AP Waits Four Paragraphs to Reveal Size of Historic Chinese Stock Dive

Based on how they handled it today, it's pretty obvious that the Associated Press's Ken Sweet and his wire service's headline writers want the lowest possible number of users of their reporting — consumers and subscribing print and broadcast outlets — to know about the mainland Chinese stock market's historically deep 8.5 percent Monday dive. It took four paragraphs for Sweet to get to the…
Tom Blumer
July 27th, 2015 3:17 PM

NBC Pundit Wants FCC to Fine Anyone for 'Misgendering' Transgenders

Via Soopermexican, we learn that the weekend PC-fest at MSNBC is getting truly wacky. Remember when the Left that adores using profanity on the air wanted the FCC to fine media outlets for using the word “Redskin”? On the Melissa Harris-Perry show on Sunday morning, a guest announced the need for the FCC to fine people for “misgendering” transgenders. Call Bruce Jenner by his birth name or birth…
Tim Graham
July 27th, 2015 2:37 PM

CNN Slams Huckabee for 'Despicable', 'Ugly' Attack on Obama Iran Deal

On Monday's New Day, several CNN regulars hurled attacks at GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for his characterization of President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran as "marching" the Israelis "to the door of the oven." Words like "ugly," "dangerous," and "despicable and terrible," were thrown at Huckabee's comments across two segments.
Brad Wilmouth
July 27th, 2015 2:02 PM

NYT Editorial Compares Transgender Restroom Access Worries to Jim Crow

A Monday New York Times editorial compared transgender access to restrooms to the civil rights-era struggles against Jim Crow laws as well as women’s rights and Americans with disabilities. The Times argued that banning transgender students from bathrooms that do not align with their sex at birth “reinforce[s] cruel policies that deny dignity to some of the most vulnerable students and subject…
Connor Williams
July 27th, 2015 12:20 PM

ABC Pushes 'Polyamory' With 'Trailblazing Triad'

ABC's Nightline hyped a polyamorous, "trailblazing triad" on Thursday evening/early Friday morning, highlighting the threesome's "unusual modern family." ABC's Abbie Boudreau eagerly explained that 'this triad wants to make it clear that they are not polygamists," and that they are all sexual partners with each other.
Claire Chretien
July 27th, 2015 12:14 PM

Celebrities Want More Gun Control After Lafayette Shooting

After the movie theater shooting in Lafayette Thursday, liberals of all stripes came out in droves to push for stronger anti-gun measures, as they typically do. Despite the location being a “gun-free zone,” Democrat politicians, media personalities and actors insisted that more gun laws would prevent these type of tragic incidents. Bernie Sanders advocated for banning “certain types of guns…
Kristine Marsh
July 27th, 2015 12:10 PM

ABC's Dowd: Republicans Shouldn't 'Go Overboard' on Hillary

According to ABC analyst Matthew Dowd, Republicans shouldn't "go overboard" on news that Hillary Clinton sent classified information via e-mails from her private server. Dowd appeared on Good Morning America, Monday, to lecture: "If I were the Republicans, I would let that go. Part of the problem they have is if they go overboard on it."
Scott Whitlock
July 27th, 2015 11:27 AM

MRC's Brent Bozell Slams Media Protection of Clinton

The Media Research Center's Brent Bozell appeared on Fox Business, Monday, to dismiss the idea that journalists might somehow be turning away from Hillary Clinton. "No, no they're not," declared Bozell. Regarding a criminal investigation into whether the Democrat sent classified e-mails from a private server, the MRC president noted that after initial coverage, "Day two they were already leaving…
NB Staff
July 27th, 2015 11:04 AM

David Brooks: ‘I’m for Doing All the Gun Control You Can Think of’

Appearing on Friday’s PBS NewsHour, New York Times columnist David Brooks reacted to the tragic shooting at a Louisiana movie theater last week by immediately calling for “doing all the gun control you can think of.” 
Jeffrey Meyer
July 27th, 2015 10:58 AM

NBC: Does Hillary Get ‘Free Pass’ as GOP Candidates ‘Battle’?

In an interview with Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Monday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie predicted “long-term damage” for Republicans and a “free pass” for Hillary Clinton.
Kyle Drennen
July 27th, 2015 10:51 AM

CBS Reporter: Clinton E-Mails ‘Shouldn’t Have Any Impact’ On Her

During an appearance on CBS This Morning: Saturday, reporter Paula Reid desperately urged viewers to not blame Hillary Clinton if a possible Department of Justice investigation reveals she sent classified State Department documents from her private e-mail server: "This particular issue really shouldn’t have any impact on Clinton. The issue of the e-mails has been out there for a long time. This…
Jeffrey Meyer
July 27th, 2015 9:49 AM

Zirin Freaks Out Over NBA Good Will Trip to Israel

Once again, loon-left publication The Nation reminds us that in this time of exquisite PC sensitivity, we can all still hate on Israel.
Dylan Gwinn
July 27th, 2015 9:39 AM

ABC Pushes Polyamory

Marriage ‘equality’ for same-sex couples? That’s so yesterday.
July 27th, 2015 9:39 AM

Scarborough's Indictment of Hillary Mishandling of Classified Material

It's a point of pride at Morning Joe that the show is unscripted. But in a notable deviation that might reflect the gravity of the moment, Joe Scarborough clearly seemed to be reading off a teleprompter today as he promulgated a damning indictment of Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified information on her private email system. Scarborough's statement was interspersed with clips of Hillary…
Mark Finkelstein
July 27th, 2015 9:19 AM