Time Editor Asks Nikki Haley if She'd Give a Bigger Tip to a Sikh Taxi

It's tough to believe this actually happened in the year 2012. During an interview with South Carolina's Republican Governor Nikki Haley, Time magazine's editor-at-large Belinda Luscombe disgracefully said, "In New York City, which you're visiting for a couple of days, a lot of our taxi drivers are Sikhs. If you get one, are you going to give him a slightly bigger tip?"
Noel Sheppard
April 6th, 2012 9:45 AM

Andrea Mitchell: Planned Parenthood 'Really Is' A Noble Organization

Is it the role of a "correspondent," as opposed to a pundit, to advocate on a controversial subject? Apparently Andrea Mitchell thinks it's just fine. On today's Morning Joe, Mitchell, NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent, twice spoke in defense of Planned Parenthood. Mitchell went so far as to claim that Planned Parenthood "really is" a noble organization. Mitchell claimed to…
Mark Finkelstein
April 6th, 2012 9:18 AM

MSNBC's Schultz Insists There is a GOP 'War on Women

On Thursday's The Ed Show, Ed Schultz insisted that there is indeed a "war on women" by Republicans as the MSNBC host responded to a recent interview by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus in which is mocked Democrats for the scurrilous charge. At one point, Schultz absurdly thought it insightful to claim that, "ironically," Republicans deny that there is a "war on women" even though they "lied us into…
Brad Wilmouth
April 6th, 2012 8:40 AM

NYT's Crouse Clubs Men-Only Augusta National 'Boys Club,' Doesn't Want

Sorry, Masters golf tournament, you may be the most prestigious contest in the sport, but you don't meet the exacting standards of feminist activist/NYT golf writer Karen Crouse: "High-ranking players with daughters are not willing to talk about it. Somebody has to make a stand. Why not me in my own little way?” The New York Times reporter is not done with her crusade against Augusta National…
Clay Waters
April 6th, 2012 8:15 AM

MSNBC Touts How Non-News Shows (Like NBC's) Are Helping Obamas Crush R

At the start of Thursday’s “Jansing & Co.” on Thursday morning, substitute host Luke Russert insisted Barack and Michelle Obama are popping up all over network TV, from Barack on the NCAA Final Four championship halftime show to Michelle being on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” So “There's this culture of personality that Mitt Romney just can't compete with.” There you have it: MSNBC saying…
Tim Graham
April 6th, 2012 7:02 AM

Randi Rhodes, Ed Schultz Rip Into Nikki Haley for Her GOP Advocacy on

Liberal radio hosts were not happy with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for her appearance getting sneered at by Joy Behar on "The View" Tuesday. On Wednesday afternoon, Randi Rhodes was angry she insisted women don't care about contraception as much as other issues like the economy. Rhodes summed up: "She told me that I as a woman voter don’t care about contraception. I don’t care about it.…
Tim Graham
April 5th, 2012 11:04 PM

Moonbat Alert! Mike Papantonio Claims Fracking Kills 'Thousands of Ame

Move over, Mike Malloy -- you might not be the most unhinged man in media. Malloy's competition for this dubious distinction comes from Mike Papantonio, co-host of the radio show "Ring of Fire" when he isn't chasing ambulances to drive up billable hours or appearing on MSNBC. (audio clips after page break)
Jack Coleman
April 5th, 2012 8:03 PM

NPR Touts Leftist Campaign Against 'Hardline Conservative Policies

On Thursday's Morning Edition, NPR's Peter Overby slanted towards a left-wing coalition targeting the conservative group ALEC. Overby trumpeted how Coke and Pepsi succumbed to pressure from the "campaign to put a spotlight on companies that sell products to a public that might object to hardline conservative policies, such as 'stand your ground' laws or requirements that voters show a photo I.D…
Matthew Balan
April 5th, 2012 7:00 PM

After 35 Hours, MSNBC Panelist Bravely Admits: 'I Don't Agree With Joe

It only took 35 hours for MSNBC analyst Mark Halperin to bravely announce, "I don't agree with Joe" Scarborough. A day after appearing on his show, the Game Change co-author more firmly refuted Scarborough's pessimistic assessment that the entire GOP establishment thinks Mitt Romney will lose the general election. After Hardball guest host Michael Smerconish played a clip of the negative…
Scott Whitlock
April 5th, 2012 6:46 PM

RNC Chair Fires Back at CNN Host for Reading Democratic Talking Points

In a Thursday morning interview on CNN, RNC chairman Reince Priebus called out host Carol Costello for reading Democratic talking points. Costello had just told her guest that she was trying to wean him away from his talking points, but one can only wonder if she would do the same to DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. When Costello told him "I'm just trying to get you off your talking…
Matt Hadro
April 5th, 2012 6:03 PM

Martin Bashir Brushes Off Seriousness of New Black Panthers' Bounty on

On the April 5 episode of his show, liberal MSNBC host and self-proclaimed ‘journalist’ Bashir excused the bounty placed on George Zimmerman by the New Black Panthers because there are only "five or six of them."  This comment came in a segment with TheGrio.com’s Joy-Ann Reid wherein the two mocked conservatives’ objections to the media coverage of the Trayvon Martin case.  Bashir claimed…
Jeffrey Meyer
April 5th, 2012 5:29 PM

CNBC: Don't Worry, '$4 Gas Isn't That Big of a Deal

In an opinion piece for CNBC.com on Wednesday, Street Signs anchor Brian Sullivan argued: "...for the majority of the country, $4 gas isn't going to doom us or our economy....right now it just doesn't add up. After all, it looks like $5 is the new $4 when it comes to gas prices and the economy." Sullivan cited new car sales being on the rise, with those vehicles having better gas mileage,…
Kyle Drennen
April 5th, 2012 4:39 PM

Matt Damon to Star in Anti-Fracking Film 'Promised Land

With hydraulic fracking looking more and more like the future of American energy independence, the Left are predictably bringing out the big guns to stop it. Doing his part is actor Matt Damon who has co-written and will star in next year's "Promised Land." An email message from documentarians Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer published by Common American Journal Wednesday offered specifics:
Noel Sheppard
April 5th, 2012 4:09 PM

CNN: Some Republican Judges Are 'Deranged by Hatred' of Obama

CNN's senior legal analyst said on Thursday's Starting Point that "some of these Republican judges are just deranged by hatred of the President." Jeffrey Toobin was railing against the three-judge panel on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court that had made the Justice Department write a three page memo about the Obama administration's take on judicial review. Toobin called the act a "disgrace."…
Matt Hadro
April 5th, 2012 3:44 PM