NY Times's Correction on Vaccines Fixes Misattribution of Walker Quote
February 4th, 2015 11:45 PM
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh believes that because the center-right media and blogosphere pushed back against the vaccine vendetta campaign against Republicans and conservatives, the establishment press is sharply backing away from trying to capitalize on it, especially because both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been shown to have played to the anti-vaxxer crowd during the 2008…
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CNN's Cuomo to Carson: GOP is 'Always Pushing Back Against Science'
February 4th, 2015 5:46 PM
CNN's Chris Cuomo forwarded the latest liberal attack on conservatives/Republicans on Wednesday's New Day as he interviewed potential GOP presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson. Cuomo hounded the neurosurgeon on the ongoing measles outbreak, and asserted that "this has been politicized now. You see a couple of your potential opponents coming out – and it seems as though the Republican Party has a…
CBS Interviews Surgeon General, Ignores Controversial Left-Wing Views
February 4th, 2015 5:04 PM
Touting Dr. Vivek Murthy "making history" as the "first surgeon general of Indian descent" and "one of the youngest in history," CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose welcomed the nation's new top doctor to the show Wednesday morning for "his first television interview." Rose never explained that the reason for the delayed Senate confirmation was Murthy's own partisan background and…
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The Daily Show Revisited: Slammed 'Left-Leaning Idiocy' on Vaccines
February 4th, 2015 3:29 PM
Yes but that was so last June, before liberals grasped that concern about vaccinations could help fill the gaping void left by the war-on-women meme that had run its course and no longer drove their voters to the polls.
Thanks to dubious remarks about vaccines by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, two likely GOP candidates for president, left wingers are hopeful…
Lefty Blogger: ‘The Anti-Vaccination Left Should…STFU’
February 4th, 2015 3:26 PM
The Esquire pundit admits that Democrats are vulnerable because of the “very active, and loud, liberal claque opposed to compulsory vaccination,” and notes that both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama “wobbled on the issue a bit while campaigning six years ago.”
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NBC Turns to Quarantine Violator to Preach About 'Public Health'
February 4th, 2015 1:02 PM
Brian Williams brought on infamous Ebola quarantine violator Dr. Nancy Snyderman on Tuesday's NBC Nightly News for her take on the resurgence of measles. Dr. Snyderman underlined that "it's inherently important that those of us who are healthy vaccinate ourselves to protect those who are less vulnerable in society. That's why it's called public health." Of course, the NBC chief medical editor…
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CBS Pushes Peggy Noonan To Admit GOP Has Vaccine Problem
February 4th, 2015 12:55 PM
On Wednesday, CBS This Morning hosted Peggy Noonan to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding the measles vaccine. Throughout the interview, CBS co-hosts Norah O’Donnell and Gayle King pressed Noonan to admit that the GOP has an anti-vaccine problem while omitting President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s previous anti-vaccine statements. O’Donnell played up how “you have Senator Rand Paul saying…
Vaccination as a Wedge: NYT Slams GOP as Opposed to 'Modern Science'
February 4th, 2015 9:14 AM
Eagerly clawing around for a wedge issue with which to split the Republican Party, the New York Times used the controversy over mandatory vaccinations to smear the GOP as opposed to "modern science" and "established science" in "Measles Proves Delicate Issue to G.O.P. Field," a front-page story Tuesday.
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CBS: GOP’s ‘Mixed Messages’ on Vaccines ‘Left an Opening' for Hillary
February 3rd, 2015 9:54 PM
On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, CBS News congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes continued the liberal spin that the only anti-vaxxers are Republicans. In between soundbites from numerous figures in the Republican Party stating their support for vaccinations and only Republican Senator Rand Paul (Ky.) offering a slightly different take during an interview on Monday, Cordes ruled…
Hollywood a Major Source of Anti-Vaxxer Hysteria, Notes Daily Beast
February 3rd, 2015 8:24 PM
While the liberal media are hard at work spinning recent statements by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) as some sort of indication of anti-vaxxer hysteria on the right side of the country's political spectrum, the Daily Beast, of all websites, is reminding folks that it is Hollywood liberals who have fanned the flames of paranoia on the matter.
Nets Hype GOP Vaccine Remarks, Ignored Obama & Hillary in 2008
February 3rd, 2015 5:18 PM
While the ABC, NBC, and CBS morning shows on Tuesday all jumped on potential Republican 2016 contenders Chris Christie and Rand Paul being sympathetic toward parents skeptical of child vaccinations, all three broadcast networks ignored Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton holding the same positions in 2008.
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HuffPo's Ryan Grim Bizarrely Connects Anti-Vaxxers To Koch Brothers
February 3rd, 2015 2:26 PM
On Monday night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow brought on Ryan Grim, Washington Bureau Chief of the liberal Huffington Post, to discuss the fallout following Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) and Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) controversial comments on vaccines. Speaking to Maddow, Grim strangely connected the libertarian Koch brothers to those who oppose vaccines, arguing that “the only kind of overlap here…
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Bruni: Anti-Vaccine Cause is the Left's Climate Change Denial
February 3rd, 2015 1:17 PM
As many on the left rush to pin the anti-vaccine movement on conservatives, liberal New York Times columnist Frank Bruni pointed out on Monday's CNN Tonight that the cause is actually more prevalent on the left side of the political spectrum: "I think a lot of the anti-vaccine people probably would hate to hear themselves lumped in with the climate change deniers. But they're doing the same thing…
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Joy Behar Smears Conservatives As Being Anti-Vaccine
February 3rd, 2015 11:08 AM
On Tuesday, MSNBC’s Morning Joe spent considerable time discussing controversial comments made by Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) regarding vaccine mandates in America. During the 8:00 a.m. hour, Morning Joe hosted liberal comedian Joy Behar to discuss the vaccine controversy and the former View co-host eagerly attached vaccine skepticism to the entire Republican…