Some 'Update': Politico's Burns Ignores Burke Bio Fail, Walker's Lead

At NewsBusters yesterday, P.J. Gladnick justifiably went after the over-the-top hackery pervading Alexander Burns's Politico story on how "Scott Walker limps toward 2016." Burns bitterly criticized Walker's "divide-and-conquer strategy," and the governor himself as "confrontational" and (of course) "polarizing." Given that his column was allegedly updated this morning, I expected Burns to revise…
Tom Blumer
October 30th, 2014 6:03 PM

Anonymous Obama Staffer Trashes Netanyahu; ABC and NBC Fail to Cover

As of Thursday morning, both ABC and NBC have ignored the latest rift in the relationship between the United States and Israel as “a senior Obama administration official” told Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was nothing more than a “coward” and "chickens***."  Both the Wednesday evening and Thursday morning newscasts on ABC and NBC made no mention…
Curtis Houck
October 30th, 2014 5:49 PM

New Obama Regulations Takes Second Shot at For-Profit Schools

Administration’s new rules could jeopardize 840,000 students’ education, put 1,400 programs at risk.
Joseph Rossell
October 30th, 2014 5:43 PM

NBC Jumps Aboard Florida 'Pot Bus' to Tout Midterm Marijuana Vote

In the only full report on the upcoming midterm election on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez shared his journey aboard the "Pot Bus" in Florida, a campaign effort urging voters to back legalized medical marijuana in the state: "...supporters say that they've made about 200 stops over the past few months to rally support....It's a ride full of high hopes."
Kyle Drennen
October 30th, 2014 5:41 PM

Daily Beast: 'Why Isn't Connecticut Grateful' for Liberal Governor?

David Freedlander of the Daily Beast just doesn't get it. Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-Conn.) is the Left's "dream governor," pushing through "higher taxes on the rich....  [a] state earned income tax credit for the poor...higher minimum wage" and a laundry list of other "progressive" agenda items like "mandatory paid sick leave, repeal of the death penalty, more liberal marijuana laws, easier ballot…
Ken Shepherd
October 30th, 2014 5:32 PM

Wagner: Racial Fear Tactics OK If That's What It Takes for Dems to Win

Could this be the most cynical statement of the campaign season?  The woman whose recent wedding President Obama attended is okay with stoking the racial fears of black Americans—if that's what it takes to drive them to the polls and secure Dem victories. Alex Wagner devoted a segment of her MSNBC show today to the naked appeals to the racial fears of black Americans that Democrats are making in…
Mark Finkelstein
October 30th, 2014 5:26 PM

Shock: CNN Touts Cancer-Stricken Seminarian's Plea to Brittany Maynard

Don Lemon surprisingly brought on a Catholic seminarian on Thursday's CNN Tonight for his take on cancer patient turned euthanasia advocate Brittany Maynard's controversial plan to kill herself. Philip Johnson, who, like Maynard, is afflicted by a terminal brain tumor, recently published an open letter to his fellow cancer patient – calling on her to cancel her suicide plans and "fight this…
Matthew Balan
October 30th, 2014 4:19 PM

Spooky to Kooky: Quiz on Frightening Feminist Media

The feminist media claim they’re all for what’s best for women – and their choices. But are they? Take the quiz below to discover their scariest tactics. 
Katie Yoder
October 30th, 2014 3:56 PM

Self-Inflicted Wounds: Phony ‘War on Women’ Falling Flat

What if they gave a war on women and nobody came? Liberals may be in the process of finding out. In 2012, Democrats and their media parrots made hay accusing conservatives of waging a “war on women.” This election cycle, they’re doubling down. Their demands for “women’s rights” are more aggressive, expansive, and extreme as they look for any club to beat back possibly decisive losses November 4…
Kristine Marsh
October 30th, 2014 2:09 PM

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Smears Joni Ernst as Trigger-Happy Extremist

In yet another sign that liberals view next Tuesday's midterms with fully warranted fear and loathing, Rachel Maddow gamely tried last night to depict GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst as only a few bullets short of official status as a heavily-armed and barricaded survivalist. Since few people beyond the low-rated, leftist fever swamp that is MSNBC's core audience are likely to have heard…
Jack Coleman
October 30th, 2014 12:53 PM

Sherlock Holmes on CBS: Bankers Are ‘Crooks,’ Profits ‘Obscene’

Bankers and capitalism are to blame for worldwide economic turmoil. That’s the controversial perspective preached by a reinvented Sherlock Holmes character on CBS’s “Elementary,” played by British actor Jonny Lee Miller. Miller returns in the third season premiere of “Elementary” October 30, as the world’s most famous detective. But his portrayal is far from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes. The…
Joseph Rossell
October 30th, 2014 12:33 PM

CBS’ Sherlock Holmes: Bankers ‘Crooks,’ Profits ‘Obscene

Network’s ‘Elementary’ platform for anti-capitalistic rhetoric.
Joseph Rossell
October 30th, 2014 12:17 PM

Chris Matthews Compares Mitch McConnell To Saddam Hussein

On Tuesday night, Hardball host Chris Matthews decided to use Senator Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest campaign ad as the perfect opportunity to mock the Republican’s attempt to add some humor into the Kentucky Senate race. After showing the McConnell ad, which featured the GOPer playing with several bloodhounds, a reference to his famous ad from the 1980s, Matthews disgustingly asked his audience…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 30th, 2014 12:06 PM

NBC: Watch Jon Stewart Call Chris Christie A D**k!

On Thursday's NBC Today, while scolding New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his handling of a heckler, correspondent Kelly O'Donnell declared: "Christie's week has been a lot like a series of battle rounds, from tangling with nurse Kaci Hickox over [Ebola] quarantine conditions....to the verbal towel snap Christie delivered in a live Today interview when Matt referred to the nurse's lawyer as…
Kyle Drennen
October 30th, 2014 12:02 PM