Bill Moyers Ridiculously Warns Against ‘Learned Helplessness’; Twi

Left-wing journalist Bill Moyers made a truly ludicrous attempt on Monday to twist the meaning of a particular two-word phrase. It happened while he was appearing on PBS’s Charlie Rose show to promote an upcoming documentary in which he tells the stories of two struggling families in Milwaukee. Looking the host in the eye, Moyers warned, “Never underestimate the power of learned helplessness…
Paul Bremmer
July 9th, 2013 6:00 PM

Rush Limbaugh Denies Liberal Dreams: ‘I Never Said Not to Watch Fox

Rush Limbaugh inadvertently set off a media firestorm Monday when he advised a caller to his popular radio program not to get bothered by left-leaning TV commentators on Fox News Channel. Those remarks were quickly miscontrued by several online publications including Politico, Huffington Post and Mediaite as the conservative radio host recommending that his listeners avoid watching FNC…
Matthew Sheffield
July 9th, 2013 5:41 PM

MSNBC Panel Fawns Over NYT Writer 'Proud' Of Mother's Abortion

The July 9 broadcast of Now with Alex Wagner wouldn’t be complete without a panel discussing Texas State Senator Wendy Davis – and the abortion battle in Texas. Yet, it reached a new level with New York Times op-ed contributor Beth Matusoff Merfish declaring that she was “proud” her mother underwent an abortion since “she had the wisdom and the courage to know that her own potential would be…
Matt Vespa
July 9th, 2013 5:11 PM

This Is CNN? Anderson Cooper Giggles Over Photo of Self as Drag Queen

Is this CNN's idea of professionalism? Anderson Cooper is a prime-time anchor and face of CNN, but he giggled over a photo-shopped picture of himself as a drag queen on the June 2 Anderson Cooper 360. Cooper was confessing his "creepy fan girl" obsession over music star Cher. "[Y]ou try keeping a 46-year-old gay man away from Cher," he quipped. When Cooper joked he was a "part-time Cher…
Matt Hadro
July 9th, 2013 3:09 PM

Al Jazeera Employees Quit Over Egypt Bias

Well, The Washington Post sure knows how to bury a lead. It’s hardly news that someone is accusing Al Jazeera of having an anti-Western slant – it does and plenty of people have taken public exception to it. But when 22 of the network’s own employees quit because they can’t stomach the pervasive pro-Islamist bias, it’s something to write home about. On July 9, the Post ran a straightforward “…
Matt Philbin
July 9th, 2013 3:05 PM

Shock: MSNBC's O'Donnell Mocks Spitzer and Weiner Return to Politics

On Monday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell not only mocked disgraced former Democratic officeholders Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer for their efforts to return to political office, but he even suggested that former President George W. Bush is setting a better example by working to fight cancer in Africa. After playing clips of Weiner and Spitzer talking…
Brad Wilmouth
July 9th, 2013 2:41 PM

NY Times Op-Ed: I’m ‘Proud’ of My Mom’s Abortion

Following Texas state senator Wendy Davis’ failed attempts to permanently block an abortion bill in the Texas state legislature, the pro-abortion rights community has doubled-down in its rhetoric protesting any new regulations to improve the health and safety standards in abortion clinics across the nation. Abortion rights activists have reached a new level though, going beyond promoting access…
Jeffrey Meyer
July 9th, 2013 2:39 PM

Author Card Joins New Hollywood Blacklist: Traditional Marriage Suppor

You’re a best-selling author. Your beloved sci-fi novel that’s been a fan favorite for decades is about to come to the silver screen. You can expect more fame, adulation, money, right? Wait just a second! You dared to speak out against gay marriage? Welcome to the new blacklist. Orson Scott Card, author of the popular sci-fi fantasy “Ender’s Game,” which was just made into a film set to…
Lauren Enk
July 9th, 2013 2:15 PM

ABC News Spins: GOP 'Perfectly Content' to Watch Student Loan Rates Do

ABC News’s John Parkinson parroted liberal talking points on student loan rates Monday, claiming the GOP “seemed perfectly content to watch rates double” while Democrats prepped a Wednesday vote in the Senate to keep rates at 3.4 percent. In an online article, Parkinson pitted the “unrelenting” Democratic Party against a gleefully partisan GOP, apparently buying into Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev…
Andrew Lautz
July 9th, 2013 1:10 PM

Half of Fracking Stories Rely on Hollywood Hit Jobs

The flaming water faucet shown in the anti-natural gas drilling film “Gasland,” has become the first thing many people think of when they hear of gas drilling, or “fracking.” But that claim turned out to be completely wrong. Investigators determined that Colorado water well had been drilled into a pocket of methane and had nothing to do with fracking. Josh Fox’s follow up, “GasLand II” debuted…
Julia A. Seymour
July 9th, 2013 1:06 PM

NBC Keeps Texas 'Battle Over Abortion' Alive, Frets Over 'Controversia

Two weeks after Texas state senator Wendy Davis and a mob of abortion activists prevented popularly supported pro-life legislation from being passed in the Lone Star State, on Tuesday's NBC Today, news reader Natalie Morales warned of another upcoming vote on the bill: "The battle over abortion rights is focused on Texas, where a controversial bill that failed last month will be back up for a…
Kyle Drennen
July 9th, 2013 12:30 PM

ABC Again Touts Eliot Spitzer: 'Infamy Might Work to His Advantage,' S

For the second day in a row, the journalists at Good Morning America failed to identify prostitution patron Eliot Spitzer as a Democrat. Yet, in a story on the politician's comeback, reporter Claire Shipman made sure to highlight former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford as a Republican. Regarding Spitzer's bid to be the New York City comptroller, Shipman enthused, "A new political lesson for…
Scott Whitlock
July 9th, 2013 12:06 PM

Government-Funded NPR Hypes ObamaCare Push in Sports Leagues

Government-funded National Public Radio has a vested interest in seeing liberal programs succeed, as their funding could evaporate under a conservative administration. Given NPR’s heavy reliance on federal dollars, it should come as no surprise that they have weighed in on the side of the Obama administration in its decision to lobby sports leagues to promote the controversial health care law…
Jeffrey Meyer
July 9th, 2013 11:52 AM

Open Thread Tuesday

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NB Staff
July 9th, 2013 11:20 AM