ABC Promotes Former Anchor’s Book on ‘Evolution’ In Accepting Gay Son

In 1998, ABC briefly appointed little-known Kevin Newman to succeed Charles Gibson as a co-host of Good Morning America, which lasted about seven months, when Gibson was returned to the show. On Monday’s GMA, Newman starred in a story promoting his new memoir with his gay son Alex, called All Out: A Father and Son Confront the Hard Truths That Made Them Better Men. ABC reporter Juju Chang noted…
Tim Graham
December 28th, 2015 4:10 PM

'Almost Everyone' Capable of Same-Sex Attraction, Says HuffPost Live

So much for believing you were straight. According to HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps, “almost everyone” has the capacity to be attracted to the same sex at some point in life. In a segment entitled “QueerView: Year in Review,” Zepps interviewed a lesbian woman, a gay man, HuffPost Live’s bisexual host Alex Berg and a man who is now living as a woman to hear their take on the milestones and…
Sarah Stites
December 28th, 2015 3:51 PM

Mainstream Media Scream: July-Decenber 2015 Archive

Archive, from July through December 2015, of the Washington Examiner’s weekly Mainstream Media Scream posts by Paul Bedard, which are based upon a recommendation from the MRC’s Brent Baker who also provides an explanation for each one.
Brent Baker
December 28th, 2015 3:25 PM

WashPost Columnist Whines Black Character Isn’t Main Hero in Star Wars

READER WARNING: The following post contains spoilers pertaining to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. ------------------------------------------ Writing in the December 24 print edition of The Washington Post, Style section columnist Lonnae O’Neal expressed her disdain for the hit film Star Wars: The Force Awakens due to how Daisy Ridley’s character Rey emerges as the lead heroine of the film who…
Curtis Houck
December 28th, 2015 2:57 PM

Samuel Jackson on SB Shooters: Disappointed Wasn't 'Crazy White Dude'

Rush Limbaugh has stated several times that the assassination of John F. Kennedy ushered in the era of modern liberalism. Liberals back then just couldn't handle the fact that the assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald, a communist who lived for awhile in the Soviet Union. So they attempted to blame America and the "rightwing" for Kennedy's assassination.  In the current update of that attitude,…
P.J. Gladnick
December 28th, 2015 2:52 PM

Another Gaffe Ignored: Sanders Doesn't Understand Interest Rates

While the establishment press lies in wait for Republican and conservative candidates to make some kind of off-color or foolish statement — or one that can be twisted to become one, even if it originally wasn't — it consistently ignores howlers made by leftists and liberals. The list of President Barack Obama's gaffes alone, all totally or almost completely ignored by the press when they were…
Tom Blumer
December 28th, 2015 2:06 PM

The Sum of All Fears

President Obama and members of his administration assure us we have nothing to fear when it comes to terrorism. Whether you accept this, or not -- and opinion polls show a majority do not -- there is another fear that in large part is behind the phenomenon known as Donald Trump. It is the fear we are in danger of losing America. Speaking as a member of a group that will in this century become a…
Cal Thomas
December 28th, 2015 1:41 PM

Daily Beast: 'Unholy' That Trump Ties Pope for Second-Most Admired

A year-ending survey of the most-admired men in the world finds President Obama topping the list, with second-place honors going to both Pope Francis and Donald Trump, who tied with 5 percent of the vote. Relaying news of the Gallup poll in their Cheat Sheet digest, Daily Beast editors sneered "Unholy," referring to the second-place tie, not to the controversial, unpopular Democratic president's…
Ken Shepherd
December 28th, 2015 12:27 PM

NPR Hypes Christmas Song for Pot, Gun Control, and 'Free Health Care'

National Public Radio's evening news show All Things Considered eased into Christmas on December 23 by promoting a new Christmas song by soul singer Macy Gray asking for "free health care," gun control, legalized pot, and amnesty for illegal aliens. The headline on NPR.org was "Macy Gray's Christmas Wish List Has A Few Surprises." Add "To Delight Liberals." Anchor Michel Martin also used the…
Tim Graham
December 28th, 2015 11:59 AM

Key Source for Al Jazeera Recants on Peyton Manning HGH Story

So, stop me when you’ve heard this before: “Radical, corrupt news organization conspires to take down a revered American using highly dubious, if not outright fraudulent sourcing.”
Dylan Gwinn
December 28th, 2015 9:48 AM

Comedian David Spade Blasts Obama: He’s ‘Thirsty’ for Attention

President Obama and the First Lady are unusual targets for most famous comedians. But they didn’t get a break from Saturday Night Live alum David Spade, who called the President “thirsty” for attention, after the first family's many television appearances.
Kristine Marsh
December 28th, 2015 9:36 AM

Year-End Awards: The Dopiest News Media Quotes of 2015

NewsBusters has been revealing the winners and top runners-up for each category in the MRC’s “Best Notable Quotables of 2015,” our annual awards for the year’s worst journalism. Today, the “Audacity of Dopes” award, for the wackiest analysis of the year. Winning this “honor,” Vox.com writer Dylan Matthews, who wrote a piece just before the July 4 Independence Day holiday calling the American…
Rich Noyes
December 28th, 2015 9:02 AM

Sharpton Suggests OK for Hillary to Have Attacked Monica Lewinsky

What's more sexist: Donald Trump saying "schlonged" to describe the way Hillary Clinton lost in 2008, or Hillary herself orchestrating a campaign to discredit and destroy women, including Monica Lewinsky, whose "bimbo eruptions" threatened Bill and Hillary's hold on power?  According to Al Sharpton on today's Morning Joe, Trump's offense is the graver. Sharpton suggests that Hillary's attack on…
Mark Finkelstein
December 28th, 2015 8:13 AM

Trump ‘Attacking Bill Clinton’ Exasperates NBC’s Andrea Mitchell

You could hear it in her voice. Hosting Meet the Press on Sunday, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was clearly exasperated by Donald Trump daring to warn Hillary Clinton he would raise Bill Clinton’s “penchant for sexism” if he campaigns for her. Mitchell was so annoyed by it that she brought it up during three segments. First, with Bernie Sanders, she let out a loud sigh in highlighting Trump “attacking”…
Brent Baker
December 28th, 2015 2:29 AM