D.C. Public School Homework Compares Bush, Hitler; Nets Ignore

A sixth grade teacher at Washington, D.C.'s McKinley Middle School gave students an assignment asking that they compare George W. Bush and his "abuse of power" with that of the late Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Local NBC-owned Washington station WRC-TV's Derrick Ward covered the controversy on the September 10 evening newscast. But the following morning, none of the Big Three morning newscasts so…
Ken Shepherd
September 11th, 2014 4:51 PM

Andrea Mitchell Changes Her 'Coalition of The Willing' Tune for Obama

At the outset of war in 2003, Andrea Mitchell mocked Bush's "coalition of the willing" as a "show." But now, she's promoting the Obama coalition-building and praising his "reaching out" to foreign policy experts for advice at dinner parties.
Cheri Jacobus
September 11th, 2014 3:30 PM

ABC, CBS, NBC Refuse to Cover Benghazi, Do Find Time for Dancing Bear

On this 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ABC, CBS, NBC and MSNBC appropriately devoted time to commemorating that tragic day in our history. But today also marks the second anniversary of the Benghazi attacks that led to the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, foreign service officer Sean Smith and two CIA contractors, Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty. So how much time did the Big…
Geoffrey Dickens
September 11th, 2014 2:07 PM

Dana Milbank: ‘Dick Cheney, Still Blindly Beating The Drums of War’

In the wake of President Obama announcing that the United States will use air strikes to target the terrorist group ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank decided to go after liberals’ favorite punching bag, former Vice President Dick Cheney. In an op-ed that appeared in Thursday’s Washington Post, Milbank proclaimed “Dick Cheney, Still Blindly Beating The Drums of War.” The…
Jeffrey Meyer
September 11th, 2014 1:57 PM

More Polling Press Will Ignore: Trust in Fed. Govt. at All-Time Low

A new Gallup poll reports that Americans trust the federal government less than they ever have. Given that President Obama has increasingly insisted on acting on his own, it's not unreasonable to infer that this result means, consistent with other polling the press has stubbornly ignored — documented in a new Media Research Center study — that they also trust his leadership less than they ever…
Tom Blumer
September 11th, 2014 1:38 PM

WashPost Betrays Its Tilt on Nevada's 'Biggest Corporate Tax Giveaway'

In today’s Biased Headlines department, see today’s Reid Wilson report on the Washington Post website from Wednesday: “Nevada is about to pass the biggest corporate tax giveaway in its history.” But has the Post recently described welfare programs or food stamps as a "giveaway"? It doesn't look like it.
Tim Graham
September 11th, 2014 1:13 PM

Networks Push Obama's 'Broad Coalition' as Britain, Germany Drop Out

All three network morning shows on Thursday highlighted Barack Obama's primetime speech from the night before, promoting his talk of a "broad coalition." Yet, Germany and Britain have announced that they won't take part in the President's planned air strikes. In 2003, ABC, NBC and CBS hit George W. Bush for "going it alone" with a coalition of 18 countries. 
Scott Whitlock
September 11th, 2014 12:43 PM

Gingrich — and Reality — Also Humiliated Jay Carney on CNN

As the midnight oil-burning Curtis Houck at NewsBusters noted last night, John McCain ripped into Jay Carney's attempts to rewrite history Wednesday evening on CNN. Among other things, he reminded the former White House Press Secretary that "We had it (the Iraq War) won, thanks to the surge." In other words, our military and Iraqi government had achieved victory. Barack Obama and his…

Tom Blumer
September 11th, 2014 10:55 AM

MSM Ignoring Obama's 'Leadership At Its Best' Boast?

President Obama is a great leader.  Really.  Just ask him. Seemingly ignored in the coverage of the president's ISIS speech last night was the moment when President Obama claimed that the ISIS threat was being met with "strength and resolve," then boasted that his strategy—and by extension he himself—represented "American leadership at its best." Can anyone imagine truly great American leaders--…
Mark Finkelstein
September 11th, 2014 8:38 AM

Al Jazeera America Favored Hamas-Controlled Gaza Over Israel

Qatar-owned network avoided Hamas ‘terror,’ Israeli casualties.
Matt Philbin and Katie Yoder
September 11th, 2014 8:14 AM

Jihad-TV: Al Jazeera America Favored Gazans over Israelis

Qatar-owned network avoided ignored Hamas ‘terror,’ Israeli casualties.
Matt Philbin
September 11th, 2014 7:56 AM

NBC’s Richard Engel Pans Obama’s ISIS Speech As ‘Wildly Off-Base’

After President Obama’s speech to the nation on Wednesday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow asked NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel what he thought of President Obama’s analogy that the U.S. strategy in fighting terrorism in Yemen and Somalia would carry over to dealing with the Islamic terrorist group ISIS in both Iraq and Syria. Needless to say, Engel was not at all pleased with…
Curtis Houck
September 11th, 2014 7:07 AM

Michael Moore: Obama Will Be Known Only as the 'First Black President'

Disappointed on the far left, Michael Moore tells Obama, "When the history is written of this era, this is how you’ll be remembered: “He was the first black president.…Eight years of your life, and that’s what people are going to remember....That's it."
Randy Hall
September 11th, 2014 7:06 AM

Carney, McCain Engage in Epic Battle on CNN Over Obama and Iraq

After President Obama’s speech to the nation on Wednesday night, CNN brought on its newly-minted senior political commenator and former Obama White House press secretary Jay Carney and Republican Senator John McCain (Ariz.) to comment on what the President’s speech regarding U.S policy in dealing withy the Islamic terrorist group ISIS. However, the next eight minutes instantly evolved into a…
Curtis Houck
September 11th, 2014 2:28 AM