On MLK Anniversary, NBC Sees Another Day to Boost Obama

In a puff piece on Wednesday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Kristen Welker heralded President Obama's upcoming speech marking the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech: "President Obama has delivered a number of big speeches before, but this one is different. He'll be speaking in the shadows of Dr. King, a man who gave his life fighting for civil rights. So, today…
Kyle Drennen
August 28th, 2013 2:59 PM

CBS Boosts Obama's MLK Anniversary Speech With Highlight Reel From Pas

Wednesday's CBS This Morning shamelessly promoted President Obama's upcoming address commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's 1963 "I have a dream" speech by featuring nothing but race-related clips from the President's past speeches. Jeff Pegues hyped the "big names" set to speak at the anniversary celebration, but underlined "the headliner: the nation's first black…

Matthew Balan
August 28th, 2013 2:48 PM

CNN Asks If Chris Christie Is a 'Bully

While touting both Republican Chris Christie and Democrat Hillary Clinton as "the two hottest politicians," CNN's Jessica Yellin chipped away at the Republican's status by asking if he was a "bully." She said nothing negative about Clinton, on Tuesday evening's OutFront. "Our sixth story OutFront: is Chris Christie a bully?" Yellin introduced the segment, centered on the New Jersey governor'…
Matt Hadro
August 28th, 2013 2:24 PM

Fun with Infanticide! Video Game Has Players Search for Abortion in Te

If Wendy Davis’ 11-hour filibuster to protect late-term abortion in the Lone Star State wasn’t proof enough of the Texas pro-abortion movement’s desperation, a new video game does the trick.  In “Choice: Texas,” designed by Carly Kocurek and Allyson Whipple and currently in development, players hunt for abortion access in Texas via the “choose-your-own-adventure” technique – and confront…
Katie Yoder
August 28th, 2013 1:40 PM

ABC Eagerly Promoted Michelle Obama's Healthy Eating Plan, But Skips F

Good Morning America on Wednesday conceded that school districts across the country are dropping a new government-imposed lunch program because, as one student put it, "the food is just nasty." However, no one on GMA pointed out that the plan had been heavily promoted by Michelle Obama. In contrast, back in February, the journalists featured the First Lady for an eight and a half minute segment…
Scott Whitlock
August 28th, 2013 1:17 PM

Networks Ignore Obama/Holder Lawsuit That Could Trap Black Kids in Fai

Late last week the Obama/Holder Justice Department filed a lawsuit in federal court which could hold up school vouchers for disadvantaged, predominantly African-American, kids in Louisiana. The school vouchers could "impede the desegregation process" in the state's public schools, the Justice Department reportedly claims in the lawsuit. For his part, as the Associated Press reported, Louisiana…
Ken Shepherd
August 28th, 2013 12:35 PM

Meacham Lowers Bar For Obama: Country Has 'Unrealistic Expectations

Presidential historian Jon Meacham did his best on Morning Joe this morning to lower the bar for President Obama's speech today commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.  "The country has put an enormous amount of expectation on him . . . since he first came on the stage in 2004 . . . we sometimes have-often have--unrealistic expectations of the office," empathized Meacham…
Mark Finkelstein
August 28th, 2013 12:34 PM

Krystal Ball Says GOP Has Replaced Jim Crow as Enemy of Black American

MSNBC’s Krystal Ball slammed the Republican Party in a tongue-in-cheek monologue at the end of Tuesday’s The Cycle, declaring that the GOP is the new Jim Crow. But in the process, she also drew attention to the problem of complacency among Democratic voters, seemingly resorting to an offensive stereotype that they are generally lazy, disinterested in public policy, and need to be driven by fear…
Paul Bremmer
August 28th, 2013 12:05 PM

MRC’s Dan Gainor on ‘Varney & Co’. to Discuss BMI Special Report

With more than $9.7 million in funding from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, and a full-time faculty 68 percent comprised of the staff of liberal groups, Columbia University is training the next generation of liberal journalists. To mark the release of a new Special Report by the Media Research Center’s Business and Media Institute, MRC VP for Business and Culture Dan Gainor appeared…
Mike Ciandella
August 28th, 2013 11:44 AM

NBC Promotes Let's Move Success...As Schools Drop Lunch Program

On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie conducted a cooking segment with White House chef Sam Kass to promote First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign and wondered: "So do you feel like the program is having the intended effect? Do you think people are thinking differently about food, now?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Kass, boyfriend of MSNBC host…
Kyle Drennen
August 28th, 2013 11:38 AM

WashPost Hails Democrat Cory Booker as 'Perfect Senator' Who's 'Made f

The national media’s love affair with New Jersey’s Cory Booker continued in The Washington Post on Tuesday. On the front of the Style section was the headline “A perfect senator for ‘This Town’? Newark’s Cory Booker isn’t lacking in ideas, energy or self-promotion.”” Who needs self-promotion when you’ve got national media valentine-writers? This Jason Horowitz profile continued on the back…
Tim Graham
August 28th, 2013 11:37 AM

Sharpton Guest: Hannity, Limbaugh and O'Reilly 'Incessantly Beat Up On

People familiar with Earl Ofari Hutchinson know him to be one of the biggest race-baiters in the nation. On Al Sharpton's radio show Monday, Hutchinson claimed conservative commentators Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill O'Reilly "incessantly beat up on blacks" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 28th, 2013 10:48 AM

Krauthammer on Attacking Syria: 'What's Russia Going to Do? Cancel Ano

With all eyes on Syria and what the Obama administration is going to do in response to alleged chemical weapons use by Bashar Assad, many are concerned with how Vladimir Putin will react if we attack. On Fox News's O'Reilly Factor Tuesday, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer marvelously asked, "What's Russia going to do? Cancel another summit?"
Noel Sheppard
August 28th, 2013 10:08 AM

AP: 'Obama's Presidency Has Been Marred By Racist Backlash

Is there no limit to the liberal media's race-baiting? Consider a Wednesday report by the Associated Press that claimed, "When he became president, Obama blasted through a heavy barrier that many before him had only pushed against. But his presidency has been marred by racist backlash and his administration has found itself refighting battles already thought won, such as ensuring equal access…
Noel Sheppard
August 28th, 2013 10:02 AM