Brian Williams Asks About How Paris Attacks Will Affect Climate Summit

Right in the middle of the reports of the Paris attacks yesterday comes a really bizarre and tone deaf note of concern from Brian Williams of MSNBC. Brian is concerned about how the attacks will affect the messaging of the Paris Climate Change Conference which is scheduled to begin at the end of this month. I kid you not, as you can see in this video of his interview with Weather Channel managing…
P.J. Gladnick
November 14th, 2015 11:39 AM

On HBO, Leno Compares Trump to Hitler, Suggests Ben Carson 'Lies'

Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, comedian Jay Leno compared GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to Adolf HItler as the group discussed Trump's talk of requiring all illegal immigrants to leave the country before being considered for reentry.
Brad Wilmouth
November 14th, 2015 11:37 AM

Canada's CBC Bans Word 'Terrorism,' But Not 'Xenophobe' or 'Hater'

Canadian conservative Ezra Levant took to Twitter after the Paris attacks to remind the world that the state-run Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a policy of not employing the words “terrorism” or “terrorist” since “the use of the word can be highly politicized and therefore it is preferable that there be a consistent practice to be as specific as possible in describing an event without…
Tim Graham
November 14th, 2015 10:46 AM

Bozell & Graham Column: The 'Trumbo' Dumbo

The actor Bryan Cranston is now making the interview rounds promoting his new movie lionizing the Hollywood communist Dalton Trumbo. As one should always expect when the Hollywood Left starts talking about the blacklist, the communists were the First Amendment heroes. The movie Trumbo, Cranston told CNN’s Jake Tapper, is about resisting “the lessening of the First Amendment or the oppression of…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
November 14th, 2015 8:00 AM

Salon Writer: Paris Terror Should End 'Right's Violent Language'

As of 11 p.m. ET on Friday, according to CNN, the death toll was "at least 153" (since updated to "at least 128") who have been "killed in gunfire and blasts" in Paris in "coordinated attacks." CNN claims that "It is still not clear who is responsible." (Update: Early Saturday morning Eastern Time, ISIS claimed responsibility.) Two days ago, leftist Democrat Hillary Clinton laughed at the idea…
Tom Blumer
November 14th, 2015 12:34 AM

Salon Writer: O’Reilly-Will Clash Could Discredit Conservatism

The war of words between Bill O’Reilly and George Will over the long-term effects on Ronald Reagan of the 1981 assassination attempt amounts to a loose thread that could eventually cause the unraveling of conservatism, argued Sean Illing in a Friday article. Illing opined that “conservatism, as a governing philosophy, continues to resonate because of Reagan’s perceived success” -- “perceived”…
Tom Johnson
November 14th, 2015 12:31 AM

Dershowitz Rips 'Book Burners' — Anti-Free Speech College Students

On Friday's The Kelly File on Fox News Channel, Harvard Law's Alan Dershowitz blasted left-wing student activists over their chilling of free speech on many college campuses: "These are the same people who claim they're seeking diversity. The last thing many of these students want is real diversity — diversity of ideas." Dershowitz continued by pointing out that "it was the students at…
Matthew Balan
November 13th, 2015 11:28 PM

On NPR, NYT Reporter Trash Talks for Hillary: 'Bernie Has Zero Chance'

On a journalists’ roundtable on Friday’s Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, as they discussed Saturday’s Democratic debate, New York Times reporter Gardiner Harris broke out the trash talk, that Bernie Sanders will never, ever win:   HARRIS: Bernie has zero chance here, Diane. I'm sorry. He may have a chance in Iowa and in New Hampshire, because he does well among white liberals. He does…
Tim Graham
November 13th, 2015 11:03 PM

PBS: Only 'Moderate' GOPer Can Win, Must 'Repudiate' Mass Deportation

On Friday's PBS Newshour, during the regular "Shields and Brooks" segment, the trio of Judy Woodruff, liberal Mark Shields and right-leaning Michael Gerson sitting in for David Brooks all suggested that, because of all the talk of deporting illegal immigrants, only a "moderate Republican" will be able to win the presidency for the GOP, and will need to "repudiate the idea of mass deportations."
Brad Wilmouth
November 13th, 2015 10:16 PM

Canadian Columnist Slams 'Selfish' Believers for Praying for Paris

Doug Saunders, a leftist international-affairs columnist for Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, attacked the many people on Twitter who were calling for prayers for the citizens of Paris in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the French capital on Friday evening.
Matthew Balan
November 13th, 2015 7:41 PM

AP Makes Report on October Deficit Almost All About Other Things

The federal government kicked off fiscal 2016 yesterday by reporting that its October deficit was $136.5 billion, 12 percent higher than the $121.7 billion shortfall seen in October 2014. Single-month comparisons can be tricky because of timing differences, but the Associated Press's Martin Crutsinger noted that analyzing the results from this October and last October is an apples-to-apples…
Tom Blumer
November 13th, 2015 6:02 PM

Disgusting! Comedian Michael Ian Black Exploits Paris Attack

Actor/comedian Michael Ian Black wasted no time, on Friday, exploiting the Paris attack as he tweeted within an an our of the breaking news: "Awful, awful, awful news in Paris. 18 shot dead. If only we could get our daily shootings down to 18 here in America."
Geoffrey Dickens
November 13th, 2015 5:31 PM

NYT Editor: I Would've Given Ed Snowden a 'Back Massage' for Exclusive

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet couldn’t care less if Edward Snowden is a traitor or not, he just regrets missing out on getting an exclusive. He told PBS host Charlie Rose, on his November 9 show, that he would’ve gone as far as giving Snowden a “back massage” to land the story for the Times.  
Geoffrey Dickens
November 13th, 2015 4:41 PM

Is Rubio The One?

We are moving beyond the "who won" stage in these Republican debates into the "who would you be most comfortable with as president" and "who is best equipped to defeat Hillary Clinton?" The answer to both questions seems to be Sen. Marco Rubio.
Cal Thomas
November 13th, 2015 3:58 PM