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NYT Mediates a Fight Between the Left and Far-Left: 'Bill Clinton Defe
New York Times writer Amy Chozick on Thursday mediated a dispute between liberals like Bill Clinton and very liberal Democrats, such as Senator Elizabeth Warren. The 1250 word article included this uncritical headline: "Bill Clinton Defends a Legacy." Chozick sympathetically explained, "Former President Bill Clinton, who has grown increasingly frustrated that his economic policies are viewed as…
May 1st, 2014 4:21 PM
MSNBC's Fineman Mocks Paul Ryan As 'Introduc[ing] Himself to the Bro
On the Wednesday, April 30, Hardball with Chris Matthews, guest and MSNBC political analyst Howard Fineman -- formerly of Newsweek -- mocked Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's intent to visit impoverished areas as a plan to "introduce himself to the bro," and went on to complain that Ryan's budget "whacks away at" programs to help the poor.
May 1st, 2014 3:44 PM
‘Botched’: Nets Fret Over Murderer’s Execution
Newscasts ignore Lockett’s
victims.
May 1st, 2014 3:41 PM
No Live Coverage: CNN and MSNBC Skip Latest Benghazi Hearing
CNN and MSNBC failed to provide any live coverage of a Thursday morning House Oversight Committee hearing on the terrorist attack on Benghazi. Fox News provided 74 minutes and 25 seconds worth of live coverage of the hearing and had multiple interview and analysis segments talking about the revelations in the hearing. MSNBC provided a small amount of coverage but did not air the hearing live…
May 1st, 2014 3:08 PM
ABC, NBC Ignore Shocking Economic Slowdown
With a head in the sand approach, the networks failed to report on the latest economic weakness revealed to happen during President Barack Obama’s tenure.
The Commerce Department announced on April 30, that the United States economy barely grew in the first quarter: by only 0.1 percent. That was a sharp decline from 2.6 percent growth rate for the fourth quarter of 2013.
May 1st, 2014 2:51 PM
Kos: Conservatives Are Prone to 'Hero Worship of Creepy Criminals
Matt Lewis explored a pattern of conservatives embracing someone [e.g., Cliven Bundy] who is being “bullied by the government or the mainstream media, and turning them into some sort of folk hero," only to wind up with "egg on their face" when that person "says or does something utterly stupid."
On Wednesday, Daily Kos founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas took that point and ran with it,…
May 1st, 2014 2:07 PM
MSNBC's Krystal Ball Actually Cites 'Animal Farm' ... as Tale of Capit
Just a hunch, but I'm guessing that George Orwell would get a huge kick out of Orwellian interpretation of his work.
Such a travesty occurred on MSNBC's "The Cycle" this past Tuesday when one of its hosts, Krystal Ball -- yes, that's actually her name and, no, apparently she's not a stripper -- weighed in on what Orwell's novella "Animal Farm" actually means. (Video after the jump)
May 1st, 2014 1:33 PM
Sharyl Attkisson Rejects White House Talking Points Over New Benghazi
Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson spoke to WMAL’s Brian Wilson and Larry O’Connor on their Mornings on the Mall radio show on Thursday, May 1 and had some strong words surrounding the latest revelations surrounding the Benghazi terrorist attack. Earlier this week, emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request showed that the Obama Administration had instructed Susan Rice to…
May 1st, 2014 1:20 PM
Fem Site: Mayweather ‘Bats**t Insane’ for Leaving Ex for Aborting
He’s popular, famous, the world’s highest paid athlete – and pro-life? Cue the media backlash.
American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather just announced on Facebook that he split with fiancée Shantel Jackson because she “killed our twin babies” via abortion. In reaction to his May 1 post, feminist site Jezebel called him “bats**t insane” via columnist Erin Gloria Ryan. She bashed, “Oh my f…
May 1st, 2014 1:13 PM
CBS: Law on Drug Abuse While Pregnant Limits 'What Women Can' Do With
The journalists at CBS This Morning on Thursday skeptically examined a new law in Tennessee that allows criminal charges for pregnant women who abuse drugs. Co-anchor Norah O'Donnell warned, "...The ACLU says this law is dangerous. It could prevent women from getting necessary prenatal care."
Talking to CBS legal analyst Rikki Klieman, co-anchor Gayle King fretted, "But doesn't it raise a…
May 1st, 2014 12:44 PM
Shocking Benghazi E-Mails Between AP Reporter, Obama Flack; Bozell Den
MRC president Brent Bozell appeared on “The Kelly File” with substitute host Martha MacCallum to discuss new e-mails about Benghazi and Fox News coverage of Benghazi.
The e-mails are between State Department PR operative Victoria Nuland and friendly Associated Press reporter Matt Lee, discussing the alleged “BS” on Fox during “The O’Reilly Factor” on September 13, 2012, two days after the…
May 1st, 2014 12:23 PM
NBC's 'Today' Gives 28 Seconds to Benghazi Emails, Touts White House
During a 28-second news brief on Thursday's NBC Today, anchor Natalie Morales seized on Obama administration spin downplaying newly-released emails suggesting a cover-up of Benghazi: "The White House is dismissing claims by Senator Lindsey Graham that a previously undisclosed talking points email is a smoking gun about the 2012 attack in Benghazi that killed four Americans....The White House…
May 1st, 2014 12:01 PM
Politico's Vogel Reports Hypocrisy of Left-wing Democracy Alliance Don
Kenneth P. Vogel called attention to an important issue in a Wednesday Politico article – namely, the inherent hypocrisy of super-rich liberal donors who give big bucks to a Democratic party that repeatedly slams wealthy conservative donors like the Koch brothers.
Vogel’s article focused on this week’s annual spring meeting in Chicago of the Democracy Alliance, a club of wealthy Democratic…
May 1st, 2014 11:48 AM
Billboard Outside Kickstarter HQ Calls Out Company for ‘Gosnell Cens
Here’s a message Kickstarter won’t miss.
Hat Tip Films, responsible for the Gosnell movie, erected a billboard slamming Kickstarter – a half mile away from Kickstarter’s headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. Erected on April 29th, the sign criticized crowdfunding site Kickstarter for refusing permission to fundraise for the Gosnell project. Picture Below.
May 1st, 2014 11:16 AM