Malkin Column: Anti-American Asians Don't Speak for Me
Martial arts movie legend Jackie Chan deserves a rhetorical roundhouse kick to the mouth. So does his pal PSY, the Korean rapper whose "Gangnam Style" music video has racked up more than a billion views worldwide. Both men have raked in big bucks from Western fans while trashing the very freedoms and cultures that made them superstars.
Last week, The Washington Post spotlighted a recent…
January 21st, 2013 6:05 PM
On Inauguration Day, Joe Scarborough Continues Assault on NRA and Thei
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, who now spends much of his Morning Joe program trashing the Republican Party and various conservatives, used the inauguration of Barack Obama as another chance to slime the National Rifle Association. The former Republican Congressman sneered at the National Rifle Association, suggesting that the gun group is promoting the "big lie" that government will come after most…
January 21st, 2013 5:37 PM
CNN Hosts Wave to Obama Like Admirers
After CNN correspondent Jim Acosta felt like pinching himself at Monday's inauguration parade, host Wolf Blitzer couldn't contain himself as he tried to get the attention of both President Obama and Vice President Biden.
Blitzer gushed that "Look, this is history over here," as the President and First Lady made their way down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House. He waved to Obama…
January 21st, 2013 5:35 PM
George Stephanopoulos Falsely Identifies Celtics Legend Bill Russell A
George Stephanopoulos made quite a gaffe during ABC's coverage of Monday's inauguration.
As the camera panned the crowd, Stephanopoulos incorrectly identified Boston Celtics hall of famer Bill Russell as Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman.
January 21st, 2013 5:31 PM
MSNBC's Bashir -- Who Compares Republicans to Stalin, Ceausescu -- Pra
Discussing Barack Obama's second inaugural address with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) shortly after 4 p.m. EST today, MSNBC host Martin Bashir approvingly noted how the president "critiqued some of the negative things" in American politics today, such as when he said "name-calling is not a reasoned debate" and "I've taken an oath to God and country, not to party and faction."
"I was thinking,…
January 21st, 2013 5:11 PM
NBC's Al Roker Yells Like a Groupie at Obama and Biden During Inaugura
Like one of President Obama's adoring fans camped out along the inaugural parade route on Monday, during live MSNBC coverage of the event, NBC Today weatherman Al Roker excitedly yelled at Obama and later Vice President Biden to get their attention as they walked by. His hard-hitting question to the President of the United States: "Is the weather good?"
January 21st, 2013 5:10 PM
Giddy CNN Correspondent: ‘I Feel Like I Should Pinch Myself Right No
CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was positively giddy while covering President Obama's inauguration parade on Monday afternoon, and didn't hold back his feelings on-air.
"You know, I feel like I should pinch myself right now, Wolf. I can't believe I have this vantage point of history in the making," Acosta gushed. [Video below the break. Audio here.]
January 21st, 2013 4:22 PM
NBC's Williams Invites Colin Powell to Slam GOP 'Hatred' and 'Nastines
In an exchange with former Secretary of State and prominent Obama supporter Colin Powell during NBC's live inauguration coverage on Monday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams urged Powell to go after Republicans: "General, there's just flat-out hatred out there, too. There's nastiness out there in the land. There's nastiness between these two parties....Let's especially go to the Republican…
January 21st, 2013 4:11 PM
NYT's Tale of Three Inaugurals: 'Questioning the Propriety' of Bush, B
A tale of three presidential inaugurations during wartime and strife. The New York Times found it bad form for Republicans to spend $40 million on President Bush's second inauguration in January 2005, during a time of war. A January 11, 2005 editorial on Bush's second inauguration, "Victor's Spoils," sniffed:
At the rate President Bush's supporters are giving money, his second inauguration…
January 21st, 2013 4:07 PM
MSNBC's Hayes: 'We Are Now on the Frontier of Climate Disaster
As Barack Obama enters his second term, his inaugural address delivered today, showed an undeniably strong shift to the left. The mentions of climate change and gay rights were much more overt, and was music to the ears of liberal media cheerleaders. One such commenter, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, seized on the occasion to hail the president for noticing that we’re on the “frontier of climate…
January 21st, 2013 3:48 PM
DiCaprio Claims ‘Normal Person Does Not Drive More’ Than 31 Miles
Film star Leonardo DiCaprio seems a bit confused. He recently promised to “fly around the world doing good for the environment,” apparently forgetting it will take a whole lot of fossil fuels to do it, unless he sprouts wings.
He also made the strange claim that a “normal” person drives less than 50 km (31 miles) a day, a distance which can easily be handled by an electric car. Only, flying…
January 21st, 2013 3:48 PM
Chris Matthews: The Only Way GOP Can Win Is To Rig Elections
Chris Matthews, infamous for throwing out outrageous attacks against Republicans, has chosen President Obama’s second inauguration as a perfect opportunity to slam the GOP as a party of cheaters. Speaking with the all-liberal MSNBC inauguration panel, Matthews suggested that in future elections, the only way Republicans can win election is if they rig them in their favor.
Matthews’ rant…
January 21st, 2013 3:17 PM
CNN Hosts Wowed by Obama's Second Inaugural Address
During President Obama's second inaugural address on Monday, some CNN hosts couldn't hold back their amazement on Twitter.
"Obama sounding more and more like Martin Luther King as this speech goes on - powerful, rousing rhetoric. #inauguration," tweeted Piers Morgan.
January 21st, 2013 3:06 PM
CNN Asks Steve King If GOP Is 'Chastened' By Election Losses
During CNN's inauguration coverage on Monday's Starting Point, correspondent John King helped bolster President Obama's image as he asked Tea Party Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) if Republicans were "chastened" by Democratic electoral victories.
"The President won an election that many historians say he shouldn't have won, given the high unemployment rate, given the sluggish recovery. He…
January 21st, 2013 2:45 PM