Black History Month

Carter G. Woodson, noted scholar, historian and educator, created "Negro History Week" in 1926, which became Black History Month in 1976. Woodson chose February because it coincided with the birthdays of black abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln.
Walter E. Williams

Drunk History: Actress Amber Tamblyn Plays Planned Parenthood Founder

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Hollywood is honoring the founder of America’s largest abortion provider. On Tuesday, Comedy Central’s Drunk History aired its “Sex” episode.
Katie Yoder

Spurs Coach: America Is Still Racist

Gregg Popovich really appreciates Black History Month, and he wants Americans to focus on how racist this country still is. On Monday, after a game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Utah Jazz, the Spurs head coach was asked about how the NBA was promoting Black History Month.
Gabriel Hays

ABC Hammers ‘High-Flying’ Pruitt, Defended Mrs. Obama’s 'Lush' Trip

ABC on Tuesday went after the “high-flying” head of the Environmental Protection Agency , complaining that Scott Pruitt regularly flies first class. This is the same network that hailed a “lush,” “luxurious” vacation of Michelle Obama, ignoring the $148,000 cost. 
Scott Whitlock

MSNBC: Trump 'Doesn't Give a Damn' About the Poor

The panel of MSNBC Live With Stephanie Ruhle took a brief time-out on Wednesday from speculating about White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to take a few lazy swings at the President’s new budget proposal for the SNAP food assistance program. The proposed policy would function similarly to services like Blue Apron, with beneficiaries receiving packages of pre-selected nutritious food items. It…
Bill D'Agostino

Cuomo: Evangelicals Only Back Trump 'Because He's Right on Abortion'

CNN's Chris Cuomo seemed perplexed that evangelicals support President Trump, arguing that they only support him because "he's right on abortion."
Ryan Foley

Lib MSNBC ‘Disappointed’ in Trump for Not Listening to Network

The journalists on MSNBC are in a huff because Donald Trump isn’t catering to them. Appearing on Monday’s Last Word, Ezra Klein appeared “disappointed” that the infrastructure bill supported by the President and Congress doesn’t go far enough. Vox editor Klein marveled, “I do not understand why they didn't go big on an infrastructure bill. It would have been good politics and clearly it’s what…
Scott Whitlock

Fox & Friends Exposes AP's Two-Faced Tweets on Trump vs. Obama Budgets

On Tuesday's Fox & Friends, the hosts and CBN correspondent David Brody discussed how the Associated Press took dramatically different takes on Twitter on the budget proposals of Obama and Trump. Trump's spending plan "features soaring deficits," while Obama's spending plans were "pledging help for the  middle class" and fighting "terror threats, global warming." 
Tim Graham

NY Times Parts Ways With Tech Opinion Writer Hours After Hiring Her

The New York Times, the self-described paragon of journalism, embarrassed itself thoroughly Tuesday when it hired, and hours later fired, a "lead opinion writer" brought on to focus "on the power, culture and consequences of technology" — because the paper inadequately investigated her Twitter history.
Tom Blumer

St. Louis Station Describes Stolen Guns Used in Area Crimes as 'Legal'

As bad as the establishment press's coverage of national stories is, the situation with bias, ignorance, and sloppiness seen at local and regional news outlets may be worse. Here's an example from Monday: A story at St. Louis TV station KSDK about "crimes involving stolen guns" was headlined "More legal guns used in St. Louis area crimes."
Tom Blumer

Sarah Palin's and Samantha Bee’s Husbands Duke It Out on TBS Sitcom

Of all the television shows for the husband of Sarah Palin to make an appearance on, Todd Palin strangely chose TBS’s extremely liberal comedy The Detour. Produced by leftist commentator Samantha Bee and husband Jason Jones, the show was originally based on the real-life family road trips of Bee, Jones and their children, but has now devolved into vile material that Palin should have thought…
Dawn Slusher

Bozell & Graham Column: The Sickening Celebration of North Korea

Every two years, Americans unite around the television to root for U.S. athletes and their dreams of gold medals come true. Unless you’re a journalist. Then the Olympics are a time to root against your country and her president on the world stage. At the opening ceremonies in South Korea, organizers strangely seated Vice President Mike Pence just a few feet from Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham

CNN Admits North Korea Manipulated ‘World Attention’ at the Olympics

It’s often said at sites like this one, but sometimes, you can’t make this stuff up. On the Tuesday edition of CNN’s The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer and correspondent Brian Todd assessed whether the North Korean delegation at the Winter Olympic games “manipulate[d] world public opinion” without mention of their own network’s role in the “charm offensive.”
Curtis Houck

Evening News Spent Hour on Porter; Ignored Congressional Dem Abusers

It has been a week since the disturbing allegations came to light that Rob Porter, a now-former White House staffer close to the President, had a history of domestic abuse against his two ex-wives. And during that time, the evening newscasts of the major network news outlets (ABC, CBS, and NBC) had dedicated almost a combined hour to the story. But when it came to similar accusations against…
Nicholas Fondacaro