ABC Legal Analyst: George Zimmerman Has to 'Prove That Trayvon Martin

Since that awful Sunday in Sanford, Florida, back in February, the media have shown time and time again they don't understand how the American justice system works. Take ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams who on Thursday's Nightline said, "So even if Zimmerman was on his back, even if he was losing a fight, he still has a lot of explaining to do and is going to have to prove that Trayvon Martin was…
Noel Sheppard
May 18th, 2012 8:41 AM

Jon Lovitz Slams 'Hypocritical' Obama 'Selling' a 'Victim Mentality

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Hannity show on FNC, comedian Jon Lovitz complained that he finds President Obama's attacks on the wealthy to be "hypocritical" while the President raises so much campaign money from wealthy donors, including from Wall Street, and criticized Obama for "selling" a "victim mentality." After asserting that he does not regret voting for Obama, but that he is…
Brad Wilmouth
May 18th, 2012 8:30 AM

Kathy Griffin Aims Vulgar Name-Calling at ABC's Hasselbeck

On Thursday's Kathy show on Bravo!, host and left-wing comedienne Kathy Griffin called Elisabeth Hasselbeck by two vulgar words after playing a clip of the right-leaning co-host of ABC's The View in which Hasselbeck challenged President Obama to explain the distinction between his own view on how the federal government should treat same-sex marriage as opposed to GOP presidential candidate Mitt…
Brad Wilmouth
May 18th, 2012 5:22 AM

Toure Warns: If Romney Has No Plan, Obama’s ‘Likability Will Crush

Since the 9-11 truther MSNBC contributor who calls himself Toure is in the spotlight, I’d just like to add his appearance on Al Sharpton’s Politics Nation on Tuesday night. He came to proclaim that Obama’s performance on “The View” was masterful: “He was just calm and cool with it. I mean, like I thought there was a really nice way of presenting himself.”   In fact, he predicted “If Mitt…
Tim Graham
May 17th, 2012 9:46 PM

Krauthammer Slams Media’s ‘Appalling Double Standard’ on Teenage

Reacting to Mitt Romney’s discomfort toward proposed independent expenditure ads reminding Americans of President Obama’s connections to Reverend Jeremiah Wright, on FNC Thursday night Charles Krauthammer delivered a rebuke to the media’s presumption raising Wright would be illegitimate. Krauthammer sure didn’t hold back: I think there is an appalling double standard here. It’s okay for…
Brent Baker
May 17th, 2012 8:26 PM

Koch Attorney Slams Bashir: 'Way Your Network' Treated Us 'Led to Deat

Martin Bashir got a scolding on national television Thursday that everyone on MSNBC as well as within the parent companies Comcast and General Electric should receive. During a contentious interview with the general counsel for Koch Industries, Inc., Bashir's guest said, "The way that your network has handled issues with us, the way that a lot in the far-left media have handled issues with us…
Noel Sheppard
May 17th, 2012 7:05 PM

GOP's Anti-Jeremiah Wright Strategy 'Incendiary, Racially Tinged'....B

Thursday's New York Times off-lead by Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg was intended to cause heartburn for the Mitt Romney camp: "G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighing A Hard-Line Attack on Obama." The ad strategy, which was aborted after the Times ran with it on Thursday's front page, would have emphasized Obama's controversial Chicago pastor, the racially inflammatory Jeremiah Wright. But the Times as…
Clay Waters
May 17th, 2012 6:42 PM

Chris Matthews Slimes Romney: Bringing Up Rev. Wright Is Mocking 'Blac

Chris Matthews played the race card on Mitt Romney, Thursday, angrily insisting that the Republican presidential candidate bringing up Jeremiah Wright is the equivalent of  mocking Black History Month. After guest Major Garrett suggested that Romney's attack on Wright indicated, simply, that the Republican was running a primary race, Matthews erupted. The Hardball anchor snarled, "That was…
Scott Whitlock
May 17th, 2012 6:35 PM

'Comforting' News Network: CNN Fawns Over Gay Rights Activist

Zach Wahls is an activist lobbying Congress on behalf of gay rights issues, and yet CNN's Suzanne Malveaux rolled out the red carpet for him with nary a critical question on Thursday's 12 p.m. hour of Newsroom. When Wahls, the author of a book titled "My Two Moms," made light of the "big gay scourge" that some say America faces, Malveaux laughed and flattered him "That was really funny, Zach…
Matt Hadro
May 17th, 2012 6:02 PM

MSNBC's Toure Labels Disco Critics 'Homophobic' and 'Racist

Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Thursday to discuss the passing of disco singer Donna Summer, contributor Toure unleashed a viscous rant against those who didn't care for the music genre: "...there was a homophobic, and to a certain extent racist, response against disco....from large group of fans who wanted to proclaim the resurgence of white male power, of rock 'n roll and…
Kyle Drennen
May 17th, 2012 6:01 PM

MSNBC's Roberts Dismisses Voter ID Laws As 'Voter Suppression Laws

Perhaps liberals are wising up and realizing that comparing voter ID laws to Jim Crow statutes is, well, a bit much. It seems now the preferred term of choice, at least on MSNBC, is simply "voter suppression laws." During the 11 a.m. Eastern hour of MSNBC programming, host Thomas Roberts matter-of-factly labeled voter ID laws as "voter suppression laws" that "could keep minorities and young…
Ken Shepherd
May 17th, 2012 5:45 PM

NBC's Medical Editor Praises Obama Newsweek Cover: Tina Brown Has 'Rev

During the Today's Professionals panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today, NBC chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman cheered the latest cover of Newsweek magazine that proclaimed President Obama to be "The First Gay President": "[Newsweek editor-in-chief] Tina Brown has revolutionized how provocative and how much you can push magazine covers. And when magazines frankly aren't selling, she's…
Kyle Drennen
May 17th, 2012 3:57 PM

NYTimes Hits Police 'Missteps' in Trayvon Martin Case, Played Own Race

The New York Times's Serge Kovaleski reported from Sanford, Fla. on the many "missteps" in the police investigation into the fatal shooting of black youth Treyvon Martin by George Zimmerman: "In Martin Case, Police Missteps Add to Challenges to Find Truth." Of course, the Times and the rest of the media have made plenty of their own mistakes in covering the volatile case. Kovaleski's front-…
Clay Waters
May 17th, 2012 3:41 PM

MSNBC's Toure Teams Up with Rev. Jesse Jackson to Push Religious Black

"Some religious leaders are struggling with President Obama’s support for gay marriage but not the Rev. Jesse Jackson," gushed frequent MSNBC contributor Toure noted in the opening line of his May 17 Time.com "Ideas" blog post as he introduced how he "spoke to the Reverend [Jesse Jackson] about the impact of Obama’s announcement among blacks and the wider community of the faithful." It goes…
Ken Shepherd
May 17th, 2012 3:08 PM