NFL Draft Watcher? Johnny Manziel Is Your Fault, Says NYT Front Page
The NFL draft has become must-see-TV for a lot of people, and New York Times pro football writer John Branch does not approve. In fact, he implies that excessive public focus may have ruined Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel's NFL career and life. Branch gained valuable space on the front of Monday’s New York Times with "In Manziel, a Draft Machine’s Human Cost.” Branch excoriated…
Second Amendment Win: This Anti-Gun MSNBC Host Is Gone
Fans of the Second Amendment will have to deal with one less anti-gun host on MSNBC: Alex Wagner. The journalist is leaving the network and moving to The Atlantic, the magazine announced on Tuesday. According to Politico, “Wagner will not just be writing for the outlet, she will also play a major role in its live events and video projects.”
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CBS Touts ‘Hamilton’ Actor Lobbying Paul Ryan on Puerto Rico Bailout
During an interview with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King cued up a clip of Hamilton actor Lin-Manuel Miranda rapping his demand that Congress provide financial aid to Puerto Rico. On HBO’s Last Week Tonight on Sunday, left-wing host John Oliver capped off a lengthy monologue lobbying Congress to provide assistance to the island with the musical…
Washington Post Skips: Is Amazon's Same-Day Delivery Racist?
According to a Bloomberg analysis, Amazon’s same day delivery service often excludes black neighborhoods and calls into question whether or not Amazon should consider race when providing elite Amazon Prime delivery.
If you heard about this story, chances are you read it in USA Today or The Boston Globe, but not The Washington Post. Why not the Post? Well, consider the paper is now owned by…
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Huffington Defends Anti-Trump Coverage as 'Responsible Journalism'
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's New Day on CNN to plug her book, The Sleep Revolution, Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post defended the Post's over-the-top coverage hitting GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Huffington recalled the editor's note that accompanies every article about Trump -- which calls him a "rampant xenophobe" and "racist" who "incites political violence" -- and…
Delusional AP Treats Awful Economic Report as ‘Rebound’
Today's stories at the business wires covering this morning's disastrous durable goods report from the Census Bureau ranged from good to absolutely horrid. March orders only increased by a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent, less than half of the 1.7 percent to 2.0 percent increase that was expected. Additionally, February's originally reported decline of 2.8 percent was revised down to -3.1 percent…
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Worst of Wilmore: WH Correspondents Dinner Host’s Most Obnoxious Jokes
When Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore plugged his White House Correspondents’ Association dinner hosting gig on CBS This Morning, the hosts absurdly praised him for being a “passionate centrist.” But if a review of his hosting duties at The Nightly Show is an indicator of who he will skewer the most at Saturday’s event, expect a lot of crass shots taken at the Republicans who are running for…
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HBO's Gumbel to NBA, NFL: Punish North Carolina for Its 'Bigotry'
On the April 19, 2016 edition of Real Sports, HBO's Bryant Gumbel urged the top executives of the NBA, NFL, and the NCAA to penalize North Carolina over H.B. 2, which he underlined has been "labeled the most extreme anti-LGBT measure in the country." Gumbel claimed that the new law "uses the guise of bathroom concerns to deny certain rights to gay and transgender people, and effectively green…
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On Refugees, Rose Tees Up Obama to Slam Europe’s ‘Far Right’
During an interview with President Obama in Germany, aired on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning, co-host Charlie Rose lobbed softballs that invited Obama to condemn any European opposition to taking in refugees from the Middle East as “far-right nationalism.” Rose observed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Obama’s “favorite global leader...willing to make moral decisions when it may not be in her…
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Stephanopoulos to Sanders: Swear ‘Unconditional Support’ to Hillary
Former Bill Clinton operative George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday urged Bernie Sanders to swear “unconditional support” to Hillary Clinton. The Good Morning America co-host played a video clip of the Democratic front-runner and then demanded, “Are you prepared to give her your unconditional support if she gets the delegates?”
WashPost: 'Idiotic' for Tim Robbins to Say Hillary's Stealing Election
Radical-left actor Tim Robbins is channeling the spirit of Gore-Lieberman 2000 and alleging the “election is being stolen” from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. There’s a giant conspiracy and the “machines are rigged.”
The big difference this time is the media hate this complaint. “This is a very bad tweet,” lamented Philip Bump at The Washington Post. It's even "idiotic."
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Larry Wilmore: 'Which Type of Execution' Should Be Used on Gov Snyder?
Monday was an important date for the people of Flint Michigan. April 25 is the date two years ago when the city’s water source was switched to the Flint River and Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore commemorated the event by using his Nightly Show to imagine the best way to kill the state’s Republican governor: “What do you think should happen to Governor Snyder?” Before the guest could answer,…
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Bee: Andrew Jackson Was a ‘Genocidal Prick’ ‘Like Trump'
On the April 25 episode of TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, the crass liberal comedienne continued her familiar routine of bashing conservatives with vulgar language and gross sexual jokes. Talking about the supposed conservative “backlash” for Harriet Tubman replacing Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill, Bee fumed: “He was not a founding father, he was a genocidal prick!”
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AP Reporter Outraged by State Dept. Spox's Claim About Troops in Syria
State Department spokesman John Kirby did a fist-pounding imitation of Baghdad Bob at a press conference today on the Obama administration's decision "to send 250 more troops to Syria." Note that the Associated Press report by Kathleen Hennessey linked in the first paragraph refers to "troops," not "advisers" or "trainers." This is important, because that AP report acknowledges that in…
