ABC Hypes 'Electrifying' 'Fighter' Who Is Taking a 'Stand for Marriage

On Wednesday and Thursday, the journalists at ABC continued to treat the gay marriage issue as though there was only one acceptable side. Diane Sawyer and Terry Moran framed the case before the Supreme Court as simply "one American seeking justice" and gave almost no time to the opposition. On the March 27 World News, Sawyer used loaded language as she hyped, "Edith Windsor received a hero's…
Scott Whitlock
March 28th, 2013 12:00 PM

Is eBay Blocking Auctions Making Fun of Jim Carrey

After Jim Carrey published a vulgar attack on gun owners Monday, a clever eBayer put an autographed picture of the actor up for auction saying the proceeds would go to buy a gun. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the description of that auction has been changed as have similar listings at the website:
Noel Sheppard
March 28th, 2013 11:12 AM

Catholic League Asks Time Warner CEO to 'Have a Serious Talk' With Bil

The Catholic League has clearly had enough of Bill Maher's regular anti-religious tirades on HBO's Real Time. On Tuesday, League president Bill Donohue sent a letter to Time Warner CEO Glenn Britt saying, "The time has come for someone in a position of responsibility to sit down and have a serious talk with this man":
Noel Sheppard
March 28th, 2013 10:25 AM

Media in Love with Bloomberg’s Nanny State Policies

The media are in love – with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. From his soda ban, to his global warming views, to his opinions on gay marriage, journalists and pundits have repeatedly given him a platform to promote whatever he wants … and praised him repeatedly. Very recently, Bloomberg lashed out at New York state legislators in Albany when a speed camera plan for NYC failed, "blaming…
Liz Thatcher
March 28th, 2013 10:14 AM

Luke Russert Asks Tony Perkins 'What Do You Fear So Much' About Same-S

Compared to other MSNBC personalities, Luke Russert is usually rather restrained when it comes to his biases. But on Wednesday’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, the son of the late Tim Russert could not hold back the condescension in his interview with Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council. [Video below. MP3 audio here.] Perkins gave an eloquent defense of traditional marriage…
Paul Bremmer
March 28th, 2013 9:31 AM

Capehart On DOMA: States' Rights A 'Legal Technicality

Seriously: of all editorial writers at the nation's major newspapers, could the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart be the least conversant with the Constitution?  Back in August, we caught Capehart admitting to his unfamiliarity with Enumerated Powers Clause.   On today's Morning Joe, Capehart's Constitutional confusion was on display again. Discussing the Supreme Court's possible…
Mark Finkelstein
March 28th, 2013 8:06 AM

CNN Not a 'Liberal News Network,' Turner Broadcasting Executive Claims

Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes Philip Kent -- chairman and chief executive officer of the Turner Broadcasting System, which owns the Cable News Network – who says that CNN “is a serious news network” that viewers would appreciate more if they would watch the channel “more critically.” Kent made the laughable comments during an interview published in this week's edition…
Randy Hall
March 28th, 2013 1:51 AM

Leno Strikes Again: 'NBC Is a Big Number Two

Jay Leno continued his public feud with the Peacock network Wednesday. The embattled Tonight Show host practically began his show with the tremendously derogatory remark, "NBC is a big number two" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 28th, 2013 1:24 AM

Ashley Judd Not Running for Senate in Ky. (For Now); Obsessed Politico

Actress and Tennessee resident Ashley Judd announced today that she is not running for Senate in Kentucky. Politico has two items on this political development. The main story by Maggie Halberman and Manu Raju defensively describes her as "an eighth-generation Kentuckian." The second is a very short post from Caitlin McDevitt linking to the longer original which merely excerpts five…
Tom Blumer
March 28th, 2013 1:12 AM

AP's Maryclaire Dale: Gosnell 'An Elegant Man' Who 'Smiled Softly' in

A search at the Associated Press's national web site tonight at 11 p.m. ET on "Gosnell" returned one result: a very early Monday morning story by the wire service's Maryclaire Dale. This would indicate that the self-described Essential Global News Network hasn't carried a subsequent national report on the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Pennsylvania and Delaware abortionist accused of eight…
Tom Blumer
March 27th, 2013 11:45 PM

Sharpton's Strange Theory: Blames Beck-Bachmann For Egyptians Pelting

According to contemporary reports, as here and here, Egyptian protesters who pelted the motorcade of then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with tomatoes during her visit to Egypt last July were chanting "Monica! Monica!"   So who did Al Sharpton, on his MSNBC show this evening, blame for the tomato pelting? Why, Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann, of course!  According to the Reverend Al, it…
Mark Finkelstein
March 27th, 2013 9:52 PM

Frank Bruni Again Attacks Conservatives Like Palin and Ted Cruz as 'Lo

In two New York Times columns in a row, George W. Bush-era White House reporter Frank Bruni has giddily borrowed Sen. John McCain's description of conservatives like the drone-filibustering Sen. Rand Paul as "wacko birds" ("Rand Paul’s Loopy Ascent"). When you’ve got loons the likes of Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin fluttering about, I suppose it’s easy not to seem like such a wacko bird yourself.
Clay Waters
March 27th, 2013 9:43 PM

Cal Thomas Column: Beware Public Opinion

"If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it." -- Abraham Lincoln History is full of warnings about what happens when people follow public opinion instead of standing by their principles. In its most extreme manifestation, public opinion might well become mob rule when vigilantes take the law into their own…
Cal Thomas
March 27th, 2013 6:44 PM

Why Rebut Al Gore? NPR Laments 'Confusion' Campaign to Teach Two Sides

On Wednesday’s Morning Edition, reporter Jennifer Ludden was disturbed by what’s happening in science classrooms. Climate change “has been politicized,” and conservatives are pushing “so-called academic freedom bills” to teach both sides of that public-policy controversy. “But critics point out there is no controversy within science. Climate change is happening and it's largely driven by…
Tim Graham
March 27th, 2013 5:52 PM