Panetta: 'Nobody Bears the Fault' for Benghazi

Those who see Leon Panetta as a stalking horse for Hillary Clinton just got some more ammunition for their argument.  Last week, Panetta helped distance Hillary from President Obama's foreign policy failures by blasting Obama for mistakes in Syria and Iraq. But today, discussing the foreign policy issue on which Hillary is most vulnerable--Benghazi--Panetta suddenly became very forgiving. …
Mark Finkelstein

NPR Anchor: Obamacare 'Should Be Welcomed by the Public' It Serves

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has proclaimed in a 4000-plus-word Rolling Stone article that Barack Obama is one of the most successful presidents in American history. So it’s not surprising that liberal National Public Radio came calling for an interview that aired on Monday night’s All Things Considered. Krugman’s overarching socialist narrative was that Obamacare is a Earth-shaking…
Tim Graham

MSNBC: Does GOP Push Voter ID ‘Because They Don’t Like Blacks?'

Chris Matthews continued to beat MSNBC’s voter suppression drum during an exclusive interview with Senator Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) on Monday night’s Hardball. Matthews, who like much of MSNBC has claimed that Republicans want to block minorities from voting, made the issue a focal point of his discussion with the North Carolina Democrat. The Hardball host hyped the interview by playing a clip of…
Jeffrey Meyer

Jon Stewart Throttles Democrats For Hypocrisy on Campaign Spending

Jon Stewart attacked top liberals/Democrats on Monday's Daily Show for their blatant hypocrisy on the influence of money in politics. Stewart particularly mocked former Democratic senator and current Secretary of State John Kerry for his past lament that "the unending chase for money threatens to steal our democracy itself," while his party raises hundreds of millions of dollars for its campaigns…
Matthew Balan

MSNBC Reported to Be Cancelling Ronan Farrow Next Month

Ronan Farrow's entry into the world of broadcasting was greeted with great media fanfare this past February. However, due to his lousy ratings, Mediaite is now reporting that Woody Allen's "son" might be cancelled by MSNBC next month.
P.J. Gladnick

NBC Medical Editor Violates Ebola Quarantine, Dodges Responsibility

After their cameraman Ashoka Mukpo contracted ebola while covering the epidemic in Africa, NBC chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman and her team of reporters were supposed to be under a voluntary 21-day quarantine. Instead, Snyderman herself was recently spotted in public in her New Jersey neighborhood, reportedly getting take-out.    In response to the growing controversy over the clear…
Kyle Drennen

Self-Impressed Krugman Elevates Obama on Cover of Rolling Stone

Self-impressed liberal New York Times columnist Paul "I have been right about everything" Krugman was featured in the October 23 issue of Rolling Stone, devoting over 4,000 words "In Defense of Obama." Yes, despite all current dangers foreign, domestic, and coming in from overseas, Obama's presidency is soaring and things would be even better if not for "scorched-earth" Republican obstructionism.
Clay Waters

Laurie David: Girl Scouts Partnering with Nestle for Drink ‘Immoral'

To many people the Girl Scouts and cookies are synonymous, but liberal environmentalist and anti-obesity crusader Laurie David was unhappy with a recent announcement for Girl Scout branded, cookie-flavored milk drinks by Nestle.
Matthew Johnson

Charlie Rose Gushes Over Andrew Cuomo, Pushes Presidential Run

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) sat down with CBS’s Charlie Rose for an exclusive interview on CBS This Morning to promote his memoir “All Things Possible: Setbacks and Success in Politics and Life.” Throughout the interview, which aired on Tuesday morning, Rose gushed over the New York Democrat and lobbed numerous softball questions at Cuomo before hinting that “I think he would like to be …
Jeffrey Meyer

Laurie David: Girl Scouts Partnering with Nestle for Drink is ‘Immor

Liberal environmental movie maker ‘Fed Up’ with Girl Scouts’ relationship with food company.
Matthew Johnson

Health Official: Budget Cuts by Congress Resulted in No Ebola Vaccine

Amid reports that Ebola is "spiraling out of control," Americans are being told that fiscal conservatives in Congress are to blame for this mess. According to the director of a government health agency, we would almost surely have an Ebola vaccine today – if Congress had only authorized about another $9 billion to the appropriate government agency. That’s what Dr. Francis Collins, Director of…
Joseph Rossell

Scarborough: 'Off the Air, Nobody Thinks Christie Can Win'

Chris Christie might have millions of admirers across the country, people who love the Jersey governor's blunt style. But among the Republican media and political elites who populate Morning Joe, Christie's a no-hoper. That's what Joe Scarborough divulged on today's Morning Joe.  Said Scarborough: "off the air in Republican circles . . . nobody thinks Christie can win."[
Mark Finkelstein

NBC Banishes Story to Sunday on Obama's Unpopularity Ahead of Midterms

On Sunday, NBC Nightly News took the unusual step of running a story that not only discussed the upcoming midterm elections but also President Obama’s unpopularity on the campaign trail as Democrats struggle to keep control of the Senate.  The problem with the story, however, was that it aired on Sunday night, when millions of Americans are watching football, spending time with family or at…
Curtis Houck

Clinton Speechwriter: Bush 43 'Was Inarticulate Off the Cuff'

Apparently the folks at Vocativ, who took a look at over 600 presidential speeches going all the way back to George Washington, were a little reluctant to document what their "scientific" analysis of those speeches told them about this nation's two most recent chief executives. After finding that there is very little difference between the "sophistication" of speeches made by President Obama and…
Tom Blumer