Andrea Defends Hillary: 'I Don't Think There's Legal Culpability'

Hillary Clinton's criminal defense attorney made a surprise appearance on today's Morning Joe, saying . . . oh, wait: that wasn't Hillary's lawyer--it was Andrea Mitchell. Same difference. Relying on her sources, Mitchell asserted "I don't think there is the legal culpability here."  Andrea first suggested that Hillary lacked "intent." Joe Scarborough pushed back hard, noting that the statute…
Mark Finkelstein
February 1st, 2016 8:59 AM

NYT Sportswriter Makes Left-Wing Cut onto QB Cam's Racism Bandwagon

New York Times sportswriter William Rhoden jumped on the latest leftist bandwagon on Sunday, heartily supporting controversial comments by the Super Bowl-bound Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. Newton was quoted in the Charlotte Observer accusing critics of his showboating post-touchdown antics of being racist. It’s been twenty-eight years since Doug Williams became the first black…
Clay Waters
February 1st, 2016 8:34 AM

Rob Lowe Stars as Rude, Foulmouthed Priest in New NBC Show

NBC’s You, Me and the Apocalypse centers around an eclectic cast of characters as they receive the news that a comet will hit the Earth in 34 days, ending all life on the planet. Rob Lowe stars as the chain-smoking, foulmouthed Father Jude, the Vatican’s newly re-empowered “Devil’s Advocate.”
Erik Soderstrom
February 1st, 2016 8:00 AM

TV Keeps Touting Trump Over His GOP Competitors

A new analysis by the Media Research Center finds Trump continued to receive the vast majority of TV news coverage throughout the month of January, leading up to tonight’s crucial Iowa caucuses. An examination of all campaign coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts from January 1 through January 31 finds Trump received nearly 157 minutes of airtime, or almost 60 percent of the total…
Rich Noyes
February 1st, 2016 7:11 AM

Support of Israel Labeled Hate Speech on CBS’s ‘The Good Wife’

In the episode “Judged,” CBS’s The Good Wife turned again to highlighting how the Left curtails freedom of speech. Liberal lawyer Diane (Christine Baranski) came to the defense of a big client’s daughter over a college newspaper op-ed. The student defended Israel against the leftist student council’s vote to divest from Israel and boycott Israeli goods from settlements – more university “Boycott…
Karen Townsend
February 1st, 2016 6:00 AM

Brian Williams Interviews Hillary; Jokes About Her Amount of Sleep

While Hillary Clinton has not agreed to interviews with recordable Fox News journalists (and two-time debate moderators) Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly or Chris Wallace, the Democratic presidential candidate called in to MSNBC on Sunday night for an interview with disgraced former NBC Nightly News anchor and current MSNBC breaking news anchor Brian Williams.
Curtis Houck
February 1st, 2016 1:29 AM

Made FROM TV: CBS's Prime Time Fantasy of President Hillary

Normally, products carry the description of “Made in (insert country),” so that you’ll know and be better able to trace the lineage and origin of that particular product. However, if Hillary Clinton is the product being signed, sealed, and delivered for you in January of 2017, the “Made In” label attached to her will most likely read “Made in Hollywood.”
Dylan Gwinn
February 1st, 2016 12:15 AM

Matthews: ‘I Feel Butterflies’ Ahead of Iowa; Hillary Is 'Great'

All three cable networks had extensive coverage on Sunday night for the eve of the 2016 Iowa caucuses and with Hardball host Chris Matthews among the cast of characters on MSNBC, there was no shortage of notable comments ranging Matthews admitting that he has “butterflies out there in the locker room” ahead of the vote to gushing that he “like[s] Hillary personally and politically.”
Curtis Houck
January 31st, 2016 11:58 PM

Backstreet Boys Back to Make Audience Swoon In ‘Undateable’ Finale

On Friday’s season finale of Undateable, all the stops were pulled in the hopes of growing their small audience big enough for NBC to renew the show. With “The Backstreet Boys Walk Into a Bar,” a two-part season finale, the super popular 1990’s boy band may have helped them do just that.
Karen Townsend
January 31st, 2016 11:57 PM

Maher Calls Cruz 'Creep' and 'Liar,' Likens Rubio's Religion to ISIS

On Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, GOP presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz were both on the receiving end of HBO comedian Bill Maher's latest anti-conservative vitriol as he called Cruz a "creep" and a "practiced liar" while comparing Rubio's religious beliefs to those of the terrorist group ISIS.
Brad Wilmouth
January 31st, 2016 11:48 PM

AP Acts As If Illinois's Chronic Vendor Delinquency Is Something New

A Sunday morning report by Associated Press political writer John O'Connor acts as if the the sordid history of fiscal irresponsibility in the State of Illinois is a new development brought on by a stubborn Republican governor in just the past seven months. What hogwash. The state has had a large backlog of delinquent unpaid bills for a decade, if not longer. Five years ago, a Democratic…
Tom Blumer
January 31st, 2016 11:36 PM

ABC to Cruz: 'Did You Pray for Donald Trump or Senator Rubio' Today?

On the Iowa caucus eve edition of ABC’s World News Tonight, Republican campaign correspondent Tom Llamas had another lead story that focused heavily on frontrunner Donald Trump, but also featured a bizarre question to Republican Senator Ted Cruz (Tex.) as he was leaving an Iowa church about praying for his opponents like Donald Trump and fellow Senator Marco Rubio (Fl.).
Curtis Houck
January 31st, 2016 10:54 PM

ABC Touts Hillary Dismissing E-Mails; NBC Promotes Her Team's App

Sunday's World News Tonight on ABC and the NBC Nightly News on the eve of the Iowa caucuses (with golf on CBS) previewsed the Democratic race. ABC parroted Hillary Clinton’s dismissal of e-mail scandal as a partisan hit job while NBC touted an “exclusive look” at a smartphone app that will be utilized by the Clinton campaign.
Curtis Houck
January 31st, 2016 9:43 PM

WashPost: Venezuela's Giveaways to Poor Were 'Good Idea in General'

In trying to explain the current situation in Venezuela, the Washington Post's Matt O'Brien, in a post at the paper's Wonkblog, also inadvertently identified two reasons why authoritarian socialist tyrants like Huge Chavez and Nicolas Maduro are able to achieve and retain power. The formula is simple: When you first gain power, garner international and media goodwill by giving stuff away, like…
Tom Blumer
January 31st, 2016 9:04 PM