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AP, Reuters Fail to Connect Latest A&P Bankruptcy to Its Unions
The company officially known as the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in five years. This time around, the storied "A&P" name may completely disappear.
Coverage at USA Today by Nathan Bomey notes that "About 93% (of its workers) are represented by one of 12 different unions, and many of them have bumping rights that the company has described as…
July 20th, 2015 6:54 PM
Hillary Clinton Finally Answers Reporters' Questions -- on Facebook
Ever since Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton started her campaign to be elected president in the 2016 election, the former senator and secretary of state has been criticized for not being available to answer questions from members of the press.
In an apparent attempt to diminish that complaint, Clinton took part in an online discussion on Monday, when she responded to many participants on…
July 20th, 2015 6:52 PM
Spanish-language Nets Virtually Ignore Planned Parenthood Scandal
Though their English-counterparts have provided full reports on the scandal involving Planned Parenthood’s alleged unborn organ trafficking, the top Spanish-language television networks have almost entirely ignored the undercover video, made by the pro-life organization Center for Medical Progress that recorded Planned Parenthood’s Dr. Deborah Nucatola explaining her organization’s involvement in…
July 20th, 2015 6:30 PM
NBC News Calls for Legal Suicide: ‘A Death Worth Fighting For’
NBC News wants someone to die.
On Sunday night, NBC Nightly News highlighted the story of Christy O’Donnell, a 46-year-old with cancer, suing for the “right to die” in California. During her coverage, correspondent Hallie Jackson lobbied for O’Donnell who, with “a life fully lived,” now represents “a death worth fighting for.”
July 20th, 2015 6:18 PM
Salon: Ben Shapiro 'Coward' for Calling Cops Regarding Violent Threat
Leave it to the leftists at Salon.com to blame the victim.
Writer Scott Eric Kaufman today blasted conservative pundit Ben Shapiro for alerting police to a threat of violence from transgendered journal Zoey -- formerly Bob -- Tur. While Kaufman allowed that "Tur was clearly in the wrong to threaten Shapiro," Kaufman whined that Shapiro was "playing a coward's game here":
July 20th, 2015 5:49 PM
Health Care Premium Hikes and Crony Capitalism
What's behind the huge premium increases on the Obamacare exchanges?
Supporters and opponents offer wildly different explanations and theories. They all pore over the data and get into the details of who is signing up, what the risk pools look like and other things actuaries find exciting
July 20th, 2015 5:19 PM
MTV Bullies Kids to Tears to Raise Awareness For ‘White Privilege'
MTV wants white kids to feel bad about being white – and the media love it.
July 20th, 2015 4:16 PM
MSNBC Hypes 'Jubilant' Pro-Castro Activists Near New Cuban Embassy
On Monday's Rundown, MSNBC's Luke Russert repeatedly touted the supporters of the communist Cuban regime who rallied outside near the newly-opened Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C.: "I would say, from talking to people, those who are in favor of this outnumber those who are opposed to it...probably, at least, five to one – just from my anectodal conversations." Russert also hyped that "this is…
July 20th, 2015 4:14 PM
Abortionist Compares Planned Parenthood’s Nucatola to Jesus
One abortionist has a special connection to God, according to Dr. Willie Parker.
Parker, a Mississippi abortionist and former medical director for Planned Parenthood, announced “Why I Stand With Dr. Deborah Nucatola” in a July 18 piece for Cosmo. In it, he attacked the “sting video” that showed the Planned Parenthood executive casually talking about trafficking aborted babies’ body parts. With…
July 20th, 2015 4:05 PM
Jay Carney Attacks Garrett's Question to Obama on Iran: 'Pompous'
Sunday on Reliable Sources, Brian Stelter brought Jay Carney and John King to the program to discuss CBS reporter Major Garrett’s controversial question to President Obama about Iran. Garrett asked the president whether he could be content with the Iran deal knowing that there were four hostages still in Iran.
Carney hit Garrett, calling him “pompous” and deeming his question “offensive.” The…
July 20th, 2015 3:39 PM
NBC Praises ‘Father-in-Chief’ Obama Telling Kids to ‘Put Phones Down’
In a puff piece for Monday’s NBC Today, correspondent Sheinelle Jones proclaimed: “During a news conference, President Obama revealed that cell phones are banned from the family dinner table. And his comments are striking a chord with parents across the country...”
July 20th, 2015 3:18 PM
CNN's Hill: 'Stupid' for O'Malley to Say 'All Lives Matter'
Appearing on CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow on Sunday evening, liberal CNN contributor and Morehouse College Professor Marc Lamont Hill asserted that it was "stupid" for former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley to declare that "All lives matter" during a far left Netroots Nation event over the weekend.
Hill went on to compare the Maryland Democrat's comments to declaring that "all houses matter…
July 20th, 2015 3:02 PM
AP-GfK Poll Shows Gay Marriage Debate Far From Over
A new AP-GfK Poll released Saturday indicates the gay marriage debate is far from over. The survey conducted from July 9-13 shows support for gay marriage in America has slipped to 42 percent, with 40 percent opposing, and 18 percent taking no position on the controversial issue. Along these lines, only 39 percent of those polled supported the recent Supreme Court ruling.
July 20th, 2015 1:51 PM
NY Mag Writer Frees Wife from 'Patriarchal Oppression' of Monogamy
“After much soul-searching” and “an ocean of red wine,” Michael Sonmore became a eunuch, er, feminist.
The defining moment? When Sonmore realized that his wife’s desire for an open marriage was not a rejection of him, but the “embracing” of herself. “Monogamy meant I controlled her sexual expression."
July 20th, 2015 1:06 PM