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Media Celebrate ‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’
What’s joyful about abortion? How is refusing to perform abortions a “victory for terrorism”? In celebrating the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers, the media are only too happy to explain.
March 10, the anniversary of abortionist Dr. David Gunn’s murder in 1993, is the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. Media from The Huffington Post and Ebony to RH Reality…
March 10th, 2015 4:19 PM
First Question to Hillary: 'Would All This Fuss Be Made' to a Man?
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday finally addressed the growing controversy surrounding her use of a private e-mail system while Secretary of State. After the Democrat's opening statement on the subject, NBC's Andrea Mitchell attempted a question. Clinton interrupted and turned to Turkish television. Kahraman Haliscelik began, "Thank you very much for your remarks and it's wonderful to see you here…
March 10th, 2015 4:16 PM
MSNBC Falsely Claims No 'Precedent' for Congress Defying President
On his Tuesday MSNBC show, host Thomas Roberts scolded Republicans for sending a letter to Iran objecting to the ongoing nuclear negotiations: "Certainly there's great politics at play here in dealing with the President's foreign policy....So this is another jab at the President's foreign policy, of trying to undercut it. What's the precedent, though, of a letter like this?" In reality, there…
March 10th, 2015 4:10 PM
Press Is Ignoring Polis's 'Tehran Tom' Tweets Against Sen. Cotton
Imagine if a Republican congressperson called Illinois' senior senator Dick Durbin "Dick Turban" in not one tweet, but two (Durbin has been given the nickname by several center-right pundits and commentators; but as far as I can tell, no national Republican politician has used it). Does anyone think it would take the establishment press over 15 hours (and counting) to report it?
Late Monday…
March 10th, 2015 4:03 PM
Vox Fails Yet Again: Senators' Letter 'Unprecedented' Protocol Breach
Do the good folks at Vox.com ever tire of being wrong? Apparently not.
March 10th, 2015 3:38 PM
Jay Leno: Israel Seems to Have 'The Worst PR In the World'
Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno is going back to Israel this summer to emcee the country’s second annual Genesis Prize, billed as the “Jewish Nobel Prize.”
Gossips at The Washington Post noticed that Leno told the Associated Press that Israel has “the worst PR in the world.”
March 10th, 2015 2:58 PM
Jackson's Endorsement of Emanuel's Opponent Not National News at AP
A review of the "Big Story" archive at the Associated Press's national site on Jesse Jackson's name returns quite a few instances where the wire service has treated the "Reverend's" self-injection into stories considered nationally important as noteworthy.
In addition to the predictable plethora of stories relating to Ferguson, Missouri and "police-communities tension," Jackson's name has…
March 10th, 2015 2:11 PM
NBC: Past Clinton Scandal Makes Hillary Wary of Answering Questions
After softening her coverage of the Hillary Clinton email scandal on Monday's NBC Nightly News, on Tuesday's Today, correspondent Andrea Mitchell tried to excuse Clinton's initial unwillingness to address the controversy: "She may be reluctant because of what happened in April 1994. Under pressure, she held a White House news conference about an Arkansas land deal, it led to more investigations."
March 10th, 2015 1:14 PM
Larry Wilmore Mocks Al Sharpton Photobombing Obama During Selma March
On Monday night, Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore poked fun at MSNBC's Al Sharpton for "sneaking over Obama's shoulder” to take a picture during the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma.
March 10th, 2015 11:55 AM
WaPo Reporter: 'It Is the President Who Ratifies Treaties'
Let's call this one "technically true, but misleading." On today's Daily Rundown, discussing the letter sent by Senate Republicans to the Iranian regime, Washington Post reporter Ishaan Tharoor said that "it is the president who ratifies treaties."
Tharoor is right, but only in a trivial sense. The president does formally ratify treaties in that he exchanges instruments of ratification with…
March 10th, 2015 11:35 AM
Hillary Email Scandal Not Just a GOP 'Hit Job' - WaPo's Anne Gearan
There goes another name off Hillary Clinton's shrinking Christmas card list.
When Clinton loses Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Anne Gearan over Clinton's use of a private email account while secretary of state, it's not surprising that the presumptive candidate for president who was previously the presumptive Democrat nominee would decide she better get ahead of this scandal…
March 10th, 2015 11:27 AM
GeekWire: Hillary's Server 'Compromised by Foreign Intelligence?'
When Hillary Clinton faces the press to answer questions about her use of a "homebrew" email server, will the right questions be asked? According to Christopher Budd writing at GeekWire, the real issue isn't whether she was following the law or about transparency. The true issue is if her homebrew system had proper security measures to prevent it from being accessed by foreign intelligence agents…
March 10th, 2015 11:24 AM
ABC Avoids Hillary E-Mails, Spends Eight Minutes on 'Sound of Music'
On Monday night and Tuesday morning, ABC ignored Hillary Clinton's growing e-mail scandal, despite three hours of potential airtime (on World News, Good Morning America and Nightline). Instead, GMA on Tuesday devoted eight and a half minutes to the 50th anniversary of the Sound of Music.
March 10th, 2015 11:01 AM
Flashback: Big Three Ignored Ted Kennedy’s Letter to Soviet Union
On Monday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 10, the “big three” (ABC, CBS, and NBC) networks pounced on a letter signed by 47 Republican senators to the leaders of Iran regarding its negotiations with the Obama administration over its nuclear program.
March 10th, 2015 10:54 AM