NBC on National Enquirer Story: More Evidence Against Trump Than Cruz

NBC anchor Chuck Todd isn’t buying the National Enquirer hit piece on Ted Cruz. On the March 27 edition of Meet the Press, Todd commented that “there’s more evidence that ties Trump to planting the story, than there is to the story itself tying anything to Cruz.”
Mike Ciandella

Fusion Network’s New Love Affair with the Trans Agenda

A time-tested, common-sense civic and cultural norm is currently under direct assault. Specifically, the inherent right to gender privacy, that fittingly separates men and women when it comes to access to public restrooms, has become the latest battlefield of the left.
Daniel Garza

FNC Panel Targets Media Coverage of 'Unproven' Cruz Story

Sunday's MediaBuzz on Fox News Channel critiqued the media's attention on the National Enquirer's cover story about multiple alleged affairs involving Senator Ted Cruz. Howard Kurtz noted that "the dilemma for the press here is whether to run with these unproven allegations." The Daily Caller's Gayle Trotter asserted that the press "shouldn't run with it, because the story itself shows that the…
Matthew Balan

'The View' Co-Host Roots for Cruz to 'Fall' for His 'Crazy Moral Code'

Even though there is very little evidence that the National Enquirer story about Senator Ted Cruz, sleeping with five women while married, is true, that has not stopped some from reveling in the effect it will have on his campaign. “Someone like Ted Cruz I would like to see him fall, personally. He's not a good guy,” co-host and "comedian" Michelle Collins asserted on Monday's The View.
Nicholas Fondacaro

Twitter Takes 'Moment' to Celebrate Demise of Religious Liberty Bill

The microblogging service devoted a "Moment" Monday morning to celebrate the veto of a religious liberty bill in Georgia. The Republican governor, Nathan Deal, rejected the bill after tremendous pressure from corporate interests, particularly in the entertainment and sports industries.
Ken Shepherd

Joe and Mika Mock Cruz's 'Staged' Delivery, Even When Defending Wife

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski had a jolly old time mocking Ted Cruz on today's Morning Joe. After playing a clip of Cruz refusing to say whether he'd support Trump given The Donald's attack on his wife, Joe imagined Cruz rehearsing his words before a mirror. Scarborough went on to approvingly cite David Axelrod, who had said that Cruz seems "staged" even when defending the honor of his…
Mark Finkelstein

Press, Reacting to Dismal Consumer Spending News: Better Days Ahead

For the past month, the conventional wisdom about the U.S. economy has been that consumer spending and "(not really) robust" job growth will continue to prop up the economy, even as weaknesses in manufacturing, trade and other areas continue to present problems. President Obama bragged in early March that the economy is "pretty darned good now." Today, the first of those two pillars got pulled.…
Tom Blumer

Despite Complete Lack of Solid Sources, Networks Push Cruz Smear Again

Despite the fact that there’s a complete lack of solid sourcing in the sleazy National Enquirer allegations against Ted Cruz, all three networks on Monday morning reported on the story again, offering an additional three minutes and 44 seconds. This is on top of 11 minutes and 43 seconds devoted to the sketchy claims from Friday through Sunday. In total, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening…
Scott Whitlock

Establishment Endorsements Don't Make Ted Cruz an Insider

It is time to address the canard that endorsements for Sen. Ted Cruz from establishment Republicans damage his credibility as an outsider. It is opportunistic and lazy thinking.
David Limbaugh

Ex-NYT Editor's Pratfall: 'Hillary Clinton Is Fundamentally Honest'

The leftist British newspaper The Guardian has signed former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson as a regular columnist on the presidential election. Already, she’s pleasing the Left with ridiculous columns, such as the brand-new one, headlined “This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest.” It’s only shocking because it’s like claiming: “This may shock you, but the sky…
Tim Graham

Al Jazeera Hacks 500 Jobs

What’s Arabic for “schadenfreude?” It was only two months ago that Al Jazeera announced Al Jazeera America was closing shop – a blow to the dozens of New York Times-types that made up its audience. Now the parent network, owned by the government of Qatar, is itself cutting its staff by 500. (Cutting the jobs, not the people. We think.)
Matt Philbin

Only AP Fails to Describe Brussels Attack Suspect As a Journalist

Media outlets around the world are reporting that Faycal Cheffou has been arrested for his alleged involvement with last week's terrorist attacks in Belgium. Media outlets around the world are reporting that Faycal Cheffou was a journalist — except for the Associated Press.
Tom Blumer

NBC’s ‘The Carmichael Show’: Gentrification ‘Sounds Good To Me’

It turns out a TV show actually exists out there that presents topics near-and-dear to the heart of radical leftists --and yet!-- does it in a humorous way that leaves you not feeling nauseous.
Dylan Gwinn

Avlon: FNC, Right Appease 'Crocodile' Trump So He 'Eats You Last'

Appearing as a guest on Sunday's Reliable Sources on CNN, Daily Beast editor-in-chief and CNN political commentator John Avlon painted Fox News and the conservative media as "appeasing the crocodile" of Donald Trump "hoping that it eats you last" as he also blamed Trump's rise on Republicans chasing moderate "RINOs" out of the party.
Brad Wilmouth