MSNBC Guest Uses Blizzard to Complain about the GOP and 'Big Oil'
During her MSNBC show Now on Monday, Alex Wagner had on guest Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, who took advantage of the blizzard set to strike New York City and New England to invoke climate change and blame the “big oil industry” and Republicans for “voting down science” in a Senate vote last week.
Not to be outdone, Wagner took her own swipe at those who don’t subscribe…
Curtis Houck
Only 1.1% of Americans Live in Unemployment Rate-Recovering Counties
This post follows up on Friday morning's entry (at BizzyBlog; at NewsBusters) showing that "Fewer Than 0.5% of Americans Live in Fully Recovered Counties." This is the kind of news which would be front and center with the nation's establishment press if such a report came out during a Republican or conservative presidential administration. With Team Obama in place, NACo's work has been virtually…
Tom Blumer
Comedian Jim Gaffigan Mocks Hollywood Hatred of 'American Sniper'
Comedian Jim Gaffigan got off a great zinger on Twitter yesterday aimed straight at Hollywood folks who look down on the average American who has given American Sniper their vote at the box office.
Ken Shepherd
CNN's Avlon Bashes 'Far-Right' Meeting of 'Crazy Caucus' in Iowa
John Avlon unsurprisingly bashed conservatives on Monday's New Day on CNN during a panel discussion on potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates. Avlon labeled the recent Iowa Freedom Summit "the dean of the crazy caucus, Steve King's, cattle call," and asserted that the media covered the conference because "it's the place most likely for a Republican aspirant to say something incredibly…
Matthew Balan
ABC's Stephanopoulos Frets Jindal Talking 'God' at Religious Event
Leading off an interview with Bobby Jindal on ABC's This Week on Sunday, host George Stephanopoulos played a clip of the Louisiana governor and potential Republican 2016 contender speaking about his faith during a religious event on Saturday: "We can't just elect a candidate and fix what ails our country. We can't just pass a law and fix what ails our country. We need a spiritual revival to fix…
Kyle Drennen
Nye Blames Blizzard on Climate Change, Knocks 'Unglued' Dissenters
A severe winter storm about to strike the northeast is caused by global warming? That's the unsurprising suggestion by climate change enthusiast Bill Nye on MSNBC, Monday.
Scott Whitlock
Pro-Life Groups Join MRC Denouncing Media Blackout of March for Life
Nineteen leading pro-life organizations joined the Media Research Center to chastise the networks for their near blackout of the 2015 March for Life. The Annual March for Life, which attracted over 200,000 participants from around the country, marked the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
NB Staff
EW Weeps ‘Warm and Vulnerable’ Abortion Comedy ‘Nominated for Nothing’
Entertainment Weekly is trying a new method of writing: Oscar obituaries.
In a Jan. 26 piece for Entertainment Weekly (EW), writer Emily Blake lamented that “abortion comedy” “Obvious Child” was “nominated for nothing” for the upcoming Oscars. Laying out the reasons for the Oscar-censorship, she bashed the Academy Awards for refusing to recognize the “warm and vulnerable” film full of “humor.”
Katie Yoder
Like Media, White House Misleads on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Just days after Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, introduced a bill to permit oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), President Barack Obama announced his plan to designate millions of acres of ANWR in a way that bans drilling.
Obama announced on January 25 that his administration would seek wilderness status for parts of the ANWR including coastal plains, according…
Joseph Rossell
History Channel Presents Laughably Inaccurate 'Sons of Liberty'
There History Channel's 'Sons of Liberty' veered so far off real history as to be laughable starting with its presentation of middle-aged portly Sam Adams as some sort of urban ninja as played by a modern day hunk.
P.J. Gladnick
Gary Sinise Crushes Howard Dean for Insulting 'American Sniper' Fans
Actor Gary Sinise, a longtime supporter of American servicemen and women, took to twitter to denounce former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean’s Friday night attack on the moviegoers that have made American Sniper a massive hit.
Geoffrey Dickens
CBS Host Scott Pelley Asks John Boehner ‘Do You Practice That Scowl?’
Following President Obama’s State of the Union address on January 20, Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sat down with Scott Pelley, CBS Evening News anchor, for an exclusive interview that aired on Sunday’s 60 Minutes. Throughout the interview, the CBS anchor peppered his GOP guests with several liberal questions and even questioned Speaker Boehner’s…
Jeffrey Meyer
At Politico Mag, Undisclosed Dem Donor Covers Obama and Middle Class
It would seem that the conversation at Politico went something like this: "Hey, we need to hit the Obama administration for the havoc its policies have wreaked on the middle class. But we can't go after them too hard, because that might burn some bridges, and we'll lose our stenographer — er, journalistic — access. So we need to use someone sympathetic to Democrats who will know how not to go…
Tom Blumer
Wrong: Todd Claims Overturning Roe V. Wade Makes Abortion 'Illegal'
While badgering Mike Huckabee on Sunday, Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd inaccurately claimed that overturning Roe V. Wade would make abortion "illegal."