Leftists Tag Ben Carson 'Safe Negro' and 'Token'

The more Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson climbs in the polls, the more liberals attack him as regards his“black authenticity.” This week alone, Carson has been called a “safe Negro” and a “token” by both a Democratic strategist and liberal journalist. On Sunday’s MSNBC program Up, Democratic strategist L. Joy Williams tagged Carson a “safe Negro” for Republican voters. That's…
Melissa Mullins
November 5th, 2015 9:47 PM

CBS Evening News Blames Thursday’s Severe Weather on Global Warming

Thursday’s CBS Evening News led with the severe weather threatening those in the Midwest, but in addition to looking at the storm track and damage thus far, the storms were hyped as a consequence of global warming. Anchor Scott Pelley ruled in an opening tease that “[t]ornadoes in Texas” struck “on the same day that a new study blames climate change for a surge in severe storms and wildfires.” 
Curtis Houck
November 5th, 2015 9:23 PM

NewsBusted: Handsy In Omaha

"In Omaha, a 15-year-old boy has been arrested for groping his 28-year-old female teacher.  When reached for comment, the school’s principal said they will now enforce a strict rule against students making the first move." -- NewsBusted's Jodi Miller.
NB Staff
November 5th, 2015 9:09 PM

History According to Thom Hartmann: US Fought Spain in World War II

Once a liberal gets to talking about fascism, which ranks high among his perennial obsessions, amusing observations and dubious claims are sure to follow. Usually the left winger in question will opine about the genuine, hard-core varieties of fascism found in Europe during the early 20th century, before he inevitably condemns the domestic versions endured by Americans during Republican…
Jack Coleman
November 5th, 2015 8:48 PM

'American Horror Story' Slashes Throats of Trans Bullies

Just when you thought an already terrifying and cryptically weird show couldn’t get any stranger, Lady Gaga’s addition to the American Horror Story: Hotel cast seems to have taken that flaming torch of insanity and gone full supernova.
Dylan Gwinn
November 5th, 2015 8:24 PM

WaPo: Gun Control Push Helped Va. GOP Win; Chris Matthews Mum

As I blogged Monday night, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews gave Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe a platform to urge liberal viewers at home who live in the Old Dominion to vote pro-gun control by voting for Democrats the following day. Of course, that didn't pan out like either hoped. Republicans retained control of the both houses of the state legislature, while Democrats had hoped to…
Ken Shepherd
November 5th, 2015 8:05 PM

CNN's Hill: Police Shootings Shaped By 'Artifacts of White Supremacy'

Marc Lamont Hill doubled down on his theory about supposed white supremacy shaping police encounters with black people. During a segment on Wednesday's CNN Tonight, Hill disputed the Supreme Court's decades-old "objectively reasonable" standard on the use of police force, and emphasized that "everyday citizens have biases....oftentimes, we are shaped by white supremacy. We are shaped by fear of…
Matthew Balan
November 5th, 2015 7:27 PM

CBS’s ‘Angel from Hell’ Full of Vulgar, Sexual Comments

Hollywood has portrayed angels many different ways. Often the depictions have been almost heavenly: Clarence in It’s a Wonderful Life, Jonathan Smith on Highway to Heaven and the angels of Touched by an Angel. Others, like John Travolta’s Michael, upset people of faith. But the brand new show Angel from Hell offers a disgusting depiction of a guardian angel (or crazy woman claiming to be an…
Julia A. Seymour
November 5th, 2015 6:59 PM

Tapper to Cruz: Are You ‘Endorsing Conservative Intolerance?’

Wrapping up his interview with 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Thursday’s edition of The Lead on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked Cruz about the upcoming National Religious Liberties Conference he’s attending in Iowa this weekend and if Cruz is “endorsing conservative intolerance” since it's organized by an activist pastor named Kevin Swanson.
Curtis Houck
November 5th, 2015 6:23 PM

Lefty Blogger: GOP Primary Process a ‘Travelling Medicine Show’

The heyday of patent medicine, medicine shows, and related phenomena has been over for more than a century, right? Yes and no, implied Esquire's Pierce in a Thursday post. While it’s true that (for example) Coca-Cola no longer is sold as a cure for impotence, political snake oil, Pierce asserted, has become the chief product of the Republican party. Pierce’s peg was Ben Carson’s involvement with…
Tom Johnson
November 5th, 2015 6:18 PM

Dems on New Planned Parenthood Panel Got $81k from the Abortion Giant

It’s called following the money trail – and the media should do more of it. On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appointed six Democrats to serve on the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Select Investigative Panel examining Planned Parenthood after undercover videos condemned its practice of aborted baby parts. While journalists reported the news, they left out one key…
Katie Yoder
November 5th, 2015 5:44 PM

Fox's Megyn Kelly Spotlights Trump Unleashing at CNN Reporter

On Wednesday's The Kelly File, Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly touted Donald Trump's interview on CNN's New Day hours earlier where "he slams the very network he's on the phone with — something he is apparently fond of doing." Trump attacked CNN correspondent Sara Murray several times during Chris Cuomo's interview of the Republican presidential candidate. Kelly contended that the billionaire was…
Matthew Balan
November 5th, 2015 4:45 PM

Open Thread: O'Malley Dem Party's UFO – Unidentified Failing Object

Have fun with it, folks.
NB Staff
November 5th, 2015 4:35 PM

If Congress Finds NOAA Scandal, Media Will Likely Ignore It

House Republicans concerned about the politicization of climate science recently subpoenaed emails from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). According to the Wall Street Journal, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, Chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, sought emails related to a May 2015 study revised temperatures and eliminated a roughly 15 year “pause” in…
Michael Greibrok
November 5th, 2015 4:05 PM