CNN's Avlon Blames GOP 'Intolerance' for Creating Trump and Cruz

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello, CNN political analyst and Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon declared that Republicans should be blamed for creating Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as he asserted that the "conservative playbook" has showed "intolerance" toward those not in line with them ideologically.
Brad Wilmouth

Alan Colmes: Saying 'Illegal Immigrant' Akin to 'Illegitimate' Child

Liberals continue their strenuous efforts to banish the term "illegal immigrant," despite its obvious utility in describing the unlawful, extended presence of a foreigner in a country not his or her own. A recent example of this came during a conversation between radio host Alan Colmes and a caller to his show on Jan. 19 with the caller initially referring to the arrest of Sarah Palin's son…
Jack Coleman

ABC Avoids Iowan Who Bluntly Challenged ‘Dishonest’ Clinton

ABC on Tuesday deliberately avoided a young questioner who challenged Hillary Clinton as “dishonest.”  Instead, Good Morning America reporter Cecilia Vega only played the Democrat’s response in which she touted her desire to help people. NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning both played clips of the “uncomfortable" question, but they also made sure to promote her non-answer. 
Scott Whitlock

Chuck Todd: Obama Did Hillary ‘A Solid’ in Softball Politico Interview

Appearing on Tuesday’s NBC Today, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd touted President Obama giving a boost to Hillary Clinton’s struggling campaign during a softball exchange with Politico’s Glenn Thrush: “...this is something where the President was trying to do her a solid in this case.”  
Kyle Drennen

Jamie Lee Curtis: Clinton’s ‘Experience Will “Trump” Everything’

The entertainment types that form Hillary Clinton's Hollywood base continue to show up in Iowa, trying to dig the political superstar out of her growing deficit to geriatric Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders. Last week it was pop tart Demi Lovato in an effort to reach young women. On Sunday, it was actress Jamie Lee Curtis (Trading Places, Freaky Friday) in an eforrt to reach ... not young women.…
Mairead McArdle

Bill Maher Applauds Seth MacFarlane's Beyond Vile Attack on Jesus

When serial anti-Catholic bigots Bill Maher and Seth MacFarlane get together, it is a sure fire recipe for new lows in tastelessness. And that's what we got on HBO last Friday night, as MacFarlane appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher. "…[Y]ou're so lucky that you do cartoons," Maher told the creator of Fox's Family Guy, 'because the things you get away with in cartoons—I'm so jealous." The…
Bill Donohue

Networks Cover Panda Cub’s Debut 26x More than March for Life

Contrary to popular media belief, the blizzard didn’t scare prolife marchers away. It scared reporters away. Either that, or their allegiance to the liberal agenda did the job. Tens of thousands of Americans filled Washington, D.C., Friday for the annual March for Life commemorating the nearly 60 million babies snuffed out since 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. During their…

Katie Yoder

Iowa Woman's Sad Story to Sanders Moves Mika

Disabled, divorced, with a degree, working several jobs yet making less than $10,000 a year. Struggling to pay bills. Unable to buy presents for her children. Waiting for her disability to come through. Dependent on her parents. That was the sad story that a woman told Bernie Sanders at an event in Iowa yesterday. On today's Morning Joe, after airing that clip, a visibly moved Mika Brzezinski…
Mark Finkelstein

Here’s the Top Softball Q's and Comments from the CNN Dem Town Hall

CNN’s heavily-promoted Democratic presidential town hall finally aired Monday night from Iowa and while they featured a number of questions that challenged Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, and Bernie Sanders, there were plenty of questions that skewed to the left as well a cushy softballs. Host Chris Cuomo to Bernie Sanders: "What does it mean to you about what your parents would think if they…
Curtis Houck

Supergirl's Not-So-Subtle Hit at Opponents of Illegal Aliens

In tonight’s episode of CBS' Supergirl, “Strange Visitor From Another Planet,” Senator Miranda Crane portrays a "bigoted" anti-alien politician rallying supporters with a message that monsters are coming for the families of National City. Clearly, Senator Crane is written to take a swipe at American politicians like Donald Trump who denounce America’s open borders.
Karen Townsend

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

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

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

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