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Fox News Will Air One-hour Gosnell Documentary, Reports New Poll on Go
Fox News will air a one-hour documentary on Sunday night, May 5 titled "See No Evil – The Kermit Gosnell Murders.” The scheduled documentary will be the most in-depth coverage the "house of horrors" murder trial has yet to receive on a major news network.
The latest Fox News poll asked voters why they thought the Gosnell case received relatively little attention from the national press. The…
April 25th, 2013 4:59 PM

NBC's Gregory Declares: Bush's 'Reputation of Incompetence' Has 'Stain
On the eve of the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library, NBC's Meet the Press moderator David Gregory appeared on Wednesday's Nightly News to tear down the former president's legacy, beginning the report by remarking that it was "difficult to remember" Bush's popularity after the September 11th attacks. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]
Gregory described…
April 25th, 2013 4:45 PM

Networks Blame Congress More than Obama For Airport Delays
The morning and evening news shows of CBS and NBC blamed Congress for sequester-related airport delays nearly three times more than the president on April 23 and 24. Congress was blamed 18 times, compared to just seven for Obama. ABC took a different tact, not pointing fingers but warning that an “airplane apocalypse” of ever increasing delays could be right around the corner.
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April 25th, 2013 4:31 PM

Maddow Asks: Why Are Senate Democrats 'Fleeing Like Rats From a Sinkin
Yesterday, Sen. Max Baucus announced that he is retiring in 2014, making the six-term Montana Democrat the sixth senator of his party to step down two years from now instead of running for re-election.
That statistic alarmed Rachel Maddow, the liberal host of a weeknight program on MSNBC, who asked anxiously on Tuesday: “Tell us if something is wrong there. What is the secret about this place…
April 25th, 2013 3:20 PM

Fisker Fail: Another Obama Green Jobs Company Tanks, ABC & NBC Ignore
The Obama administration has flushed almost $200 million of the American taxpayer's money down the drain on another green company failure but ABC and NBC have yet to report on it. On Monday, the electric car company Fisker Automotive failed to make a $10 million payment on a $192 million federal government loan, bringing it closer to bankruptcy. Only CBS, on Thursday's This Morning, mentioned…
April 25th, 2013 3:16 PM
Airbrush Much? Maddow Scrubs Obama Pal Ayers from Her History of '60s
These Rocky Mountain right wingers, Rachel Maddow complained last night, there they go again, trying to thwart voting rights.
Seems that a conservative group in Colorado mailed out a flier in response to a Democrat state lawmaker filing a bill that would make it easier to vote. (Video clip after page break)
April 25th, 2013 3:15 PM

CMI On TV – True Heroism on Hawaii Five-O
Surprisingly good, pro-military content.
April 25th, 2013 2:57 PM

NY Times: Cantor Changing 'Uncompromising Conservatism to Something Ki
New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman documented the failure of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to remake the GOP's "uncompromising conservatism to something kinder and gentler" in "House Majority Leader’s Quest to Soften G.O.P.’s Image Hits a Wall Within," in a slanted story that's being passed off as straight news. Weisman emotionally warned: "But these days, those who linger in the…
April 25th, 2013 1:19 PM

NBC's Lauer Presses Bush on Legacy: Are You Trying to 'Force Critics t
At the beginning of a live interview with former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered about the motivation behind Bush's presidential library: "So many difficult moments, so many controversial decisions you made. Some of them cost you dearly in terms of popularity. Is one of the ideas here...to force your critics to take a second look?"
April 25th, 2013 1:06 PM

‘Rent is Too Damn High’ Guy Runs for NY Mayor, Bashes Economic Rec
Two years ago, Jimmy McMillan ran for New York governor and became a viral sensation, with more than 7 million Youtube views. Now the creator of The Rent is Too Damn High party is running for New York City mayor and has expanded his platform is his new rap anthem video.
In the first 30 seconds of his video, the news reporter declared that rent in New York is at an all time high. “Critics say…
April 25th, 2013 12:23 PM

Diane Sawyer Pesters George W. Bush: Ready to Flip Your Position on Ga
World News anchor Diane Sawyer scored an exclusive interview with George W. Bush for Wednesday's program. Sawyer used the opportunity to pester the former president about gay marriage, prompting, "One of the issues in the party in which there seems to be some shift taking place among senators is gay marriage."
After playing a clip of Laura Bush endorsing same sex marriage, the anchor pressed…
April 25th, 2013 12:20 PM
On Opening of Bush Library, Chuck Todd Mocks Ex-President's ‘Gaffes
Previewing the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Library on Thursday, rather than positively reflect on the legacy of the Bush presidency, MSNBC unsurprisingly chose to mock and minimize his eight years in office. During The Daily Rundown, host Chuck Todd introduced a segment on the former president with a spew of Bush “gaffes." He then mocked, "I miss this part of Bush because Obama…
April 25th, 2013 11:56 AM
NY Times Editor Abramson Called Brusque, 'Very Unpopular,' Defenders C
Politico media reporter Dylan Byers stirred up media indignation with an unflattering article Tuesday on Jill Abramson, the New York Times executive editor, "Turbulence at the Times", based largely on anonymous Times sources who snipe that Abramson is detached, brusque, and a "very, very unpopular" presence in the newsroom.
One Monday morning in April, Jill Abramson called Dean Baquet into…
April 25th, 2013 11:04 AM
State Senator to Piers Morgan: Now That Gun Control Failed When Are Yo
CNN's Piers Morgan had a fiery debate with controversial State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday.
At one point, Campfield said, "Now that gun control has failed, Piers, I'm wondering when are you going to move back to England. Because everyone in Tennessee is dying to know" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 25th, 2013 10:24 AM