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
 

'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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

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
 

WaPo Reporter: 'It Is the President Who Ratifies Treaties'

Let's call this one "technically true, but misleading."  On today's Daily Rundown, discussing the letter sent by Senate Republicans to the Iranian regime, Washington Post reporter Ishaan Tharoor said that "it is the president who ratifies treaties."   Tharoor is right, but only in a trivial sense. The president does formally ratify treaties in that he exchanges instruments of ratification with…
Mark Finkelstein
 

Hillary Email Scandal Not Just a GOP 'Hit Job' - WaPo's Anne Gearan

There goes another name off Hillary Clinton's shrinking Christmas card list. When Clinton loses Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Anne Gearan over Clinton's use of a private email account while secretary of state, it's not surprising that the presumptive candidate for president who was previously the presumptive Democrat nominee would decide she better get ahead of this scandal…
Jack Coleman