“The Simpsons” Targets Evil Fracking

Satirical show links capitalism and gas drilling to water pollution and earthquakes.
Joseph Rossell
November 3rd, 2014 4:30 PM

Brokaw: If GOP Wins Senate, 'What Are They Prepared to Give' Dems?

Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Monday, NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was already urging Republicans support liberal agenda items if they win control of the Senate in Tuesday's midterm election: "The question then is, what are they prepared to give to the Democrats to meet them in the middle ground? What are they going to do about immigration? What are they going to do…
Kyle Drennen
November 3rd, 2014 4:15 PM

Media ‘Applaud’ Brittany Maynard’s ‘Ethical’ Choice to Die

It’s a sad excuse for what should be a saddening obituary. Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Maynard tragically chose to end her life on Nov. 2, after being diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of terminal brain cancer. Having moved to Oregon from California, she took advantage of the state’s Death with Dignity Act, in which a physician can legally supply fatal medication.
Katie Yoder
November 3rd, 2014 4:11 PM

In The 'Good Old Days,' Bob Woodward Let Gary Hart Crash At His House

Former Newsweek and New York Times Magazine writer Matt Bai has a new book out making the wild claim that the 1987 adultery scandal around Sen. Gary Hart marked "the week politics went tabloid" and ruined everything in national politics by pushing the media into focusing incessantly on the "character issue." In a review Sunday in The New York Times Book Review, Reuters media columnist Jack…
Tim Graham
November 3rd, 2014 4:08 PM

On PBS: Watch Hippie-Hypocrite Neil Young Sing 'End Fracking Now'

On Thursday, Charlie Rose invited singer-songwriter Neil Young on his PBS show to promote his latest album and played a clip of the Woodstock-generation singer’s first single - basically an anthem against Big Oil called “Who is Going to Stand Up?” In the clip Young calls for the end of fossil fuel and fracking.
Geoffrey Dickens
November 3rd, 2014 2:13 PM

Brent Bozell: ‘Big Three’ Ignoring Midterms ‘Journalistic Malpractice'

On Monday morning, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell appeared on FBN’s Varney & Company to discuss the 2014 midterm elections including a recent MRC study expsoing how the network evening newscasts have provided minimal election coverage compared to the 2006 midterms. During the segment, Bozell argued that “the ideology of the far left that controls the networks has now gone into…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 3rd, 2014 1:37 PM

Food Stamps Crisis Ignored in Nearly 98% of Network Stories

The American food stamps program has experienced “unprecedented” and “unsustainable” growth under President Barack Obama according to experts, but the broadcast news media have virtually ignored this bad news this election year. The three broadcast networks would rather not remind voters that a record number of Americans received food stamps under the Obama presidency, or that more than 46…
Joseph Rossell
November 3rd, 2014 1:22 PM

Thomas Friedman's Vietnam Quicksand

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently opined on ''Vietnam's Lessons in Iraq and Syria." Here's the problem--his Lessons from Vietnam are either learned from communist/leftist propaganda, or he simply invented the “lessons” to support his pontification on current day Iraq and Syria. The Vietnam War is not the mysterious, misunderstood, unfathomable mess the left would have you believe.
Phillip Jennings
November 3rd, 2014 1:10 PM

ABC to Offer Six Hours of Midterm Coverage...on the Internet

Considering that ABC's World News failed to cover the midterm elections from September 1 to October 26, one might think the network isn't interested in a possible Republican wave. ABC journalists reinforced that belief by promoting their election night coverage: Seven hours of coverage. But six of those hours will be online only. 
Scott Whitlock
November 3rd, 2014 12:14 PM

‘Fox & Friends,’ 9-11 Victim’s Relative Rebukes Chris Rock for SNL Gag

“Saturday Night Live” has long skirted the boundary of what is comedy and what is inappropriate, controversial and just downright not funny. Such was the case Nov. 1 when Chris Rock used the re-opening of the Freedom Tower and the Boston Marathon as the platform for his opening monologue, and drew a harsh rebuke from a 9-11 victim’s family member on Monday’s “Fox and Friends."
Tianna DiMartino
November 3rd, 2014 11:40 AM

Only ABC's 'GMA' Notices Chance of GOP Midterm 'Wave'

While all three network morning shows on Monday covered the upcoming midterm election, only ABC's Good Morning America mentioned the real possibility of Republicans taking control of the Senate. Co-host George Stephanopoulos informed viewers: "And Republicans seem to be closing in on the six Senate seats they need to gain a majority....The forecaster Nate Silver, from FiveThirtyEight, puts their…
Kyle Drennen
November 3rd, 2014 11:17 AM

CBS Continues Network Promotion of U.N. Climate Change Report

On Monday, CBS This Morning followed in the footsteps of ABC and NBC by hyping a new United Nations report on climate change. Unlike the other two networks that offered only news briefs during their Sunday broadcasts, CBS gave a full 2 minutes and 37 seconds of promotional coverage to the U.N. report on Monday morning. Co-host Charlie Rose began the segment by proclaiming “scientists are heating…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 3rd, 2014 10:28 AM

Todd Apologizes for Calling Race 'Fight Between Mob Families'

During a Morning Joe appearance late last month, Chuck Todd, as we reported, described the congressional race on Staten Island as a "fight between mob families." Not a great idea for a guy who not long before saw his comment that Alison Lundergan Grimes had "disqualified herself" made into a Mitch McConnell ad. Back on the show this morning, Todd offered an unqualified apology for his "mob…
Mark Finkelstein
November 3rd, 2014 9:26 AM

Oops: A Lot of Celebs In Rock The Vote's Ad Didn't Vote in 2010

Washington Post reporter Hunter Schwarz threw a major embarrassment at the liberal group Rock the Vote – just by checking the facts. A pile of the celebrities who appeared in their “Turn Out For What” PSA did not vote in the 2010 midterm elections.
Tim Graham
November 3rd, 2014 9:07 AM