As Impeachment Trial Looms, CBS Pushes Flake on Standing Up to Trump

The journalists at CBS This Morning on Monday alternated between praising former Senator Jeff Flake for his current stand against Donald Trump and complaining that the Republican didn’t take the stand sooner. Talking to the guest, co-host Tony Dokoupil played the role of good cop. He quoted, “Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona served in the Senate from 2013 until last year. In September, he wrote…
Scott Whitlock
January 20th, 2020 12:03 PM

Nets Compare Pro-Gun Rally to Charlottesville; 'Could Turn Violent!'

All three networks were eager to equate gun rights advocates to neo-Nazis on Monday morning’s broadcasts. While tens of thousands of people are expected to arrive at Virginia’s Capitol building this afternoon to protest the state’s proposed anti-gun laws, reporters from ABC, NBC and CBS tried to compare the Second Amendment rally to the much smaller rally in Charlottesville in 2017 attended by…
Kristine Marsh
January 20th, 2020 11:49 AM

NBC’s Melvin Asks Bloomberg: ‘What Makes Donald Trump So Dangerous?’

On the eve of the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, on Monday, NBC’s Today show co-host Craig Melvin lobbed several softballs on the topic to 2020 Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg. The anchor especially wanted to know: “What makes Donald Trump so dangerous?”
Kyle Drennen
January 20th, 2020 11:22 AM

Hypocritical ‘News’ Media Have Done Complete Flip-Flop on Impeachment

It doesn’t take a skilled code-breaker to figure out the liberal networks’ stance on President Donald Trump’s impeachment: There’s no doubt we need witnesses if the Senate is going to conduct a fair trial; impeachment is necessary to prove that nobody — not even the President — is above the law; and there’s no more pressing task for Congress if we’re to keep this President, and future Presidents…
Bill D'Agostino
January 20th, 2020 10:00 AM

The Nation: Aussie Fires Demonstrate Sports at Risk of Destruction

The smoke and heat plaguing the ongoing Australian Open tennis tournament and threatening the health of contestants aren't just an unfortunate set of circumstances. Oh no, it's a matter of the sports world sticking its head in the stand and ignoring the world's ongoing climate catastrophe, writes The Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin.
Jay Maxson
January 20th, 2020 10:00 AM

Netflix Docuseries Avoids Placing Blame on Hernandez for Murder Spree

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, Netflix’s new documentary series highlighting the former NFL star and convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez, has brought the conversation of personal responsibility to the forefront of society. The problem is Hernandez is portrayed in a way that largely avoids the fact that he is culpable for his own actions.
Jonas Wells
January 20th, 2020 9:00 AM

On Ukraine Corruption, NBC's Przybyla Sounds Like Biden PR Flack

Question: in addition to her duties as an NBC correspondent, is Heidi Przybyla also serving as a PR flack for the Biden campaign? You have to wonder after watching Przybyla's performance today on Morning Joe. Przybyla didn't merely highlight the memo that the Biden campaign has put out as a pre-emptive response to charges of Ukraine corruption—she passionately embraced the memo's findings. 
Mark Finkelstein
January 20th, 2020 8:08 AM

AppleTV's ‘Little America’ Spotlights Deportation, Illegal Immigration

In the Trump era, TV and liberal media always seem to want to talk about immigration. Of course, they never seem to know the difference between legal and illegal immigration, so it usually comes off as nothing more than bashing Trump and border laws. Based on the Epic Magazine collection of stories with the same name, the Apple TV+ series Little America is sadly another example of a show being…
Lindsay Kornick
January 20th, 2020 7:00 AM

CNN Anchor Frets 'Iconic' Photo of 'God Hates Trump' Sign Was Censored

On Saturday's CNN Newsroom, weekend anchor Fredricka Whitfield touted "shock and outrage" over the National Archives blurring part of a sign from the annual anti-Trump Women's March declaring "God hates Trump." Lauding the photograph of the sign as an "iconic image," Whitfield seemed surprised when Bernice King -- daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- was critical of the sign itself and not…
Brad Wilmouth
January 20th, 2020 6:53 AM

HBO’s Larry David Wears MAGA Hat: 'It’s a Great People Repellent'

Instead of directly trolling President Trump by name, the red MAGA hat made famous by the Trump campaign was weaponized in the season premiere of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. In three scenes of the episode titled “Happy New Year” airing on January 19, a MAGA hat made an appearance and was met with scorn.
Karen Townsend
January 20th, 2020 12:57 AM

Gay Superhero ‘Batwoman’ Comes Out as Openly Gay in ‘Historic’ Reveal

It’s 2020 and liberal television still thinks it’s a big deal to have a character be gay. It’s so important that characters outing their superhero alter egos on television is also a big deal. CW’s Batwoman goes the extra mile by “outing” Batwoman as a lesbian in the universe of the show. Apparently, that’s the latest milestone for the LGBTQ community.
Lindsay Kornick
January 20th, 2020 12:10 AM

Lesbian Show Surprisingly Plays Sound of Unborn Child's Heartbeat

Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q is usually a love letter to left-wing hedonism, promoting a radical matriarchal vision of sexual revolution. (I say “matriarchal” because straight men do not exist in the show except as villains or annoyances who briefly pop in and out now and again.) That is why it was surprising to see the show spotlight the heartbeat of an unborn child in this week’s episode…
Elise Ehrhard
January 19th, 2020 11:40 PM

De Niro at SAG Awards: 'We're in Such a Dire Situation'

It seemed only natural that January 19's 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT and TBS would get political. Why is that? Well, known Trump-basher Robert De Niro was being honored with a life achievement award.
Rebecca Downs
January 19th, 2020 10:26 PM

Even Leftists Can Be Right About Opinionated 'Fact Checkers'

Conservatives are not going to agree with a lot of points in The New Republic -- and it's more liberal than it used to be in the last century. But there's some common ground when it comes to the media's "fact-checking" operations. There is a lot of opinion smeared all over the "facts."
Tim Graham
January 19th, 2020 9:01 PM