Blitzer Praises ‘Good’ First Q to Hillary; Gergen Hails 'Her Bravado'

In reaction to Hillary Clinton’s press conference on Tuesday addressing her email scandal, CNN host Wolf Blitzer praised the softball question asked by a Turkish reporter about gender playing a role in the media coverage of the scandal as a “good question from Turkish television.” After expressing approval of the question from Turkish reporter Kahraman Haliscelik, CNN’s chief political analyst…
Curtis Houck
March 10th, 2015 6:16 PM

CNN's Cuomo to Cotton: GOP Senators' Letter is 'Undermining' Obama

CNN's Chris Cuomo's consistent liberal bias emerged yet again on Tuesday's New Day as he interviewed Senator Tom Cotton. Cuomo confronted the Arkansas politician over the open letter to Iran that he and 46 of his Republican colleagues from the Senate signed: "Is this letter really about explaining the Constitution [to Iranian leaders], or is it an overt move to undermine the President?" The…
Matthew Balan
March 10th, 2015 5:57 PM

New Yorker Writer: Ben Carson, Leader of the ‘Paranoid’ Pack

Jelani Cobb, who’s also a professor at the University of Connecticut, writes that even though it’s “tempting” to think of Carson as the new Herman Cain, ultimately it’s superficial. He suggests that if you look past skin color, you’ll see that Carson’s “radically paranoid” worldview makes him more analogous to another 2012 GOP candidate, Michele Bachmann. Cobb blasts Carson’s “sweaty-palmed…
Tom Johnson
March 10th, 2015 5:43 PM

'Hillary Replies All,' MSNBC.com Gushes

"Hillary Replies All" enthused the teaser headline at MSNBC.com this afternoon following former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's press conference regarding the email server scandal. "Clinton on emails: 'I fully complied with every rule,'" noted the subheader for the story filed by the Lean Forward network's Beth Fouhy and Alex Seitz-Wald.
Ken Shepherd
March 10th, 2015 5:32 PM

Obama Brushed Back on Bullet Ban, Will Nets Report?

The Obama administration’s end-around attempt at gun control, through a ban on bullets used by owners of the popular AR-15 rifle, was beaten back today when the ATF announced it will hold off on a proposed ammo ban. The question is will ABC, CBS and NBC report this stinging defeat for Barack Obama and anti-gun rights advocates? 

Geoffrey Dickens
March 10th, 2015 4:29 PM

Media Celebrate ‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’

What’s joyful about abortion? How is refusing to perform abortions a “victory for terrorism”? In celebrating the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers, the media are only too happy to explain. March 10, the anniversary of abortionist Dr. David Gunn’s murder in 1993, is the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. Media from The Huffington Post and Ebony to RH Reality…
Katie Yoder
March 10th, 2015 4:19 PM

First Question to Hillary: 'Would All This Fuss Be Made' to a Man?

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday finally addressed the growing controversy surrounding her use of a private e-mail system while Secretary of State. After the Democrat's opening statement on the subject, NBC's Andrea Mitchell attempted a question. Clinton interrupted and turned to Turkish television. Kahraman Haliscelik began, "Thank you very much for your remarks and it's wonderful to see you here…
Scott Whitlock
March 10th, 2015 4:16 PM

MSNBC Falsely Claims No 'Precedent' for Congress Defying President

On his Tuesday MSNBC show, host Thomas Roberts scolded Republicans for sending a letter to Iran objecting to the ongoing nuclear negotiations: "Certainly there's great politics at play here in dealing with the President's foreign policy....So this is another jab at the President's foreign policy, of trying to undercut it. What's the precedent, though, of a letter like this?" In reality, there…
Kyle Drennen
March 10th, 2015 4:10 PM

Press Is Ignoring Polis's 'Tehran Tom' Tweets Against Sen. Cotton

Imagine if a Republican congressperson called Illinois' senior senator Dick Durbin "Dick Turban" in not one tweet, but two (Durbin has been given the nickname by several center-right pundits and commentators; but as far as I can tell, no national Republican politician has used it). Does anyone think it would take the establishment press over 15 hours (and counting) to report it? Late Monday…
Tom Blumer
March 10th, 2015 4:03 PM

Vox Fails Yet Again: Senators' Letter 'Unprecedented' Protocol Breach

Do the good folks at Vox.com ever tire of being wrong? Apparently not. 
Ken Shepherd
March 10th, 2015 3:38 PM

Jay Leno: Israel Seems to Have 'The Worst PR In the World'

Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno is going back to Israel this summer to emcee the country’s second annual Genesis Prize, billed as the “Jewish Nobel Prize.” Gossips at The Washington Post noticed that Leno told the Associated Press that Israel has “the worst PR in the world.”
Tim Graham
March 10th, 2015 2:58 PM

Jackson's Endorsement of Emanuel's Opponent Not National News at AP

A review of the "Big Story" archive at the Associated Press's national site on Jesse Jackson's name returns quite a few instances where the wire service has treated the "Reverend's" self-injection into stories considered nationally important as noteworthy. In addition to the predictable plethora of stories relating to Ferguson, Missouri and "police-communities tension," Jackson's name has…
Tom Blumer
March 10th, 2015 2:11 PM

NBC: Past Clinton Scandal Makes Hillary Wary of Answering Questions

After softening her coverage of the Hillary Clinton email scandal on Monday's NBC Nightly News, on Tuesday's Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell tried to excuse Clinton's initial unwillingness to address the controversy: "She may be reluctant because of what happened in April 1994. Under pressure, she held a White House news conference about an Arkansas land deal, it led to more investigations."
Kyle Drennen
March 10th, 2015 1:14 PM

Larry Wilmore Mocks Al Sharpton Photobombing Obama During Selma March

On Monday night, Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore poked fun at MSNBC's Al Sharpton for "sneaking over Obama's shoulder” to take a picture during the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma.
Jeffrey Meyer
March 10th, 2015 11:55 AM