Politico Impeachment Story Goes Full Laughable Drama Queen

Politico Magazine published a story about a congresswoman struggling with impeachment with such laughable melodrama as to provide inadvertent comedy entertainment.
P.J. Gladnick
September 30th, 2019 6:59 AM

CBS's 'NCIS: LA' Claims Hijab Not ‘Overt Political Statement’ in Iran

NCIS: Los Angeles aired its eleventh season Sunday night. The episode "Let Fate Decide" was a compelling watch, given that the team is fighting against ISIS and attempting to stop an all-out war, but of course since the episode involves the Middle East, the writers felt it necessary to include a scene praising the hijab and its wearers, blatantly ignoring the fact that in many Middle Eastern…
Sadi Martin
September 30th, 2019 12:46 AM

‘Preacher’ Finale: Better off Without ‘Needy Little B*tch' Like God

We’ve finally come to the end of AMC’s Preacher, and what a mess it has been getting here. From stomach-churning gore to constant blasphemy to straight up portraying God as the bad guy, it’s been nonstop hatred towards a faith that inspires literally billions. And now, after four seasons, the show finally signs off with probably the most slanderous and yet most predictable sentiment of them all.
Lindsay Kornick
September 30th, 2019 12:27 AM

Media Link Karen Pence to Racial Bullying Incident [UPDATED]

Between Friday morning and Saturday morning, several shows on CNN, CBS, and NBC took the time to highlight a bullying case in which three white boys allegedly held down a black classmate and forceably cut her long hair after a history of taunting her. Even though it had nothing to do with the story, several shows made a point of noting that Vice President Mike Pence's wife, Karen, teaches at the…
Brad Wilmouth
September 29th, 2019 10:45 PM

On Fox, Mark Levin Slams Press Lies, Impeachment by Anonymous Source

Fox & Friends invited author and national talk-show host Mark Levin on Sunday to discuss the budding effort by House Democrats to impeach President Trump. Levin ripped the media repeatedly, and protested the idea that the Democrats are going to try and remove the president from office by using an anonymous "whistleblower" who didn't even have first-hand access to the events that are allegedly…
Tim Graham
September 29th, 2019 8:35 PM

NY Times Hails Bush-Hating ‘American Hero’ Joseph Wilson in Obituary

New York Times reporters David Sanger and Neil Genzlinger marked the passing of Joseph Wilson, who became a media hero in 2003, when he published an op-ed in the New York Times challenging the Bush administration’s case for war in Iraq. He became a fierce anti-war activist against President Bush and the case for war against Saddam Hussein. The Times used Wilson’s death as a chance to push an…
Clay Waters
September 29th, 2019 7:25 PM

Graham Pushes Back on CBS's Brennan Hyping Whistleblower Hearsay

Margaret Brennan on Sunday's Face The Nation seemed to place her faith in the veracity of second hand information produced by the whistleblower concerning the phone call between the Ukrainian president and President Donald Trump. Secondhand information which could be properly labeled as "hearsay" which is what guest Senator Lindsey Graham called it.
P.J. Gladnick
September 29th, 2019 6:45 PM

Amanpour Links Immigrant 'Kids in Cages' to Slavery Legacy

On Friday's Amanpour and Company show on PBS, host Christiane Amanpour joined guest Ta-Nehisi Coates in linking the legacy of slavery in America to illegal immigrant children being held in cage-like detention centers as Coates promoted his new book, The Water Dancer. Amanpour even commented that it was "hard" to hear her guest say the words "kids in cages," even though these detention centers…
Brad Wilmouth
September 29th, 2019 6:18 PM

‘F*ck’em, F*ck’em’: Stelter Invites DeNiro On to Curse Out Fox News

As if actor Robert DeNiro’s political opinion held any kind of special place in America, CNN media janitor and host of so-called “Reliable Sources” Brian Stelter invited the foul-mouth on his show to get his opinion about President Trump’s possible impeachment. In the midst of that, Stelter teed up DeNiro to lash out at Fox News for criticizing him, which led to an unhinged outburst where the…
Nicholas Fondacaro
September 29th, 2019 3:00 PM

MSNBC Contributor: Impeachment So Simple 'Even Fox Viewers Understand'

On Joy Reid's MSNBC show, Gabe Sherman, an MSNBC contributor and author of a book about Fox News creator Roger Ailes, says that the case supporting the impeachment of President Trump is "a very simple story that even a Fox audience can understand."
Mark Finkelstein
September 29th, 2019 12:56 PM

Pauley Tees Up 'Gutsy Woman' Hillary to Call for Trump's Impeachment

Just as with all her previous interviews with the former first lady, Jane Pauley’s sit down with Hillary Clinton for CBS Sunday Morning was a gooey puff piece. This time, however, the specter of President Trump’s possible impeachment loomed large as Pauley teed up the “gutsy woman” to call on Democrats to start an inquiry; and fret for what another four years under Trump would look like.
Nicholas Fondacaro
September 29th, 2019 11:51 AM

ABC Claims New Poll Shows Impeach Support ‘Climbing’, They Didn’t Ask

“The survey did not include a question about respondents' support or opposition to an impeachment inquiry,” ABC News explained in a Sunday morning article about the results of their new ABC News/Ipsos poll on President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine. Despite not asking about their support for impeachment, chief anchor and Clinton lackey George Stephanopoulos appeared on Good Morning America and…
Nicholas Fondacaro
September 29th, 2019 10:17 AM

New Book Asserts 'White Rage' At Root Of Brady's Popularity

Tom Brady's six Super Bowl titles are not the reason for his popularity, says a University of Rhode Island associate professor. His popularity is really due to white rage and white supremacy, says English Professor Kyle Kusz in a badly over-reaching chapter in a new book published by Macmillan. Matthew Impelli reports the story in Newsweek.
Jay Maxson
September 29th, 2019 10:00 AM

Tapper Gripes: Unlike Nixon, Trump Has Fox News, Die-Hard Websites

During a special two-hour edition of The Lead Friday titled “The White House in Crisis,” host Jake Tapper and the panel repeatedly compared President Trump to former President Richard Nixon as they focused on the impeachment drama that has engulfed Washington and the media. While they spent most of the segment trying to draw similarities between the two men, the panel also noted a few differences…
Ryan Foley
September 29th, 2019 8:49 AM