NOW Throwing in Towel on Wendy Davis?

On MSNBC's Ed Show, NOW President Terry O'Neill gives a glum assessment of Wendy Davis' chances of winning her race for Governor of Texas: "this has always been very much an uphill battle."
Mark Finkelstein
September 8th, 2014 9:04 PM

Media Hammered Bush Disapproval in 2006, Ignore Obama's in 2014

"When this administration is falling apart, the media should give it the exact same coverage they gave to George Bush," Media Research Center founder and president Brent Bozell told Fox News Channel substitute host Stuart Varney on the September 8 Your World w/Neil Cavuto. But as a new MRC study shows, they most certainly are not.
NB Staff
September 8th, 2014 8:07 PM

Salon Columnist Twists Ray Rice Beating Scandal to Blast Hobby Lobby

Left-wing columnist CJ Werleman couldn't resist using athlete Ray Rice's suspension from the NFL on Monday as a means to attack social conservatives. Werleman took to Twitter and snarked, "If Ray Rice continues to treat women like that, he'll end up running the Hobby Lobby."
Matthew Balan
September 8th, 2014 6:56 PM

CNN Guests: Obama 'Has Very Little Ability To Sway' Global 'Crises'

On Monday's New Day on CNN, Jonathan Martin of the New York Times and Bloomberg's Margaret Tavel ran to President Obama's defense over his handling of ISIS. Martin hyped that "the President is in a tough spot here....these two beheadings of journalists...have really outraged a lot of folks....and the President is forced to act. But again, there is not any appetite in this country to put ground…
Matthew Balan
September 8th, 2014 5:48 PM

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'Christian Far Right' Wants Gays Castrated

The “Christian Right” is not only “homophobic”  but also actively experiments on gays with science, according to “Sherlock” actor Benedict Cumberbatch.                                                                                    In an interview with Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast published Sept. 8, the English actor also said that the U.S. needs to have a woman president next, followed by…
Kristine Marsh
September 8th, 2014 5:29 PM

NYT Hits Obama On Immigration From Left: 'An Aggrieved Girlfriend'

The New York Times on Monday hit Barack Obama from the left on the move to delay executive action on illegal immigration. Writers Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Ashley Parker forwarded an aggrieved comparison from angry liberals. They summarized Angela M. Kelley from the left-wing Center for American Progress (CAP) as saying "Latinos — like an aggrieved girlfriend who has waited in vain for a…
Scott Whitlock
September 8th, 2014 5:03 PM

Our Study You Saw on Friday's Special Report on Fox News

As President Obama’s approval ratings have tumbled in 2014, polling news has practically vanished from the Big Three evening newscasts — in stunning contrast to how those same newscasts relentlessly emphasized polls showing bad news for George W. Bush during the same phase of his presidency.
Rich Noyes
September 8th, 2014 4:50 PM

NBC: Obama Doesn't Just Want 'Symbolic' Coalition to Fight ISIS

After attending the NATO summit in Wales, President Obama only managed to convince 9 of the 28 member nations to join the U.S.-led effort to combat the ISIS terror network in Iraq and Syria. Despite such a failure to gain support from America's allies, on Monday's NBC Today, new Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd emphasized how the President wanted "to make this coalition against ISIS...look…
Kyle Drennen
September 8th, 2014 3:32 PM

Fox's Judge Jeannine Denounces Obama's 'Mumbo Jumbo' on ISIS

On the opening of her Saturday night show “Justice with Judge Jeannine,” Jeannine Pirro laid into President Obama and his “mumbo-jumbo” about ISIS. “I’ve been telling you for some time that President Barack Obama is not up to the job,” she said.
NB Staff
September 8th, 2014 3:19 PM

GMA Lobs Softballs At Wendy Davis About Her Abortions

Wendy Davis, the Texas Democrat who is currently running to replace Rick Perry as the state’s next governor, spoke with Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts for an interview that aired on Monday, September 8. Davis appeared on ABC to hawk her memoir “Forgetting to Be Afraid” in which she revealed how she had two abortions in the mid-1990s.  Throughout the two segments, Roberts treated the…
Jeffrey Meyer
September 8th, 2014 1:30 PM

With Midterms Looming, Chris Matthews Spies Sexism from GOP Candidate

MSNBC may be gearing up for another election season of war on women. The Hardball host on Friday speculated whether the Republican senatorial candidate from North Carolina engaged in sexism by aggressively attacking his Democratic opponent. Before showing clips of Thom Tillis sparring with Senator Kay Hagan, Matthews sneered, "But sometimes, the more we watch, the more we avert our eyes."  The…
Scott Whitlock
September 8th, 2014 12:58 PM

Scarborough Scoffs at Friedman's Idea To Stop ISIS: A Carbon Tax

Joe Scarborough scoffs at Thomas Friedman's suggestion that the way to confront ISIS is for the US to adopt a carbon tax and permit oil exports.
Mark Finkelstein
September 8th, 2014 10:51 AM

CBS Touts Cosmo 'Going Political,' Brings on Editor to Slam GOP

After Cosmopolitan magazine announced it would begin endorsing political candidates in the 2014 midterm election, Friday's CBS This Morning eagerly brought on the publication's left-wing editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, who proceeded to push liberal agenda items and bash Republicans. [Listen to the audio] Co-host Gayle King touted the magazine "going political" and planning to "cover the midterm…
Kyle Drennen
September 8th, 2014 10:35 AM

NYT, WashPost Target Obama From Left Via Emotional Amnesty Anecdotes

Continuing a broader mainstream media pattern Sunday's New York Times and Washington Post hit Obama almost exclusively (and emotionally) from the left on his decision to hold off on his brand of unilateral immigration "reform" until after the 2014 election cycle.
Clay Waters
September 8th, 2014 9:24 AM