Klein: 'Bigoted' Netanyahu Won 'Tragic' Election for 'Tyrant' Israel

Time magazine columnist Joe Klein delivered an unrestrained rant for the March 30 issue, excoriating the "tyrant" Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu's "bigoted" election victory. The journalist offered an unrelenting attack on the prime minister, sneering, "He won because he ran as a bigot. This is a sad reality: a great many Jews have come to regard Arabs as the rest of the world traditionally…
Scott Whitlock
March 20th, 2015 4:31 PM

Kosinski: 'It Was Benjamin Netanyahu's Turn to Get Schooled by the WH'

Leading off CNN’s coverage on New Day of the latest news concerning the relationship between the U.S. and Israel, White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski ruled that “it was Benjamin Netanyahu’s turn to get schooled by the White House” after the Obama administration responded to the Israeli Prime Minister’s reelection and feelings about a two-state solution.
Curtis Houck
March 20th, 2015 4:24 PM

MSNBC Contributor Compares Frats to Biker Gangs, Mafia

Back in early December 2014, I tackled a rather poorly-argued screed by Andrew Lohse over at Time magazine's Ideas blog about the liberal writers call to abolish fraternities, insisting they were irredeemably linked to antebellum slavery. Now Lohse is back again, this time at MSNBC.com explaining "Why fraternities need to be abolished," wherein he compared Greek organizations to the mafia and…
Ken Shepherd
March 20th, 2015 4:15 PM

NPR Boosts Obama's Green Energy Order, Leaves No Room For Critics

NPR's Scott Horsley carried water for the Obama administration on Thursday's All Things Considered as he covered the President's green energy executive order. All of Horsley's soundbites during the segment came from the Democratic chief executive and two boosters of his latest environmental policy. True to form, the slanted NPR correspondent failed to include any criticism of the order in his…
Matthew Balan
March 20th, 2015 4:01 PM

Cruz Notes No Warming for 17 Years; Politifact Insists: 'Mostly False'

Over at Hot Air, I saw that Seth Meyers, as he was figuratively grilling Texas Senator Ted Cruz on his "Late Night" program — the first rule of these shows is that conservatives get attacked, while liberals get coddled — made his case for global warming by saying, “I think the world’s on fire literally.” I checked outside just a moment ago and "literally" saw no burning bushes or other burning…
Tom Blumer
March 20th, 2015 3:24 PM

Critic of Islam Likes Megyn Kelly, Anderson Cooper, and Charlie Rose

The New York Times Book Review interviewed the controversial author Ayaan Hirsi Ali – too anti-Muslim for Brandeis to allow speak at commencement – for their “By The Book” feature appearing this Sunday and asked about her taste in books and writers. When asked to name the best writers/journalists, she worked in Megyn Kelly, Anderson Cooper, and Charlie Rose. (Fox, CNN, and CBS/PBS.)
Tim Graham
March 20th, 2015 2:47 PM

NYT's Greenhouse Goes In for Left-Wing 'Rabble-Rousing' on Voter ID

Former New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse, pontificating from her regular perch at nytimes.com, unapologetically urged the conservative Supreme Court justices to embrace left-wing emotional and political symbolism on voting rights: "Would the court really have had the nerve to do it, with the memories of the march’s veterans still echoing for the world to hear and with…
Clay Waters
March 20th, 2015 2:20 PM

Shocking: in Scandal Role, Lena Dunham Lectures Us about Being Prudes

Haley Halverson
March 20th, 2015 2:16 PM

Networks Say Nothing As Congressional Democrats Bully Climate Skeptics

Global warming alarmists have lost ground lately, but Congressional Democrats have implemented a new strategy: try to “silence” those with other views. In separate instances, three Democratic senators and one Democratic representative have attempted to intimidate more than 100 companies, organizations and academics that diverge from the liberal view that climate change is catastrophic. The…
Joseph Rossell
March 20th, 2015 12:40 PM

Buried News: Three More Years of Projected Economic Mediocrity

In all the hoopla over the Federal Reserve's Wednesday's signals over its intentions to raise interest rates, its significant downgrades to expected growth of the U.S. economy during the next several years have mostly been ignored. The Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, has played a part in that. Both of the wire service's reports following the Fed's actions and predictions on…
Tom Blumer
March 20th, 2015 12:40 PM

Poll Shows Tumbling Support for Hillary Among Democrats; Nets Ignore

On Thursday night and Friday morning, the major broadcast networks neglected to cover a new poll from Reuters/Ipos showing support for likely Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton slipping among Democrats following the e-mail scandal as a majority of voters expressed support for an independent review of all her e-mails as well as the belief that she hasn’t entirely honest in her…
Curtis Houck
March 20th, 2015 12:24 PM

'View' Crew Mock Anti-Vaccine Crowd as 'Nuts,' Hired Anti-Vaccine Host

The co-hosts of The View on Friday slammed anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists as "nuts" and a danger to society. However, they avoided mentioning an awkward fact: An anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, Jenny McCarthy, previously co-hosted the show. Whoopi Goldberg highlighted the story of a grandmother who wrote to an advice column about concerns over her conspiracy-minded adult children. 
Scott Whitlock
March 20th, 2015 12:23 PM

Networks Hype Obama's 'Stern Message' and 'Tough Talk' to Netanyahu

On Friday, all three network morning shows touted President Obama's petulant "congratulatory" phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which the commander-in-chief issued diplomatic threats to the newly reelected Jewish leader and America's closest ally.
Kyle Drennen
March 20th, 2015 12:05 PM

Mika: Dick Durbin Was 'Not Race Baiting' With 'Back of the Bus' Attack

On Thursday’s Morning Joe, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski defended Dick Durbin, saying his claim that "Loretta Lynch...is asked to sit in the back of the bus on the Senate calendar" was "not race baiting."   Following a recap of Durbin’s comments, Brzezinski mentioned in passing that black Republican Senator Tim Scott charged Durbin with race baiting, which she mockingly dismissed without so much as a…
Bryan Ballas
March 20th, 2015 11:44 AM