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‘Wussified’: Sarah Palin Blasts ESPN for Schilling Suspension
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August 28th, 2015 1:43 PM
Sarah Palin let fly with a near dissertation-length slamming of ESPN Friday morning for their suspension of Curt Schilling earlier in the week.
Schilling had tweeted a graphic comparing the number of Muslim extremists in the world today to the number of Nazi extremists in Germany in 1940. Though, the tweet was distorted by the MSM to make it appear as though Schilling was comparing all Muslims…
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NBC: ‘Outrage’ Over Schilling Comparing Muslim Extremists to Nazis
August 27th, 2015 12:15 PM
Introducing a segment on Wednesday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie announced: “We’re back now at 7:43 with the controversial tweet that has led to a headline-making suspension at ESPN.” Fellow co-host Willie Geist declared: “Former big league ace pitcher and current baseball analyst Curt Schilling has a history of pushing boundaries on social media. But his bosses say this time Schilling…
Curt Schilling Yanked from Little League Broadcast for Muslim Tweet
Culture
August 25th, 2015 5:10 PM
Open mouth, insert bloody sock.
Curt Schilling never held back on the mound, and apparently will not do so at the keyboard either. Though, this time Schilling’s daring will hurt his career instead of helping it.
Iranian Senior Foreign Affairs Adviser: 'Israel Should Be Annihilated'
August 25th, 2015 3:34 PM
On Tuesday, Hussein Sheikholeslam, a senior foreign affairs adviser to the Iranian parliament claimed that Israel “should be annihilated.” The condemnation came after the United Kingdom reopened their shuttered embassy in Tehran on Monday. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond lauded the move by the British government, citing the current Iranian administration's “more nuanced” attitude toward…
MSNBC.com Trolls with 'Is God Anti-Capitalist?' Headline
August 19th, 2015 6:30 PM
The award for trollish headline of the day should go to MSNBC.com.
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Cuomo Worries: ISIS Rapes Reinforce Negative 'Impression' of Islam
August 14th, 2015 12:48 PM
CNN's Chris Cuomo on Friday fretted that a new report on ISIS and its rape culture would reinforce negative perceptions of Muslims. The New Day anchor talked to Dr. Qanta Ahmed, an author and human rights advocate. Reacting to a front page story on the New York Times, Cuomo played a clip of a woman recounting brutal violence at the hands of ISIS. He then lectured, "This feeds the impression that…
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CBS Skips Reports ISIS Used Chemical Weapons to Attack Iraqis
August 13th, 2015 10:16 PM
On Thursday night, the CBS Evening News omitted reports that the Islamic terrorist group ISIS used chemical weapons in multiple attacks in Iraq over the past week against Kurdish forces the group claimed responsibility for a bombing in Iraq earlier in the day. In contrast, ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News offered news briefs on the development with the latter program also providing a…
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CBS, NBC, Spanish Nets Ignore Navy's Plan for Armed Guards At Centers
August 7th, 2015 9:21 PM
ABC's World News Tonight was the sole broadcast network evening newscast on Friday to cover the U.S. Navy's announcement that it would soon position armed guards outside its off-base reserve centers. CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News, along with Univision and Telemundo's evening news programs, ignored this change in policy. ABC's David Muir noted that "the decision follows the deadly shooting…
Paglia: Media ‘Shockingly Unprofessional’ for PP Video 'Censorship'
Culture
July 30th, 2015 9:26 AM
Atheist, Democrat, professor and social critic—that’s Camille Paglia. But in a recent interview with Salon, she had some choice words for the liberal media.
In a discussion about Jon Stewart and his influence on the media, Paglia declared, “At what point will liberals wake up to realize the stranglehold that they had on the media for so long?”
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DHS Won't Call ISIS 'Islamic': Islam Is a Religion of 'Peace'
Culture
July 28th, 2015 11:55 AM
It can only be described as both ludicrous and insensitive. Just days after a Muslim terrorist shot up two military recruitment centers, killing five servicemen in Chattanooga, TN, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told the media and high-ranking government officials to not mention the word “Islam” when talking about ISIS or terrorism.
Johnson made these comments at a national security conference July…
MSNBC: Huckabee's Comments On Iran Deal 'Deplorable,' 'A Deal Breaker'
July 27th, 2015 5:09 PM
On Monday’s edition of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, co-host Mika Brzezinski called presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s recent comments about the recent Iran deal “ugly, callous, shocking and deeply disturbing,” and angrily declared that this should be a “deal breaker” for his campaign.
NYT Provides Rare Look Inside Christian Communities Decimated by ISIS
July 25th, 2015 10:31 PM
A 7,000-word New York Times Magazine cover story by Eliza Griswold, "The Shadow of Death," is an all-too-rare look from a major media outlet at the decimation of Christianity in the place of its birth, the Middle East, at the hands of radical Islamist groups like ISIS. From the cover text: "Christians in the Middle East are being forced out of their homes, enslaved and killed. Why is no one…
87 Percent of Islamic Terror Stories Skip Threats of Ramadan Violence
July 22nd, 2015 10:10 AM
Acts of terror marked the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Terrorists cut a bloody path from Tennessee to Tunisia -- one that commanded much of the broadcast network’s attention. Only newscasts often ignored the religious timing of the threats by Muslim terrorists.
The Islamic terrorist group ISIS, which declared a Middle East “caliphate” a year ago on June 29, 2014, strongly encouraged violence…
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5 Days On, Press Won't Acknowledge Chattanooga Killer's Likely Motive
July 21st, 2015 11:45 PM
After five days, President Obama finally today ordered "that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds" and at other official federal locations until sunset on Saturday to honor the five victims of Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez's murder spree in Chattanooga, Tennessee last Thurday.
Though the White House will never admit…