NYT Public Editor Ludicrously Claims of Most Times Reporters, 'You Wou

Your media bias laugh of the day: New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan claimed "you wouldn't know who" most Times reporters voted for, on Friday's edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe. Mediaite's Noah Rothman reported the exchange between host Joe Scarborough and Sullivan. Scarborough: "Because I see guys like Jeff Zeleny, Mark Leibovich. These guys, I couldn't tell you how they vote in…
Clay Waters
January 25th, 2013 4:45 PM

NBC and CBS Eagerly Promote New Assault Weapons Ban

On their evening and morning news shows on Thursday and Friday, NBC and CBS were quick to tout Democratic efforts to reimpose an assault weapons ban, with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams proclaiming the move to be "the latest step in the ongoing response to the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings." On CBS Evening News, correspondent Nancy Cordes described the scene as the…
Kyle Drennen
January 25th, 2013 3:27 PM

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts Uses False Abortion Story to Smear Conservati

Leave it to MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts to attempt to smear the pro-life movement on the day of the March for Life with a misleading story about a law introduced in New Mexico regarding abortion. Roberts erroneously reported on a New Mexico state legislator named Cathrynn Brown, who, “introduced a bill that would force rape victims to carry their babies to term and their babies would be used as…
Jeffrey Meyer
January 25th, 2013 3:00 PM

MSNBC Contributor Blames Republicans for Obama's Unconstitutional Rece

In a segment this morning discussing the breaking news that a panel of judges on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously ruled that some of President Obama's recess appointments had been made in an unconstitutional manner, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts turned to network contributor and former Democratic Senate staffer Jimmy Williams for his reaction. Williams conceded the the…
Ken Shepherd
January 25th, 2013 1:14 PM

Gingrich Schools Gun-Grabbing Piers Morgan: 'Isn't Your Real View That

Newt Gingrich on Thursday night interrogated the gun-grabbing Piers Morgan, pushing the CNN host as to what his real motives are. An aggressive Gingrich insisted, "So, why don't you share your real view?...Isn't your real view that you would ban pistols if you could?" [See video below. MP3 audio here.] The Republican also told the British anchor why the Founding Fathers were able to defeat "…
Scott Whitlock
January 25th, 2013 12:37 PM

Nicole Kidman Gives Sexually Provocative Lap Dance To 'Kidnapped' Jimm

Nicole Kidman gave a tremendously lewd, sexually provocative lap dance to Jimmy Kimmel on national television Thursday night. This occurred during ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live which was humorously hijacked by Matt Damon (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 25th, 2013 12:35 PM

Baltimore Ravens Linebacker Plans to Use Super Bowl to Promote Same-Se

Can the Super Bowl be a platform for same-sex marriage? Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo hopes so, and dreams of celebrating a victory in New Orleans two Sundays from now by dancing with Ellen Degeneres.
Noel Sheppard
January 25th, 2013 9:50 AM

Union-Represented AP Reporter Bemoans Decline in Union Membership, Adm

File this under "careful what you wish for." In 2012, with a Democrat in the White House, union membership declined, not only as a percentage of the workforce, but in absolute numbers. Even though the related report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the number of employed wage and salaried workers increased by almost 2.4 million, union membership fell by just under 400,000.…
Tom Blumer
January 25th, 2013 9:26 AM

Politico: Kerry Appointment Shows Obama Seeks To 'Save The World' With

Gee, maybe one day we'll look back and realize that the advent of Barack Obama was the day "when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."  Politico, at least, apparently thinks so. In an item today, Politico claimed that "Obama’s choice of John Kerry as the nation’s top diplomat is the strongest signal to the international community — and the smart set in…
Mark Finkelstein
January 25th, 2013 8:14 AM

Scarborough: Blood Will Be On Pentagon's Hands If It Lowers Standards

Joe Scarborough was a voice in the politically-correct wilderness this morning on the subject of women in combat.  On today's Morning Joe, as other panelists voiced unerring if occasionally cautious support for the Pentagon's decision to permit women in combat, Scarborough sounded a stern warning note. "I'll be damned; if we find out that the Pentagon is lowering standards for politically-…
Mark Finkelstein
January 25th, 2013 7:37 AM

Marching for Life in the Face of a Pro-Abortion Media

Today is the 40th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., a day that is likely to pass with limited, if any, notice from a national news media which is hostile to the pro-life cause. While the abortion issue has divided Americans for the past four decades, journalists have consistently come down on the pro-abortion side of this debate. It’s a bias some reporters freely admit. “I think…
Rich Noyes
January 25th, 2013 6:56 AM

For Second Week in a Row, Press Says 'Jobless Claims Fall to 5-Year Lo

For the second week in a row, actual (i.e., not seasonally adjusted) unemployment claims as reported by the Department of Labor came in greater than the analogous week in 2012.  At the same time, and also for the second week in a row, the department's seasonally adjusted claims number -- the only one the business wire services ever specifically identify in their reports -- came in lower. In…
Tom Blumer
January 24th, 2013 11:27 PM

At Sundance Film Festival, More Support for Violent Movies Than Second

Several actors attending the Sundance Film Festival through Jan. 27 in Park City, Utah, have stated that Hollywood has played a part in the recent spate of gun violence through the production of violent films and video games. However, one actor has suggested an unusual solution to the problem. Alexander Skarsgard, who fired all sorts of weapons at alien invaders in the "Battleship” movie and…
Randy Hall
January 24th, 2013 8:51 PM

Washington Post Hypes 'Hard-Right' Heritage Foundation's Lobbying Divi

Washington Post writer Suzy Khimm, a former reporter for far-left magazine Mother Jones, did her best to portray the Heritage Foundation's lobbying outfit, Heritage Action, as an extreme cabal in a Thursday item on the front page of the Style section. Khimm used two variations of "hardline" to label the two-plus year old group, as well as the term "hard-right." In her article, "The right’s…
Matthew Balan
January 24th, 2013 7:12 PM