Post-Town Hall CNN Hails 'Slam Dunk' Event; 'Amazed' by Candidates

Eager to chime in after Monday night’s CNN Iowa Democratic presidential town hall, the cast assembled on CNN Tonight gushed over how it was “like a slam dunk contest” for the three candidates as Bernie Sanders “did a helluva job” while Hillary Clinton “knocked it completely out of the park,” and continued addressing critics who’ve disliked her since the 1990s because she’s “a figure of cultural…
Curtis Houck
January 26th, 2016 12:43 AM

CBS Maintains Blackout on Bloomberg's Gun Control Stance; ABC Covers

Monday's CBS Evening News followed the example of CBS This Morning earlier in the day in failing to mention Michael Bloomberg's outspoken gun control stance in their coverage of the former New York City mayor's potential presidential run. By contrast, Jonathan Karl gave ABC's first mention of this liberal political position on Monday's World News Tonight: "He [Bloomberg] is a socially-liberal New…
Matthew Balan
January 26th, 2016 12:27 AM

Sympathy for the Devil: How ‘Lucifer’ Glorifies Satan

It’s been said, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.” Fox’s new drama Lucifer seems hell bent on convincing the world he is harmless and sympathetic. Look no further than Fox’s slogan for the show, “He gives bad a good name.”
Alexa Moutevelis
January 25th, 2016 11:38 PM

ESPN's Bob Ryan Calls Fellow Analyst a ‘Bible Pounding Phony'

So, just when you thought ESPN was beyond help, completely irredeemable, and more than happy to overlook any slight or attack on people of faith in order to uphold their completely biased, near company-wide anti-Christian bias...all of a sudden, they surprise you. A little, anyway.
Bruce Bookter
January 25th, 2016 11:16 PM

NBC, CBS Tout Indictment of Pro-Life Activists Behind Undercover Vids

On Monday, NBC Nightly News and CBS Evening News both spotlighted how a Texas grand jury indicted two people from the pro-life Center for Medical Progress on the felony charge of tampering with a government record. One of the two was also charged with purchasing and selling human organs, a misdemeanor. The grand jury also cleared Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast of any crime, despite the…
Matthew Balan
January 25th, 2016 10:37 PM

Chris Hayes Hotly Denies Planned Parenthood Sold Baby Parts

If he wants, Chris Hayes can crow about the refusal of a Houston grand jury to indict Planned Parenthood. But for him to claim, as he did on his MSNBC show tonight, that PP did not sell baby parts is absurd. As the videos revealed, not only was PP selling body parts, one of its officials joked [we have to hope] that she wanted to get as much money as possible so she could buy a Lamborghini. To…
Mark Finkelstein
January 25th, 2016 9:26 PM

Rush Limbaugh Announces Possible Launch of Operation Chaos 2

Oh you rascal! Rush Limbaugh today announced that he might launch Operation Chaos 2. For those of you who have forgotten, the original Operation Chaos was launched by Rush during the 2008 primary season in order to help Hillary Clinton with the goal of prolonging the Democrat primary season.  Wikipedia describes how the original Operation Chaos worked:
P.J. Gladnick
January 25th, 2016 9:13 PM

ABC Worries ‘Grueling Pace’ of Race Is ‘Seeming to Catch Up’ w/Hillary

As part of its three 2016 campaign segments on Monday, ABC’s World News Tonight featured Clinton campaign correspondent Cecilia Vega fretting that the campaign’s “grueling pace” may have “seem[ed] to catch up” with Hillary Clinton as she coughed multiple times during an appearance and had to take a drink of water.
Curtis Houck
January 25th, 2016 8:14 PM

Center for Medical Progress Planned Parenthood Videographers Indicted

In an unexpected development which may ultimately qualify as a "be careful what you wish for" exercise, the District Attorney in Harris County, Texas, whose county seat is Houston, has indicted Center for Medical Progress videographers David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Yes you read that right, via coverage in the Houston Chronicle (bolds are mine):

Tom Blumer
January 25th, 2016 7:09 PM

Cuomo Blames Beck for Creating Trump By Touting Opposition to Govt.

Hours before moderating CNN’s Democratic presidential townhall on Monday, New Day co-host Chris Cuomo spoke with conservative radio talk show host/Ted Cruz supporter Glenn Beck and suggested to Beck that his firm opposition to President Obama and big government has laid the groundwork for the rise of Donald Trump: "You wound up somewhat birthing Donald Trump...some of those people who were angry…
Curtis Houck
January 25th, 2016 6:08 PM

‘View’ Hosts Declare Bloomberg a ‘Fiscal Conservative’

Talk about your wacky analysis. The women of The View on Monday weighed in on Michael Bloomberg’s potential third party run for the White House and deemed the former New York Mayor a “fiscal conservative.”  This is the same Bloomberg behind the soda tax, the man who endorsed Obama for president and ObamaCare.
Scott Whitlock
January 25th, 2016 5:48 PM

MSNBC: Gun Grabbing, Big Gulp Banning Bloomberg Just Like 'Braveheart'

When one imagines the fabled William Wallace it typically involves a man with long dirty hair and blue face-paint, fighting for his people’s freedom. Ari Melber, on Monday afternoon’s MSNBC Live, said he imagines a man that wants to restrict people’s right to bear arms and dictate the size of people’s sodas. “We like a reluctant warrior, in war. It was important in Braveheart, right. Mel Gibson…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 25th, 2016 5:45 PM

AP: Fed May Pause Increases, Only Because of 'Darker Global Economy'

Over the past several months, economics reporters at the Associated Press have told us time and time and time again that the U.S. economy is "largely insulated" from adverse economic developments overseas. So why is the AP's Martin Crutsinger going along with the now-shifting conventional "wisdom" that Janet Yellen's Federal Reserve may have to defer implementing additional interest-rate…
Tom Blumer
January 25th, 2016 5:28 PM

Pro-Anarchy Field Day on Telemundo

Where does pro-amnesty end and pro-anarchy begin? The close relation between the two was very much in evidence during a recent report on Telemundo.
MRC Latino Staff
January 25th, 2016 5:27 PM