CNN President Admits: It's Fair to Say We Were 'A Little Too Liberal'

In a happy-news story headlined “CNN Enjoys Outsize Ratings Boost From Presidential Race,” Wall Street Journal media reporters Keach Hagey and Nick Niedzwiadek published a surprising quote from CNN president Jeff Zucker. He admitted it was legitimate to call CNN “a little too liberal,” but now it is a “much more-balanced network.”
Tim Graham
May 2nd, 2016 12:33 PM

Fusion Writer: I’m Afraid My Child Will Be White

Fusion’s Xavia Dryden is afraid. She’s pregnant and there’s a possibility something horrible is going to happen: her child might be white. In her article on the subject, “When you’re biracial but your baby could be white” Dryden goes into detail about the potential perils that may come with having a white child and the fear of the baby seeing you as a stranger. Dryden, married to a white male, is…
Daniel Garza
May 2nd, 2016 12:21 PM

Notable Quotables: Decades of 'Very Negative' Hillary Coverage?

The May 2 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This issue: Hillary Clinton has had to endure a decades long “negative relationship” with the media. Meanwhile, Barack Obama was acclaimed as “Mt. Rushmore great.” Over on HBO, Bill Maher called the U.S. military a “mass murder machine.”
Rich Noyes and Geoffrey Dickens
May 2nd, 2016 9:00 AM

Nobody Barnicle's Spoken To Thinks There's Indictable Hillary Offense

Mike Barnicle's a guy from the Duke Ellington era, so I suppose it makes sense if he doesn't "get around much anymore." How else to explain his nonsensical statement on today's Morning Joe? When Joe Scarborough asked him why the FBI investigation of Hillary's email is taking so long, Barnicle said "I have not spoken to anyone who believes there is an indictable offense that has occurred."…
Mark Finkelstein
May 2nd, 2016 8:21 AM

American Terrorists Shout 'Make America Great Again!' on ABC Drama

Last week, ABC’s Quantico declared Iraq a “pointless war” and attacked Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Tonight, it was Donald Trump and Afghanistan’s turn in the show’s spotlight. 
Erik Soderstrom
May 2nd, 2016 1:36 AM

Clarence Page Likens Bathroom Law to Willie Horton, Laughs Off Danger

As this weekend's syndicated The McLaughlin Group discussed the issue of the North Carolina bathroom law which limits people from using public restrooms in state buildings that do not correspond to the gender listed on their birth certificates, Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune compared the issue to Willie Horton from the 1988 presidential campaign. He ended up dismissively laughing when…
Brad Wilmouth
May 1st, 2016 11:17 PM

CNN's Louis Mocks Trump: 'Nice' That KKK Hasn't Endorsed Him 'Lately'

Appearing as a guest on Saturday's Smerconish show, CNN political commentator Errol Louis -- political anchor for Time Warner Cable News -- began the segment by blaming Donald Trump for violence by left-wing protesters near his appearances, and concluded the segment with an admittedly "snarky" comment as he sarcastically praised Trump because "he hasn't been endorsed by any Ku Klux Klan leaders…
Brad Wilmouth
May 1st, 2016 10:09 PM

WashPost Buries Uncomfortable Fact: Gruesome Killer's An Illegal Alien

On the front of Sunday’s Metro section of The Washington Post came this headline: “Gruesome images test jury during trial in Md.” Post reporter Dan Morse reported on a trial in suburban Montgomery County surrounding the murder of 36-year-old Oscar Navarro: “prosecutors were allowed to show jurors eight of the most disturbing photos -- a key to their obtaining a first-degree murder conviction…
Tim Graham
May 1st, 2016 9:28 PM

Salon Writer: GOP Now Home for Nutty 'Bolshevism of the Right'

Several decades ago, there were plenty of right-of-center Democrats and left-of-center Republicans. These days, however, almost everyone agrees that the Democrats have become a distinctly liberal party and the GOP a distinctly conservative party. One who disagrees in part is writer Conor Lynch, who in a Saturday article claimed that Republicans have transitioned out of true conservatism and now…
Tom Johnson
May 1st, 2016 8:57 PM

Sarah Palin, Hillary, and the Media's Woman Card

When is a woman not a woman? No, I’m not getting into Caitlyn Jenner. I’m talking about the recent gasp of horror in the media when Donald Trump accused Hillary Clinton of playing “the woman’s card.” The outrage was palpable.
Jeffrey Lord
May 1st, 2016 8:28 PM

NYT Lets Obama Play Heroic Savior of U.S. Economy on Sunday Mag Cover

As his final term wanes, the New York Times is making excuses for the economy’s performance under President Obama, with the president himself guiding the way. Economics reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin’s interview of Obama for the cover of the Times Sunday magazine dug in in defense of Obama. The subhead: “Eight years after the financial crisis, unemployment is at 5 percent, deficits are down and G.D.…
Clay Waters
May 1st, 2016 6:16 PM

Ted Cruz Calls Out Liberal Media for Trump Bias on 'Meet the Press'

Sparks flew Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press when Senator Ted Cruz called out the liberal media for their pro-Donald Trump coverage and their biased executives. “The media created this Trump phenomenon and then they don't hold him accountable,” said the Senator during a very long heated interview with the host Chuck Todd. An exchange where Todd was visible agitated by what the senator from Texas…
Nicholas Fondacaro
May 1st, 2016 3:33 PM

Juan Williams: Wilmore 'Nerd Prom' Act 'Degrading' to Black Community

Saturday night was the White House Correspondents Dinner a star studded event attended by the media elites. Come Sunday morning most of the media was praising President Obama’s performance during the dinner, while expressing how disappointing comedian Larry Wilmore’s act was. Fox News’ Juan Williams really took it to Wilmore on Fox News Sunday saying, “to black America it awful. It was degrading…
Nicholas Fondacaro
May 1st, 2016 12:54 PM

Larry Wilmore Smears Fox News as Racist, Hails Obama as 'My N*gga'

CNN's Brian Lowry reported Comedy Central "fake news" anchor Larry Wilmore drew "groans and grimaces" on Saturday night with a typical White House Correspondents Dinner routine that leaned heavily to the left. He suggested Fox News was racist: “Welcome to Negro Night here in Washington. Or as Fox News will report, ‘Two thugs disrupt elegant dinner in DC.'” Wilmore ended his set by thanking Obama…
Tim Graham
May 1st, 2016 7:53 AM