Press Celebrates 'Soda Tax' Advocates' Underhanded Passage Strategies

The establishment press is thrilled over the City of Philadelphia's enactment of a 1.5 cents-per-ounce "soda tax" last week. Monday morning, Mayor Jim Kenney signed the legislation which its City Council passed last week. Especially unseemly is the virtual euphoria over how so-called "public health" advocates gained their long-sought foothold into using the tax system to dictate personal…
Tom Blumer
June 20th, 2016 5:52 PM

CNN's Sciutto Wonders If Gun Control Is In 'Sweet Spot' After Orlando

CNN's Jim Sciutto clearly slanted towards gun control advocates during an interview of Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar on Monday's New Day. Sciutto contended, "You'd have to think that this would be the...political sweet spot on the gun issue...whetting everyone's fear — both parties...want to keep guns out of terrorists' hands." He also underlined, "...if not now, then when? When is something…
Matthew Balan
June 20th, 2016 5:29 PM

NYT Sunday Tackles Scare-Mongering Trump, 'Race-Baiting' Reagan

The New York Times took a witheringly anti-Trump, anti-Bush, anti-Reagan stand on the front page of the Sunday Review. Veteran liberal journalist Michael Tomasky contributed, “No More Fear – Has political scaremongering lost its magic?” By “scaremongering,” Tomasky is talking about the Republican Party’s traditional tough stand against terrorism. Contributor Kevin Baker went further, falsely…
Clay Waters
June 20th, 2016 5:02 PM

Williams: ‘I Don’t Get Excitement’ Over Censoring Shooter’s ISIS Links

MSNBC journalists on Monday responded with a shrug to the announcement that the FBI would release the uncensored transcripts the Orlando killer’s 911 calls (after initially redacting parts). NBC justice correspondent Pete Williams could not figure out what the big deal was: "I must say, I don't get the excitement about all of this because we already knew what was in the redactions.”
Scott Whitlock
June 20th, 2016 4:23 PM

From 'Pope' to 'Nazi': Morning Joe's Love-Hate Relationship with Trump

The vicissitudes of election coverage over the past year have made one thing certain: Morning Joe has been on an emotional rollercoaster with Republican nominee Donald Trump. In late 2015 and early 2016, Trump was regularly featured on the show and praised for his unprecedented primary performance. Now, as Trump’s favorability plummets in the polls, so too does his favorability among the Morning…
Samantha Cohen
June 20th, 2016 3:46 PM

NYT: Online Birth Control For 13-Year-Olds, No Problem

According to The New York Times reporter Pam Belluck, online contraceptive apps are bringing an end to the world where a doctor might make a girl feel “uncomfortable” asking for contraception by telling her, “You’re too young.” Now, even girls as young as 13 can buy contraception online, and Belluck doesn’t seem to have any problem with that.
Elliot Polsky
June 20th, 2016 3:21 PM

ABC, NBC Ignore Feds Censoring Orlando Shooter’s ISIS Allegiance

Despite swirling controversy over the Obama Justice Department’s decision to censor 911 transcripts of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen pledging allegiance to ISIS during his shooting rampage, on Monday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today avoided any mention of the glaring omission. Only CBS This Morning actually pointed out the censorship, as correspondent Jeff Pegues revealed: “The…
Kyle Drennen
June 20th, 2016 1:13 PM

HuffPo Says Trump Supporters Need ‘Straitjackets’ in GOP ‘Obituary’

According to Huffington Post, the Grand Old Party will become the Dead Old Party at the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland. Cause of death? Support for presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
Sam Dorman
June 20th, 2016 1:07 PM

3 of 4 Sunday Shows Ignore CIA’s ‘Stunning’ Contradiction of Obama

Out of the four broadcast news Sunday political shows, only Fox News Sunday covered Obama CIA Director John Brennan directly contradicting the President’s optimistic assessment of the war against ISIS. Both CBS’s Face the Nation and ABC’s This Week mentioned the CIA director’s grim report, but failed to mention that it contradicted President Obama. NBC’s Meet the Press didn’t mention Brennan’s…
Mike Ciandella
June 20th, 2016 12:53 PM

The Media as One Cheerlead Another Government Power Grab

The American media cabal is…ridiculous.  They are the Borg of politics - many entities, but of but one Leftist mind. Led around by their noses by whatever hack government-growing politician is before them at that moment. Just as they calmly repeated the "ventriloquized" Obama line on the Iran deal, so they're doing with the latest ruling on "Net neutrality."
Seton Motley
June 20th, 2016 11:44 AM

Low Information Activism: People Mag Urges Gun Control

People Magazine is doing its bit for our republic, and a thankless task it must be. Imagine trying to get People readers to telephone their senators or representatives, as Editorial Director Jess Cagle urges in the June 27 issue, to make sure they “know how you feel about their approach our nation’s epidemic of gun violence.” 
Matt Philbin
June 20th, 2016 11:44 AM

Feasting on Trump's Controversies While Ignoring Hillary’s Scandals

Voters who have relied on the network evening newscasts for information about the 2016 presidential candidates saw four times more airtime devoted to controversies involving presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump than to the scandals surrounding his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. During the recently concluded primary season (January 1 to June 7), the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts conveyed…
Rich Noyes
June 20th, 2016 11:02 AM

On NBC, Blake Lively Blames Global Warming for Shark Attack in Movie

Appearing on the Today show, Monday, to promote her new shark movie, actress Blake Lively implied that the reason her character is in peril is global warming. Talking to Savannah Guthrie about The Shallows, she asserted, “Because of global warming, sharks are pushed closer to shore. And she's attacked and you think of a shark attack being in the deep ocean, but it’s almost scarier when shore is…
Scott Whitlock
June 20th, 2016 10:52 AM

NPR: Mateen Evoked ISIS to Gain 'More Publicity'...for Shooting 100!

On NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, the play-down-Islam game was in full swing. The headline online was “Orlando Shooter Update: Few Warning Signs Point To Radicalization.” NPR anchor Scott Simon said unnamed federal officials were “struck by the fact that the shooter, Omar Mateen, doesn't seem to have exhibited any of the warning signs often associated with radicalization. They're exploring…
Tim Graham
June 20th, 2016 7:19 AM