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NBC Uses Cabdriver Jumping on Moving Car to Go After Uber
On Thursday, NBC’s Today seized on a cabdriver in Toronto attacking the car of an Uber driver as a chance to attack the entrepreneurial car service, with co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaiming: “A cabbie confronts an Uber driver and gets dragged 60 feet down the street, as the battle between the car service app and traditional taxis gets ugly.”
December 10th, 2015 3:19 PM
MSNBC Host: ‘Millions’ Agree with Planned Parenthood Shooter’s ‘View’
“Millions” from the pro-life movement are on board with the Planned Parenthood shooter, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell accused on his show Dec. 9.
During Wednesday’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, the host spoke with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards on the shooting Nov. 27 that killed three people and wounded nine at one of the abortion provider’s Colorado clinics.
December 10th, 2015 2:59 PM
NewsBusted: Don't Give Lindsey Any Ideas, Jodi
"A man was recently arrested for jumping over the White House fence. Ironically, the fence jumper actually had a better chance of getting into the White House than Lindsey Graham." -- NewsBusted's Jodi Miller
December 10th, 2015 2:57 PM
NY Times Covers, TV Scarce: Rubio’s ‘Quiet Sabotage’ of Obamacare
On Wednesday, The New York Times posted an article by reporter Robert Pear calling out Marco Rubio for taking the pen to Obamacare in the budget legislation from last year. On Thursday, it appeared on the front page with the headline “Rubio Measure Delivered a Blow to Healthy Law.”
December 10th, 2015 2:54 PM
While Hitting Trump, Rather Smears Barry Goldwater as ‘George Wallace’
Disgraced ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather appeared on Wednesday’s Rachel Maddow Show to attack Donald Trump. In the process, the journalist smeared conservative icon Barry Goldwater. Asked about Trump’s policy of banning all Muslims from America, Rather excoriated, “[Trump’s] related to the candidacy of the late George Wallace. Barry Goldwater, if you will. Huey Long. He’s in that line.”
December 10th, 2015 12:43 PM
NBC, ABC Gush Over First Lady Rapping; Ignore Obama ISIS Strategy
While both NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America found the time on Thursday to devote minute-long segments to First Lady Michelle Obama rapping about kids going to college, neither morning show bothered to mention President Obama’s strategy or lack thereof to combat radical Islamic terrorism in the wake of the San Bernardino attacks.
December 10th, 2015 11:55 AM
Celebrities Chant ‘We Can End Gun Violence’ in New Gun Control Ad
After every mass shooting, well-meaning but empty-headed celebrities come out in droves to hold up signs with hashtags and lend their voices to anti-gun political ads. This week was no different in the wake of last week’s two tragic shootings. A new ad released today by Michael Bloomberg’s group, Everytown USA For Gun Safety, added a few new faces to the usual gamut of gun-grabbers.
December 10th, 2015 10:41 AM
Stephanopoulos to Rubio: Listen to This Hillary Clip Slamming the GOP
Former Bill Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos on Thursday interviewed Marco Rubio and demanded the Republican listen to a clip of Hillary Clinton sneering that all the GOP contenders are as bad as Donald Trump. Following a comment by the senator on the importance of refocusing the debate on terrorism, the Good Morning America co-host pounced, “On that issue Secretary Clinton is making the…
December 10th, 2015 10:32 AM
Mauled in the Morning: GOP Candidates Hit from the Left
An MRC analysis of interviews from January 1 to December 4 finds the broadcast networks have pounded the candidates with a blizzard of hostile and left-wing questions.
December 10th, 2015 9:30 AM
See How NPR Hacks Up Testy Interview with Ted Cruz
NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep is a big fan of President Obama, and when he interviews him, he helpfully sets him up. In a recent interview on race relations, Inskeep added little prompts instead of questions. That’s not what Ted Cruz received on Wednesday’s show. Inskeep was blunt when discussing the new Trump idea of banning Muslims from entering America: "Which Muslims do you want to…
December 10th, 2015 8:30 AM
Mournful Mika Wonders If Anyone Can Improve on Trump Muslim Ban
The last person you'd imagine backing Donald Trump's Muslim ban might be Mika Brzezinski. Yet on today's Morning Joe, a reluctant Mika came close to doing just that. Brzezinski springboarded off the news that the visa screening program failed to stop Tafsheen Malik from entering the country although she was already radicalized at the time.
While professing her opposition to the plan, she called…
December 10th, 2015 8:19 AM
Heilemann: For Trashing Trump, I Like Shep Smith More Than Ever
What does it take to get a member of the MSM to praise a Fox News host? Simple: trash Donald Trump. On yesterday's With All Due Respect, co-host John Heilemann declared "I have always like Shep Smith, and I like him more today than I've ever liked him before."
So what had Shep done to enhance Heilemann's fondness for him? On his show on Tuesday, during a dialogue with Wall Street Journal editor…
December 10th, 2015 6:01 AM
The South Park Gun Episode that Liberals Didn't Want to See
Liberals must be so disappointed with the much-hyped “gun control” episode of South Park. There was a big build up that the show’s season 19 finale, “PC Principal Final Justice,” would see every South Park citizen arm themselves and lead to an explosive conclusion, but that never happened, much to their chagrin.
December 10th, 2015 4:36 AM
Conan: Trump Thinks 'Germany Hasn't Had a Great Leader' Since Hitler
During his monologue on his TBS show Wednesday night, host Conan O’Brien continued the liberal news media’s comparison of Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler by joking that Trump was upset he lost out on Time magazine’s Person of the Year to German Chancellor Angela Merkel because the billionaire believes “Germany hasn't had a great leader since the 1940's.”
December 10th, 2015 2:21 AM