Liberal 'Wait Wait' Listeners Blast NPR for Hosting Kim Kardashian

On Saturday, NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! brought on Kim Kardashian to play “Not my job” but the show’s liberal audience blasted NPR for inviting the reality TV star onto public radio and supposedly ruining their airwaves.
Jeffrey Meyer
June 15th, 2015 2:54 PM

NBC and CBS Tout ‘Stumbles’ for Bush, Gloss Over Hillary’s Problems

Ahead of Jeb Bush announcing his 2016 presidential run on Monday, NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning hyped his effort to “regain some lost momentum” and overcome the “baggage” of his last name. In contrast, the two morning shows barely touched the problems facing Hillary Clinton’s campaign in the wake of her formal announcement on Saturday.
Kyle Drennen
June 15th, 2015 2:46 PM

Newsweek Writer Hits Medical Group With Opinion Labeled As News

Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald publicized what he called an “ugly civil war” between doctors and one of America’s largest medical organizations in a series of lopsided attacks on the group some of which remain labeled as "Tech & Science" rather than opinion. Eichenwald, a liberal who once asked if conservatives were “ever right,” is an award-winning former Time magazine investigative…
Joseph Rossell
June 15th, 2015 2:41 PM

MSNBC's Harris-Perry Wonders If a White Couldn't Be 'Trans-Black'

Rachel Dolezal pretended to be black for years as president of the Spokane NAACP. She's now become the "Caitlyn" Jenner of a "trans-black" discussion. People may want to identify as black when they are not.  Always one for a controversial discussion about race in America, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry decided to jump in on the “trans-black” bandwagon, wondering out loud on her Saturday show:
Melissa Mullins
June 15th, 2015 2:10 PM

Business Press Mostly Fails to Note Protracted Fall in Production

Today's release from the Federal Reserve on industrial production (including mining and utilities) told us that it declined by a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent in May. It was the sixth consecutive month showing a decline or no gain, during which time output has fallen by 1.1 percent (not annualized). Bloomberg News, which reported that economists and analysts expected an increase of 0.2 percent…
Tom Blumer
June 15th, 2015 2:06 PM

Comedians Maher and Ross Support Seinfeld on 'PC'

While interviewing fellow comedian Jeff Ross on his show Real Time, Bill Maher brought up Jerry Seinfeld's recent criticism of political correctness. Maher and Ross went back and forth on the topic, praising Seinfeld’s defense of “comedy as an art form” and decrying “generic,” “watered-down” comedy that adheres to the politically correct standard.
MRC Culture Staff
June 15th, 2015 1:47 PM

Comedians Maher and Ross Support Seinfeld on ‘PC

Agree libs should stop ‘taking themselves so seriously.’
MRC Culture Staff
June 15th, 2015 1:38 PM

Media Distort Conservative Women's Positions on Abortion, Religion

In a Friday column, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank again misquoted a conservative, where he attacked pro-lifers for not being "on the right side of logic" for opposing abortion, but not supporting "contraceptives [which] would seriously reduce abortions." Milbank cited Americans United for Life's Charmaine Yoest, who supposedly stated, "'I haven't seen anything' to convince her that more…
Matthew Balan
June 15th, 2015 1:13 PM

Bozell: Media Still Taking It On the Jaw As Hillary Restricts Access

"When you see MSNBC attacking [Hillary Clinton] from the left, you realize, I think, just how far MSNBC has gone," Media Research Center president and founder Brent Bozell quipped on today's edition of Fox Business Network's Varney & Co., responding to host Stuart Varney's observation that the former Secretary of State is beginning to see some tough treatment in the media, albeit perhaps from…
NB Staff
June 15th, 2015 1:07 PM

ABC to Stephanopoulos: Class Warfare a 'Winning Strategy' for Hillary?

Talk about a softball. On Sunday's Good Morning America, co-host Dan Harris asked George Stephanopoulos, a former Bill Clinton operative, if class warfare was a "winning strategy" for Hillary Clinton. Unsurprisingly, the man who secretly donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation answered in the affirmative. Regarding Saturday's campaign launch, Harris mused, "Hillary Clinton has not wanted to be…
Scott Whitlock
June 15th, 2015 12:21 PM

How Nice: Chuck Todd Actually Lets Other Journos Question Guest

Today marks the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta. It was on June 15, 1215 that the English King John met his barons on Runnymede field to reluctantly affix his seal to the great charter that granted more powers to the latter. By strange coincidence, yesterday also marked the notable event when Chuck Todd on Meet The Press allowed a couple of panelists to question a guest, Bill…
P.J. Gladnick
June 15th, 2015 12:18 PM

ABC and NBC Skip 800th Year of Magna Carta, But Tout Toddler Prince

This week marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta “one of the most important documents in human history” and on Monday, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today apparently felt their viewers don't appreciate a key part of world history and skipped the event altogether. 
Jeffrey Meyer
June 15th, 2015 10:59 AM

Pope’s Climate Encyclical To Land On Original Date of Gore Eco-Concert

Pope Francis “has echoed the sense of crisis” from some scientists about the environment, and on June 18 will tackle the subject of climate change in an encyclical, a letter to Catholic bishops. That was the same day as former Vice President Al Gore’s Live Earth concert was scheduled to take place. Will anyone in the media note the coincidence? The Vatican announced June 18 as the release date…
Joseph Rossell
June 15th, 2015 10:48 AM

Net Neutrality Hits the Web, The Media Misses -- Badly

As we’ve often discussed, the Tech Media is just as hopelessly Leftist and lost as the broader Jurassic Press.  They are both echo chambers - talking points and terrible ideas bounce with great rapidity around their tiny little worlds.  They are the Bubble Boys (and Girls) of news. When a Tech Media story crosses over to the broader Jurassic Press - their ridiculous Leftist repetitiveness is…
Seton Motley
June 15th, 2015 10:29 AM