Tom Hanks: ‘Tyrant’ Trump Attacking Media Is ‘A Threat to Us All’

CNN International journalist Christiane Amanpour sat down with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, the stars of Steven Spielberg’s new film, The Post, Wednesday, to talk about what else? How their movie was a referendum on President Trump.
Kristine Marsh
January 11th, 2018 10:31 AM

MSNBC’s O’Donnell: Hard to Find Stories to Cover in Obama Era

Appearing on NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday, aired early Thursday morning, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell described how much “easier” it was to find material for his left-wing show under the Trump administration compared to the supposed challenge of finding anything newsworthy during Barack Obama’s presidency.
Kyle Drennen
January 11th, 2018 9:16 AM

‘Be an Apple, Don't Be a Banana’: Conway Battles Cuomo on Border Wall

Sparks flew during Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time when White House adviser Kellyanne Conway sparred with rude and demeaning host Chris Cuomo as they discussed the news of the day. But during one section, in particular, Conway took Cuomo to task for twisting the facts about the administration’s response to the opioid crisis and the border wall’s effectiveness on drug trafficking.
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 11th, 2018 12:31 AM

MSNBC Hosts Wrongly Claim Ohio Purges Nonvoters After Two Elections

On Wednesday, MSNBC was doing its part to spread misinformation that bolsters liberal spin on alleged "voter suppression" by Republicans as anchors Craig Melvin and Hallie Jackson -- hosting MSNBC Live at different times of day -- both wrongly claimed that, according to Ohio law, voters can be removed from the voting rolls if they fail to vote in just two consecutive elections. Washington Post …
Brad Wilmouth
January 11th, 2018 12:20 AM

'The X-Files' Wants to Believe in Trump-Russia Conspiracy

Fox’s The X-Files clearly has a distrusting view of the Trump administration, but it’s this latest episode that really ratchets up the conspiracy theories. And by conspiracy, I’m talking about none other than the Trump-Russia connection that liberals desperately want to believe is more than just fiction.
Lindsay Kornick
January 10th, 2018 11:53 PM

Chris Cuomo Disses Tucker Carlson As a Pundit, Not a Journalist

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo granted an interview to The Hollywood Reporter to plug his temporary prime-time show, expressing his eagerness to "test power" with aggressive face-to-face interviews, like his usual marathons badgering Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway. When asked about how even current and former Fox hosts from Tucker Carlson to Bill O'Reilly questioned the brilliance of a Trump lawyer…

Tim Graham
January 10th, 2018 11:14 PM

Nets Applaud Lefty Judge’s Injunction Blocking Trump Action on DACA

On Wednesday, a federal judge from the radical Ninth Circuit issued an injunction blocking the White House from reversing the Obama-era executive order that created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). And like the good little Democratic cheerleaders that they were, the Big Three networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) welcomed the judge’s ruling with open arms despite the fact that it…
Nicholas Fondacaro
January 10th, 2018 9:01 PM

NYT’s Kristof: Trump Is Scientifically Proven ‘Threat to Democracy’

On Wednesday, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a column promoting an upcoming book by Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt arguing that President Trump shows the “four warning signs” of being a “dangerous authoritarian.”
Chris Reeves
January 10th, 2018 6:28 PM

Sour Grapes: MSNBC Upset Trump Only Called on ‘Conservative Outlets’

MSNBC flashed some bitterness on Wednesday afternoon following President Trump’s first joint press conference of 2018, complaining that Trump only called on “conservative outlets” Washington Examiner and the Fox News Channel with only the latter one offering “a challenging question.”
Curtis Houck
January 10th, 2018 5:39 PM

NYT’s Strange New Approval for Trump, Pondering Amnesty for Illegals

The New York Times may be at its most liberal on the immigration issue, and when President Trump seemed to warm to the idea of a path to citizenship for some illegals, reporters abruptly warmed to him, at least compared to the “hard-line anti-immigration activists” in his party. The lead story by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Trump Receptive To Working Out Citizenship Path,"…
Clay Waters
January 10th, 2018 4:34 PM

MRC’s Noyes: Anti-Trump Media Doesn’t Care If Wolff Book Is Sketchy

The Media Research Center’s Rich Noyes on Wednesday hammered the media’s obsession with bad news for Donald Trump, noting that journalists don’t care if Michael Wolff’s gossipy book is only half true. Appearing on Fox Business’s Cavuto, the research director reminded, “This is the story they want to spend all their time on even though they can't confirm the most salacious details of Michael Wolff…
NB Staff
January 10th, 2018 3:30 PM

215 Million Christians Persecuted in 50 Countries. Will Media Report?

The broadcast networks regularly shy away from the word “genocide” when reporting on Christian persecution around the world. But that doesn’t mean one isn’t happening. Roughly 215 million Christians “experience high levels of persecution” in 50 countries for their beliefs, according to the 2018 World Watch List recently released by the non-profit Open Doors USA.
Katie Yoder
January 10th, 2018 3:26 PM

Natalie Portman, ‘Feminist,’ Signed Petition to Pardon Child Rapist

The Golden Globes were hailed by the media as a “night of solidarity and kickass acceptance speeches,” according to Glamour. However, the media failed to see the hypocrisy of it all.  
Corinne Weaver
January 10th, 2018 3:19 PM

Sam Bee Announces Her ‘Apologizing for America’ Tour

TBS’s Full Frontal host Samantha Bee teased Tuesday the theme of her show for 2018: apologizing for America. The anti-Trump comedian revealed on her Youtube channel that on January 24, her show would premiere what she’s calling “The Apology Race.”
Kristine Marsh
January 10th, 2018 3:04 PM