Column: Michelle Obama, Saintly Buck-Raker?

The Obamas were awarded a book deal worth an estimated $65 million for their memoirs, hers and then his. They also struck an estimated $50 million production deal with Netflix. (We don’t have actual numbers. Could someone in the media ask for a tax return?) Now, with this self-aggrandizing documentary about Michelle's book tour on Netflix, the second deal is being used to accentuate the profits…
Tim Graham
May 1st, 2020 6:23 AM

CW Drama: Owning Gun Means 'More Likely to Be Victim of Gun Violence'

In season two of CW’s In the Dark, Murphy (Perry Mattfeld), Jess (Brooke Markham), and Felix (Morgan Krantz) are in the shady business of laundering money for crime boss Nia (Nicki Micheaux). To better protect himself, Felix decides to borrow a gun from his mother.
Rebecca Downs
May 1st, 2020 12:23 AM

Seth Meyers Slams 'Conservative Movement' as a 'Fraud'

On the late Wednesday/early Thursday edition of the Late Night show on NBC, host Seth Meyers excoriated the "conservative movement" as a "fraud' as he attacked Vice President Mike Pence for not wearing a mask to visit a Mayo clinic, Fox News hosts for pushing to begin reopening the economy, and FreedomWorks for applying for a federal government loan.
Brad Wilmouth
April 30th, 2020 11:52 PM

Evening Nets End Their Tara Reade Blackout, Come to Biden’s Defense

Finally, the evening newscasts of ABC and CBS broke their silence on the rape accusation against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. While their respective morning newscasts had already covered the topic, Thursday night was the first time NBC News had dared to give it airtime. The contrast was stark in how they covered the accusations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where their mission was…
Nicholas Fondacaro
April 30th, 2020 9:41 PM

MSNBC Books Ex-Planned Parenthood Boss to Say Govt. Has 'Failed Women'

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell is determined show to prove that in any crisis, women are the hardest hit. Mitchell invited former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post on at the conclusion of Wednesday show for a gratuitously divisive segment that argued women have it hardest during the current pandemic and the answer is to enact longstanding left-wing…
Alex Christy
April 30th, 2020 8:25 PM

Telemundo Has Questions for Potential Latina Biden VP, Except...Reade

Telemundo's morning kaffeeklatsch, Un Nuevo Día, did a shameful disservice to all of the nation's women -Hispanic women in particular – by bringing in Catherine Cortez Masto, (D-NV), the first Latina senator in the United States, for a softball interview that made zero reference to the recent accusations of sexual harassment against the former senator by then staffer Tara Reade. Cortez Masto has…
Kathleen Krumhansl
April 30th, 2020 7:14 PM

Twitter Allows Chinese COVID-19 Propaganda Video to Blame America

Twitter’s rules against “misinformation” don’t apply to everyone. The platform didn’t stop a full-blown anti-American propaganda video from being released by the Chinese government. And this isn’t the first time Twitter allowed Chinese propaganda. The Chinese Embassy in France uploaded an absurd, lego-based propaganda video at 10:54 a.m. Apr 30. The Ambassade de Chine en France’s video “Once Upon…
Alexander Hall
April 30th, 2020 6:45 PM

FINALLY: ABC Relents and Covers Sexual Assault Claim Against Joe Biden

After ignoring it for 36 days, ABC News on Thursday finally covered the sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden. Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos, who worked for alleged sexual abuser Bill Clinton, belatedly brought ABC viewers up to speed: “Back now with calls force Joe Biden to personally address an allegation of sexual assault by a former staffer who worked in his senate…
Scott Whitlock
April 30th, 2020 5:40 PM

Twitter Rep Avoids Question About Potentially ‘Deleted’ Trump Tweets

Twitter does not seem to have a direct answer as to whether or not it has reduced visibility for President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Twitter’s U.K. Head of Government, Public Policy and Philanthropy, Katy Minshall, was asked by MP Clive Efford if the company “often take[s] action against tweets from the president of the United States?” She seemed unable to answer the question in an April 30…
Corinne Weaver
April 30th, 2020 4:42 PM

MSNBC Touts Dem Scheme to Use Pandemic to Block Conservative Judges

On Thursday, MSNBC repeatedly teed up Democratic senators to argue that the U.S. Senate should not reconvene because doing so may allow Republicans to fill judicial vacancies with conservative nominees. Both the journalists and the liberal lawmakers insisted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was “endangering the lives” of Capitol Hill staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Kyle Drennen
April 30th, 2020 4:18 PM

LA Times Touts Push to Expand Federal Media Ad Spending 400%-900%

The Los Angeles Times touted a new media lobbying effort to expand federal ad spending by billions of dollars for local media companies. In a story headlined, “Rocked by coronavirus losses, TV, radio, newspapers seek government ad dollars,” The Times pushed the case for expanded government-funding of media outlets. “Every year the federal government spends around $1 billion in advertising to…
Joseph Vazquez
April 30th, 2020 4:00 PM

‘Charmed’ Actress Blames Trump’s ‘Every Lie’ for Grandfather’s Death

In an effort to deal with the tragic loss of her grandfather’s passing, one Hollywood actress is blasting Trump’s handling of the virus, insinuating that it killed her loved one. Charmed and Pretty Little Liars actress Holly Marie Combs just suffered an undeniable tragedy, and in her grief went after President Trump on Twitter for contributing to her grandfather’s death from coronavirus.
Gabriel Hays
April 30th, 2020 3:32 PM

FNC Shows What Media IGNORED in Blaming Trump for Fish Cleaner Death

On The Ingraham Angle Wednesday, Fox News host Laura Ingraham blasted the media for blaming President Trump for the bizarre case of a man who died by ingesting fish tank cleaner in March, supposedly thinking it was Hydroxychloroquine. But Ingraham highlighted a new report out in the Washington Free Beacon, which found there may be more to this story than initially reported.
Kristine Marsh
April 30th, 2020 3:31 PM

NYT: Virus Crisis 'Outgrowth of Exploitative' Capitalism, Reaganism

In “Reconciling the Pandemic With the Nation’s Self-Image,” her left-wing essay disguised as news in Wednesday’s New York Times, culture reporter Jennifer Schuessler used an ill-concealed gloating tone, as if the pandemic, which caught the whole world (except China) off guard, is the final blow to naive Reaganesque pride in American uniqueness: ....others see the crisis as the outgrowth of an…
Clay Waters
April 30th, 2020 3:27 PM