Lauer Told NBC Bosses He Was 'Racking His Brain' for Bad Incidents
Even as Matt Lauer’s career has gone off the rails into disgrace, the lying is still something to behold. NBC News reported that when executives asked Lauer directly if there ever was any sexual misconduct, Lauer denied it, saying he was “racking his brain and couldn’t think of anything at all,” one executive said.
December 3rd, 2017 8:51 PM
WashPost Faults Trump for Not Equating NFL Protests to Parks
President Trump rightfully understands Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon he honored Saturday, but he's getting it wrong on the National Football protests, says Eugene Scott, identity politics writer for The Fix in the Washington Post.
December 3rd, 2017 6:53 PM
Press Ignores Man Who Revealed 'Beyond Classified' Hillary Emails
During the past week, most people who follow center-right news outlets and blogs became familiar with the name of Charles McCullough III. McCullough, the former Intel Community General Inspector who identified 22 "beyond classified" emails present on Hillary Clinton's home-brew server years after she had left her position as Obama administration Secretary of State, has appeared on several Fox…
December 3rd, 2017 5:43 PM
Maddow: Mike Flynn Should Have Been Manhandled and Made to Disappear
In May 2010, a determined but hapless jihadist tried and failed to set off a bomb on a busy Saturday night in Times Square. Looking back at that botched terrorist attack in the heart of midtown Manhattan, two things stand out -- the magnitude of the explosion had it been detonated, and Rachel Maddow's hand-wringing for the alleged Miranda rights of the suspected bomber.
I say "alleged" because…
December 3rd, 2017 5:03 PM
NYT Front Page Screams GOP’s ‘Next Objective: Cutting the Safety Net’
Another day, another left-wing report hammering the Republican tax plan on the front page of the New York Times, this time in the lead section on Sunday. Kate Zernike and Alan Rappeport penned one of a pair of lead stories on the Republican’s passing their tax plan in the Senate, under a headline that didn't even nod toward objectivity: “Next Objective: Cutting the Safety Net.”
December 3rd, 2017 4:53 PM
CNN Media Panel Frets US Will ‘Pay a Heavy Price’ for Trump's Madness
After starting Sunday’s Reliable Sources by shredding ABC and Brian Ross for their disastrous reporting regarding Michael Flynn’s plea deal, host Brian Stelter retreated to more familiar ground: Claiming President Trump was insane and was a threat to everyone.
December 3rd, 2017 3:19 PM
Politico Plugs Any Clinton to Run for Senate from Arkansas
Mark down this date: December 3, 2017. Why? Because of all the ridiculous stories ever published in Politico, the one written by Bill Scher on that date could well rate as the most absurd of all. Scher proposes that if the U.S. Senate seat from Arkansas is open in 2018 due to Tom Cotton leaving the Senate that either Hillary, Bill, or Chelsea Clinton should run for that seat. Adding to the…
December 3rd, 2017 1:05 PM
Former Bush AG Shoots Down Media’s ‘Speculation’ About Flynn Deal
The Sunday morning shows were dominated by wild fantasies from the liberal media regarding what was to come next in the Russia investigation after Michael Flynn’s plea deal on Friday. But during an appearance on ABC’s This Week, former Attorney General for George W. Bush, Michael Mukasey, wrote off the press’s hopes as just “speculation” and “heavy breathing.”
December 3rd, 2017 11:58 AM
NY Times Pushes Feminist Kvetch: Media Sex Harassers Defeated Hillary
The most ridiculous spin exercise emerging from the Matt Lauer/Charlie Rose scandal is that somehow this is why Hillary Clinton lost, the lecherous male journalists beat her. The New York Times – the same newspaper that publicly devoted itself to electing Hillary Clinton on the front page – turned to feminist writer Jill Filipovic for an editorial on how sexist media bias is to blame for Hillary’…
December 3rd, 2017 8:59 AM
Press Avoids Naming Obama, Hillary in Covering Libya Slavery 'Debacle'
Beginning in mid-November, the international press noticed that a grisly practice had returned to Libya: slave auctions taking place monthly in at least nine locations, in territory controlled by the United Nations-backed Libyan Government of National Accord. No news coverage I have seen has reminded readers that the chain of events leading to this outrageous situation started with the toppling…
December 2nd, 2017 8:59 PM
CBS Evening News Ignores Jury Acquitting Illegal in Steinle Case
On Friday, the CBS Evening News conspicuously did not make time to inform its viewers of the outcome of the trial of an illegal immigrant charged in the killing of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle. Although all three broadcast morning newscasts had highlighted the failure to get a murder conviction in the case, on the evening shows, CBS omitted the story while ABC's World News Tonight…
December 2nd, 2017 8:49 PM
About Time: ABC Suspends Ross Without Pay for False Flynn Scoop
Early Saturday night, ABC suspended chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross for only four weeks without pay for the latest and most egregious error of the journalist’s career, falsely claiming on Friday that candidate Donald Trump had instructed Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials.
December 2nd, 2017 7:16 PM
Mark Levin Slams Media Gushing Over Mueller's 'Mickey Mouse' Probe
Mark Levin slammed the media on his national radio show Friday night for gushig all over special counsel Robert Mueller and his prodding former national security adviser Mike Flynn to plead guilty to making false statements to the FBI. But he noted Flynn was talking about contacts with Russians during the transition, which proves nothing about colluding before the election.
December 2nd, 2017 6:56 PM
Lauer and Flynn: A Look at How the Media Plays the Game
So let’s see how this game works. Matt Lauer — come on, you can remember Matt Lauer — was a news anchor of NBC’s Today show from 1994 - 1997 and co-anchor from 1997 to 2017. This last week he was fired by NBC News for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.”
December 2nd, 2017 4:00 PM