CBS Notices Harry Reid's Kids' Cancer Research Gaffe; ABC, NBC Out to

Nancy Cordes stood out on Wednesday's CBS Evening News for pointing out Senator Harry Reid's eyebrow-raising "why would I want to do that" answer to a question about approving funding for cancer research for children. Meanwhile, on NBC Nightly News, John Yang hyped how "200 patients a week...including about 30 children" had been turned away from "last-resort medical treatment" due to the…
Matthew Balan
October 3rd, 2013 4:04 PM

Daily Beast: Former Confederate States Hurting Blacks by Not Expanding

When you have to toss out in the midst of your race-baiting article that you are in no way insisting that conservatives are racists, well, that's pretty good evidence that you're doing just that. "No, this is not a convoluted way of calling Republicans racists,"Jamelle Bouie insisted -- and which editors placed into a pull quote -- in his October 3 story "How the South Blocked Health Care for…

Ken Shepherd
October 3rd, 2013 3:48 PM

WashPost Raves About Leftist 'Laramie Project' Play by Ford's Theatre

The Washington Post launched two stories today promoting “The Laramie Project,” a leftist play staged by Ford’s Theatre that blames the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard on the bigotry of America. In neither story did the Post disclose to the reader that The Washington Post is an “Official Media Partner” of this play and the larger “Lincoln Legacy Project” to “create dialogue around the issues of…
Tim Graham
October 3rd, 2013 3:05 PM

LOL: Andrea Mitchell Claims Social Programs 'Gutted' By Sequester

Quick: how much were Social Security, Medicaid and food stamps cut by the sequester? Zero, you say?  Those programs were exempted from sequester cuts, and Medicare was reduced by only 2%? Correctomundo!   So what was Andrea Mitchell thinking when she claimed on her MSNBC show that the sequester "gutted" social programs? You tell me.  View the video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
October 3rd, 2013 2:20 PM

Ed Schultz Touts Obamacare Snafus as ... 'the Free Market Working

On average, Ed Schultz is good for at least one belly laugh per week, though this number drops steeply when measured among the turgid types who flock to MSNBC and aren't in on the joke. Schultz hit his quota early this week while hyperventilating about the health exchanges mandated by Obamacare. Pay no attention to those many glitches and long waits for callers that accompanied rollout of the…
Jack Coleman
October 3rd, 2013 12:35 PM

RNC Chairman Schools MSNBC Host on Shutdown: 'Just Apply for a Job in

 Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Thursday fired back at the liberal, Obama-friendly talking points from MSNBC host Thomas Roberts. At one point, a disgusted Priebus, appearing to discuss the shutdown, slammed MSNBC, attacking, "This is a joke. I think you ought to just apply for a job in the Obama administration or the communications department of the DNC." [See video…
Scott Whitlock
October 3rd, 2013 12:08 PM

Scarborough Insults Viewers, Republicans: 'A Lot Of People Aren't Real

In one insulting swoop, Joe Scarborough managed this morning to impugn the intelligence of his viewers and of Republicans. According to Scarborough: "I know a lot of people aren't really smart out there."  As for Republicans, Scarborough said he felt sorry for them "because they should have paid more attention in school. They wouldn't be so easily confused by 140-character statements."  All…
Mark Finkelstein
October 3rd, 2013 12:03 PM

Harry Reid Slams CNN Reporter as ‘Irresponsible’ and ‘Reckless

It's only three days into the federal government shutdown, and Senate majority leader Harry Reid is already showing signs of stress. That was especially apparent on Wednesday, when he was asked by Cable News Network reporter Dana Bash if the Senate would vote to pass a resolution if it was already approved by the House to restore funding for the National Institutes of Health, which among other…
Randy Hall
October 3rd, 2013 11:53 AM

WashPost Relishes Cuccinelli Attacks on Front Page of Metro; Rebuttal

The Washington Post kept up its crusade to attack Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli in Thursday’s paper. In a story covering a debate between the two candidates vying to succeed Cuccinelli as attorney general, reporters Frederick Kunkle and Michael Laris put only one candidate’s quote on the front page: the Democrat attacking Cuccinelli as an extremist and abuser of power.…
Tim Graham
October 3rd, 2013 11:52 AM

Dr. Ben Carson Targeted by IRS, Big Three Networks Censor

On October 1 the Washington Times reported that Dr. Ben Carson revealed he had his first ever encounter with the IRS after he delivered a speech critical of public policy in front of Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast back in February. So far ABC, CBS and NBC have yet to report on this stunning revelation. In fact they’ve stopped reporting on the IRS scandal altogether. It’s been…
Geoffrey Dickens
October 3rd, 2013 11:48 AM

AP Howler, Easily Disproven: Obamacare Enrollment Mess Demonstrates 'S

Early Thursday morning, swallowing an Obama administration fallback talking point hook, line, and sinker, Juliet Williams and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, described the horrible problems users have had during the past two days in even accessing the Obamacare exchanges, including "overloaded websites and jammed phone lines," as proof of "strong…
Tom Blumer
October 3rd, 2013 11:48 AM

Gingrich Schools Leno on Double Standards

Jay Leno picked the wrong guy to complain about how Barack Obama is being treated by his opponents. After doing so to Newt Gingrich on NBC’s Tonight Show Wednesday, the host got a lesson in how conservatives are attacked by the media (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 3rd, 2013 11:27 AM

Open Thread Thursday

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NB Staff
October 3rd, 2013 11:15 AM

Leno Holds Up Sign Reading ‘F U Politicians

Jay Leno clearly isn’t pleased with the government shutdown. On Wednesday’s Tonight Show, the host spent most of his opening monologue railing against the President and Congress concluding with him holding a sign up that read “F U Politicians” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 3rd, 2013 10:13 AM