Did NBC Sit on Guccifer Claims on Hacking Hillary Server?

A May 5 NBC News online story reported the Romanian hacker revealed “in an exclusive interview” with correspondent Cynthia McFadden that Clinton’s server was “like an open orchid on the Internet.” However, as PowerLine’s Scott Johnson pointed out, “NBC interviewed Guccifer during his pre-extradition detention in Romania. That means the reported interview took place at least a month ago.”…
Geoffrey Dickens
May 5th, 2016 4:05 PM

MSNBC's Scarborough Spars With Rob Reiner Over Trump's 'Racist' Base

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough faced off with Rob Reiner on Thursday's Morning Joe, after the liberal Hollywood producer/writer explained Donald Trump's base of support by underlining that "there are a lot of people who are racist in this country." Scarborough shot back, "Could this not be about working-class Americans being left behind by [the] Republican Party?" Reiner acknowledged that "they're not…
Matthew Balan
May 5th, 2016 1:18 PM

NBC Ignores E-Mail Scandal During Look at Hillary’s ‘Major Obstacles'

At the top of Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: “Game on. Clinton and Trump gear up for their likely general election showdown....They’re two of the most unpopular candidates in recent history.” He then promised an examination of the flaws of both candidates: “This morning, the major obstacles facing both campaigns.”
Kyle Drennen
May 5th, 2016 12:47 PM

Irony Alert: New MSNBC Ad Says ‘We Seek Different Perspectives’

With no sense of irony or humor, a new MSNBC ad claims the network “seeks different perspectives.” Yes, the cable channel home to some of most liberal hosts and journalists on the planet, touted, “We seek different perspectives, connect the dots, approach the story from all the angles.” 
Scott Whitlock
May 5th, 2016 11:49 AM

NBC’s ‘Heartbeat’: Trans Hormones ‘Put Right What Nature Got Wrong'

NBC’s Heartbeat is a show that deals with conflict. A main character, who is a female, runs around acting like a man. An ex-husband of the main character, who is so incredibly over the idea of getting back together with his former wife, becomes gay. And on Wednesday night’s episode, titled ‘Permanent Glitter,’ a man who is convinced he’s a woman defies his genetic gender, in order to continue…
Dylan Gwinn
May 5th, 2016 11:42 AM

MSNBC's Tur: 'Veiled Sexism' for Trump To Suggest Hillary's Low Energy

If it's sauce for the goose, it's sauce for the Hillary . . . Question for MSNBC's Katy Tur: of all the epithets Donald Trump pinned on his primary opponents, which was the first and arguably most effective? Bet you answered "low-energy," with which Trump of course famously jabbed Jeb. It stuck, and helped drive Jeb from the race. Did people suggest at the time that Trump was hitting below the…
Mark Finkelstein
May 5th, 2016 11:35 AM

Of Course: Press Blame Long Airport Lines on TSA ‘Budget Cuts’

Almost any time a government agency or program fails to perform, those involved complain that they don't have enough money to properly do their jobs. Unless the matter involves national defense, the press gullibly swallows their contentions. The Transportation Safety Administration is the latest case in point. Lines at airport security checkpoints are already getting noticeably longer, and we…
Tom Blumer
May 5th, 2016 11:24 AM

Dana Milbank Planning to Eat Column with Erroneous Trump Prediction

Yummy! Doesn't the idea of eating newsprint and ink sound absolutely delicious? Okay, maybe not so great but Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank is making the best of his promise to eat his column if Donald Trump won the nomination. To Milbank's great credit he is following through on his promise which he made last year and will be dining on his column, prepared by a chef, next Thursday. To…
P.J. Gladnick
May 5th, 2016 11:00 AM

ESPN's Justice Warriors Prod LeBron for Quitting Gun-Control Activism

ESPN, not content to cover sports, wants in on the burgeoning social-justice market as well. In “Waiting for LeBron," an ESPN magazine essay, Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow pondered why Cleveland Cavaliers basketball legend LeBron James backed off his brief anti-gun activism. Saslow’s histrionic analysis of James “the athlete and the activist” makes it clear that LeBron has (somehow) let…
Clay Waters
May 5th, 2016 9:42 AM

Jenner SI Cover, Wearing U.S. Flag, Gold Medal, Nothing Else

If you ever wondered why Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban all believe that they can collectively, or individually, kick our butt…this might explain it.
Dylan Gwinn
May 5th, 2016 9:09 AM

Scarborough: 'I'll Never Vote' for Trump If Muslim Ban Maintained

Of everyone in the MSM, Joe Scarborough has been widely seen as the most ardent Trump supporter--starting from the day Donald descended that escalator with Melania. Scarborough would argue he was merely offering dispassionate political analysis--saying that Trump's chances should be taken seriously while others were disdainfully dismissing him. But for those of us who watched Joe day in and day…
Mark Finkelstein
May 5th, 2016 8:14 AM

Unauthorized: Ernie and Bert, Tested for Sexually Transmitted Disease

Uh oh.  It looks like someone’s in trouble for suggesting beloved Sesame Street stars Bert and Ernie were wise to check for sexually transmitted disease. Mately, a company that creates at-home HIV/STD testing kits, used the kid-friendly Muppet duo in a new campaign aimed at spreading sexual health and sexual disease awareness.
Melissa Mullins
May 5th, 2016 6:41 AM

Fox's 'Empire': Reagan Dumped All Mentally Ill Patients Out on Street

In Wednesday’s installment of the Lyons family saga, Lucious (Terrence Howard) explains why he lied about his mother's death. And he blamed former President Ronald Reagan along the way for the fact that his mother was out of a mental health facility.
Karen Townsend
May 5th, 2016 12:29 AM

Fox’s ‘Rosewood’ Redefines Family as One Woman and Two Men

On Wednesday night’s episode of Fox’s Rosewood, titled “Sudden Death and Shades Deep,” a woman being interrogated in the murder investigation of her boyfriend redefines the definition of family. She tells Detective Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz) she was in a relationship with two men, you see – the deceased and his friend/working partner – and, while she acknowledges that this is weird, hey, it works…
Karen Townsend
May 4th, 2016 11:48 PM