How Socialist Is NPR? Celebrating 'Unapologetic Idealist' Eugene Debs

How left-wing is NPR?  On Monday, it unspooled this opener: “It will be Indiana's turn tomorrow to vote in the presidential primaries, and that gives us the opportunity to remember one of the state's most famous politicians.” Dan Quayle? Birch Bayh? President Benjamin Harrison? Nope. “Eugene V. Debs ran for president as a Socialist five times in the early 1900s, once in 1920 from prison.” The…
Tim Graham
May 6th, 2016 6:56 AM

ABC Show Trashes Angry 'White Men' and 'Filthy Country People'

If you ever want to know what liberal Hollywood really thinks, just watch a Shonda Rhimes show. In about every other episode she has characters going off on thinly veiled self-righteous liberal monologues. Tonight, ABC’s Scandal had two separate characters rant about "white men" and "country people."
Alexa Moutevelis
May 6th, 2016 1:54 AM

When Hillary Needs It Most, 'The Daily Show' Vets Bernie's Policies

With Hillary Clinton still unable to finish off Bernie Sanders many in the liberal media are trying to drag her over the finish line. The night of the Indiana primary, which was a Sanders victory, CNN wanted to know when he would get out of the way and stop hurting Clinton. In a similar way, The Daily Show decided that Thursday night was the right time to actually analyze Sander’s proposals…

Nicholas Fondacaro
May 6th, 2016 1:14 AM

‘Scandal’ Lead Character on Abortion: ‘I’m Not Ashamed at All’

Since ABC's Scandal's winter finale in November ended with lead Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) heartlessly killing her unborn baby to the tune of the Christmas hymn "Silent Night," the abortion has not been mentioned on the show. President Grant still doesn't know, but now, finally, someone else does and the revelation of the abortion became a major plot point in tonight's episode "Trump Card."
Alexa Moutevelis
May 5th, 2016 11:46 PM

CNN Touts West Virginian Democrats Who Won't Vote for Hillary

Thursday night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, the host and correspondent Gary Tuchman surprisingly highlighted how poorly Clinton was faring with blue-collar Democrats in West Virginia. Tuchman noted that registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 6 to 1 in the coal mining state, but because of Clinton’s attitude towards the coal industry, many Democrat voters were actually supporting Donald Trump…
Kristine Marsh
May 5th, 2016 9:55 PM

ABC, CBS Brush Over Huma, NBC Chats with Alleged Clinton Server Hacker

A new development in Hillary Clinton’s e-mail server scandal broke Thursday. Clinton’s longtime aide Huma Abedin was finally questioned by the FBI. Throughout the day most news outlets praised it as a sign that the investigation was coming to a close. ABC's World News Tonight dedicated a quick news brief to the topic, while CBS Evening News only allowed it two sentences. While its competitors…
Nicholas Fondacaro
May 5th, 2016 9:53 PM

Bernstein on Hillary: There's a Lot 'We Don't Really Know About Her'

On Wednesday's CNN Tonight, CNN commentator Carl Bernstein oddly proclaimed "Hillary Clinton has been around for 40 years and yet we don't really know about her as a person." He said this just seconds after anchor Don Lemon reminded the audience Bernstein wrote an entire book about allegedly unknown Hillary Clinton.
Tim Graham
May 5th, 2016 9:50 PM

Not a Joke: Matthews Plays as Shakespeare to GOP on Trump Support

Coming off a two-hour Hardball on Wednesday, MSNBC brought suffering viewers back to just one hour on Thursday, but host Chris Matthews made sure they got their money’s worth by presenting his closing Let Me Finish segment as “a Shakespearean choice facing Republicans this year” in “[t]o be a Republican or not to be” with presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Curtis Houck
May 5th, 2016 9:48 PM

Vox Writer: Hillary Versus Trump Like ‘Coca-Cola Versus Sewer Water’

During the upcoming presidential campaign, predicts David Roberts, the media will not acknowledge an inconvenient truth: that the difference in quality between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is comparable to the difference in potability between “Coca-Cola [and] sewer water.” “The campaign media's self-image is built on not being partisan,” wrote Roberts in a Thursday article. “How does that…
Tom Johnson
May 5th, 2016 9:38 PM

Not a Shock: ESPN Hires Left-Wing, Hillary-Supporting Analyst

In what might go down as the most redundant and superfluous hire in the history of redundant and superfluous hires, a network already dominated and run by leftist, LGBT activists hired…wait for it…a leftist, LGBT activist.
Bruce Bookter
May 5th, 2016 8:51 PM

Deace Hits Trump as Lex Luthor; ‘No Moral Imperative...to Help’ Him

Speaking with host Erica Hill on MSNBC Thursday afternoon, Iowa conservative radio talk show host Steve Deace reiterated his commitment to the Never Trump movement and after comparing Donald Trump to Superman villain Lex Luthor, promised that he feels “no moral imperative whatsoever to help Lex Luthor finish off his memoirs.”
Curtis Houck
May 5th, 2016 5:39 PM

On CNBC, Reiner Stands By 'Strain of Racism' Charge About Trump's Base

On Thursday's Closing Bell on CNBC, Rob Reiner repeated his charge that Donald Trump's supporters are "not all racists, but there is a strain there." Host Bill Griffeth wondered, "Don't you think just people are angry — they're angry at Washington; they're angry at their boss?" Instead of immediately pointing to "racism," Reiner admitted that "there is a big chunk of Trump supporters who are very…
Matthew Balan
May 5th, 2016 5:35 PM

Nets Hype Justice Department Accusing NC of Civil Rights Violations

On Thursday, all three network morning shows dutifully promoted the Obama Justice Department threatening to sue North Carolina over its transgender bathroom law and accusing the state of violating the Civil Rights Act. On NBC’s Today, fill-in co-host Natalie Morales breathlessly proclaimed: “New fallout this morning over North Carolina’s controversial transgender law. The Justice Department sent…
Kyle Drennen
May 5th, 2016 4:11 PM

CNN's Banfield Misinforms Viewers on NC Bathroom Law

On Thursday, CNN misinformed its viewers on the North Carolina bathroom law on its Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield show by giving viewers the impression that people who have undergone sex changes would be barred from using the bathroom of their new gender. As host Banfield introduced a segment at 12:38 p.m. ET on the possibility of the Justice Department taking legal action against the state…
Brad Wilmouth
May 5th, 2016 4:11 PM