Ivy League Injustice: Harvard, Asians and the Network News

It's odd when news organizations otherwise obsessed with race issues are mysteriously quiet about alleged racial discrimination at one of America’s top universities. But ABC, NBC and CBS have given short shrift to a four-year-old lawsuit against Harvard. Since November 17, 2014, Harvard has been the subject of a lawsuit from a non-profit group called Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), which is…
Isaac Cross
August 9th, 2018 12:59 PM

Twitter Speeds Up Push Against ‘Dehumanizing Speech’

Just a day after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter did not suspend Alex Jones’ account because he has not violated the site’s rules, Twitter indicated that evolving rules might be used against him.
Ashley Rae Goldenberg
August 9th, 2018 12:46 PM

YouTube Overrules Opposition to Climate Change via Wikipedia

YouTube has decided that its viewers and content creators are only allowed to believe what they decide is right — especially when it comes to climate change.
Corinne Weaver
August 9th, 2018 12:29 PM

Deluge: Arrest of GOP Rep Gets 18 Times the Coverage of Corrupt Dems

Following the arrest of Republican Congressman Chris Collins, the broadcast networks once again showcased their partisan double standard when it comes to corruption allegations against members of Congress. Collins’s arrest on Wednesday on insider trading charges resulted in a deluge of coverage, over 18 minutes in less than 24 hours. But in 2015 and 2016, ABC, CBS and NBC buried the indictment,…
Scott Whitlock
August 9th, 2018 12:26 PM

Kelly Advises Oscars: Stop Political Speeches, Dump Liberal Hosts

Reacting to news that the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony would be undergoing major changes in order to address poor ratings for this year’s show, on Thursday, NBC anchor Megyn Kelly offered some ideas of her own, namely that the Hollywood event drop left-wing politics from its program.
Kyle Drennen
August 9th, 2018 11:46 AM

NBC Airs Ominous Report Hyping Dem Claims of Trump Corruption

During a report for NBC’s Today show on Wednesday, Senior Investigative and Legal Correspondent Cynthia McFadden seized on Democrats accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution, recycling year-old claims about the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. flouting a ban on an elected officials receiving foreign payments. 
Kyle Drennen
August 9th, 2018 10:30 AM

Players' Anthem Intentions Unknown as NFL Season Nears

With the start of the NFL's regular season less than a month away, the issue of social justice protesting is a popular topic with sports media. Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown says he respects individuals' right to protest, but personally he would respect the flag by standing tall. Two members of the defending world champion Philadelphia Eagles, Michael Bennett and Malcolm Jenkins, are among…
Jay Maxson
August 9th, 2018 10:00 AM

NYT Oozes Over Rosie’s Anti-Trump Broadway Protest, Skips Trutherism

Rosie O’Donnell and a motley troupe of Broadway actors past and present bussed down from New York City for a protest “show” in front of the White House on Monday (Broadway’s traditional day off) and the New York Times decided the silliness was worthy of the lead National section story slot Wednesday. Reporter-intern Alexandria Yoon-Hendricks’ “A Free Broadway Show Starring Putin, Trump and Jean…
Clay Waters
August 9th, 2018 8:16 AM

Wrong! 43 Percent of Republicans Favored Power to Close News Outlets?

Ipsos actually asked this question: "The president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior." Among self-identified Republicans, 23 percent strongly agreed, and 20 percent somewhat agreed...and 18 percent somewhat disagreed, and 18 percent strongly disagreed. This is a no-brainer: It's a strongly disagree!
Tim Graham
August 9th, 2018 7:42 AM

ABC/CBS Refuse to Report Links to Muslim Extremism at New Mexico Camp

The disturbing reports about the mysterious New Mexico compound were 11 starving children and one little boy’s body were found grew even darker on Wednesday, after court documents were released alleging that the kids were being trained to carry out school shootings. Despite those revelations, ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS Evening News still refused to report the connection to Muslim…

Nicholas Fondacaro
August 8th, 2018 11:29 PM

GOP Rep's Arrest Gets 7x the Coverage of Entire Scandal for Dem

If you’re a politician with “D” at the end of your name, it grants you certain privileges from an all too friendly press. They go easy on you in interviews, give you the benefit of the doubt, and if you’re ever charged or convicted of a serious crime, they’ll mostly ignore it. This double standard was on full display Wednesday when New York GOP Congressman Chris Collins was arrested for alleged…
Nicholas Fondacaro
August 8th, 2018 9:14 PM

Repeat DUI Offender Presented as ‘Victim’ on Telemundo

The arrest of a repeat DUI offender is usually not controversial, except on Telemundo. Of all cases, Telemundo recently picked just such an offender to portray instead as the ‘victim’ of ruthless ICE officers who dared arrest Carlos Urrutia following his appearance in court for his third DUI offense, in which he crashed his car into a 20-year-old woman, causing her a traumatic brain injury.
MRC Latino Staff
August 8th, 2018 8:04 PM

Womp, Womp: ‘Atlantic’ Writer Goes to Town Against Acosta’s Nonsense

Heading into Jim Acosta’s triumphant appearance on CBS’s The Late Show Wednesday night, CNN’s chief White House correspondent received some surprise criticism from lefty outlet The Atlantic as staff writer Todd S. Purdum called him out Tuesday for living up to the verb closely associated to his name (accost) and making himself the story when it should be reporting the news.
Curtis Houck
August 8th, 2018 7:08 PM

MSNBC Panel Smears Trump as Racist Over Comments About James, Waters

During Monday’s edition of MSNBC Live With Craig Melvin, the panel attempted to smear President Trump as a racist by pointing to his recent tweet about Lebron James and his repeated description of Congresswoman Maxine Waters as a “low IQ individual.”
Ryan Foley
August 8th, 2018 5:07 PM