FLASHBACK: Media’s Ugliest Attacks on Gun Rights Supporters

The media are using the one year anniversary of the Parkland, Florida shooting to push for more gun control. It’s something they started doing immediately after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.The following is a collection of the media’s ugliest attacks on gun rights supporters after the Parkland, Florida shooting.

Geoffrey Dickens
February 14th, 2019 1:57 PM

ABC Worries About Anti-Vaccine Celebs, Forgets It Had One as a Host

ABC is worried that Hollywood celebrities have been promoting anti-science, anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. Yet, the network seemed to forget that it employed one, Jenny McCarthy, as a host. Not only that, but ABC prompted actress McCarthy to spout her uninformed vaccine views. 
Scott Whitlock
February 14th, 2019 1:29 PM

2,202 Minutes on Russia Scandal, Zero for Report on No Collusion

It’s been two days since NBC’s exclusive reporting that the Senate Intelligence Committee has found no material evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and as of yet none of the three major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have given it even a single second of airtime in their evening newscasts. Considering these networks have given the Russia probe a massive 2,202…
Bill D'Agostino
February 14th, 2019 12:28 PM

WashPost Gives Kamala 4 Pinocchios for Trump's 'Middle-Class Tax Hike'

Washington Post "Fact Checker" Glenn Kessler let a Democrat presidential candidate have it, the full "Four Pinocchios" rating -- for Sen. Kamala Harris claiming Trump's tax cut was actually a "middle-class tax hike." Now will she be asked about it by other reporters? 
Tim Graham
February 14th, 2019 12:12 PM

ABC Fawns Over Smollett's 'Credible' Story: How Will You 'Heal?'

ABC previewed their exclusive interview with actor Jussie Smollett on Thursday, his first interview since the alleged hate crime he recounted to Chicago police two weeks ago. While host Robin Roberts did ask the actor about the controversial, uncorroborated aspects of his story on Good Morning America, she did not refer to the attack as “alleged” even once. Instead, she asked him to teach us all…
Kristine Marsh
February 14th, 2019 11:16 AM

Salon’s Sex Therapist: ‘Rape-Like’ Trump ‘Wrecking Our Sex Lives’

According to liberal journalists, Democratic presidents prompt sex dreams while the “creepy,” “rape-like” Donald Trump ruins intimacy. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Salon.com discussed the threat “to our sex lives” created by the President. Writer Chauncey Devega talked to sex therapist Dr. Susan Block. According to Dr. Block, the Republican has had a “big impact” on intimacy
Scott Whitlock
February 14th, 2019 10:59 AM

Networks Silent for Seven Straight Nights about ‘Green New Deal'

It’s been a week since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., introduced a “Green New Deal” resolution promising massive government spending and no way to pay for it. The president and many others mocked it. Liberal presidential candidates endorsed it. An Ocasio-Cortez policy adviser denied to Fox News that the plan promised “economic security for people ‘…
Julia A. Seymour
February 14th, 2019 10:46 AM

Morning Joe Equates Omar Tweets With Republican Criticism of Soros

For the third day in a row, the cast of MSNBC's Morning Joe used the situation surrounding Representative Illhan Omar's tweets to focus on the real story: Republican hypocrisy.
Alex Christy
February 14th, 2019 10:19 AM

AP Says Wisconsin GOP 'Erase' Kaepernick From Black History Month

When Colin Kaepernick knelt during the playing of the national anthem, his media apologists assured the public it was purely a matter of free speech. But media are singing a different tune today, because when Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly objected to the inclusion of Kaepernick's name on a Black History resolution it was not a matter of expressing free speech rights. White Republicans had…
Jay Maxson
February 14th, 2019 10:00 AM

CNN Lets Dem Guest Push Gun Control, 'If It Saves Just One Life'

On the one-year anniversary of the Parkland school shootings, CNN anchor Erin Hill gave no pushback on the New Day show after she invited Florida Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to promote a gun control plan being considered by Congress. The same CNN show that has recently dismissed arguments in favor of border security that could save many lives each year also apparently saw no…
Brad Wilmouth
February 14th, 2019 9:12 AM

CNN Lets Menendez Speechify That Drunk Drivers Are Not 'Criminals'

Appearing on CNN’s The Situation Room Monday, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) complained that President Trump has made everyone who decides to “cross the border undocumented” into a criminal. Menendez also complained that “if a person has a driving while under the influence violation, he is now making, saying that’s a criminal.”  These outrageous statements seemed to fly right over host Wolf Blitzer’…
Ryan Foley
February 14th, 2019 8:08 AM

Fake News Scarborough: McCarthy Tweeted 'Don't Let Jews Buy Election'

Seeking to deflect criticism of Dem Rep. Ilhan Omar for her history of anti-Semitic remarks, Morning Joe swung into whataboutism mode today. Joe Scarborough flagrantly mischaracterized a tweet by GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy prior to the midterms. Scarborough twice claimed that McCarthy had said: "don't let Jews buy the election."
Mark Finkelstein
February 14th, 2019 8:03 AM

Despite Iran Spy, NBC Alarmed By Security Conference Targeting Regime

On Wednesday, Americans learned that, during the Obama years, U.S. intelligence officer Monica Witt was recruited to be a spy by Iran and fed them sensitive information, including the identities of intelligence sources. Despite Iran’s clear effort to harm America, NBC Nightly News ran a report fretting a U.S.-led conference aimed at further squeezing the radical regime. And here’s the kicker:…
Nicholas Fondacaro
February 13th, 2019 11:17 PM

Matthews Defends Green New Deal Over Common Sense, Maduro Over Bolton

In a wild Hardball on Wednesday, MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews spent the latter portion of the program defending the Green New Deal, expressing dismay at Republicans for “mak[ing] fun of” the proposal seeking to address the dangers “we're facing as a species” because of climate change, and defending murderous Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro because National Security Adviser John Bolton isn’t a…
Curtis Houck
February 13th, 2019 10:01 PM