CNN Showcases Dan Rather’s Famous ‘Assault,’ George Bush’s Retort

CNN’s Race for the White House series on Sunday refreshingly showcased a classic example of liberal media bias: Dan Rather’s attempt to verbally sucker punch George H.W. Bush during the 1988 election. The Kevin Spacey-narrated series, which looks at famous presidential races, highlighted both Rather’s on-air attack and Bush’s retort. At the time, the Vice President was dealing with the PR…
Scott Whitlock
March 22nd, 2016 3:44 PM

Kernen Hits Colleague Harwood for Anti-Trump Bias

Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen took issue with a colleague’s coverage of protests at a recent Donald Trump rally in Tucson, Arizona. CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood reported on March 21, that at that rally a Trump supporter attacked a protester who was wearing a KKK outfit, and Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski grabbed a protester by his shirt collar.
Sam Dorman
March 22nd, 2016 2:38 PM

George Clooney Endorses Clinton, Bashes Trump in Email Endorsement

Hillary Clinton’s latest fundraising email sent out Monday revealed an endorsement from another Hollywood backer: George Clooney. In the email, picked up by several media outlets, like the Los Angeles Times, Variety and the Huffington Post, Clooney bashed Trump while praising Clinton as “the only grown-up in the room” and the “voice of tolerance” in the 2016 race.
Kristine Marsh
March 22nd, 2016 2:05 PM

Comedy Central's Noah Unleashes on Media for 'Viral' Trump Coverage

Comedy Central's Trevor Noah went on a seven and a half minute rant against the news media on Monday's Daily Show for their responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump: "The media loves Trump, because covering Trump makes the media money." Noah played up that "ABC's World News Tonight gave Donald Trump just 15 minutes less coverage than it gave Ebola — which is insane. Well, it sort of makes…
Matthew Balan
March 22nd, 2016 1:18 PM

Daily Beast Editor Decries ‘Rampant Islamophobia' in Europe

Appearing on a special extended edition of NBC’s Today on Tuesday, Daily Beast world news editor Christopher Dickey fretted that “rampant Islamophobia” in Europe would intensify following the terrorist attacks in Belgium.
Kyle Drennen
March 22nd, 2016 1:10 PM

Marcotte: After Brussels Attacks, Good Thing Adults Are in Charge

At Salon.com at 10:28 a.m., Amanda Marcotte wrote that "It will likely be days, perhaps weeks, before we know much about the horrific terrorist attacks on an airport and subway in Brussels on Tuesday morning that killed dozens of people." Actually, dear, as of when I began this post about 90 minutes later, we alreadly know plenty. Most crucially, the Associated Press reported that the Islamic…
Tom Blumer
March 22nd, 2016 1:00 PM

WaPo Writer Quickly Uses Brussels Attacks as Platform to Slam Trump

The terror bombings in Brussels occured at about 3:00 AM EDT. Therefore Washington Post writer Philip Bump had only about a couple of hours after he woke up today to use these acts of terrorism as a platform to rapidly type up an article about his real obsession in this matter, Donald Trump, when it was posted at 9:25 AM EDT. You will search his story in vain for any expression of sympathy for…
P.J. Gladnick
March 22nd, 2016 12:54 PM

Maddow: Obama Will Go Down in ‘History’ for ‘Getting It Done’ in Cuba

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on Monday could barely contain her excitement as she gushed over how Barack Obama will go down in “history” as the Democrat who got Cube “done.” After a long monologue about the communist country’s history with the United State, Maddow thrilled, “And now today, looking at these images of President Obama and his family arriving in Havana, it is almost unbelievable that it’…
Scott Whitlock
March 22nd, 2016 12:30 PM

Fusion Continues to Tie Trump to Nazis, KKK

In an article titled “Two Evils” posted on their blatantly left-wing website, Fusion’s Charles Pulliam-Moore lets it be known that he firmly believes Donald Trump is a “racist Nazi” and he wants you to think the same.
Daniel Garza
March 22nd, 2016 12:15 PM

MSNBC Pundit Blames 'Ease of Getting Guns' for Brussels Bombing

The knowledge that the terror attacks in Belgium were bombings didn’t stop Atlantic Washington editor Steve Clemons, who phoned into MSNBC on Tuesday morning, from criticizing Belgian gun policy: "It's so easy to access guns in Belgium than other of the major states in Europe, it's something that everybody knows here, that there is a black market, that there is an ease of getting guns here. As …
Nicholas Fondacaro
March 22nd, 2016 11:54 AM

After Belgium Attacks, NBC Warns of ‘Rise of Right Wing’ in Europe

During NBC’s breaking news coverage of the terrorist attacks in Belgium Tuesday morning, correspondents Andrea Mitchell and Richard Engel wasted no time warning of the “rise of the right wing” throughout Europe in response to such attacks.
Kyle Drennen
March 22nd, 2016 11:07 AM

Maddow Producer Mocks Right’s ‘Apoplexy’ Over Obama/Che Mural Photo

Quite a few conservatives were incensed over the photo of President Obama and other officials, including John Kerry and at least one of Cuba’s many vice presidents, standing against the backdrop of a several-stories-tall steel relief mural of Che Guevara. Consequently, quite a few liberals told those conservatives, in effect, to get a life. One of those liberals was Steve Benen, the primary…
Tom Johnson
March 22nd, 2016 11:06 AM

CNN Hails Journey From 'Obamacare Kid' to 'Transgender Teen'

In the latest breaking Obamacare news, Amanda Terkel of The Huffington Post tweeted that Marcelas Owens, “The cute little kid who stood next to Obama for signing of ACA now is 17, identifies as transgender.” CNN.com’s John Blake brought the usual political correctness to the task. The headline was "I'm not the Obamacare kid anymore."
Tim Graham
March 22nd, 2016 10:26 AM

Radical ‘Half Planet’ Environmental Agenda Floated on Fusion

A proposal that calls for barring humans from half of the Earth’s land mass has actually received serious consideration from Fusion, the Univision-backed television network aimed at the millennial generation.
Daniel Garza
March 22nd, 2016 9:51 AM