NYT: Media Mocked Clinton’s Accusers...in '92 They Were 'Toxic Waste'?

New York Times writer Amanda Hess issued surprise criticism of the media’s coverage of Bill Clinton’s sex scandals in her review of The Clinton Affair, A&E’s six-part mini-series on Bill Clinton’s scandal over White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Hess argued that the women who accused the former president of sexual harassment were unjustly mocked and shunned by the mainstream press: “Paula…
Clay Waters
November 27th, 2018 2:34 PM

Media Ignore Anti-Semitic Hate Crime in L.A. by Somali Immigrant

All three networks have failed to report on an alleged attempted hate crime against two men leaving a Jewish synagogue last Friday in Los Angeles. While another anti-semitic hate crime in Pittsburgh October 27 received mass coverage, the alleged suspect’s identity in this recent attack may be one reason why it hasn’t received any coverage on the major networks thus far.
Kristine Marsh
November 27th, 2018 2:31 PM

Media Push ‘Staggering’ Outlier Climate Claims of Economic Harm

If you’ve been tuned into TV news the past few days, you’ve probably heard “climate change could strip away 10 percent” of U.S economic growth by 2100. What you likely didn’t hear was why that was an “embarrassing” exaggeration based on the earth warming 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
Julia A. Seymour
November 27th, 2018 2:21 PM

Twitter Blasted for Failing to Apologize to Meghan McCain

Twitter’s CEO has some explaining to do over its double standard about how conservatives and liberals are treated. On November 26, Meghan McCain’s husband Ben Domenech accused Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey of lying under oath.
Alexander Hall
November 27th, 2018 1:42 PM

Watch Max Boot Suffer a Breakdown Upon Being Owned by Conservative

It’s rare for CNN liberal, former Republican, and turncoat Max Boot to be challenged as a global affairs analyst on the Jeffrey Zucker-led circus. So when he met his match on Monday’s CNN Tonight in the form of political commentator Scott Jennings during a discussion about the Mississippi Senate runoff, Boot was on a verge of an emotional breakdown.

Curtis Houck
November 27th, 2018 1:39 PM

Politico Denies Censorship: Twitter ‘Punishments’ Aren’t 'Arbitrary'

Conservatives should just suck it up and accept their online punishments, according to Politico. In an article criticizing the conservative backlash to Jesse Kelly’s ban on Twitter, Jack Shafer argued that there really wasn’t a reason for conservatives to be angry at Twitter.
Corinne Weaver
November 27th, 2018 1:38 PM

Celebs Mock Melania: WH Christmas Theme Looks Like a ‘Horror Movie’

On Monday, Melania Trump unveiled her theme for this year’s White House Christmas decorations and, right on cue, celebrities and the media have started attacking her for it. The woman can’t get a break as last year her holiday style choices were described as being from “hell,” and now as something out of a “horror movie.”  
Gabriel Hays
November 27th, 2018 12:47 PM

Hypocrisy: Outraged Nets Ignore Obama’s Use of Tear Gas

As the networks decried the Trump administration’s use of tear gas on illegal immigrants trying to storm the border, none of them on Monday night or Tuesday morning mentioned the awkward fact that the Obama administration tear gassed migrants routinely, once a month even. The Washington Times on Monday explained, “The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying…
Scott Whitlock
November 27th, 2018 12:44 PM

Trump vs. Roberts

Chief Justice John Roberts has been drawn into President Trump's web. Last week the president criticized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco, calling it "a lawless disgrace." The New York Times writes, "Mr. Trump's remarks came after a federal trial judge ordered the administration to resume accepting asylum claims from migrants no matter where or how they…
Cal Thomas
November 27th, 2018 12:36 PM

NBC: Crickets as Comic Compares Trump Presidency to Having a 'Stroke'

The in-studio audience during the 9:00 a.m. ET hour of NBC’s Today show on Tuesday did not find it funny when comedian Lewis Black compared Donald Trump’s presidency to having a “stroke.” After he made the joke, the hosts were clearly taken aback and only crickets could be heard from the audience.
Kyle Drennen
November 27th, 2018 11:40 AM

MSNBC's Ruhle Blames ‘Sick’ ‘Scary’ Hyde-Smith for Nooses Hung by Libs

Cable news and the networks have been hard at work trying to demonize Mississippi’s GOP Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith as a callous racist who wants to bring back the KKK’s reign of terror in the South from decades past. After liberal activists added to the drama by putting nooses on the state legislature lawn, MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle and her liberal guests tried to blame Hyde-Smith for the stunt,…
Kristine Marsh
November 27th, 2018 11:34 AM

CNN's Johns: Espy Forces Hope to Turn Anger Over Nooses 'Into Turnout'

On CNN's New Day, Joe Johns reports that two nooses were found on the grounds of the Mississippi state capitol, and that supporters of Mike Espy, the African-American Dem candidate in today's Senate run-off race, "hope to turn anger into turnout." 
Mark Finkelstein
November 27th, 2018 8:29 AM

Shepard Smith Lectures Conservatives on ‘Extreme’ Climate Change

Every now and then, anchor Shepard Smith seems to feel the need to distance himself from most of the other on-air personalities on the Fox News Channel, and Monday afternoon saw the latest incident. Unfortunately, this time Smith had the opportunity served up to him on a silver platter by the Trump Administration, which released a grim new report from 13 federal agencies on the Friday start to…
Randy Hall
November 27th, 2018 8:01 AM

Deadspin: Coach Kavanaugh Is Still Coaching Girls Basketball

Old Left-wing media biases sometimes die hard. Deadspin blogger Dave McKenna is still making an issue of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's coaching of girls' youth basketball. Months after he was exonerated by the FBI of claims of sexual misconduct and confirmed to the Supreme Court, McKenna claims it's news that the justice is still coaching and relays the shocking tip from an anonymous…
Jay Maxson
November 27th, 2018 7:00 AM