'The Daily Show': 'TV Has Never Been Gayer
May 9th, 2012 1:31 AM
As NewsBusters reported, Vice President Joe Biden made a stupendously stupid comment on Sunday's Meet the Press about the NBC sitcom Will and Grace doing "more to educate the American public [about homosexuality] than almost anything anybody’s ever done."
The Daily Show marvelously lampooned this issue as well as the President's "evolving" position on same-sex marriage Tuesday with John…
Ron Reagan: Obama 'Taking More Time Evolving' on Same-Sex Marriage 'Th
May 8th, 2012 5:47 PM
Ron Reagan, the son of late President Ronald Reagan, came down strongly on Tuesday against Barack Obama's unwillingness to definitively support same-sex marriage.
Appearing on Hardball, the MSNBC political analyst said, "He’s taking more time evolving on this issue than humans took evolving from apes" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
NBC's Curry Channels Biden: 'Will & Grace' and 'Glee' Provide 'Gay Rol
May 8th, 2012 2:00 PM
Following Vice President Biden praising the NBC sitcom Will & Grace for changing attitudes toward homosexuality on Sunday's Meet the Press, on Monday's Today, co-host Ann Curry made a similar declaration: "...there weren't a lot of gay role models on television....Now, there – this is, we're in the wake of Will and Grace, you know, we've seen Glee on television..." [Listen to the audio or…
CBS Boosts Obama White House's Same-Sex 'Marriage' Talking Points
May 8th, 2012 1:33 PM
Bill Plante forwarded the Obama administration's spin on Tuesday's CBS This Morning concerning Vice President Joe Biden's support for same-sex "marriage." Plante omitted any clips for conservatives or even moderate Democrats during his report, and mentioned social conservatives' opposition only in passing. While Obama officials expressed support for same-sex "marriage" in the piece, no leftist…
CNN Lauds 'Brave Catholic' Joe Biden for Supporting Same-Sex Marriage
May 8th, 2012 12:42 PM
After Vice President Joe Biden voiced his support of same-sex marriage over the weekend, CNN jumped all over the news on Monday and expectantly wondered if President Obama would follow suit. In fact, prime-time host Piers Morgan went so far as to admire the "brave Catholic" Biden for dissenting from Church teaching on the issue.
During every hour save one from 5 a.m. all the way through 10 p…
Jake Tapper Grills White House on 'Cynical' Gay Marriage Dodge, ABC Ig
May 8th, 2012 12:36 PM
ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper on Monday grilled the White House press secretary over Barack Obama's position on gay marriage and whether he will change his stance after the 2012 election. Tapper dismissed the President's 17 month "evolution" on the topic as "cynical." Yet, the ABC network skipped any coverage of his questions.
After suggesting that Obama's "likely future" would be…
Biden: 'Will and Grace' Increased Acceptance of Homosexuality
May 7th, 2012 4:45 PM
During an interview on yesterday's edition of 'Meet the Press,' Vice President Joe Biden stated that he is “absolutely comfortable” with same-sex marriage and praised a long-running situation comedy for “educating” the American public on homosexuality.
However, Biden first had to defend his record of “evolving” views regarding homosexual issues, just as President Barack Obama, who says he…
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Attacks RNC Chief's Conservatism Over Issue of
May 7th, 2012 4:23 PM
Perhaps inspired by comments made by Vice President Joe Biden on Meet the Press a day earlier, Andrea Mitchell continued MSNBC's drumbeat of activism on gay marriage on her May 7 program. Mitchell seized on Biden's categorical support for same-sex marriage as an opportunity to litigate the issue with Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus.
During her interview with the…
NewsBusters' Sheppard Debates Media Firestorm Over Gay Romney Adviser
May 7th, 2012 11:34 AM
An openly gay adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney resigned last week, and the Obama-loving media interested in discussing anything but the poor economy jumped all over it.
NewsBusters associate editor Noel Sheppard discussed this with Don Lemon on CNN Newsroom Saturday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Bill Maher Hits Marcus Bachmann With Another Gay Joke: 'He Would Also
May 4th, 2012 10:42 PM
What is it about liberals and gay jokes?
On HBO's Real Time Friday, the host once again took a homosexual jab at Marcus Bachmann saying, "He would also like to get behind Romney" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
‘The Perfect Family’ Mocks Devout Catholics as Unthinking Bigots
May 2nd, 2012 9:18 PM
Mockery of religion in general and Catholicism in particular is commonplace in Hollywood– from Showtime’s “The Borgias” to the recent “Three Stooges” movie which features Kate Upton wearing a “nun-kini.” The latest installment of Catholic-bashing, “The Perfect Family,” is slated to come out May 4 – and predictably stereotypes Catholics who believe and practice what their Church teaches as…
ESPN Columnist Agitates for Coach's Firing for Proclaiming His Religio
May 1st, 2012 5:00 PM
ESPN columnist Gene Wojciechowski wouldn't mind seeing Nebraska Cornhuskers assistant coach Ron Brown sacked, but for a reason that has nothing to do with his performance coaching from the sidelines and everything to do with Brown's religious faith.
In his April 27 column, Wojciechowski managed both to demonize and misrepresent Brown's religious convictions on homosexuality, by saying that…
Shorter MSNBC: Same-sex Marriage Should Be 'Social Justice' and 'Civil
May 1st, 2012 1:43 PM
Leave it to MSNBC to attempt to guilt socially conservative African-American Christians into acting against their religious convictions on same-sex marriage in the name of civil rights and "tolerance." Anchor Thomas Roberts, who is openly gay, conducted a softball interview with an African-American Baptist pastor from the Tar Heel State who opposes Amendment 1, the pro-traditional marriage…
'Homophobic? Maybe You're Gay,' 'We Are All Nuns,' More Left-Wing Fodd
April 30th, 2012 1:30 PM
Under the stewardship of Andrew Rosenthal (infamous for accusing House Speaker John Boehner of racism for asking President Obama to delay a speech to Congress for a day) the New York Times's Sunday Review section is devolving into a hard-left opinion page.
Last week's Sunday Review fully fulfilled its lefty promise, aided by Times columnists Nicholas Kristof and Maureen Dowd, who chose the…