Classic: Cillizza Praises Kimmel as Health Care's 'Measuring Stick'

CNN Politics editor at-large Chris Cillizza can always be counted on for head-scratching, scorching-hot takes, so it wasn’t a surprise when he offered up a sympathetic piece on Wednesday furthering the leftist cause that people should look to ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for cues on health care policy.
Curtis Houck

Newsweek Cheers Laughter, Awkward Silence Over Trump’s Socialism Slam

The liberal media went above and beyond to denigrate President Donald Trump’s Sept. 19, speech to the United Nations General Assembly. One Newsweek headline proclaimed, “Trump Was Laughed At By World Leaders For Dissing Socialism.”
Julia A. Seymour

Two Out of Three Networks Ignore 41st Dow Record Under Trump

Stocks continued a record-setting rise, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at its 41st record high since President Donald Trump’s election. As the records piled up, the liberal broadcasts networks often ignored or downplayed stock market gains. That was true again on Sept. 19, when ABC World News with David Muir and NBC Nightly News omitted the new high from their programs. CBS Evening…
Aly Nielsen

Morning Joe Hosts 'Totally Agree' Trump Speech 'Weakened America'

On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, the guests and hosts actually had a moderately balanced (particularly by MSNBC standards) discussion running for much of the broadcast with respect to evaluating Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday.  However, in a segment with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski facilitated her unleashing…
Chris Reeves

What? 'The View' Claims Trump’s ‘Rocket Man’ Was a ‘Phallic’ Symbol

In the realm of bizarre, wacky and just plain stupid things said on ABC’s The View, this has to up there as one of the strangest statements made on this show recently. While discussing President Trump’s address to the United Nations September 19, the hosts took pause to wonder if Trump had a “strategy” in calling Kim Jong Un “Rocket Man” because it was a “phallic” symbol.
Kristine Marsh

WashPost Columnist: ESPN Must Be Safe for Charging Trump With Racism

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan wrote passionately in defense of ESPN host Jemele Hill on Wednesday, and the headline on page C-2 screamed “At a time like this, shutting down Jemele Hill’s voice is dangerous.” Sullivan concluded “At a time in America when authoritarian tendencies are rising, shutting down voices such as Jemele Hill’s is worse than inappropriate. It is dangerous…
Tim Graham

Nets Trot Out Dems to Blast Trump’s ‘Dangerous’ U.N. Speech

Following President Trump’s forceful speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, Wednesday’s network morning shows all rushed to find Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta to blast the address as “dangerous,” “out of place” and a push to “threaten war.”  
Kyle Drennen

CNN's Bill Carter Gushes Over Kimmel's Anti-GOP Rant

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's New Day, CNN media analyst Bill Carter talked up ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel as someone who should challenge Republican Senator Bill Cassidy on the issue of replacing ObamaCare.  
Brad Wilmouth

CBS Frets About Trump’s Threats to ‘President of North Korea’

All three networks on Wednesday grilled United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley about Donald Trump’s “threatening” language to North Korea, wondering if the President’s speech was “appropriate.” But it was CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King who twisted the English language to worry about how the talk would impact the “President of North Korea.” 
Scott Whitlock

Planned Parenthood Prez ‘Thrilled’ to Award ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Author

A sex slave and forced birth dystopia is “fitting” for a “time when women’s rights are under attack,” according to the head of the organization that destroys the lives of more than 160,000 American baby girls each year.
Katie Yoder

Williams: Did Trump Send ‘Dog Whistle’ Calling America ‘Sovereign?'

In the hours following President Trump’s speech to the United Nations Tuesday, the media frantically wondered if Trump wasn’t inviting nuclear war by condemning North Korea. Some networks like NBC, even sympathized with the American-hating regime of Iran while condemning our own president. MSNBC was no different, with anchor Brian Williams panicking on The Eleventh Hour September 20, that by…

Kristine Marsh

French Actor: Pentagon Could Have Invented AIDS

You know something has to be bad when the Daily Beast calls it “wild.” “France’s most famous film star” Gerard Depardieu sat down with The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove, and while he delivered the kind of Trump-bashing liberal outlets adore, the actor also dished up some extra insanity to go with it -- including a conspiracy theory that the Pentagon was responsible for the AIDS epidemic. According to…
Corinne Weaver

CNN Once Called Menendez Trial ‘Big Deal,’ So Where’s the Coverage?

Since it began more than two weeks ago, CNN has provided a paltry 14 minutes and 11 seconds of coverage to the corruption trial of Democratic Senator Robert Menendez. In fact, the 24-hour cable news network has mentioned the trial only once since September 7. For contrast, on just one day (September 18), CNN spent more than 45 minutes analyzing former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s 60-…
Mike Ciandella

Chelsea Handler: ‘Russia Hacked the Weather System’

While celebrities and media alike are coming up with all sorts of conspiracy theories about Russia hacking the elections, Chelsea Handler has come up with a conspiracy theory all her own.  
Corinne Weaver