Fox News Reporter Faces Jail Time for Maintaining Sources' Secrecy, Ye

Fox News reporter Jana Winter may serve six months in jail for refusing to disclose to a court two anonymous sources from a story she broke on July 25, 2012, related to alleged Aurora, Colorado theater shooter James Holmes. Mackenzie Weinger of Politico has the details and notes that, at least thus far, it seems only Fox News has shown concern over a journalist being squeezed to break the…
Ken Shepherd
April 8th, 2013 12:35 PM

After Learning of Her Death, MSNBC's Bashir Trashes Thatcher: 'Divisiv

Leave it to MSNBC to bring its perhaps most vile ultra-liberal daytime host to make the first comments following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Speaking with host Chuck Todd and the BBC’s Katty Kay, Bashir sharply smeared the legacy of the Iron Lady, calling her tenure very divisive and one that promoted selfishness.  The segment began with Bashir -- who has no…
Jeffrey Meyer
April 8th, 2013 11:25 AM

NBC Remembers Margaret Thatcher as 'Loved and Loathed,' 'Deeply Contro

As news broke of the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Monday morning, Today co-host Matt Lauer turned to correspondent Michelle Kosinski in London, who proclaimed Thatcher was "Known as the Iron Lady and for her conservative politics, she was also quite controversial during that time for reducing the power of the trade unions." [Listen to the audio or watch the video…
Kyle Drennen
April 8th, 2013 11:12 AM

ABC: 'Controversial' Thatcher, a 'Titan' Who Was 'Both Adored and Vili

ABC's Good Morning America on Monday broke into live coverage to report that the "controversial" "titan" Margaret Thatcher had died. The morning show's reporters highlighted both her conservative beliefs, for which she was "vilified," and compared her to Winston Churchill. Guest co-host Elizabeth Vargas announced that the late Prime Minister's "belief in herself and her policies" led to her…
Scott Whitlock
April 8th, 2013 10:56 AM

Kathy Griffin Axed By Bravo

At the same time the supposedly most trusted name in news is allegedly pondering giving vulgarian comedienne Kathy Griffin a show on that network, she's just gotten the boot from Bravo. Such was reported in a Cincinnati Enquirer review of her "performance" at the Taft Theatre Friday:
Noel Sheppard
April 8th, 2013 10:38 AM

Flashback: Media Liberals Vilified Thatcher as 'Uncaring,' 'Shrill

As the world pauses to remember the legendary British Prime Minister Margeret Thatcher, it's also worth remembering how the liberal media -- both in Britain and in the United States -- were horrified at her conservative policies. Just as they do now, liberal journalists sneeringly portray any resistance to left-wing big government as "uncaring" or lacking compassion." Of course, in spite of…
Rich Noyes
April 8th, 2013 9:43 AM

7-Year-Old Brain Cancer Patient Scores 69 Yard TD in University of Neb

Try to watch the following video without crying. I dare you. I double dare you. On Saturday, at the conclusion of a spring college football game at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a seven-year-old boy named Jack Hoffman, who's struggling with brain cancer, ran for a 69 yard touchdown.
Noel Sheppard
April 8th, 2013 9:35 AM

In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died according to reports from several news sources.  "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning," former adviser Timothy Bell told the press. Thatcher, the first and only woman to serve as prime minister, held the office for longer…
Matthew Sheffield
April 8th, 2013 9:25 AM

Wow: NYT Coverage of Lew's European Trip Carries Claim That U.S. 'Has

Your daily dose of inadvertent humor comes from an article by Annie Lowrey at the New York Times on Sunday evening ("Lew to Press for European Policy Changes"; also in today's print edition). In "covering" (from Washington?) Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's four-day European trip for meetings with EU leaders encouraging them to pursue "growth" policies -- which in Keynesians' fevered minds…
Tom Blumer
April 8th, 2013 8:51 AM

Bill Maher: Some in Army ‘Are Psychopaths...It’s the One Place Whe

Bill Maher just can’t resist denigrating those who choose to join our military forces. Catching up with a comment from his Friday night show on HBO, when discussing what motivates soldiers to want to re-join their units and what they miss when back in civilian life, war correspondent Sebastian Junger explained: “The soldiers aren’t psychopaths, they don’t miss killing, they don’t miss getting…
Brent Baker
April 8th, 2013 8:12 AM

Rick Warren: Best Known for Praying for Obama

Mollie Hemingway at Get Religion is amazed that people would say the most notable, memorable thing evangelical preacher Rick Warren ever did was give the invocation at President Obama's first Inauguration. Warren's son Matthew committed suicide on Saturday. "Not having heard of Warren prior to 2008 means that you had to have been in utero (or high school, or something similar) during 2002 or…
Tim Graham
April 8th, 2013 8:04 AM

AP Excerpts LA Times Editorial on Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Leaves Tea

In a roundup of editorial commentary published on Wednesday, the Associated Press excerpted an editorial at the Los Angeles Times condemning the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal, which has thus far led to 35 arrests, including that the of the district's former superintendent. "Somehow," the excerpt omitted the specifics of the excuse-making on the part of the American Federation of…
Tom Blumer
April 8th, 2013 7:14 AM

Sarah Palin on Harris-Perry's 'Kids Belong to Their Communities' Comme

On Thursday, NewsBusters exposed Melissa Harris-Perry saying in an MSNBC "Lean Forward" ad, "We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to their communities." Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin tweeted her displeasure about this remark Saturday:
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 8:20 PM

Katty Kay: Marriage Is 'Old Fashioned' If You Want to Have Kids

There's been a lot of discussion lately about women balancing their careers with marriage and family. On the syndicated Chris Matthews Show this weekend, the BBC's Katty Kay said, "My advice would have been to younger women to focus more on when you have children rather than saying you have to find a husband when you're in university...The marriage component of it to me feels like a fairly…
Noel Sheppard
April 7th, 2013 6:30 PM