Even Chris Matthews Questions Obama's 'Frightening,' Birth Control Dec

Even Chris Matthews, who famously gushed about the "thrill" Barack Obama gave his leg, is troubled by the President's "frightening" decision to force Catholic charities to provide birth control through health care. Discussing the issue on Tuesday's Hardball, the host sputtered, "...How can you make the [religious] teacher pay for birth control without losing their authority, their moral…
Scott Whitlock
February 7th, 2012 6:15 PM

Mika Brzezinski Defends Anti-Catholic HHS Mandate by Rattling Off Obam

On today’s edition of Morning Joe, MSNBC gave a significant amount of coverage to the Obama administration’s federal mandate that religious colleges and hospitals cover contraception in their health insurance plans, regardless of whether doing so would violate their church’s teaching. To no surprise, co-host Mika Brzezinski was prepared for the discussion having talked it out with her handlers…
Brent Scher
February 7th, 2012 5:59 PM

Liberal Media Showed True Colors In Heavily Slanted Treatment of Komen

Media critic Mollie Hemingway, a contributor to GetReligion.org, has an excellent post up today at CNN's Belief Blog about how the liberal media did a horrible job when it came to objectively reporting the implications of the recent Komen for the Cure/Planned Parenthood row. In fact, the media have shown themselves "effective partisans" by telling only "half the story," the half spoon-fed by…
Ken Shepherd
February 7th, 2012 5:57 PM

NPR Touts Planned Parenthood-Commissioned Poll on Contraception Mandat

Is a Planned Parenthood poll really newsworthy? On Tuesday, NPR spotlighted a PPP poll commissioned by the abortion giant which found that a majority apparently supports a federal government mandate on birth control that violates the religious liberty of Catholic institutions. The network also trumpeted how "the poll...suggested that Mitt Romney...could pay a price at the polls" for opposing…
Matthew Balan
February 7th, 2012 5:20 PM

Bashir Honors Dickens' 200th Birthday By Likening Gingrich and Romney

MSNBC's Martin Bashir honored the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth Tuesday by likening Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to two of the author's most reviled creations. "From Ebenezer Scrooge to Wackford Squeers, Dickens created the most pompous, condescending characters who loved nothing more than protecting their own status while humiliating the poor…
Noel Sheppard
February 7th, 2012 4:51 PM

John Heilemann: 'Objections to Gay Marriage Similar to 1960s Laws Agai

On the February 7 edition of MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner, panelist John Heilemann, who writes for New York Magazine, thought it appropriate to equate the gay marriage debate in California to racial bigotry experienced by African-Americans in the 1960s.  During an interview with openly gay former Lieutenant Dan Choi, Heilemann asked former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 7th, 2012 4:48 PM

Politico: Is Nancy Pelosi A 2012 Asset, or Not

On Monday, Politico asked "Will Pelosi Be A 2012 Asset Or Liability?" This is not a question most national political reporters are asking, as Pelosi has worked hard to be invisible. She and Harry Reid almost never grant TV interviews. Neither Pelosi nor Reid are joked about by comedians who are already seeking to avoid Obama jokes. But in 2010, Republicans decimated the "Blue Dog" moderate…
Tim Graham
February 7th, 2012 4:34 PM

NYT's Helene Cooper Basks in 'Obama Camp's Delight' Over Romney Strugg

Potential Obama opponent Mitt Romney is “the gift that keeps on giving” according to the Obama campaign team, the New York Times' Helene Cooper eagerly reports in her Monday “Political Memo,” “The Flub Watch Never Stops for Obama’s Team.” The text box reads: “If Romney makes a misstep, the Democrats are ready to pounce.” And Cooper is right there to cover Team Ohama's glorious Twitter victories…
Clay Waters
February 7th, 2012 3:57 PM

Soledad O'Brien Parrots White House Talking Points on HHS Contraceptio

Even when told that paying for birth control would violate the consciences of certain religious organizations, CNN's Soledad O'Brien wondered why the groups still shouldn't have to cover contraceptives for interested employees. O'Brien cited statistics from the abortion-supportive Guttmacher Institute showing that even the vast majority of Catholic women use birth control. She then asked why…
Matt Hadro
February 7th, 2012 3:19 PM

CBS, ABC Highlight Obama 'Flip-Flop' on Super PACs; NBC Punts

CBS This Morning on Tuesday led its broadcast with the Obama re-election campaign's decision on Monday night to reverse its opposition to super PAC fundraising. Charlie Rose teased the report by noting how "the White House...flip-flops on controversial super PAC donations." ABC's Jake Tapper used the same term on Good Morning America. NBC's Today show completely ignored this breaking…
Matthew Balan
February 7th, 2012 1:37 PM

'Terse, Old' Constitution Outdated for Failing to Guarantee 'Entitleme

Sorry, Founders: The “terse and old” U.S. Constitution has been ruled out of date by Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak for failing to provide such “rights” as free health care. Liptak made the front of Tuesday’s New York Times “Sidebar” news analysis, “‘We the People’ Loses Followers,” the paper’s most e-mailed and viewed news story of the morning.
Clay Waters
February 7th, 2012 1:07 PM

ABC Finally Breaks Silence on Obama's Birth Control Attack, CBS Still

ABC broke network silence on Tuesday, finally offering a report on the Obama administration's decision to force religious organizations to provide birth control in their health care plans. CBS again skipped the subject. On NBC's Today, Andrea Mitchell admitted that the action has "even touched a nerve with some liberal Democrats." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] While Mitchell underlined…
Scott Whitlock
February 7th, 2012 12:30 PM

The False Gospel of Barack Obama

For 60 years the National Prayer Breakfast has been a nonpolitical event where speakers put aside their earthly biases and focus on a Higher Authority. Last Thursday, President Obama departed from that tradition to claim the endorsement of Jesus for raising taxes. It beat the endorsement of Mitt Romney by Donald Trump. In his remarks, the president quoted Luke 12:48: "From everyone who has…
Cal Thomas
February 7th, 2012 12:05 PM

CNN Demeans Republicans as Drag Queens

Dismissing Missouri's GOP Primary as nothing more than a "beauty contest," CNN contributor John Avlon used an image of Republican candidates in ball gowns and tiaras to make his point. The segment aired on Monday's OutFront around 7:15 p.m. "I just want to give people time to soak in that beautiful graphic," Avlon mused as the picture of Republicans as beauty queens appeared in the background…
Matt Hadro
February 7th, 2012 11:28 AM