NBC Hails Obama Tax Hike Proposal As 'A Turning Point In Our Politics'

On Sunday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Lester Holt touted how President Obama's plan to "propose tax hikes for wealthiest Americans" during Tuesday's State of the Union address would be "potentially putting Congress in the position of appearing to defend the highest income earners over the middle class."
Kyle Drennen
January 19th, 2015 12:53 PM

ABC Thrills Over Good Numbers for Obama, Downplayed Past Polls

Good Morning America journalists on Monday eagerly promoted good news for Barack Obama. Co-host George Stephanopoulos hyped an ABC News/Washington Post survey "showing the President going to a pretty high approval ratings, going up to 50 percent, the highest he's had in 18 months." 
Scott Whitlock
January 19th, 2015 12:43 PM

Actor: Hollywood Awards Should Be Made Racially 'Equitable And Just'

Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released their nominations for the 87th Academy Awards and many have criticized the academy for shutting out the film “Selma” from the four biggest acting categories. With the so-called controversy over the film’s lack of nominations continuing, on Sunday, CNN’s Reliable Sources brought on actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, star of HBO’s “The Wire”…
Jeffrey Meyer
January 19th, 2015 12:10 PM

Seth Rogen Compares ‘American Sniper’ to Nazi Propaganda

What is it about positive portrayals of Navy SEALs and the families that support them back home that induces liberal actors into making Nazi propaganda comparisons? On Sunday, comedic actor Seth Rogen took to twitter to say that “American Sniper kind of reminds me of the movie that’s showing in the third act of Inglorious Basterds.” 
Geoffrey Dickens
January 19th, 2015 11:12 AM

In SOTU Preview, CBS Declares Obama ‘Champion of The Middle Class'

President Obama is set to give his seventh State of the Union address on Tuesday night and on Monday, January 19, CBS This Morning did its best to give him some free publicity during their preview of the president’s annual speech. CBS reporter Bill Plante hyped President Obama’s tax increase agenda and argued that the goal of his State of the Union “is to put Republicans on the defensive as the…
Jeffrey Meyer
January 19th, 2015 9:34 AM

Flashback: Journalists Thrilled By All of Obama’s SOTU Speeches

Tuesday night, Barack Obama delivers his second-to-last State of the Union address, this time as a lame duck President with relatively low approval ratings and facing a Congress entirely controlled by the opposition party. But if history is a guide, he can count on encouraging reviews from many in the establishment media.
Rich Noyes
January 19th, 2015 9:05 AM

WashPost Puts 'Infamous Burner of Korans' (and Fry Cook) on Page One

Five years after his 15 minutes of fame, The Washington Post put Florida minister Terry Jones -- described as an "infamous burner of Korans" -- on Page One. His "notoriety" as "America's most brazen offender of Islam" was helping him sell french fries at a mall. The Washington Post has never used a word like "infamous" or "notorious" or "brazen" to describe late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart,…
Tim Graham
January 19th, 2015 7:07 AM

'Sniper' Brings Out Left's Bile; Michael Moore Calls Snipers 'Cowards'

The popularity of "American Sniper," the story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, has "shocked" Hollywood. Estimates are that by the time the four-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend ends, the Clint Eastwood-directed film will gross over $100 million and smash records in several R-rated film categories. That such a movie has been so well received, causing long waiting lines in both red and blue America…
Tom Blumer
January 19th, 2015 1:19 AM

NBC Offers Sunday Amen to 80-Year-Old Radical 'Dynamo' 'Woman Priest'

Is there anything less newsworthy than the mostly American “womenpriest” movement protesting the Roman Catholic Church? Is there anything that’s more of a stale rerun? On Sunday's Today, feminist NBC correspondent celebrated 80-year-old "dynamo" doing "something radical" and "sticking a well-manicured finger in the eye of the established Catholic Church."
Tim Graham
January 18th, 2015 8:51 PM

NY Times Editorial Page Defends IRS in Tea Party Targeting Scandal

Sunday's New York Times editorial page came once again to the defense of the Internal Revenue Service against the depredations of congressional conservatives, even suggesting the IRS's targeting of Tea Party groups amounted to nothing: "...payback demanded by House Republicans to penalize the I.R.S. for daring to scrutinize Tea Party operations that tried to claim exemptions under the tax code…
Clay Waters
January 18th, 2015 7:42 PM

Robert Gibbs: Hillary's Tenure at State 'Lifts Her Up' if She Runs

This just might qualify for whopper of the week, or at least this morning. Those drawn to politics will surely remember former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs, whose bland guy-next-door facade failed to hide a chronic tendency to misdirect.  
Jack Coleman
January 18th, 2015 7:15 PM

Deadspin On 'Creationist' Sportscaster: 'Did He Really Just Say That?'

Via Billy Hallowell of The Blaze, we saw a recent Deadspin blog, “ESPN’s Dave Pasch Outs Self As Creationist After Receiving Darwin Book.” The sports blog of the sleazy liberal  Gawker Media Group seemed to take issue with the fact that ESPN sportscaster Dave Pasch dismissed Charles Darwin’s book The Origin of Species, given to him by fellow ESPN broadcaster Bill Walton.
Melissa Mullins
January 18th, 2015 7:10 PM

Bob Schieffer Hits White House Over Obama’s Paris No-Show

On Sunday, CBS Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer took the White House to task for failing to send a senior administration official to the Paris unity march following the terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Speaking to Dan Pfeiffer, Senior Advisor to President Obama, Schieffer argued that “it seems to me that the White House is always a little late in recognizing…
Jeffrey Meyer
January 18th, 2015 2:34 PM

NASA Scientists Admit Only 38% Chance 2014 Was Hottest Year on Record

In stark contrast the triumphal certitude of much of the MSM that 2014 was the hottest year on record, NASA scientists now admits there is only a 38% chance that this is correct. This means there is a 62% chance they were wrong.
P.J. Gladnick
January 18th, 2015 2:01 PM