MSNBC.com's Promoting Wendy Davis's Latest Project

Back in 2013 and 2014, MSNBC did their darndest to promote and, well, elect Wendy Davis. That didn't go over well, but the abortion-rights enthusiast has set about on a new project. So naturally MSNBC.com's own Irin Carmon -- a former "Champion of Choice" laureate -- caught up with the former Texas state senator and published an exclusive at MSNBC.com today headlined "Wendy Davis to start new…
Ken Shepherd
June 12th, 2015 5:45 PM

Mitchell: Bill Clinton Says Clintons Are Innocent; Case Closed?

Andrea Mitchell scored an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday, but spent the entire interview peppering the senator with questions about Hillary Clinton. This included pushing Sanders on whether Bill Clinton's claim of innocence would be enough to drop any investigation into the family's foundation. 
Scott Whitlock
June 12th, 2015 5:23 PM

Mika Rips NYT for Hyping ‘Rubio’s Driveway’ But Not Clinton Scandals

Friday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC took a strange turn during a discussion of Bill Clinton’s latest comments about the Clinton Foundation scandal when co-host Mika Brzezinski demanded to know from panelist and New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters “why your paper is so interested in Marco Rubio's driveway” as opposed to continuing to dig into allegations surrounding the Clinton Foundation.
Curtis Houck
June 12th, 2015 5:16 PM

'Extra' Interviewer Thanks Obama for Saving 'My Finances and My Life'

As Barack Obama demonstrated on Thursday, one of the best ways to ensure an interview full of  “softball” questions is to bring in someone who has benefited from your policies and is happy to say so. After Jerry Penacoli and the president exchanged greetings, the Extra correspondent stated: “Thank you for inviting us. I know this is rare to have an interview sitting down with you here in the…
Randy Hall
June 12th, 2015 5:10 PM

Nets Hailed Jenner Gender Switch; Hits NAACP Leader's Race Switch

While all three broadcast networks hailed Bruce Jenner for choosing to switch genders and become Caitlyn Jenner just one week ago – devoting 48 minutes to the story in three days – on Friday, those same networks were aghast that Spokane, Washington NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal had chosen to identify herself as black despite being white.
Kyle Drennen
June 12th, 2015 4:42 PM

Why are Some on Left Catty about Caitlyn

CMI Staff
June 12th, 2015 2:10 PM

Eco-Activist: Developed World Must Pay for Climate ‘Loss and Damage’

A left-wing climate activist promoted the United Nation’s proposal to force developed countries to pay for the “loss and damage” inflicted on the rest of the rest of the world through climate change. Friends of the Earth’s (FOE) Head of Legal Gita Parihar blamed “the emissions of developed countries” for climate change on June 10. She said developed countries ought to pay up, because “harm…
Joseph Rossell
June 12th, 2015 2:09 PM

You’d Rather Not Know Kimmel’s Idea of ‘Legendary Journalist

Dylan Gwinn
June 12th, 2015 2:04 PM

'No Guns': Texas Gun Control Advocates Get Boost on Telemundo

The recently approved campus carry bill, designed to provide for the exercise of second amendment rights on public university campuses in the Lone Star State, was the subject of a sharply slanted report on Telemundo’s national evening news program.
Yuri Perez
June 12th, 2015 1:56 PM

NPR Expert: 'Pugilistic, Mean-Spirited' Fox News May Be Watered Down

When it came to assessing Rupert Murdoch’s decision to cede more control of his empire to his sons James and Lachlan, PBS and NPR turned to David Folkenflik, who as NPR’s media reporter is a Murdoch obsessive and author of the book Murdoch’s World.  On Thursday’s PBS NewsHour, Folkenflik floated the idea that eventually Fox News would move to the center and be “a little more measured” in its…
Tim Graham
June 12th, 2015 1:14 PM

NYT: Seinfeld PC Stand Calls His Man-of-the-People Status Into Doubt

New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff weighs in on comedian Jerry Seinfeld calling the younger generation too politically correct for comedy with an odd, condescending criticism: "Perhaps some of Mr. Quinn’s working-class bona fides will rub off on Mr. Seinfeld, whose recent remarks on political correctness have seen his man-of-the-people status called into question."
Clay Waters
June 12th, 2015 12:54 PM

CBS Brings on Author to Trash 'Arrogant' Murdoch After Fox Promotion

The day after Rupert Murdoch announced he was stepping down from some of his roles at Fox, CBS This Morning on Friday brought on an author to trash his successor and son, James Murdoch. Asked by Gayle King what the new CEO is like, Michael Wolff attacked, "James is an arrogant so-and-so and I don't know of anyone who has worked with him outside of the circle whole has had nice things to say about…
Scott Whitlock
June 12th, 2015 12:15 PM

Salon Writer: Conservatives Too Angry to Have a Sense of Humor

For most people, humor and comedy are meant to provoke smiles and laughter. According to Salon writer Scott Eric Kaufman, however, conservatives aren’t like most people, since “their version of comedy isn’t intended to be funny, it’s just meant to be mean.” It enables them, he alleged in a Wednesday article, to conceal their “awful thoughts” in supposed jokes. Kaufman claimed that right-wingers…
Tom Johnson
June 12th, 2015 10:53 AM

Bozell Eviscerates Media for Refusing to Criticize Obama on ISIS

Appearing on Thursday’s edition of Newsmax Prime on Newsmax TV, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell joined host and former GOP Congressman J.D. Hayworth (Ariz.) to discuss the latest studies from the MRC concerning the media’s lack of criticism for President Barack Obama’s foreign policy and their obsession with alleged incidents of police misconduct.
NB Staff
June 12th, 2015 10:50 AM