Maher: ‘The Last Person in Texas to Get Near a Schoolbook Was Lee Ha

Bill Maher proved once again Friday that there is no floor to his indecency. As he mocked this week’s opening of the Bush Library in Dallas, Texas, during his opening monologue on HBO’s Real Time, the host actually said, “The last person in that state to get near a schoolbook was Lee Harvey Oswald” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 27th, 2013 10:27 AM

Cartoonist on Fertilizer Plant Explosion: 'Business Is Booming in Texa

Syndicated cartoonist Jack Ohman should be ashamed of himself. On Thursday, he published a cartoon depicting Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) saying "Business is booming in Texas" next to a drawing of the fertilizer plant explosion near Waco:
Noel Sheppard
April 27th, 2013 9:55 AM

Bozell Column: Hollywood and Post-Boston 'Xenophobia

 As much as liberals had their fingers crossed after the Boston Marathon bombings – please don’t let it be a Muslim, please don’t let it be a Muslim – that’s who the terrorists were. All that wishing and hoping is based on the very ugly premise that “middle America” is a cesspool of bigotry and hate, a sentiment shared by Muslim terrorists. Their quickest stereotype is that the vast majority…
Brent Bozell
April 27th, 2013 6:31 AM

Daily Kos Week in Review: Turning Boston Into Bosnia

This past week, one Kossack alleged that conservatives' preferred response to the Boston Marathon bombing wasn't for law enforcement to track down the culprits and bring them to justice, but rather for mobs of their fellow right-wingers to engage in lethal violence against Muslim Americans.   As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
Tom Johnson
April 26th, 2013 11:03 PM

Boorish Bashir Strikes Again: Americans Prefer 'Gonorrhea' To Congress

What is it with Martin Bashir and his tendency to talk dirty to women guests? A couple of months ago, we noted the MSNBC host claiming to guest Karen Finney that Senator Marco Rubio, in his questioning of a hearing witness, was seeking to show that he had "very strong testicles."  This evening, taking things a vulgar step further, Bashir told another Dem woman that Americans so detest…
Mark Finkelstein
April 26th, 2013 9:23 PM

Silvio Berlusconi: The American Flag Is 'A Universal Symbol of Democra

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said something on Fox News's Special Report Friday that will make conservatives swell with pride and many liberals cringe. "I often say in my speeches around the world that when I see the American flag flying, I don't think of it as an American flag. I think of it as a universal symbol of democracy and liberty."
Noel Sheppard
April 26th, 2013 6:52 PM

CNN's Lemon Re-Tweets Gay Advocate's Praise of Him Giving 'Tough Life

After hosting a Sunday segment on whether the Boy Scouts should allow openly-gay scouts and leaders, CNN's Don Lemon re-tweeted gay advocate David Begor's praise of him giving an "anti-gay scoutmaster" a "tough life lesson" and an "intervention." On Thursday, Begor tweeted a link to Lemon's interview with former Eagle Scout John Stemberger and activist Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for…
Matt Hadro
April 26th, 2013 6:09 PM

MSNBC's Hayes Links Bush Admin to Texas Plant Explosion

On Thursday's All In, MSNBC host Chris Hayes hinted that, if only Barack Obama had been successful in his efforts while he was a Senator, the fertilizer plant explosion in West Texas might not have happened, as the MSNBC host also suggested culpability from the Bush administration for transferring chemical plant regulation from the EPA to the Department of Homeland Security. The MSNBC host…
Brad Wilmouth
April 26th, 2013 6:08 PM

ABC’s Jonathan Karl Hammers Karl Rove Over Bush’s Presidency

The recent dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas has brought a fresh opportunity to reflect on the legacy of the 43rd president. Of course, for the liberal media, to contemplate Bush’s legacy is to focus almost entirely on what went wrong in his presidency. ABC’s Jonathan Karl displayed the media’s rampant anti-Bush attitude during an interview with Karl Rove posted…
Paul Bremmer
April 26th, 2013 5:18 PM

NYT Lectures on U.S.'s 'Endless Consumption,' Hawks $38K Croc Handbags

Friday's New York Times Arts section featured a liberal lecture on America's "culture of endless consumption" and "income inequality" disguised as an opera review from music critic Zachary Woolfe. Never mind that Woolfe's newspaper panders to a rich liberal readership with stories like this from June 3, 2012: "Family Travel at the $300,000 Price Point." The lead: "Imagine you are heading to…
Clay Waters
April 26th, 2013 4:38 PM

New York Times Runs Full Story on Bizarre Press Conference by Parents

The New York Times's David Herszenhorn on Friday wrote up a bizarre new conference held by the parents of the Boston Marathon bombers in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, where they have lived for the past year: "Parents Deny Son's Guilt And Accuse U.S. of Plot." It's puzzling why Herszenhorn chose such a credulous tone to the conspiratorial rants of the bombers' mother Zubeidat Tsarnaeva (…
Clay Waters
April 26th, 2013 4:07 PM

Unbelievable: MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts Brings On Three Consecutive Gue

The ongoing trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell has ignited the already contentious abortion debate across this country.  Dr. Gosnell is on trial for the murder of four babies and one woman at his abortion clinic, which people have called a “House of Horrors.” Given the horrific nature of the crimes Gosnell is accused of committing, one would think MSNBC would discuss this horrific trial in any…
Jeffrey Meyer
April 26th, 2013 3:29 PM

Bachmann: Media 'All But Gone Silent' on Trial of Abortionist Kermit G

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said the mainstream media have “all but gone silent” in their trivial coverage of the trial of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell, a dearth of reporting that she described as perpetrating “violence against women.” “Mr. Speaker, it’s difficult for me to even speak about this subject today,” Bachmann said from the floor of the House of Representatives on…
Elizabeth Harrington
April 26th, 2013 2:09 PM

CMI on TV – ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Tackles College Rape

Plot mirrors recent cases.
Andrew Collins
April 26th, 2013 1:43 PM