In Front of Newtown Parents Obama Says Gunman Fired '154 Bullets Into

President Obama got a little too graphic in his gun control speech at Hartford, Connecticut, Monday. With parents, family members, and friends of some of the Newtown victims present, Obama said we need to "make it harder for a gunman to fire 154 bullets into his victims in less than five minutes." 
Noel Sheppard
April 8th, 2013 7:45 PM

WashPost Rewards Gov. O'Malley's 'Personal Push' for Gun Ban, Licensin

As if it weren't enough for the Washington Post to cheerlead for Maryland's new stringent gun control law in the editorial pages and in biased news accounts, staff writers Aaron Davis and Paul Schwartzman today rewarded liberal governor and potential 2016 presidential contender Martin O'Malley with a 62-paragraph front-page victory lap headlined "Behind Md.'s tough gun law, a personal push…
Ken Shepherd
April 8th, 2013 7:22 PM

GOP Congressman's Gay Son Claims CNN, MSNBC Canceled Interviews Becaus

According to BuzzFeed, the gay son of a Republican congressman claims both CNN and MSNBC canceled interviews with him after he refused to criticize his father, who opposes same-sex marriage, on the air. He said CNN producers were "gung ho" about an interview before they changed their mind. CNN's Piers Morgan Live and MSNBC's The Last Word were the two shows that reportedly canceled on Matt R…
Matt Hadro
April 8th, 2013 6:17 PM

An Examination of Why Bill O'Reilly Misses the Point on Same-Sex Marri

During the highly publicized exchange between Bill O'Reilly and Laura Ingraham on gay marriage, O'Reilly made this statement: "There are Bible thumpers, and all they do is say, 'I object to gay marriage because God objects to it.' You don't win a policy debate in America with that." Really?
Monte Kuligowski
April 8th, 2013 6:14 PM

NBC's Lauer Parrots 'White House's Argument' to Curb Gun Rights

Following an one-sided report on Monday's NBC Today about the push for more gun restrictions, which touted Democratic Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy dismissing the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre as a "clown at the circus," co-host Matt Lauer lamented: "There does seem to be a disconnect...90% of the Americans, when asked about expanding background checks say, 'Yes, we're in favor…
Kyle Drennen
April 8th, 2013 5:44 PM

Martin Bashir: Do GOP Senators Need a Family Member Killed to Prevent

Someone at NBC News really has to take a serious look at the things coming out of Martin Bashir's mouth. On Monday's MSNBC program bearing his name, the host actually asked a Democratic Congressman if a family member of a Republican Senator is going to have to be killed in order to prevent a filibuster on gun control legislation (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 8th, 2013 4:59 PM

CBS’s Dickerson Flogs White House Narrative That Republicans Must A

Sometimes the media will engage in selective amnesia, pretending to forget about a past occurrence because the memory of it would hurt the liberal narrative they are trying to advance. That was clearly the case on this Saturday’s CBS This Morning. The network’s political director, John Dickerson, was on to discuss President Obama’s forthcoming budget proposal, which is expected to include…
Paul Bremmer
April 8th, 2013 4:51 PM

CNN Says Thatcher 'Decimated' British Communities, Industries

Reporting on the late Margaret Thatcher's legacy on Monday, CNN correspondent Max Foster hyped that she "decimated entire industries" in Britain and "decimated communities across the UK." He also cited Gerry Adams, the public face of the IRA for decades, as a valid critic of Thatcher -- as did CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield. In addition to citing praise for Thatcher, Foster offered a…
Matt Hadro
April 8th, 2013 4:41 PM

Joe Scarborough: GOP Supports ‘Rapist’s Rights Over Parent’s Rig

Joe Scarborough’s vitriolic language against conservatives appears to have entered a fever pitch on April 8, as the MSNBC host disgustingly asserted that the GOP cares more about a rapist’s rights than parent’s rights. The faux conservative host of Morning Joe made such a charge in his attack on Republicans planning to filibuster a federal gun control bill. Scarborough, who along with the…
Jeffrey Meyer
April 8th, 2013 4:21 PM

NBC Hopes for Chelsea Clinton Political Run, 'Following in the Footste

At the top of Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer eagerly promoted the possibility of Chelsea Clinton, currently an NBC News special correspondent, one day running for office: "Following in the footsteps? Chelsea Clinton opens up in a rare interview about her mom's presidential ambitions, while leaving the door open for her own run for office." In the later report, designed to increase…
Kyle Drennen
April 8th, 2013 4:11 PM

Obama Finally Releases Budget Two Months After Deadline; Politico Buri

President Obama will officially transmit his fiscal year 2014 budget proposal on Thursday, a full 66 days after the deadline set by law. The past two years, by contrast, the president has been merely a week late, although as this chart via budget.house.gov shows, the norm among presidents since Harding has been to submit the budget either shortly before or on the deadline date. But in…
Ken Shepherd
April 8th, 2013 4:00 PM

Maureen Dowd Pushes Hillary for President, But in '96 HRC Was 'Riding

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd revved up the Hillary for President bandwagon on the front of the Sunday Review in "Can We Get Hillary Without the Foolery?" Of course Hillary is running. I’ve never met a man who was told he could be president who didn’t want to be president. So naturally, a woman who’s told she can be the first commandress in chief wants to be.
Clay Waters
April 8th, 2013 3:55 PM

CNN Quotes Meryl Streep, Gerry Adams as Legitimate Critics of Margaret

In discussing the late Margaret Thatcher's legacy, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield gave a platform to liberal Hollywood actress Meryl Streep and former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, who had ties to the IRA during Thatcher's time as British prime minister. Adams predictably savaged Thatcher for causing "great hurt" to Ireland and England. Meanwhile, because Streep portrayed Thatcher in the film "The…
Matt Hadro
April 8th, 2013 3:48 PM

MSNBC's Richard Wolffe: Margaret Thatcher's Actions Were the 'Antithe

MSNBC continued the bashing of Margaret Thatcher on Monday. Richard Wolffe, a British journalist and editor of the network's website, smeared the late prime minister as "the antithesis of freedom" when it came to how she dealt with her domestic enemies. The liberal reporter sneered that the Conservative politician "hurt working families and working people." Now host Alex Wagner even went so far…
Scott Whitlock
April 8th, 2013 3:45 PM