Lefty Blogger: GOP Split Between ‘Stormtroopers’ and ‘Ruffians’

In March 2013, the Republican National Committee released what soon became known as the “autopsy report,” which looked at how the GOP might reverse trends that recently had caused the party to lose the popular vote for the fifth time in six presidential elections. Washington Monthly blogger Martin Longman believes that conservatives’ hostile response to the report’s big-tent ideas paved the way…
Tom Johnson
August 30th, 2015 8:33 PM

Starstruck NY Times Liberal Outraged at Giuliani's Homeless Criticism

Ginia Bellafante's "Big City" column in Sunday's New York Times smacked of a particular brand of star-struck, fact-allergic old-style liberalism in which Bellafante, metro columnist and occasional reporter for the Times, went after an old enemy, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani: "The Dark Ages of Giuliani." Some urban liberals will apparently never forgive Giuliani for cleaning up the…
Clay Waters
August 30th, 2015 7:07 PM

PBS Warns Abortion Battle May 'Advantage' Clinton, Cruz 'Most Radical'

Catching up on Wednesday's PBS NewsHour, a report filed by PBS political director Lisa Desjardins on the debate over Planned Parenthood funding featured several soundbites of a University of California at Davis professor who, although not presented as a biased source, put forth a mostly liberal slant on the issue as he tagged GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz as the "most radical" on the issue…
Brad Wilmouth
August 30th, 2015 4:15 PM

Juan Williams Cheers Ramos: ‘Walter Cronkite' of Spanish Media

On Sunday’s MediaBuzz, Fox News contributor Juan Williams joined the liberal media in celebrating Univision anchor Jorge Ramos after his confrontation with Donald Trump. The former NPR correspondent argued “Jorge Ramos is no reporter. So, let’s not equate him with a reporter. He is the Walter Cronkite of Spanish language media in this country. He is the star journalist and he has a certain weight…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 30th, 2015 2:13 PM

NBC’s Harris-Perry Blames Charter Schools for New Orleans Problems

On Sunday’s Meet the Press, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry blamed the growth of charter schools in New Orleans post-Katrina as one of the reasons the city has not improved since the storm. The MSNBC host proclaimed “for many who are African-American it's not a better city in part because this so-called success story in the schools also included charterizing the entire system, which also meant…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 30th, 2015 12:48 PM

Cokie Roberts Praises Jorge Ramos as ‘Icon’ and ‘Very Big Deal’

On Sunday’s This Week, Cokie Roberts gushed over Univision’s Jorge Ramos as an “absolute icon in the Hispanic community.” After ABC’s Martha Raddatz interviewed Ramos about his confrontation with Donald Trump, Roberts swooned over the liberal journalist as someone who is a “very, very big deal, and you know, he's also sort of someone they swoon over.” Panelist Newt Gingrich rejected identifying…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 30th, 2015 11:40 AM

NY Times Headlines Make Clarence Thomas Look Like a Plagiarist

The leftist press has despised Clarence Thomas ever since he fought off their attempt at what he properly characterized as a "high-tech lynching" to become a Supreme Court justice almost 24 years ago. It has worked to smear and discredit him ever since. The latest such effort was posted online at the New York Times on Thursday and published in its Friday print edition. The online and print…
Tom Blumer
August 30th, 2015 10:42 AM

Coming Unglued: María Elena Salinas’ Thermonuclear Defense Of Ramos

Jorge Ramos' longtime co-anchor shot all the way in on the Jorge Ramos trollfest, and her editorial column really has to be seen to be believed. Here it is full text in all its glory (link to Spanish-language original here)
Jorge Bonilla
August 30th, 2015 10:40 AM

Joan Walsh: I Don't Know Any Liberals Outraged by Illegal Immigration

Looks like Up With Steve Kornacki is becoming the go-to place for liberals to let their radical cats out of the bag . . . Yesterday, as we reported here, Josh Barro of the New York Times said that the only way to impact violent crime is to undertake a "massive" gun grab. Today, it was the turn of Salon's Joan Walsh to admit that she doesn't know "any liberals upset--outraged" by illegal…
Mark Finkelstein
August 30th, 2015 9:34 AM

Fiorina: CNN Debate Criteria Doesn't Account for Shifting Polls

Carly Fiorina's seen a surge in approval ratings in polling after her excellent performance in the Fox News "undercard" debate in early August. But it appears that CNN's criteria for selecting which candidates get on stage for its debate in mid-September will leave Fiorina once again out of the main event, something the Fiorina camp is challenging.
Melissa Mullins
August 30th, 2015 12:51 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Imaginary Trump Ad

From Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC, an imaginary Trump for President ad – playing off Donald Trump's constant vague promises of delivering all things “great” and “best.”
Brent Baker
August 29th, 2015 11:47 PM

PBS's Woodruff Seems Unfazed by Clinton Comparing GOP to Terrorists

On Friday's PBS NewsHour, during a discussion of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's sagging poll numbers, host Judy Woodruff seemed unfazed by Clinton's incendiary claim that Republicans have similar views toward women as terrorists as she cited the charge as evidence that her campaign may be bouncing back. Woodruff's suggestion came after liberal columnist and PBS regular Mark…
Brad Wilmouth
August 29th, 2015 11:06 PM

NYT: 80's-Themed TV Shows Prove Reagan Mockery Never Out of Style

Well, he may have been a "cynical figurehead," a "sinister puppet master" and "saber-rattling menace," but he did have nice hair. President Ronald Reagan is still a reliable figure of mockery in the liberal entertainment world, and a compliment about his hair was the most flattering thing in a New York Times story on the current crop of Reagan impersonations on 1980's-themed shows.
Clay Waters
August 29th, 2015 9:02 PM

The New Yorker's Racialized Trump Paranoia

Call it Trump paranoia. Or Trump Derangement Syndrome Be afraid. Be very afraid. That is the unsubtle message from The New Yorker magazine this last week as its cover flap promoted the notion in big and bold white letters. "TRUMP And The White Nationalists: By stoking paranoia about immigration, Trump has energized the far right and is creating chaos in the G.O.P."
Jeffrey Lord
August 29th, 2015 7:47 PM