S-Word Avoided in Stories About Near Worthless Venezuelan Currency
How inflated is Venezuelan currency? So inflated that even thieves in Venezuela are refusing to steal it.
This has been reported in several media outlets such as the New York Times and Vox but a certain word is very noticebably absent in both reports. It is the S-word that dare not speak its name. One big reason it is taboo in liberal circles to associate that word with economic failure is that…
P.J. Gladnick
Al Michaels Jokes About Taxes, Deadspin Flips Out
The No Fun League apparently isn’t merely confined to the N.F.L. On NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Al Michaels made a joke about taxes. In the video, Michaels talked about how Bill Belichick made a paltry $25 dollars a week while coaching for the Baltimore Colts in 1975.
Dylan Gwinn
Robert Redford's Dan Rather Flick 'Truth' Has a Rough Box Office Start
Uh-oh. It looks like Robert Redford’s new movie Truth” is in fact, off to a bad start at the box office. The film opened in select theaters on October 16.
Melissa Mullins
CBS to Rubio: We Seeing the 'Important Historical Meltdown' of GOP?
During an interview that aired on Friday’s CBS Evening News, chief White House correspondent Major Garrett spoke with Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio and wondered aloud if the situation in the House of Representatives concerning the search for the next Speaker of the House signaled the “important historical meltdown of the Republican Party.”
Curtis Houck
John Oliver Slams Canada’s Conservative Leader: ‘Evil’ ‘Islamophobe'
Liberal HBO host John Oliver delivered a sneering, hateful attack on Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Sunday. After offering light-hearted jokes about his liberal opponent, the Last Week Tonight anchor assailed, “Don't be deceived by [Harper’s] bland exterior. Where there is banality, there is evil.”
Scott Whitlock
On CNN, Cate Blanchett Praises 'Intelligent, Hilarious' Dan Rather
Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett gushed over disgraced journalists Dan Rather and Mary Mapes on Monday's New Day on CNN. Michaela Pereira interviewed the Oscar winners about their new film, Truth, which is adaptation of Mapes's account of the Memogate scandal. Redford underlined that the apparent loyalty between Rather and Mapes "made a big impression on me." Blanchett hyped that "they're both…
Matthew Balan
31 Flavors of Sexual Identity -- According to the Left
“You’re my zucchini, sweetie.”
That could be a common term of endearment, if you believe this ridiculous article from the Huffington Post.
“Wait,” you say, “What are you talking about, again?”
Oh, didn’t you know? There’s now dozens of ways to tell people what gender and sexuality you are -- according to the left, that is.
Kristine Marsh
MSNBC Apologizes for Showing False Maps of Israel
During MSNBC’s 3 p.m. ET hour on Monday, anchor Kate Snow and Middle East correspondent Martin Fletcher apologized for using false maps depicting Israeli and Palestinian territory during a Thursday segment about escalating violence in the region. Snow began: “Last Thursday, in an attempt to talk about the context for the current turmoil in the Middle East we showed a series of maps of the…
Kyle Drennen
Nets Ignore 14 Containers of ‘Human Tissue’ Found in Abortionist's Car
The media tend to eat up horror stories – except when abortion is involved.
Local stations first broke the news Oct. 13 that police discovered 14 containers of “human tissue” in a Michigan abortionist’s car. The horror story eerily echoed reports from the case of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell – and, like Gosnell, it didn’t tempt coverage from the broadcast networks. All three, ABC, NBC…
Katie Yoder
Liberal Actress Laments Abortion Being 'Demonized' in the U.S.
Outspoken abortion rights activist and Hollywood actress Amy Brenneman was interviewed by the Huffington Post’s HuffPost Live last Thursday, where she complained that abortion is being “demonized” in the United States. In an interview that discussed her role in the HBO series, The Leftovers, Brenneman discussed her motivation for joining Ms. magazine’s 2006 petition for supporting the pro-choice…
Melissa Mullins
ESPN Allows Questioning of Chargers QB Philip Rivers' Large Family
In addition to Curt Schilling, there appears to be another person ESPN isn’t too fond of. That would be San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, well, and babies. In a Q&A with fans in ESPN Magazine, ESPN pulled the editorial goalie and allowed an offensive and completely ridiculous question to be lobbed at Rivers, who happens to be the father of a large, and growing family.
Bruce Bookter
Politico Fawns Over Hillary’s ‘Fellow Pioneers’ in Female Press Corps
In a gushing profile on Monday, Politico’s Hadas Gold touted: “At least 18 national media outlets have female reporters on the Clinton beat....No one can remember a political press corps this heavily female.” She proclaimed: “The change seems to be a combination of more women doing political reporting in general, and many more being drawn to Clinton's potentially historic candidacy.”
Kyle Drennen
SNL Compares Mike Huckabee to Pedophile Jared Fogle
During Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update fake news segment, co-anchor Colin Jost compared Governor Mike Huckabee with pedophile Jared Fogle following the Republican’s criticism of the GOP debate. The SNL cast member proclaimed “Mike Huckabee was criticized during the debate when he tweeted that he trusts Bernie Sanders with his tax dollars like I trust my North Korean chef with my labrador…
Jeffrey Meyer
View Co-Host: Blame ‘Puppet Masters’ Controlling Bush for 9/11, Not W
George W. Bush was too dumb to be held responsible for 9/11 happening on his watch, according to View co-host Michelle Collins on Monday. In an attempt to somewhat defend the former president from attacks by Donald Trump, Collins spewed, “You cannot point a finger at George Bush when, first of all, people used to say that he was sort of the — there were puppet masters controlling him.”