Leftist Agitators Push Ed Schultz to Start Trouble and Take Labor's Si

Leftist bloggers are questioning Ed Schultz’s commitment to unions, despite his pro-labor reputation (and hefty labor-union honorariums). But the radicals at Firedoglake are making trouble by reading into his Tuesday statement on MSNBC that “I’ll look you right in the eye tonight and tell you I support workers in every workplace in America when it comes to fair share, collective bargaining, and…
Tim Graham
December 19th, 2013 11:10 PM

WaPo Poll Report Headline: 'Obama Suffers Most From Year of Turmoil

Poor guy. Barack Obama gets to jet around on Air Force One, golfs every once in a while (/sarc), and has all the trappings and perks of the highest office in the land. But according to a headline in Monday's Washington Post, he is the one person in the whole USA above everyone else — not those who have lost health insurance plans with which they were happy, not those who are paying…
Tom Blumer
December 19th, 2013 8:32 PM

Liberal Media: People Mocking Obama's PajamaBoy Are Racist, Homophobic

Just as cigars sometimes can indeed be just cigars, so too can jokes. Yet this is a point which seems to be lost on several left-wing media writers who have taken great umbrage at the mockery that has been had at the expense of one Ethan Krupp, better known as “PajamaBoy.” The crew on MSNBC’s Morning Joe proved today that not everyone on the left has missed the absurdity of the Obama…
Matthew Sheffield
December 19th, 2013 7:29 PM

MSNBC.com Attacks the Church: Catholic Hospitals 'Bad News for Pregnan

'Tis the season for the liberal media to ramp up it's attacks on the Catholic Church. "One in nine hospital beds is now in a Catholic institution. That may be bad news for pregnant women," reads the caption on the front-page tease for a December 19 Irin Carmon story, "What Catholic hospital expansion means for women," wherein the abortion-rights absolutist turns the network's "war on women"…
Ken Shepherd
December 19th, 2013 7:15 PM

MSNBC's Hayes Frets Uninsured Not 'Potent Constituency,' Skips Anti-Ob

On the Wednesday, December 18, All In with Chris Hayes show on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes fretted that uninsured Americans are not a "potent constituency" during a discussion of the debate over extending unemployment benefits. He did not mention a CBS News/New York Times poll which ironically was released earlier in the day finding that ObamaCare is as unpopular among uninsured Americans as…
Brad Wilmouth
December 19th, 2013 7:09 PM

CBS Touts ObamaCare 'Success Story'; Omits His Support of the Obama Ca

On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, Carter Evans spotlighted Leslie Foster, an apparent ObamaCare "success story," who gushed about the "amazing things" in his subsidized health plan. But Evans failed to mention that Foster "campaigned for President Barack Obama's election", as the Wall Street Journal reported in an October 7, 2013 article. [MP3 audio available here; video below the jump] The…
Matthew Balan
December 19th, 2013 6:44 PM

MSNBC's Roberts Not Sure Suspending Phil Robertson Goes 'Far Enough

While many in the liberal media are cheering A&E's decision to suspend Phil Robertson from further filming of the network's Duck Dynasty reality show, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts suggested that the move by the network may not be "enough." In a Facebook post, the openly gay MSNBC Live host posed to his fans the "big question" of the day (screen capture below page break):
Ken Shepherd
December 19th, 2013 6:23 PM

Andrew Sullivan: 'I’m Befuddled By the Firing of Phil Robertson

Liberals have been predictably up in arms over anti-gay comments by Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and thrilled about his termination. Rather shockingly you can't count Andrew Sullivan amongst them, for he took to his Daily Dish blog Thursday to proclaim, "I’m befuddled":
Noel Sheppard
December 19th, 2013 6:22 PM

ABC Wants Dismissal of $1.2 Billion 'Pink Slime' Suit

A South Dakota circuit court judge heard arguments on Dec. 17 from both sides in the lawsuit by Beef Products Inc. (BPI) against ABC News over its coverage of lean finely textured beef in 2012. Reuters reported that ABC’s lawyers asked for the $1.2 billion defamation suit to be dismissed “as the news outlet stood by its reports and cited free speech protections.” BPI, a South Dakota-based…
Julia A. Seymour
December 19th, 2013 6:03 PM

NYT’s Friedman Admits He Voted for Obama Hoping President Could Tran

Appearing on Charlie Rose’s eponymous PBS program Wednesday night, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times divulged some of his true feelings about President Obama. From the comfort of Rose’s famous black-backgrounded studio, the veteran journalist revealed the one thing that disappointed him most about the president. Was it the botched rollout of ObamaCare? No, in fact, Friedman is an…
Paul Bremmer
December 19th, 2013 5:49 PM

Piers Morgan Accuses Sarah Palin of Getting Martin Bashir Fired By MSN

Is there an anatomical limit to how many times someone can put their foot in their mouth? Consider the case of CNN's Piers Morgan who on Twitter moments ago actually accused former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin of getting Martin Bashir fired by MSNBC:
Noel Sheppard
December 19th, 2013 5:10 PM

MRC's Gainor's Statement to Variety About 'Duck Dynasty' Star's Suspen

Editor's Note: Dan Gainor, MRC's Vice President for Business and Culture addressed the recent suspension of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson in the following statement to Variety today: TV networks might claim they support free speech, but the suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson shows that to be an utter lie. They only support free speech they agree with. Foul comments by MSNBC…
Dan Gainor
December 19th, 2013 4:50 PM

Tim Robbins: A Catholic Priest Took Me To See ‘Deliverance’ When I

Can you imagine a priest taking a group of altar boys to see the movie “Deliverance?” According to Tim Robbins, when he was an altar boy in New York City, at the age of ten or eleven, a priest at his church took him and some other altar boys into Times Square to see the R-rated film which contained a brutal homosexual rape scene.
Noel Sheppard
December 19th, 2013 4:14 PM

MRC VP Dan Gainor's Statement to Variety About 'Duck Dynasty' Star's S

Gainor says networks claim to support free speech, actually 'only support free speech they agree with.'
Dan Gainor
December 19th, 2013 4:03 PM