LAT Laments How Mega-Donor Steyer Was Not Decisive in 2014 Midterms

Chris Megerian at the Los Angeles Times, in a report first published online on Tuesday, had a difficult time trying to downplay the fact that Democrat and leftist mega-donors outspent their Republican and conservative couterparts by an overwhelming margin during the past election cycle. But Megerian made the best of it, giving readers the impression that David Koch, of the supposedly evil Koch…
Tom Blumer
December 31st, 2014 4:09 PM

Conspiracy! Liberal Oliver Stone Says CIA Behind Ukranian Revolution

It's probably not a shock that Oliver Stone has found yet another conspiracy theory to embrace. The liberal filmmaker posted a lengthy rant to Facebook on Tuesday in which he claimed CIA involvement in Ukraine. 
Scott Whitlock
December 31st, 2014 3:15 PM

Kaley Clash! 'Big Bang Theory' Star Calmly Rejects 'Feminist' Label

Twitchy reports it's time again for another round of feminists being furious that a successful actress told an interviewer she doesn’t really identify with their F-word. This time, it’s Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, now making $1 million per episode on the CBS nerd-com The Big Bang Theory. In a Redbook cover story, they asked Cuoco-Sweeting if she considered herself a feminist. Her answer acknowledged…
Tim Graham
December 31st, 2014 2:25 PM

De Blasio Pressured Pols to Condemn Police; Will Media Ignore?

Let's say that a Republican or conservative governor or big-city mayor (yes, there actually are quite a few) was in a heated dispute with his state's or city's police union. Let's further say that this official decided that his or her best method for whipping up support was to order the staff to (ahem) "ask" GOP legislators or council members to issue public statements of support while bashing…
Tom Blumer
December 31st, 2014 2:04 PM

Slate Discovers Scalise Did Not Attend White Supremacist Event

The media's much repeated narrative about House majority whip speaking a David Duke sponsored white supremacist event in 2002 has just been upended by an unexpected source...the liberal Slate.
P.J. Gladnick
December 31st, 2014 1:37 PM

Nicki Minaj: Having an Abortion as a Teen ‘Haunted Me All My Life’

In a Rolling Stone cover story, rapper Nicki Minaj caused jaws to drop when she declared she had an abortion when she was a teenager and it’s “haunted me all my life.” Us Weekly previously reported Minaj addresses teenage abortion on one of her new songs, "All Things Go," which debuted earlier this month. "My child with Aaron would've been 16 any minute," she raps on the track.
Tim Graham
December 31st, 2014 1:05 PM

Christian Billboard Has a Message for ‘Intolerant Liberals'

There are many provocative billboards in Times Square, especially around the holidays. Rarely do they have a positive message. But a new billboard by one Christian group might make the millions of tourists visiting this New Year’s Eve think twice.
Kristine Marsh
December 31st, 2014 12:13 PM

Professor: NRA Has ‘Blood On [Its] Hands’ From NYC Cop-Killing

Peter Dreier, who teaches at Occidental College, writes that “for decades, the NRA has fought every effort to get Congress and states to adopt reasonable laws that would make it much less likely that people like was [Ismaaiyl] Brinsley would be able to obtain a gun.” Dreier claims that even though the NRA’s “arguments are bogus,” it “has the money, and a small but committed hard core of members,…
Tom Johnson
December 31st, 2014 12:09 PM

NYT 'Year in Pictures' Puts Liberal Illogic on Illegals on Display

Although many of the images are striking and well worth viewing, there's also a dose of the liberal politics of the New York Times on display in its "Year in Pictures" in today's paper.  The very first photo sets the Times' tone, depicting a Ferguson demonstrator with hands up confronted by a heavily-armed phalanx of police. But it is the commentary accompanying another photo that really gives …
Mark Finkelstein
December 31st, 2014 12:05 PM

Nets Skip Gruber, ObamaCare, Hong Kong During Year in Review Roundups

Each of the network morning shows devoted some time on Wednesday to looking back at the biggest news stories of year and, while they certainly could not have included every story in the allotted time, they all failed to spend even a few seconds on topics such as Jonathan Gruber, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, President Obama’s unpopularity, and the Hobby Lobby case to name a few. In…
Curtis Houck
December 31st, 2014 11:33 AM

Wash Post, NYT Devote Over 3800 Words to Hyping Scalise Scandal

The liberal New York Times and the Washington Post went into hyperdrive, Wednesday, devoting a combined 3800 words and three front page stories to a scandal involving Republican Congressman Steve Scalise. 
Scott Whitlock
December 31st, 2014 11:31 AM

Colbert Replacement Larry Wilmore: I'm a 'Passionate Centrist'

Larry Wilmore is taking over Stephen Colbert’s late-night spot on Comedy Central with The Nightly Show. Time TV writer James Poniewozik interviewed him for the magazine’s December 29/January 5 issue. Wilmore described his show as a combination of “The Daily Show and Bill Maher’s show. It will be me weighing in, doing the headlines, and then there’ll be a panel aspect.” But Wilmore cited two…
Tim Graham
December 31st, 2014 11:17 AM

At CNN, Brittany Maynard Is One of '11 Extraordinary People of 2014'

If CNN is searching for reasons why its ratings are at an all-time low, it doesn't need to look any further than one entry in its group of "11 extraordinary people of 2014" published on December 5. Aside from the inanity of publishing such an annual list almost four weeks before year's end — as if no extraordinary people or extraordinary acts ever take place in December — the network's fourth…
Tom Blumer
December 31st, 2014 11:04 AM

Year-End Awards: The Most Outrageous Media Quote of 2014

Wrapping up the Media Research Center’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2014,” it’s time to present the “Quote of the Year” for 2014, and the top two runners-up, as selected by our panel of judges.  
Rich Noyes
December 31st, 2014 9:59 AM