NYT on Ted Cruz's Debut: A 'Demagogue' and 'Flamethrower'

The New York Times on Monday welcomed Ted Cruz to the 2016 presidential race by highlighting accusations that the Texas Republican is a "demagogue" and a "political flamethrower." In a piece by Nick Corasaniti and Patrick Healy, the two writers declared, "He sometimes deploys the soaring diction of a preacher while staking out uncompromising and rigid conservative positions, often playing the…
Scott Whitlock
March 24th, 2015 4:06 PM

Obama Taps Washington Post Veteran Murray as Senior Adviser

To serve in his inner-most circle of trusted confidants, President Obama has selected someone who spent most of her adult life in a profession very friendly to him and eager to boost his liberal causes: journalism. Former Washington Post political reporter Shailagh Murray will succeed Dan Pfeiffer as Senior Adviser to the President.
Brent Baker
March 24th, 2015 3:46 PM

CNN's Phillips Plays Up 'Stigma' Against Atheism

Kyra Phillips promoted her upcoming documentary on atheism on Tuesday's CNN Tonight by asserting that "there's such a stigma on that word 'atheist.' People think devil worshiper – no moral compass." Phillips underlined how "there was a time where they just used the word 'atheist.' And now, you are hearing 'humanist,' 'nons,' 'skeptics,' 'free-thinkers.'..this is all the same thing. These are…
Matthew Balan
March 24th, 2015 3:25 PM

'Calling All GLAADiators': ABC, NBC Cheer 'Scandal' Star's LGBT Speech

On Monday, ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today hailed actress Kerry Washington for her speech to the left-wing gay rights group GLAAD. On GMA, fill-in news reader Paula Faris proclaimed: "Calling all GLAADiators. Scandal star Kerry Washington trending big all weekend, giving a passionate speech as she accepted the Vanguard Award at the 2015 GLAAD Media Awards held in L.A. on Saturday night…
Kyle Drennen
March 24th, 2015 2:55 PM

CNN Pundit Kohn Excitedly Promotes 'Abortion Access' Bowl-A-Thon

Left-wing CNN commentator Sally Kohn couldn't contain her glee in a Tuesday post on Twitter, where she announced her $2,000 "bowl-a-thon" for the New York Abortion Access Fund. Kohn wrote, "YOU GUYS!!! I’m bowling for abortion access. Donate now. "
Matthew Balan
March 24th, 2015 1:02 PM

Whoopi Goldberg Continues The View’s Attack on Ted Cruz

On Tuesday, the hosts of The View continued their merciless attack on Senator Ted Cruz following his announcement that he will seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016 with Whoopi Goldberg once again lumping the Texas senator in with the birther movement. 
Jeffrey Meyer
March 24th, 2015 12:45 PM

Soros Spends More Than $9 Million to Form New Political Money Machine

Three liberal groups, with a combined total of $9.2 million in seed money from George Soros, have joined forces to create one super-network liberals hope will funnel money into different left-wing, grassroots political campaigns. These investments will finance democrat messaging through robocalls, pesky mailers, and meager hourly wages for clipboard wielding ideologues. Late last year, the…
Mike Ciandella
March 24th, 2015 12:25 PM

A&E Swinger Lifestyle Show: 'Stilted,' 'Boring,' 'Awkward' TV

Turns out that life as a swinger means a lot of work for a "cringe-worthy" payoff, according to Entertainment Weekly's review of new A&E show Neighbors with Benefits. “They should have just called it Awkward Encounters. Make that, incredibly awkward,” Entertainment Weekly described the new reality show, which portrays the intimately intersecting lives of couples in an unnamed suburban Ohio…
Jordan Ecarma
March 24th, 2015 11:43 AM

Chorus: Late Night Comics Mock Ted Cruz as Anti-Immigrant, Stupid

In a preview of the 2016 campaign, all five late night comics on Monday night mocked Ted Cruz, hitting the Republican as anti-immigrant, regressive and stupid. CBS host David Letterman didn't bother with a joke. Instead, he lectured, "Here's what I find interesting about Ted Cruz, he was born in Canada. His father fled to the United States from Cuba. Yet, Ted Cruz is against immigration. Isn't…
Scott Whitlock
March 24th, 2015 11:41 AM

Nets Grill Ted Cruz on 'No-Compromise' 'Hardline' Conservative Views

In interviews with all three broadcast networks on Tuesday, newly-announced Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was pressed on whether he would abandon his conservative principles in a White House run. Matt Lauer: "In your short time in the Senate you've developed a reputation as a guy who does not back down, who will not compromise....Will you bring that brand of no-compromise to the…
Kyle Drennen
March 24th, 2015 11:31 AM

CNN Panelist Uses 'Statistics' Claiming Credibility of UVa.'s 'Jackie'

On CNN yesterday, after the network cut away from the press conference where Charlottesville, Virginia Police Department announced that it "found no evidence to support claims in a Rolling Stone article that a University of Virginia student was gang raped at a campus fraternity in September 2012," network panelist and CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin bizarrely resorted to "statistics" to defend "…
Tom Blumer
March 24th, 2015 11:13 AM

A&E Swinger Lifestyle Show 'Stilted,' 'Boring,' 'Awkward' TV

Reviews are not neighborly to Neighbors with Benefits.
Jordan Ecarma
March 24th, 2015 11:01 AM

What Makes Mika So Miffed About Bibi?

Morning Joe went on the air in 2007. Think of all the outrage-provoking people and events that have popped up in the ensuing eight years.  Yet in the memory of this Newsbuster—who's been blogging the show since its debut—rarely has Mika Brzezinski seemed more upset than she was today on the subject of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   Just what is it that drives Brzezinski so batty…
Mark Finkelstein
March 24th, 2015 10:08 AM

Teen Mom OG: For Teen Parents, ‘it’s Hard Forever

Haley Halverson
March 24th, 2015 9:45 AM