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CNN Guest: The NRA Is 'Basically Killing Kids', 'Toxic', 'Vile'
During an appearance on CNN’s Wolf Wednesday, Stoneman Douglas High School student Alfonso Calderon accused the National Rifle Association of “killing kids” and painted them with the labels of “toxic” and “vile.” He received absolutely no push-back from anchor Wolf Blitzer after hurling such incendiary accusations.
February 28th, 2018 3:42 PM
Andrea Mitchell Fears ‘Crisis Will Pass’ Without Gun Restrictions
In an interview with anti-gun Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy on her Wednesday show, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell pressed the Democrat from the left and demanded stronger action on gun control. She fretted that soon “this crisis will pass” without gun rights being restricted.
February 28th, 2018 3:08 PM
Tooth Fairy Payouts Get Attention, But Nets Ignore Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence reached the highest level since November 2000, but that good economic news went unmentioned by the three broadcast networks’ evening newscasts.
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor all ignored the update from The Conference Board on Feb. 27. NBC Nightly News spent 21 seconds discussing the trivial (and…
February 28th, 2018 2:09 PM
Chuck Todd Gives Ex-Australian PM Forum to Push Gun Ban
On Tuesday's MTP Daily, MSNBC host Chuck Todd gave former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of the Labor Party an unchallenged forum to promote a semi-automatic gun ban in the U.S. similar to the one enacted in his home country after an infamous mass shooting attack in 1996. No mention was made of any analysis that questions whether the gun ban actually did have a downward impact on violent…
February 28th, 2018 2:04 PM
PBS Launching ‘Conservative’ Talk Show With WashPost's Gerson
The same network that touts just one regular “conservative” analyst, David Brooks --- who many would argue isn’t even really a conservative --- announced Wednesday that they were launching a "conservative" political talk show, debuting April 13. Called In Principle, the PBS show will reportedly follow in the style of William F. Buckley’s Firing Line, which aired from 1966 to 1999.
February 28th, 2018 1:34 PM
'Chappaquiddick' Film Critic: Mary Jo Was a ‘Victim’ of the Kennedys
Tuesday evening, in reviewing the upcoming movie Chappaquiddick, longtime film critic Roger Friedman called Mary Jo Kopechne, who died in July 1969 as a passenger in a car driven by Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy which "went into the water and turned upside down," the "First #MeToo victim of Kennedy Family Money, Power and Corruption." He also speculated: "The Kennedys ... may try to kill this…
February 28th, 2018 12:59 PM
CNN's Camerota Praises 'Influential Voices' Advocating for Gun Control
CNN New Day co-host Alisyn Camerota reported from Parkland, Florida Wednesday morning, where she showered student survivors of the recent school shooting who have become gun control activists with fawning coverage.
February 28th, 2018 12:48 PM
Todd: In the ‘90s, We Couldn’t Cover Bin Laden; Too Busy With Lewinsky
Cover Osama bin Laden in the ‘90s? Journalists were too busy with Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. That was the casual, lazy way in which Chuck Todd on Monday explained lack of journalistic alarm about the terrorist. Todd talked to actors Jeff Daniels and Peter Sarsgaard about their new series on the pre-9/11 hunt for bin Laden.
February 28th, 2018 12:44 PM
Morning Joe Promotes Companies Supporting Gun Control, Bashes FedEx
On Wednesday, panelists on MSNBC’s Morning Joe shamelessly plugged companies who have reneged on their discount arrangements for NRA members in the wake of the revitalized gun control debate.
February 28th, 2018 12:17 PM
Patheos Can't Bear Thought of Tebow as Religious Leader or Prez
With Billy Graham now walking streets of gold in Heaven, Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel thinks Tim Tebow would be awesome as the next great American pastor or as president. The thought of either happening nearly sent Patheos' writer Sarabeth Caplin's head spinning. Also a contributing writer for The Huffington Post, Caplin belittled Tebow as a stumbling, anti-abortion, anti-LGBT…
February 28th, 2018 12:00 PM
NBC Hails Billionaire’s ‘Inspiring' Left-Wing Activism
In a report for Wednesday’s NBC Today, Special Anchor Maria Shriver praised Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff as an “amazing leader” who was “changing the world for the better.” As evidence of his supposed “inspiring” and “groundbreaking” leadership, she touted his left-wing intimidation tactics against states that enacted religious freedom laws.
February 28th, 2018 11:24 AM
All Cops 'Racist A**holes' on Netflix's 'Seven Seconds'
Netflix’s Seven Seconds can be summed up by a drunken slur uttered during its fifth episode: “You’re all racist a**holes. Every one of you cops.” And when it comes to this show, that statement is correct. Seven Seconds, released February 23, portrays police officers and the justice system as incredibly racist and apathetic. The show revolves around the hit-and-run death of Brenton Butler, a 15-…
February 28th, 2018 11:21 AM
Salon Blames Parkland Shooting on [wait for it!] ... White Privilege
The left sure isn’t letting the Parkland shooting crisis go to waste. They’ve pulled out all the stops: shell-shocked kids libeling politicians and gun owners, flailing commercial boycotts, and playing good cop-bad cop with the Second Amendment. (“I don’t know how long I can restrain him. Just give me expanded background checks and age restrictions, and I might be able to calm him down.”)
February 28th, 2018 10:59 AM