PBS’s Judy Woodruff to Harry Reid: Why No Black Democrats In The Sen

Judy Woodruff sat down for a cordial conversation with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday’s PBS NewsHour, and the veteran anchor was not afraid to play up partisan and racial politics. For her final question, Woodruff asked Reid for his reaction to President Obama’s remarks last week on the Trayvon Martin saga and the plight of black men in America, but she added a second part to…
Paul Bremmer
July 26th, 2013 12:35 PM

Norah 'We Shouldn't Editorialize' O'Donnell Regularly Editorializes<p>

Norah O'Donnell had a memory lapse on Friday's CBS This Morning, as she expressed her disgust over San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's alleged sexual harassment of women. O'Donnell exclaimed, "I know we shouldn't editorialize, but this behaving badly – it's gone overboard at this point." [audio available here; video below the jump] The anchor apparently isn't self-aware, because she has regularly…
Matthew Balan
July 26th, 2013 12:21 PM

Confused Former Juror: Zimmerman 'Got Away With Murder' Yet Was Not Gu

Many were ready to convict George Zimmerman based on the poisonous claim made by race hucksters like Al Sharpton and reinforced by the leftist blogosphere that the verdict was in some way unfair. Now, ABC News reports, one juror has poured gasoline on that bonfire. She has come forward and said that Zimmerman “got away with murder” and feels that she owes an apology to Trayvon Martin’s parents…
Howard Portnoy
July 26th, 2013 12:20 PM

Jay-Z Slams George Zimmerman's Not Guilty Verdict as 'Blatant Racism

It's been nearly two weeks since George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering black teenager Trayvon Martin, but the verdict continues to draw heated reaction from across the country. One of the latest responses came from Shawn Carter -- a rapper better known by his stage name of Jay-Z -- who declared that everyone knows the verdict “was wrong,” and it left him “really angry” because the…
Randy Hall
July 26th, 2013 12:03 PM

Leno: Pope Told Brazilians ‘Give Up False Idols of Success and Money

Jay Leno took some more comedic shots at NBC Thursday. During his Tonight Show opening monologue, Leno said, “In his speech earlier this week in Latin America, the Pope told the people to give up the false idols of success and money. That's the same thing NBC just told me.”
Noel Sheppard
July 26th, 2013 11:46 AM

On Media Mash, Brent Bozell Slams Media's Effusive Coverage of Obama's

On FNC's Hannity last night, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell teed off on the media's effusive reaction to President Obama's remarks last Friday about race and the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case. Various journalists had described the President's speech as "extraordinary," "beautiful," and "a symphony." Bozell had a different word: "dishonest." (Video and partial transcript below the…

NB Staff
July 26th, 2013 10:53 AM

Oxford Dictionary to Adopt Gay-Friendly Marriage Definition

Reality, n. Pronunciation: Brit. /rɪˈalᵻti/ , U.S. /riˈælədi/ 1.Real existence; what is real rather than imagined or desired; the aggregate of real things or existences; that which underlies and is the truth of appearances or phenomena. 2. The opposite of however the Oxford Dictionary is going to redefine Marriage to suit current political taste. The Queen just signed gay marriage into law in…
Lauren Enk
July 26th, 2013 10:46 AM

Open Thread Friday

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NB Staff
July 26th, 2013 10:39 AM

Dems Leave Detroit in Ruins; Networks Won't Say Which Party Is to Blam

 It's now been a week since Detroit filed for bankruptcy and yet ABC, CBS and NBC have resisted considering what caused the financial failure, details such as the city's massively high tax rate, failed educational system and the total Democratic dominance for over 50 years. On Sunday's Meet the Press, anchor David Gregory bluntly asked Chuck Todd, a former Democratic operative, who was…
Scott Whitlock
July 26th, 2013 10:09 AM

‘Camp’ Short on Dads, Laughs

Ashley Ciandella
July 26th, 2013 8:54 AM

‘Suits’ – Scheming, Betrayal and Forgiveness

CMI Staff
July 26th, 2013 8:39 AM

‘Camp’ Pilot Nothing to Write Home About

Ashley Ciandella
July 26th, 2013 8:13 AM

Laughable: Eliot Spitzer Photoshops NY Times Headline in New Ad... Tim

Jim Swift at Bomble.com noticed Eliot Spitzer did something amazingly sleazy with the New York Times – something the paper hasn’t noticed yet. In a new TV ad pitching himself as the scourge of Wall Street, he edited a July 9 Times subheadline to exclude that in addition to "Instant Pushback" from high finance to his bid for city comptroller,  he’s also opposed by unions and politicians.…
Tim Graham
July 26th, 2013 6:57 AM

Michelle Malkin: Nancy Pelosi Is a Creep Enabler

The most powerful female Democrat on Capitol Hill has turned her back on women. Again. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, entrenched 13-term incumbent, refuses to say whether creepster San Diego Mayor Bob Filner should resign amid an avalanche of longstanding sexual harassment allegations, staff resignations and now a lawsuit. "What goes on in San Diego is up to the people of San Diego. I'm…
Michelle Malkin
July 25th, 2013 6:52 PM