Colbert’s Mind Blown as Journalist Dismisses His Comey Fawning: ‘Wow'

CBS This Morning co-host John Dickerson has been one of the few journalists calling for some calm in the hyping of James Comey and his new book. On Monday night, he seemed to shock Late Show host Stephen Colbert with tough skepticism. Colbert hailed the ex-FBI director as “setting up all this criteria for going after Donald Trump and talking about ethical leadership along the way.” 
Scott Whitlock
April 17th, 2018 1:14 PM

Stephanopoulos Laments Comey Getting 'Into the Sandbox’ With Trump

After conducting an exclusive taped interview with former FBI Director James Comey for an ABC News prime-time special Sunday night, on Tuesday, anchor George Stephanopoulos sat down for yet another exchange with Comey live on Good Morning America. However, this time, Stephanopoulos actually pressed the fired law enforcement official on the “petty personal details” about President Trump that he…
Kyle Drennen
April 17th, 2018 12:40 PM

Fragile Comedian Files Restraining Order Against Trump, Afraid of War

How’s this for a career enhancing PR stunt? Stand up comedian Maria Bamford says she’s really unsettled by the Trump Administration’s foreign policy as of late, so much so that she has filed a restraining order against the president himself.
Gabriel Hays
April 17th, 2018 12:31 PM

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Host Dares Trump to Show Up

The most hostile gathering of liberal journalists and comedians is scheduled to be on April 28. And President Trump isn’t going. Gee, who knows why? On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Michelle Wolf, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner’s host for 2018, spoke to Kimmel about how she felt about Trump avoiding the event for the second year in a row.  
Corinne Weaver
April 17th, 2018 12:03 PM

Irony Alert: Dan Rather Defends Himself as Bold ‘Truth’ Teller

Dan Rather has absolutely no sense of self awareness. The disgraced ex-CBS Evening News anchor on Friday posted video of a keynote speech he gave to the American Geophysical Union. In it, the man who lost his job at CBS over the use of phony documents, attacked the “ignorance” of climate skeptics and praised himself as similar to a scientist: “I believe we journalists and scientists are in many…
Scott Whitlock
April 17th, 2018 11:20 AM

New Republic to MSM: Trump Probably Won't Be Leaving Office Early

If the "Trump is doomed" narrative sounds familiar, it is because we have been hearing some version of this on an almost daily basis from the mainstream media since even before President Donald Trump entered the White House. Jeet Heer's  We Are (Probably) Not in the “End Stages” of Trump’s Presidency in the New Republic should be mandatory reading for anybody in the MSM who want to discover how…
P.J. Gladnick
April 17th, 2018 11:10 AM

BET Founder Says Trump Economy Helping Blacks; WaPo Prints 9 Days Late

Robert Johnson, the founder of BET television and America’s first black billionaire, had some positive things to say about the economy in April, but most liberal media failed to notice. The one national paper to cover it delayed including it in the print edition for more than a week. Citing multiple factors including “fairly stable” interest rates, the “Trump tax cut,” and historically low…
Julia A. Seymour
April 17th, 2018 10:13 AM

Two Hours and Counting... Nets Can’t Get Enough of Comey Book Tour

Today marks the official release of fired FBI director James Comey’s new book A Higher Loyalty and the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks already have done their part to boost its sales, packing a total of two hours, 24 minutes in five days of coverage on their evening and morning news programs.   
Geoffrey Dickens
April 17th, 2018 9:49 AM

MRC's Bozell: Tech Giant Censorship Is Worst in The 'History of Man'

In a Monday appearance on Fox News Channel’s The Ingraham Angle, MRC founder and president Brent Bozell ripped into the liberal tech giants for censoring conservative thought on their social media platforms. “This is emerging, the greatest censorship of free speech worldwide in the history of man,” he exclaimed, referring to the findings of the blockbuster study conducted by the MRC’s Ashley Rae…
NB Staff
April 17th, 2018 12:05 AM

CBS Sitcom: Yes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doll, No to Princess Dress

What is it lately that makes the Hollywood left work Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg into ordinary, even rather boring, sitcoms? It happened again in the April 16 episode of CBS’s Man With a Plan titled “King for a Day.” This time it is because a liberal mom doesn’t want her daughter playing dress up like a princess.
Karen Townsend
April 16th, 2018 10:36 PM

Chris Matthews Repeatedly Misreports Facts, Gets Shut Down

On Monday, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews repeadly misrepresented reality while hosting his nightly episode of Hardball, putting his fellow panelists in the awkward position of having to correct him. Within the span of the first fifteen-minute segment, Matthews misinterpreted state audio recording laws, attorney-client privilege, and recent reporting by another journalistic outlet.
Bill D'Agostino
April 16th, 2018 10:34 PM

'Supergirl' Declares Black Men In America Live 'Harder Existence'

After a lengthy hiatus, CW’s Supergirl has finally returned to fight for truth, justice, and the social justice way. Sure enough, the most recent episode does not disappoint with a reminder on how hard black men have it in America. At least we’re back on schedule.
Lindsay Kornick
April 16th, 2018 9:53 PM

CBS Frets Comey’s Comments Complicated Testimony in Case, Impeachment

The day after former FBI Director James Comey’s interview with ABC News where he repeatedly slammed President Trump, the liberal media was largely fawning for his chides and speculation of Russian influence. While their colleagues were focused on touting Comey’s media antics, CBS Evening News spent their Monday report fretting about the damage Comey may have done to any legal or political case…
Nicholas Fondacaro
April 16th, 2018 9:14 PM

Time Asks Holt About Ascending Under 'Controversial Circumstances'

Just a few days ago,  Time TV critic Daniel D'Addario was touting the "increasing momentum" of a boycott against Fox News host Laura Ingraham. But in this week's issue, D'Addario goes corporate-press soft on Lester Holt in a "6 Questions" interview. He couldn't describe the lies of Brian Williams in any more vivid language than "controversial circumstances."
Tim Graham
April 16th, 2018 8:41 PM