Black Lives Matter Propaganda Takes Center Stage at the Grammys

The 58th Annual Grammy Awards had many moments to celebrate. Whether it was Gary Sinise honoring veterans or great tributes to many legends we have lost this year: BB King, Bowie, Glenn Frey, and others. Compared to years past it was a pretty tame event. But it just wouldn't be the Grammys without someone making a political statement. 
Curtis Louder

Most Stories Omit Spitzer's Dem Affiliation; AP Waits 14 Paragraphs

Yesterday, Matt Balan at NewsBusters noted that only two of the Big 3 broadcast news networks covered "the assault allegation against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer that emerged over the weekend," and that only NBC mentioned Spitzer's Democratic Party affiliation. A broader look at news coverage of Spitzer's latest encounter with law enforcement indicates that omitting his party…
Tom Blumer

Blogger Charles Pierce: Anita Hill Should Succeed Scalia

Over the past few days, a great many left-wing commentators have weighed in on Antonin Scalia-related issues, especially Scalia’s judicial legacy and Republicans’ refusal to consider anyone President Obama might nominate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Highlights have included Slate's Dahlia Lithwick remarking that "sometimes it seemed [Scalia] worked overtime to earn your hate. He…
Tom Johnson

Bee Savages Scalia, ‘Obstructionist A**' Mitch McConnell

New TBS host Samantha Bee returned for round two of her show Monday night and after a litany of vile remarks in the inaugural edition, she used the opening segment of this one to savage late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and especially Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as she likened him to an “obstructionist ass” who’s desecrating Scalia and the Constitution by stating he wouldn’t…
Curtis Houck

Clinton and Sanders and Progressivism

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders seek to claim the "progressive" mantle. Both claim the other is not a true progressive. Clinton teased Sanders as being the "self-proclaimed gatekeeper for progressivism." Bernie Sanders said that Hillary Clinton can't be both a moderate and a progressive and that most progressives don't take millions from Wall Street. But let's talk…
Walter E. Williams

ESPN Analyst Sees Peyton Manning as 'Hallowed White Icon'

The apparent attempt to smear Peyton Manning on his way out the door continued unabated on ESPN’s Around the Horn, Monday afternoon.
Bruce Bookter

Andrea Mitchell Wonders If Scalia Debate Could Help Dems Retake Senate

As the debate over who should replace late conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia continued into Monday, NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell took to NBC Nightly News to tout claims that the discussion could hurt Republicans and lead to Democratic Senatorial candidates winning elections in November to help their party retake control.
Curtis Houck

NY Times Uses Scalia’s Passing for Lefty Labeling, Loaded Language

The New York Times news coverage upon the passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was mostly respectful (which is more than can be said about the paper’s nasty editorial thrust). But the paper’s liberal bias shone through in pondering how Scalia’s death would resonate during the election year. Emily Bazelon’s Monday “news analysis" portrayed conservative rulings as “limiting” and “…
Clay Waters

Showtime’s ‘Billions’ Turns Boring U.S. Attorney Into Sexual Deviant

So it’s been a while since I’ve written about Showtime’s Billions. Mainly because the show is just awesome and largely unbiased.
Dylan Gwinn

'CBS This Morning' Yawns at Latest Spitzer Scandal; ABC, NBC Cover

CBS This Morning was the sole Big Three morning newscast on Monday to not cover the assault allegation against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer that emerged over the weekend. By contrast, NBC's Today aired a full two-plus minute report on Spitzer "facing another potentially embarrassing scandal," as Kristen Dahlgren put it. ABC's Good Morning America gave a brief on the story, but didn't…
Matthew Balan

David Frum: GOP 'Repressed' the 'Trauma' of Bush Presidency

The polarizing former George W. Bush speech writer, David Frum was on MSNBC Live Monday afternoon to share his thoughts about Donald Trump attacking his former boss. Frum argued that the GOP needs to reflect on the Bush years, and described the GOP as a repressed mental patient. “And in Freudian psychology, the theory was, you suffered a trauma, you repressed it, but you could never make it go…
Nicholas Fondacaro

Adidas Defends Pro-Gay Instagram Post

Adidas has jumped on the politically correct bandwagon with a Valentine’s Day Instagram post showing a same sex couple. The picture of what looks like two women in a romantic embrace is captioned with the old Beatles line, “The love you take is equal to the love you make.” By Monday it had over 86,000 comments.
Mairead McArdle

Feminist Journalists Hail ‘Witch’ Scalia’s Death

Even in the face of a conservative warrior’s death, the feminist media are on the attack. On Saturday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away at the age of 79. The Catholic, pro-life constitutionalist embodied the values feminist media fight against daily in the name of their liberal agenda.
Katie Yoder

Author Stephen King: Ted Cruz is 'Very Scary'

Horror novelist Stephen King is apparently scared by the candidacy of Ted Cruz. The author of truly terrifying books like The Shining and Carrie told The Daily Beast's Marlow Stern he finds Cruz to be “very scary” because the conservative Texas senator is “a fundamentalist Christian” and his election would be “the analog of an Imam.”
Geoffrey Dickens