Cokie Roberts Praises Jorge Ramos as ‘Icon’ and ‘Very Big Deal’

On Sunday’s This Week, Cokie Roberts gushed over Univision’s Jorge Ramos as an “absolute icon in the Hispanic community.” After ABC’s Martha Raddatz interviewed Ramos about his confrontation with Donald Trump, Roberts swooned over the liberal journalist as someone who is a “very, very big deal, and you know, he's also sort of someone they swoon over.” Panelist Newt Gingrich rejected identifying…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 30th, 2015 11:40 AM

NY Times Headlines Make Clarence Thomas Look Like a Plagiarist

The leftist press has despised Clarence Thomas ever since he fought off their attempt at what he properly characterized as a "high-tech lynching" to become a Supreme Court justice almost 24 years ago. It has worked to smear and discredit him ever since. The latest such effort was posted online at the New York Times on Thursday and published in its Friday print edition. The online and print…
Tom Blumer
August 30th, 2015 10:42 AM

Coming Unglued: María Elena Salinas’ Thermonuclear Defense Of Ramos

Jorge Ramos' longtime co-anchor shot all the way in on the Jorge Ramos trollfest, and her editorial column really has to be seen to be believed. Here it is full text in all its glory (link to Spanish-language original here)
Jorge Bonilla
August 30th, 2015 10:40 AM

Joan Walsh: I Don't Know Any Liberals Outraged by Illegal Immigration

Looks like Up With Steve Kornacki is becoming the go-to place for liberals to let their radical cats out of the bag . . . Yesterday, as we reported here, Josh Barro of the New York Times said that the only way to impact violent crime is to undertake a "massive" gun grab. Today, it was the turn of Salon's Joan Walsh to admit that she doesn't know "any liberals upset--outraged" by illegal…
Mark Finkelstein
August 30th, 2015 9:34 AM

Fiorina: CNN Debate Criteria Doesn't Account for Shifting Polls

Carly Fiorina's seen a surge in approval ratings in polling after her excellent performance in the Fox News "undercard" debate in early August. But it appears that CNN's criteria for selecting which candidates get on stage for its debate in mid-September will leave Fiorina once again out of the main event, something the Fiorina camp is challenging.
Melissa Mullins
August 30th, 2015 12:51 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Imaginary Trump Ad

From Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC, an imaginary Trump for President ad – playing off Donald Trump's constant vague promises of delivering all things “great” and “best.”
Brent Baker
August 29th, 2015 11:47 PM

PBS's Woodruff Seems Unfazed by Clinton Comparing GOP to Terrorists

On Friday's PBS NewsHour, during a discussion of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's sagging poll numbers, host Judy Woodruff seemed unfazed by Clinton's incendiary claim that Republicans have similar views toward women as terrorists as she cited the charge as evidence that her campaign may be bouncing back. Woodruff's suggestion came after liberal columnist and PBS regular Mark…
Brad Wilmouth
August 29th, 2015 11:06 PM

NYT: 80's-Themed TV Shows Prove Reagan Mockery Never Out of Style

Well, he may have been a "cynical figurehead," a "sinister puppet master" and "saber-rattling menace," but he did have nice hair. President Ronald Reagan is still a reliable figure of mockery in the liberal entertainment world, and a compliment about his hair was the most flattering thing in a New York Times story on the current crop of Reagan impersonations on 1980's-themed shows.
Clay Waters
August 29th, 2015 9:02 PM

The New Yorker's Racialized Trump Paranoia

Call it Trump paranoia. Or Trump Derangement Syndrome Be afraid. Be very afraid. That is the unsubtle message from The New Yorker magazine this last week as its cover flap promoted the notion in big and bold white letters. "TRUMP And The White Nationalists: By stoking paranoia about immigration, Trump has energized the far right and is creating chaos in the G.O.P."
Jeffrey Lord
August 29th, 2015 7:47 PM

CNN Soft on Dem Senator Claiming 'Endorsement' of Murder by GOPers

Friday's CNN Newsroom showed a classic liberal media double standard as a GOP guest was hit from the left substantially more on the gun issue as compared to a later Democratic guest who was just barely hit from the right. In the aftermath of Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy's recent incendiary claim that congressional members -- referring mostly to Republicans -- who have opposed…
Brad Wilmouth
August 29th, 2015 4:34 PM

Bloggers Blast Righty ‘Hysteria’ Over Political Correctness

On Friday, Washington Monthly's Ed Kilgore and Kevin Drum of Mother Jones contended that the conservative war on political correctness is a tempest in a teapot, and that being politically correct is pretty much synonymous with not being a bigoted jerk.
Tom Johnson
August 29th, 2015 1:55 PM

AP: Obama Admin Kansas Funding Cutoff Over PP Funding Is a Local Story

Three weeks ago, concerning Associated Press coverage of investigations into Planned Parenthood's baby body parts business, I noted that "Bad news for Planned Parenthood gets only local coverage," while "Exculpatory news, even if artificially concocted, gets national exposure." Add the following to that observation: Obama administration attempts to punish states for attempts to defund Planned…
Tom Blumer
August 29th, 2015 10:21 AM

Not a Joke: MSNBC Has 'Breaking News' on Donald Trump's Hair

The journalists at MSNBC may have too much time on their hands. On Thursday, the network played a graphic of a Donald Trump speech with the "breaking news" about his hair. MSNBC blasted, "Breaking News: Trump Has Woman Pull Hair to Prove It's Real." 
Scott Whitlock
August 29th, 2015 10:15 AM

NYT's Barro: 'Massive' Gun Grab Only Way To Impact Violent Crime

Give Josh Barro credit for candor. When it comes to guns, the New York Times correspondent makes no bones about the kind of draconian, Second Amendment-defying approach he thinks is necessary.   Forget about expanded background checks or other such measures. The only way to have a "big impact on violent crime," according to Barro, is to emulate Australia and "really take away massive amounts of…
Mark Finkelstein
August 29th, 2015 9:27 AM