CNN's Piers Morgan Tweets a Call for More Gun Control; No Expression o

Liberal CNN host Piers Morgan took to Twitter this morning after learning about the horrific mass shooting overnight at a screening of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado. As you can see from the screen capture below, Morgan has tweeted his calls for more gun control laws, but, as of 9:55 a.m. Eastern, has not tweeted any apolitical expression of condolences for the victims and their…
Ken Shepherd
July 20th, 2012 10:02 AM

ABC Links Colorado Mass Killer to Tea Party

[Developing -- Updates and video after the jump. MP3 audio here.] Hours after mass murder at a 12am showing of the new Batman film, ABC News reporter Brian Ross went on Good Morning America and speculated that the killer could be a Tea Party member. Ross appeared Friday morning during live coverage and told viewers, "There is a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado page on the Colorado Tea Party…
Scott Whitlock
July 20th, 2012 9:26 AM

Open Thread: Comment Switchover

You've probably noticed, but we've made the official transition over to our new, Disqus-powered comments on our blog postings. Please use this thread to ask any questions you still have about the switchover. I will be keeping an eye on it today and answering your inquiries. Note: To make things easier, this blog post will allow for commenting by registered users of the old comment system.
Matthew Sheffield
July 20th, 2012 9:10 AM

Chuck Todd: Half This Country Believes In Collectivism

Collectivism: a political or economic theory advocating collective control especially over production and distribution. If Chuck Todd is right, our country is in trouble.  On Morning Joe today, discussing President Obama's "you didn't build that" remarks, NBC political director Todd opined that "half this country believes" we are about collectivism.  View the video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
July 20th, 2012 8:35 AM

MTV, Dan Savage To Produce Documentary on Gay Candidate School

Sex columnist Dan Savage and his crew from the "It Gets Better" unit at MTV have announced their will be producing a documentary with the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund about how successful progressive LGBT political candidates are shaped at their Victory Institute. One can understand how MTV might think their audience would like a show with lots of raunchy sex chatter, but will MTV watchers…
Tim Graham
July 20th, 2012 8:32 AM

Brent Bozell, Neil Cavuto Discuss Media Ignoring, Excusing 'You Didn't

If Mitt Romney hadn’t brought up President Obama's "you didn't build that" crack about business owners, the mainstream media wouldn’t have reported on it, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Fox News Channel's Neil Cavuto on his Your World program today. "This was a bombshell story. Now look at the coverage.  You cannot-- this is a classic example of the two-sided nature of this campaign…
Matt Vespa
July 19th, 2012 9:03 PM

Snooki Asks Gingrich 'Did You Have Strippers' At Your Bachelor Party

Newt Gingrich and Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi were quite the entertaining couple on NBC's Tonight Show Wednesday. During a humorous discussion about her eventual marriage to the father of her son Jionni LaValle, Snooki asked the former Speaker of the House "Did you have strippers [at your bachelor party]?" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary).
Noel Sheppard
July 19th, 2012 6:21 PM

CNN Four Days Late to Obama's Infamous 'You Didn't Build That' Remark

Four days after President Obama insulted job creators by asserting "If you've got a business, you didn't build that; somebody else made that happen," CNN finally reported the controversial remarks, and only once the Romney campaign featured them in a campaign attack. In contrast, when Romney surrogate John Sununu said on Tuesday morning that he wished "this President would learn how to be an…
Matt Hadro
July 19th, 2012 6:17 PM

Bozell: Obama's 'You Didn't Build That' Comment An 'Astonishing' Glimp

President Barack Obama's now-infamous "you didn't build that" line about entrepreneurs is an "astonishing" example of how the president reveals his true antipathy against the free enterprise system when he's speaking off-the-cuff sans teleprompter, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney on the July 19 edition of Varney & Co. "This is a man who…
NB Staff
July 19th, 2012 5:35 PM

Reuters Thinks Big Unemployment Claims Jump Is a 'Rebound

In case you missed it (which wouldn't be surprising given how quiet the press has been since the related report's release, the Department of Labor reported that initial claims for unemployment rose to a seasonally adjusted 386,000 from a review (up, or course) 352,000 the previous week. An unbylined Reuters report carried at CNBC (HT to an NB tipster) bizarrely described this result as a "…
Tom Blumer
July 19th, 2012 5:26 PM

Minnesota Gov: Sorry for Comparing NFL Players to War Veterans

AP reports Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D), a liberal department-store heir, was pressed to apologize for declaring in a Minnesota Public Radio interview that troubled pro football players are comparable to American veterans returned from war. Dayton theorized on the troubles of professional football players, including Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, and said that football was…
Tim Graham
July 19th, 2012 5:18 PM

Coulter Column: Democrats' Ideal Voter: Illegal Alien, Single Mother

Before taking the oath of office, Barack Obama vowed to fundamentally transform the United States. He has certainly done so. For example, Obama has:
Ann Coulter
July 19th, 2012 5:15 PM

Huffington Post Mangles Bible to Bash Chick-fil-A

The media crusade against Christian company Chick-fil-A for upholding Christian values and support companies favoring traditional marriage has reached new depths of insanity. In a satire piece blasting Chick-fil-A, Huffington Post contributor Domenick Scudera used his biblical ignorance to bash the Christian restaurant. Scudera lambasted the Christian firm in a July 19 article snidely titled…
Paul Wilson
July 19th, 2012 4:27 PM

Obama Administration Guts Historic Welfare Reform Bill; Networks Newsc

One week ago, the Obama/Sebelius Health & Human Services issued a memo that, for all intents and purposes, eviscerates the central provision of the historic 1996 welfare reform bill: work requirements for welfare recipients. "The new policy guts the federal work requirements that were the foundation of the reform law. The Obama directive bludgeons the letter and intent of the actual…
Ken Shepherd
July 19th, 2012 4:05 PM