CMI COMMENTARY: Pageants and "Prosti-Tots

TLC's boundary pushing "Toddlers and Tiaras" has officially crossed the line.
L. Brent Bozell III
September 16th, 2011 2:26 PM

Scarborough Accuses GOP Debate Audience of 'Applauding the Death of a

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Friday said the people in the audience at Monday's Republican presidential debate were "applauding the death of a young man without health insurance" and therefore were like the John Birchers "that Bill Buckley kicked out of the conservative movement in the mid-1960s." Unfortunately, the host of "Morning Joe" has, like so many others in the media, badly…
Noel Sheppard
September 16th, 2011 2:00 PM

WaPo 'Lunchline' Email: 'Abortion Rights Supporters... Dealt a Major B

Update (15:30 EDT): Yates notes our criticism on Facebook (see screen capture at bottom of post) In today's "Lunchline" -- a free Washington Post e-mail newsletter with teasers and links to stories in the day's paper and on the website -- staffer Clinton Yates linked to Anita Kumar's story on Virginia's Board of Health adopting new regulations on the state's abortion clinics. Yates's tease…
Ken Shepherd
September 16th, 2011 1:58 PM

NYT's Krugman Hears Non-Existent Eruption of Crowd Cheering Death

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman just can't stop offending of late. Krugman confounded even liberals with his ill-timed blog post on the morning of September 11 decrying President George W. Bush and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as “fake heroes” in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. In his Friday column “Free To Die,” he suggested Republicans would prefer people die for…
Clay Waters
September 16th, 2011 1:55 PM

James Carville: Tea Party Delights In Mass Death

In a completely out-of-left-field smear posted on CNN.com, James Carville called the GOP presidential field "mortality-fascinated" and ripped the entire Tea Party as a bunch of bloodthirsty sadists. The outspoken Democratic strategist, addressing Obama in a letter, wrote "This may be news to you but this is not going well. For precedent, see Russian Army 64th division at Stalingrad. There…
Matt Hadro
September 16th, 2011 1:22 PM

Va. Passes Abortion Regs Favored by 55% of Voters, WaPo Notes NARAL Ac

The Washington Post is no opponent of economic regulation. But dare to touch the largely unregulated abortion industry and it's quite a different story. In a 23-paragraph Metro section front-pager entitled "Stricter Va. rules on abortion gain,"* Post staffer Anita Kumar --see our archive on her bias here -- noted in her lead paragraph that "the Virginia Board of Health overwhelmingly approved…
Ken Shepherd
September 16th, 2011 11:53 AM

With Poverty on the Rise, NBC Urges More Welfare Spending; No Blame fo

On Friday's NBC Today, correspondent Tom Costello described how "Nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty. 16 million are children. That's 3 million more than three years ago." However, nowhere in his report on the growing problem did he mention the Obama administration's failed economic policies as a cause. Instead, Costello lamented over possible cuts to government welfare programs…
Kyle Drennen
September 16th, 2011 11:48 AM

Open Thread: How About a Real Jobs Plan

Last Thursday, President Obama unveiled his "American Jobs Act" to a joint session of Congress with a new plan for job creation. The plan takes a Keynesian approach, much like his previous stimulus bills, but with little success from them, it seems that Obama's American Jobs Act is not so much an economic plan as a political plan for his reelection. Obama and his advisors recognize that they…
NB Staff
September 16th, 2011 11:05 AM

Ron Paul Was Right

In the Republican presidential candidates debate Monday night in Tampa, CNN's Wolf Blitzer posed a hypothetical question. Normally, a hypothetical question should not be answered, but in this case it revealed something about the questioner and sparked a controversial, but necessary answer from Rep. Ron Paul. For those watching the two Monday Night Football games, the question was: "A healthy…
Cal Thomas
September 16th, 2011 11:01 AM

MSNBC Prime Time Programs Still Haven't Reported Obama's Solyndra Scan

As the scandal involving failed solar panel company Solyndra and President Obama grows, the prime time programs at the so-called "news network" known as MSNBC continue to ignore it. Despite the announcement of the Solyndra bankruptcy on August 31, "Hardball," "PoliticsNation," "The Last Word," "The Rachel Maddow Show," and "The Ed Show" have not done one single report on the subject.
Noel Sheppard
September 16th, 2011 9:54 AM

'Media Mash': Biased Debate Questions Edition

"We counted, in the Republican debate [hosted by MSNBC at the Reagan Library], we counted 26 ideological questions.... Out 26 questions, how many do you think came with a left-wing ideological bent?" NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell asked Fox News host Sean Hannity on his eponymous program last night. "Twenty-five out of 26" Bozell informed a stumped Hannity, referring to a study released…
NB Staff
September 16th, 2011 9:53 AM

Williams Frets Plight of Blacks Dismissed as Focus is Instead on ‘Ta

Monday’s NBC Nightly News featured Brian Williams’ questions from the left to President Barack Obama about liberal exasperation with the President and on Thursday night Williams re-purposed that interview again, this time as a hook to devote nearly six minutes to how African-Americans are disappointed with Obama as Williams advanced the agenda of two left-wing activists, one of them from PBS…
Brent Baker
September 16th, 2011 9:40 AM

Fox's Megyn Kelly: Disapprove of Chaz Bono? You're Pushing for Violenc

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly is going to earn an award from LGBT activists for getting vein-popping angry on The O’Reilly Factor Thursday that psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow would dare to suggest parents may want to flip the remote away from “transgender” activist Chaz Bono on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars on Monday. Who said Fox News was the right-wing channel? There was Kelly, insisting to O’…
Tim Graham
September 16th, 2011 9:03 AM

Daily Show: Bachmann Only Supports 'Woman's Right to Choose' Cancer

On Thursday's Daily Show on Comedy Central, Kristen Schaal played the part of "senior women's issues correspondent" to inject humor into the clash between Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry over the Texas governor's support for mandating HPV vaccinations to prevent girls from contracting cervical cancer later in life. As she weighed which candidate would be…
Brad Wilmouth
September 16th, 2011 8:48 AM