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Chris Matthews: It's 'Fascistic' to Restrict Abortion
While Donald Trump has been getting a lot of scrutiny for his statement that he would approve of some form of "punishment" for women who obtain abortions, it's equally noteworthy to point out that during the same town hall discussion on the abortion question, MSNBC host Chris Matthews denounced as "fascistic" the regulation of abortion.
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ABC, CBS Chide Trump for Abortion But Ignore Nuclear Weapons Comments
Instead of covering Donald Trump’s most recent, surprising statements on foreign policy, two of the three big networks on Wednesday’s evening news broadcasts decided to harp on Trump’s comments about abortion instead. Devoting over 12 minutes, between the three networks, to Trump’s comments about women being punished for getting abortions, NBC was the only one to bring up Trump’s comments about…
Blogger: ‘Bat-Sh*t Crazy’ GOPers Still Won’t Admit Obamacare Works
“I’ve made up my mind -- don’t confuse me with the facts” could be Republicans’ unofficial motto when it comes to Obamacare, suggested New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait in a Tuesday post concerning decreased growth in health-care costs.
Chait asserted that “some aspects of the lower health-care-inflation rate can be clearly tied to Obamacare reforms,” though he allowed that “it’s impossible to…
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CBS Leads Fight Versus Religious Freedom Law 'Roiled...By Bigotry'
All too happy to give a hand to those opposed to religious freedom laws, the CBS Evening News continued to play its part in chastising those in favor of religious freedom and so-called bathroom bills with North Carolina’s version being “roiled by backlash, boycott threats, and bigotry allegations.”
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WATCH: MSNBC Town Hall Shows Disdain for NYC Mayor de Blasio
After being introduced to ask Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) a question at tonight's MSNBC town hall hosted by Chuck Todd, a woman named Nina de Blasio added she was no relation to the leftist mayor of New York city. At that point, the crowd erupted in applause.
Campus Lunacy
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni publishes occasional reports on what college students know. Nearly 10 percent of the college graduates surveyed thought Judith Sheindlin, TV's "Judge Judy," is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Less than 20 percent of the college graduates knew the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation. More than a quarter of the college graduates did not know…
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Silverman: Vote for Sanders Because Socialism Is 'Wildly American'
Liberal comedian and actress Sarah Silverman released a video on Monday claiming socialism is “wildly American” and explaining why she supports U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “I met someone I have more in common with.”
According to Silverman, Sanders is a once-in-a-lifetime candidate who has voted “on the right side of history every single time” even…
MSNBC's Carmon: 'FDA Move Could Radically Transform Abortion Access'
"Advocates for abortion rights don’t get a lot of good news, but Wednesday brought some," MSNBC.com's Irin Carmon gleefully opened her March 30 story, "FDA move could radically transform abortion access."
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NPR Hypes 'Cranky News Consumer' Obama's Critique of the Media
NPR's Scott Horsley acted as a stenographer for President Obama on Tuesday's Morning Edition, as he reported on the Democrat's Monday slam of the news media. Horsley played up how the President "spoke as a politician who's been on the receiving end of tough questions; but also as a somewhat cranky news consumer who thinks too many reporters are falling down on the job." The correspondent also…
Misbehaving Trump Aide Gets 8 Times More Airtime than Huma's Scandal
In just the last three weeks, ABC, CBS and NBC’s evening newscasts have generated nearly 16 minutes of coverage looking at charges of misconduct against Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. That’s more than eight times the coverage than they’ve given over the past eight months to serious questions surrounding top Clinton aide Huma Abedin for her role in a variety of Clinton scandals…
USA Today Pushes Op-Ed: 'Fox News, a Bully That Just Can't Take It'
USA Today (and other newspapers on the USA Today Network) are running an editorial by Steven Strauss whacking away at Fox News. The headline: “Fox News a bully that just can’t take it.” The network loves spreading “sick right-wing obsessions,” but draws the line when Donald Trump attacks Megyn Kelly.
"Someone’s got to say it: Sick right wing obsessions were just fine with Fox until Trump became…
Daily Beast Cheers 'Progress' As FDA Makes Rx Abortion-Pill Use Easier
The Obama FDA today changed labeling requirements for use of the RU-486 abortion pill. Noting the revision, the Daily Beast website cheered the move as "progress."
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CNN Misleadingly Labels Cruz's Muslim Brotherhood Line 'False'
On Tuesday's CNN Tonight, Tom Foreman failed to tell the whole story about the Muslim Brotherhood as he targeted Senator Ted Cruz for a statement that he made about the Islamist group. Foreman noted that Cruz attacked the Brotherhood as a "terrorist organization," and cited how "the U.S. State Department has an official list of 59 foreign terrorist groups...and the Muslim Brotherhood is not on…
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ABC, CBS Hype ‘Growing Backlash’ Against North Carolina
Both ABC and CBS on Wednesday hyped the “growing backlash” against North Carolina in the wake of the state’s law that stops localities from adding ordinances protecting gay rights. Highlighting the effort against the socially conservative effort, CBS This Morning’s Gayle King promoted, “More than 80 business leaders released a yesterday calling for a repeal of the measure. They include Facebook's…
