Network Coverage of 'Scathing' Benghazi Report Doesn't Mention Obama's

While NBC, ABC, and CBS all covered the new Senate Intelligence Committee report blaming the Obama administration for security failures leading up to the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, none of the coverage on Wednesday's evening newscasts or Thursday's morning shows mentioned President Obama by name. At the top of Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams announced: "...a scathing…
Kyle Drennen
January 16th, 2014 11:24 AM

Disgusting: Katty Kay Blames 'Fallible' Ambassador Stevens For Own Dea

In a disgusting display of just how far the liberal media will go to preserve Hillary Clinton's presidential prospects, Katty Kay has blamed Ambassador Chris Stevens for his own death, while letting Hillary off the hook. On today's Morning Joe, the BBC's Kay called the newly-released Senate report on the Benghazi attack "sad" because it showed that Stevens was "fallible." Kay claimed that "…
Mark Finkelstein
January 16th, 2014 8:21 AM

Arianna and Mika Teach You 'Wonder and Compassion' for

Ryan Faughnder of The Los Angeles Times cracked: “Want to have lunch with Arianna Huffington and learn why success should mean more than money and power? It'll only cost a thousand dollars.” Huffington and MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski are headlining a motivational speaking tour called “Third Metric Live.” Tickets start at $300 for the events that will take place in New York City, Washington, D.C…
Tim Graham
January 16th, 2014 6:43 AM

Scott Walker's Jury Duty Is National News at AP; Judge's Rejection of

A search at the national web site of the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, on the name of Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker (not in quotes) returns only two recent relevant items. One relates to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, where Walker is described as saying, in AP's words, "that (last week) he didn't know enough about the situation to comment ... (and) has…
Tom Blumer
January 15th, 2014 10:04 PM

Ann Coulter Challenges Ed Schultz: 'Invite Me on Your Show, You Lying

UPDATE AT END OF POST: Coulter elaborates! Conservative author Ann Coulter threw down quite the gauntlet Wednesday. After MSNBC's Ed Schultz said on his show, "Republicans, they’re afraid of me. They don’t want to talk to me," Coulter responded via Twitter, "Invite me on your show, you lying p--sy" (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 15th, 2014 9:42 PM

Column: Hey, MSNBC, Chris Christie Is More Believable Than Tawana Braw

I agree with MSNBC. I find it hard to believe that Gov. Chris Christie knew nothing about his staff's plotting a massive traffic jam on the ramp to the George Washington Bridge for political retribution. On the other hand, I also find it hard to believe that Obama didn't know his own IRS was auditing his political enemies. And I find it hard to believe that Obama didn't know you wouldn't be…
Ann Coulter
January 15th, 2014 6:04 PM

New York Times Story from Texas Repeatedly Drops the F-Bomb: 'Fetus

The New York Times spent months debating before deciding not to ban the term “illegal immigrant” entirely (it’s simply discouraged), but the word “fetus” is used without any alarm. At the top of page A-14 on Wednesday is the headline “Suing to End Life Support for Woman and Fetus.” It’s an update on the sad story of Marlise Munoz, who is on life support and whose family wants her and her…
Tim Graham
January 15th, 2014 5:39 PM

HBO Renews 'Real Time With Bill Maher' For 13th Season

It appears that no matter what disgusting things Bill Maher says about conservatives - especially conservative women! - HBO is going to continue to reward him. On Wednesday, the cable network announced that it was renewing Real Time with Bill Maher for a 13th season (press release via TV By The Numbers):
Noel Sheppard
January 15th, 2014 5:15 PM

Daily Beast: Cheat Your Way to True Love

You have to wonder if every time their sophisticated post-modern sex lives don’t live up to the “if it feels good, do it” ideal or they can't overcome that whole icky morality thing, The Daily Beast’s authors are driven to rationalize it in prose. It is, after all the website that brought you “If Sexting is so Wrong, Why Does It Feel So Good?” And now comes the latest bizarre ethical self-…
Katie Yoder
January 15th, 2014 4:52 PM

It's the End of the World as ABC Knows It, Spinning Another Story as

 Spinning liberal-friendly stories as the end of the world is a popular thing at ABC. Good Morning America's Jim Avila on Wednesday hyped the scandal involving Chris Christie as "traffic armageddon," a hyperbolic term the network loves. On Saturday, Avila mentioned the "four-day traffic armageddon." [See video of both below. MP3 audio here.] As the sequester set in on April 22, 2013, co-…
Scott Whitlock
January 15th, 2014 4:33 PM

Bill Maher Compares Disgraced Christie Aide to...Pope-Emeritus Benedic

Comedian Bill Maher compared Bridget Kelly, the former Christie aide connected to "Bridge-gate," to the Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI on Tuesday's Hardball. Both persons carried out the shady business ordered by a higher authority, Maher explained: "Remember when Benedict was the 'god's rottweiler' or the 'pope's rottweiler' they called him before he got the pope job? Well, she [Kelly] is blob's…
Matt Hadro
January 15th, 2014 4:16 PM

NBC's Brokaw Scolds Media Fixation on Christie: Country's Saying, 'You

Appearing on Wednesday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, NBC special correspondent Tom Brokaw warned his media colleagues about their excessive coverage of the Chris Christie bridge controversy: "I do think, across the country, however, when they're looking at long-term unemployment, and they're looking at the uncertainty of the ObamaCare, they're saying, 'You've got to move on, guys.'" [Listen to the…
Kyle Drennen
January 15th, 2014 3:55 PM

MSNBC's Hayes Dismisses Value of Marriage in Helping Women Escape Pove

On the Monday, January 13, All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC, host Hayes laughed off the view that encouraging marriage can help some women out of poverty as he spoke to a guest, Shenita Simon-Toussaint, who argued that she has found that being married is more expensive. Hayes posed:
Brad Wilmouth
January 15th, 2014 3:29 PM

CNN's Costello Bemoans 'Bizarre' Focus on 'Text Rage' Instead of Conce

Carol Costello hinted at her liberal slant on the gun issue on Wednesday's CNN Newsroom as she discussed the recent movie theater shooting in Florida. Costello lamented the "bizarre conversation now taking place in America: instead of talking about whether loaded guns ought to be allowed in movie theaters, many people are talking about 'text rage.'" An on-screen graphic during the segment…
Matthew Balan
January 15th, 2014 2:52 PM