After Outrage Over Bias, Facebook Changes Trending Topics

After a firestorm of outrage over liberal bias, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would change how trending news topics appeared on its social media site. According to Bloomberg, “The company said it will no longer require stories to appear on sites considered news leaders, including the New York Times and Buzzfeed, as that requirement could lead to bias.” 
Scott Whitlock
May 24th, 2016 1:09 PM

Sarah Silverman Declares Jesus Her ‘Fictional Hero’

Comedian Sarah Silverman just can’t pass up on an opportunity to insult Christians. For the May 2016 issue of Vanity Fair, Silverman answered a questionnaire from the magazine while "in the bath, sitting Indian-style, typing this on my phone.”
Katie Yoder
May 24th, 2016 1:02 PM

ABC: Women Will Be ‘Upset’ With Trump’s Attacks on Clinton's Affairs

Journalist and Hillary Clinton fan Cokie Roberts on Tuesday insisted that women will be “upset” if Donald Trump continues to highlight Bill Clinton’s past affairs and mistreatment of women. Talking to former Clinton operative turned Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos, Roberts huffed, “Women will be very upset if they think that another woman is being blamed for her husband's…
Scott Whitlock
May 24th, 2016 12:00 PM

AP Says Freddie Gray Verdict 'Failed to Hold Police Accountable'

Seldom have there been more clear-cut examples of bias than those found in Juliet Linderman's Associated Press story yesterday on the acquittal of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero on all charges relating to the death of Freddie Gray last year. The first half of Linderman's first sentence reads: "Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the…
Tom Blumer
May 24th, 2016 11:43 AM

Of Course: Whoopi Goldberg Producing Transgender Model Show

“Transgender” and “model” are not two words that should go together. Caitlyn Jenner disagreed when the former Olympian posed on the cover of Sports Illustrated wrapped in nothing but a flag. In fact, transgender models are so popular that they now get their own TV show! Whoopi Goldberg, co-host on The View, recently announced that she will be executive producing a show about transgender models…
Maggie McKneely
May 24th, 2016 10:36 AM

'Very Rational' NPR? Trump's Like 'A Raving Meth Head With a Machete'

National Public Radio sells itself as an oasis of civility on a radio dial polluted with harsh editorializing. In December, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn was asked by CNN’s Brian Stelter how they were covering Trump: “Our place in the food chain of information and journalism is to just be very rational, to be calm, to report the facts, not to stake out a position. We don’t take editorial positions of any…
Tim Graham
May 24th, 2016 7:20 AM

Cheese? ABC, NBC Whine About Trump's New Attack Video Against Hillary

During their evening news broadcasts, ABC and NBC whined about Trump’s new attack video that goes right to the heart of the Bill Clinton rape claims. “He starts to unbutton my top there, and I try to pull away from him,” said an unidentified voice on NBC Nightly News, with a picture of Bill Clinton smoking a cigar in the background. The video features audio from interviews with women who alleged…
Nicholas Fondacaro
May 24th, 2016 1:39 AM

Nets Ignore Investigation into Va. Governor/Clinton Friend McAuliffe

On Monday afternoon, news broke that Virginia’s Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe was being investigated by the FBI for illegal campaign contributions. “We know that this investigation dates back at least into last year and this is looking into donations to McAuliffe's 2013 campaign for governor,” reported CNN’s Evan Perez on The Lead with Jake Tapper. It’s not every day that a sitting state…
Nicholas Fondacaro
May 24th, 2016 12:16 AM

Omissions Galore In Azteca America Coverage Of Immigration Protests

The Azteca America network continues to try to outdo its competition in the U.S. Spanish-language media segment, in terms of the most insanely biased coverage of the immigration agenda. Here's your latest installment, a confirmation of something I learned in art class many years ago- that empty spaces can also tell a story.
Jorge Bonilla
May 24th, 2016 12:07 AM

Actress Who Voiced Elsa in 'Frozen' Supports Giving Her a Girlfriend

Idina Menzel, the woman who gave voice to Queen Elsa in the blockbuster animated movie Frozen, stated that she supports a campaign to give her character a female love interest in the film's upcoming sequel. In an article posted earlier this month on the Entertainment Weekly website, reporter Joey Nolfi asserted: “When it comes to the idea of Frozen's Elsa having a female love interest, some fans…
Randy Hall
May 23rd, 2016 11:15 PM

TBS’s ‘The Detour’: Guns Endanger Kids, Constitution Needs ‘Update'

True to its name, TBS’s comedy The Detour, detoured from an otherwise hilarious episode and instead derailed completely, in a ridiculous attempt to smear gun owners, the 2nd Amendment, and the U.S. Constitution.
Dylan Gwinn
May 23rd, 2016 11:14 PM

NBC Ignores VA Chief Comparing Lines for Medical Treatment to Disney

Late Monday afternoon a news story broke that left many furious, the head of the Veteran’s Administration was caught on video saying he doesn’t think the wait times for medical care matter. “Days to an appointment is really not what we should be measuring,” said Secretary Bob McDonald heartlessly, “When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line...What's important is,…
Nicholas Fondacaro
May 23rd, 2016 10:02 PM

Colbert: If Trump Wins, 2017 Will Be a Big Year for Tragedy

An hour into CBS’s “upfront” pitch to advertisers last Wednesday in New York’s Carnegie Hall, the network turned to late-night comedian Stephen Colbert for jokes, and he mostly laid into Donald Trump. This may or may not be a joke from the liberal host: “2016 has been a very big year for comedy, and if Trump wins, 2017 will be an even bigger year for tragedy.”
Tim Graham
May 23rd, 2016 8:40 PM

CNN Defends Hillary from Trump and NRA 'False' Claims on Guns

On Saturday's New Day on CNN, co-host Victor Blackwell and CNN political commentator Errol Louis were hard at work carrying water for Hillary Clinton on the issue of gun rights as the two characterized GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association as making a false claim against the Democratic candidate on whether she would try to erode the Second Amendment.
Brad Wilmouth
May 23rd, 2016 7:28 PM