serve a variety of foods. Like sushi and banh mi.
Maggie McKneely
July 14th, 2016 5:00 PM

ABC, CBS Tout ‘Powerful Rallying Cry’ Against ‘Police Brutality’

On Thursday, both ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS This Morning hailed a video released by left-wing website Mic.com featuring celebrities describing “23 Ways You Could be Killed if You are Black in America.” On GMA, Pop News anchor Sara Haines touted how singer Alicia Keys had “called on Hollywood's biggest names for a powerful rallying cry in response to police brutality.”  
Kyle Drennen
July 14th, 2016 4:56 PM

Joe Rebukes Ginsburg Comments, Mika Says ‘Maybe It Was a Mistake'

On Thursday, the general consensus around the table on Morning Joe was that Justice Ginsburg’s recent comments on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were inappropriate and misplaced.  While host Joe Scarborough joked that Ginsburg’s comments were a symptom of her “miss[ing] Scalia” he reiterated the reality that her actions walk the thin line of “ethical violations.” Similar to MSNBC’s…
Samantha Cohen
July 14th, 2016 4:48 PM

O'Donnell Backs Ginsburg; Argues Catholics Should Recuse On Abortion

On the Wednesday edition of MSNBC’s The Last Word, host Lawrence O’Donnell offered an baffling and exhaustive defense of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s outburst against Donald Trump by pointing to the first Chief Justice’s gubernatorial election record and opining that if Ginsburg is forced to recuse herself from any election-related cases, Catholics should recuse themselves from any…
Curtis Houck
July 14th, 2016 3:09 PM

Nets: ESPYs ‘Demand Action' on Guns, ‘Shoot to Kill’

All three networks on Thursday touted NBA stars at the ESPY awards making a “call to action" on guns, but only CBS highlighted former Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade demanding a stop to the “shoot to kill” of African Americans. Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos opened the show by announcing, “Demanding action at the ESPYs.” 
Scott Whitlock
July 14th, 2016 3:02 PM

Luke Russert Departing NBC; Leaves Legacy of Liberal Bias

TVNewser's Chris Ariens reported on Wednesday that Luke Russert will be leaving NBC News, as of Friday. Ariens quoted from a statement by NBC Washington bureau chief Ken Strickland, who labeled the journalist "our dogged Capitol Hill correspondent." However, Russert made it clear from the very start of his career at the Big Three network that he had a liberal slant. Most recently, he gushed over…
Matthew Balan
July 14th, 2016 2:08 PM