‘Speeding to Put Out a Fire’; MSNBCers Defend Comey Breaking Policy

The stench of the Swamp was on full blast in the A-block of Thursday’s Hardball, thanks to MSNBC host Chris Matthews and assorted guests defending former FBI Director James Comey in the light of a scathing report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General that said he violated DOJ policy. But for these MSNBCers, it was justified because of their hatred for President Donald Trump and that…

Curtis Houck
August 29th, 2019 8:38 PM

Hulu Rom-Com: Immigration Reform 'Ruins Lives of Innocent Immigrants'

Hulu's Four Weddings and a Funeral series just can't stop the political storylines as the series goes on. Wednesday's episode "Game Night" was all about immigration. The show takes place in Britain, so their immigration issues are a little different than ours, but you'll find that the rhetoric is pretty much the same--and, with American actress Mindy Kaling as co-creator, I'll bet they were…
Amelia Hamilton
August 29th, 2019 8:00 PM

Atlantic Mocks Comey by Citing His Hillary Investigation Announcement

If former FBI director James Comey thought he would find a sympathetic voice at the liberal Atlantic Magazine on the heels of a damning Department of Justice Inspector General report that found he had violated FBI rules by leaking memos to the press, he would be sorely disappointed. In fact the animosity of Atlantic writer David A. Graham even took the form out outright mockery by comparing what…
P.J. Gladnick
August 29th, 2019 7:59 PM

NY Times Marks Tea Party's 10th Anniversary: Rage, Anger, and Racism

New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters marked 10 years since the launch of the Tea Party movement, which spread with huge yet peaceful rallies against encroaching federal government, specifically Obamacare. Needless to say, the landmark was greeted in hostile fashion by the paper. The headline gave this backhanded compliment: “Tea Party Failed to Tame Deficits, but It Succeeded in Fueling Rage.”…
Clay Waters
August 29th, 2019 6:30 PM

Entravision Continues To Carry Planned Parenthood's Water

Once again Entravision, the nation’s largest Univision affiliate group, is going to bat for Planned Parenthood; this time, over the abortion behemoth’s decision to forego federal funding rather than comply with changes made by the Trump Administration to Title X. 
Jorge Bonilla
August 29th, 2019 5:08 PM

Womp, Womp! MSNBC Cancels Deutsch’s Horrid ‘Saturday Night Politics’

TV Newswer’s A.J. Katz reported Thursday afternoon that MSNBC has pulled the plug on Trump Derangement Syndrome sufferer Donny Deutsch’s Saturday Night Politics, a taped show that aired only 13 times at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. And according to Katz, this was the fifth Deustch-hosted show to be cancelled following previous attempts with CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, and USA (which was a scripted show), but Deutsch…
Curtis Houck
August 29th, 2019 4:54 PM

Fact Check: Pence Didn't Say 'Obama Ordered' VA to Squash Religion

The leftist video site Raw Story attacked Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday with a story headlined "Pence hypes false conspiracy theory that Obama ordered Christianity out of VA hospitals." Fact check: Pence didn't say "Obama ordered" a crackdown on Christian materials. But in the Obama years, Bibles were removed from VA centers and religious Christmas carols were banned at an Augusta,…
Tim Graham
August 29th, 2019 3:56 PM

New Survey: Most Agree Journalists 'Deserve' Scrutiny, Criticism

A new poll from Rasmussen Reports reveals most Americans believe that journalists are more liberal than they are, and deserve scrutiny, despite the fervent objections from The New York Times. There’s even more bad news for the liberal media: the majority also agreed President Trump’s attacks on the press were “appropriate.”
Kristine Marsh
August 29th, 2019 3:23 PM

They Need to Calm Down. 'Variety' Hypes Taylor Swift, ‘Protest Singer’

Variety really, really wants Taylor Swift to be an anti-Trump troubadour. The chorus of Cracker’s raucous “Teens Angst” might not be the greatest line in rock n’ roll history, but it’s up there. And it has the advantage of being timeless. As in 1992, the world needs a lot of things, but the political musings of musicians and poptarts aren’t among them.
Matt Philbin
August 29th, 2019 3:11 PM

YouTube Calls Itself ‘Open’ After Removing Channels

When is the best time to pretend to be a neutral and open platform? Probably not after banning several accounts for content. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki released a creator blog ”Preserving openness through responsibility” Tuesday August 27. She declared her commitment to the video sharing website being an “open” platform while also proclaiming a commitment to liberal values.
Alexander Hall
August 29th, 2019 2:17 PM

Facebook Does Not ‘Guarantee’ Its Platform Will Be Free

A small change made to the company’s slogan could open the door for Facebook to make even more money from the social media network. Previously, according to USA Today, the slogan on the front page of Facebook was “It’s free and it always will be.”
Corinne Weaver
August 29th, 2019 1:56 PM

Beto's Campaign Ejects Breitbart Editor for 'Hateful Reporting'

As if Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke doesn’t have enough to worry about as he craters in the polls, a staffer working in his campaign caused an embarrassing incident on Tuesday by ejecting a reporter who was covering the event for a conservative news website. O’Rourke -- whose full name is actually Robert Francis “Beto” O'Rourke -- was addressing a rally in South Carolina when a…
Randy Hall
August 29th, 2019 1:13 PM

Omission Watch: New Lefty ‘Dark Money’ Arm Spending Millions on Ads

A new liberal 501(c)(4) “dark money” group linked to the liberal House Majority PAC intends to spend millions on TV and digital ads to help Democrats maintain control of the House of Representatives. Internal Revenue Service rules stipulate that 501(c)(4) organizations cannot make politicking the primary purpose, yet the new group plans to devote 94% of its 2019 budget to ads.
Joseph Vazquez
August 29th, 2019 12:20 PM

Telemundo Celebrates Song Honoring Ruthless Mexican Capo

Now that convicted cartel boss Joaquín ´El Chapo ́ Guzmán is serving a life sentence at the ADX Florence supermax prison in Colorado, Telemundo fueled the lore about him as a bigger-than-life hero with a two-minute report on a new narcorrido, a narrative ballad in which the lyrics praise drug trafficking and illegal activities, that portrays him as a loving father and not a serial killer (over 3,…
Kathleen Krumhansl
August 29th, 2019 12:19 PM