Forget Gun Control, Ed Schultz Declares, Democrats Should Focus on Job

Never let it be said that Ed Schultz isn't bravely willing to thrust his finger high in the air to see which way the wind is blowing. Schultz did this on his radio show yesterday, citing a new Gallup poll as justification for Democrats to end their obsession for more gun laws in the six months since the Sandy Hook massacre and focus instead on the economy. (Audio clip after page break)
Jack Coleman
May 9th, 2013 4:38 PM

MSNBC Invites Gay Illegal Immigrant Activist to Push for Leahy Amendme

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) recently proposed an amendment to the so-called Gang of Eight’s immigration bill that would allow homosexuals in the U.S. to sponsor their foreign-born partners for green cards. Naturally, MSNBC was elated at this potential fusion of gay rights and immigration reform, so to celebrate, Sunday's Weekends with Alex Witt brought on Jose Antonio Vargas, a former Washington…
Paul Bremmer
May 9th, 2013 4:23 PM

Benghazi Hearing Only Gets Second Place Billing on Network Evening New

The evening news broadcasts on NBC, ABC, and CBS on Wednesday all offered full reports on the compelling congressional testimony regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack, but only after all three programs led with coverage of the Cleveland abduction case. NBC Nightly News and CBS Evening News both at least informed viewers of the hearing during top-of-the-show teases, but ABC World News…
Kyle Drennen
May 9th, 2013 4:11 PM

Cal Thomas Column: Politicians Taxing Internet Sales Are E-Picking Our

In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially for start-ups and small businesses. Congress extended the bill three times, the latest until 2014. Now there's the Marketplace Fairness Act, which…
Cal Thomas
May 9th, 2013 3:54 PM

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Downplay Benghazi Response, Attack Critic

One of the unwritten rules of comedy is to always attack the people in power. Apparently, that concept has mostly eluded Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who have staunchly defended the reaction by President Barack Obama and his administration to the death of four Americans in the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. Instead, the hosts of “The Daily Show”…
Randy Hall
May 9th, 2013 3:10 PM

NB's Bozell: Maybe Media Should Pretend Obama's a Republican, Then The

The revelations made during the May 8 Benghazi hearings "open up a new can of worms with even more serious questions," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued today. "Five major bombshell revelations emerged that have, so far, only been given lip service by the three broadcast networks," the Media Research Center (MRC) founder noted. They are:
Ken Shepherd
May 9th, 2013 3:05 PM

MSNBC's Hayes Gloats Over Kidnapping and Murder Stories Preempting Ben

On Wednesday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes was gleeful over media coverage of the Benghazi hearings being preempted by both the story of three girls kidnapped and held prisioner for a decade in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the verdict in the Jodi Arias murder trial. Hayes flippantly referred to the crime stories as "the next Lifetime original movie" as he teased the segment at the top of…
Brad Wilmouth
May 9th, 2013 2:53 PM

It Was a Trans-tastic Day for ABC News Producer, Announced He Was a Ne

The New York Post reports ABC News producer Don Ennis walked into his Manhattan office on Friday in a "little black dress" and a brunette wig and “announced to colleagues that from now on, he would like to be known as Dawn.” Naturally, at the Sam Champion Network, Ennis “brought a cake and glitter in to work on Friday. Co-workers left flowers on her desk, and ABC News President Ben Sherwood…
Tim Graham
May 9th, 2013 2:38 PM

Pro-Choice Reporter Reconsiders Position Due To Gosnell Trial

If there is anything positive that can come out of the Gosnell trial, other than a guilty verdict, is that it seems to have changed the mind of at least one pro-choice reporter.  As more of the gruesome details emerged from the trial, the journalist in question just couldn’t stomach that babies born alive were murdered in such a fashion. J.D. Mullane of the Bucks County Courier, who was been…
Matt Vespa
May 9th, 2013 1:13 PM

Joe Scarborough Calls Out Fellow MSNBCer Wolffe For Using A ‘Democra

Regardless of the facts, some at MSNBC continue to peddle White House talking points surrounding the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Appearing on Morning Joe on May 9, Richard Wolffe, the executive editor of MSNBC.com, gleefully used Democratic talking points in his denunciation of congressional hearings on Benghazi.  The segment began with co-host Joe Scarborough challenging the White House…
Jeffrey Meyer
May 9th, 2013 1:01 PM

Townhall's Guy Benson Reviews 12 Damning Revelations from Yesterday's

While many in the liberal media are doing their level best to spin and/or downplay yesterday's testimony at the Benghazi hearings, Guy Benson of Townhall.com has done a great job summing up a dozen damning revelations from the career Foreign Service staffers who testified yesterday. You can read Benson's full story here. Below the fold I've excerpted from just the first five revelations from…
Ken Shepherd
May 9th, 2013 1:00 PM

Morning Shows Binge on Tabloid Criminal Trials: 56 Minutes vs. 7 for B

The network morning shows on Thursday went into tabloid overdrive for the Jodi Arias verdict and an abduction case in Ohio, offering a staggering 56 minutes of coverage. In contrast, NBC, CBS and ABC allowed just under seven minutes combined to hearings on the 2012 terrorist murder of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. This is a disparity of eight-to-one. Good Morning…
Scott Whitlock
May 9th, 2013 12:29 PM

South Korea Led by 'Strongman' and 'Steely Conservative,' But North Ko

Soft labeling of Communist dictators ("enigmatic"?) has been a historical problem for the New York Times. On Wednesday, reporters Mark Landler and David Sanger described the late South Korea president Park Chung-Hee as a "strongman" as his "steely conservative" daughter Park Geun-hye, current president of the country, meets President Obama for the first time. In contrast, North Korea's new…
Clay Waters
May 9th, 2013 12:15 PM

NY Times Puts Benghazi Hearings in Lead Slot, Finds Both Obama 'Intimi

Thursday's New York Times led with the congressional hearings into the Obama administration's response to the terrorist attack on Benghazi, Libya on the anniversary of September 11 that left four Americans dead: "Envoy Testifies Libya Questions Led To Demotion," reported by the team of Scott Shane, Jeremy Peters, and Eric Schmitt. But the paper still treated it as a partisan game of gotcha in…
Clay Waters
May 9th, 2013 11:24 AM