ABC, NBC Hype Bridgegate Guilty Plea; Still Pass on Clinton Scandal

ABC and NBC's evening newscasts on Friday both spotlighted how a former New Jersey government official pled guilty as a result of Bridgegate. On World News Tonight, ABC's Ron Claiborne touted how "this scandal has taken a tremendous toll on Governor [Chris] Christie's presidential prospects," even after pointing out how "nowhere in today's indictments is Governor Christie said to have known about…
Matthew Balan
May 1st, 2015 11:16 PM

AP Cites Weather Three Times in Excusing Construction Spending Dive

The so-called experts supposedly took March's worse than usual weather in many parts of the country into account when they predicted that this morning's March Construction Spending report from the Census Bureau would come in with a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.4 percent or 0.5 percent. Instead, the result was a decline 0.6 percent, "unexpectedly" sending that metric to a six-month low.…
Tom Blumer
May 1st, 2015 10:04 PM

CNN, NPR Notice Baltimore Looters Targeting Asians; Big Three Yawn

As of Friday evening, ABC, CBS, and NBC's morning and evening newscasts have yet to report on the targeting of Asian-owned businesses by the rioters/looters in Baltimore on Monday. To their credit, CNN and NPR covered this disturbing component of the unrest in Maryland's largest city. Less than 24 hours after the unrest, on Tuesday's The Lead with Jake Tapper, CNN's Joe Johns spotlighted how an "…
Matthew Balan
May 1st, 2015 8:07 PM

Clinton Scandals Receive Scrutiny on Univision

​The financial and ethical controversy surrounding the charitable foundation run by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton finally received attention this week from the nation’s largest Spanish-language network. Univision, whose executive chairman, Haim Saban, is a top Clinton campaign and Clinton Foundation financial backer, aired a full report on the Foundation’s admitted financial reporting…

Yuri Perez
May 1st, 2015 7:26 PM

Tapper Asks O’Malley If Balt. Proves 'Liberal Policies Are Failing'

During an exclusive interview with former Baltimore Mayor and Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley on Thursday’s edition of The Lead on CNN, host Jake Tapper asked the possible presidential candidate for what he thinks of “conservatives who say, this shows that liberal policies are failing urban America.” In addition to discussing the protests and rioting in Baltimore and what was then…
Curtis Houck
May 1st, 2015 6:07 PM

MSNBC's Al Sharpton Calls for DOJ to Take Over Police Across America

Just when you think you've heard it all from the Rev. Al Sharpton, who combines his liberal activism with hosting the weekday PoliticsNation program afternoons on the MSNBC cable channel, he comes up with another absurd demand that leaves people of all races shaking their heads in disbelief. His latest outrageous comment came on Thursday, when Sharpton met with Stephanie Rawlings-Blake,…
Randy Hall
May 1st, 2015 5:44 PM

Joan Walsh Does Not Think for Me

Let's delve into the self-congratulatory and truly bizarre thinking of leftist writer Joan Walsh. 
David Limbaugh
May 1st, 2015 5:35 PM

'Pawn Stars' Rick Harrison Supporting Marco Rubio for President

Apparently voters can expect to see Rick Harrison of History Channel's Pawn Stars hitting the campaign trail for Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio.
Kyle Drennen
May 1st, 2015 4:30 PM

Flashback: Matthews Asks Obama About 'Cracking the Whip' with Cabinet

On Thursday evening I blogged about how Chris Matthews clumsily used the phrase "crack the whip" when asking a black actor about why the Congressional Black Caucus doesn't do more to push their agenda items in the U.S. Congress. Well today I discovered that Matthews used similar language in an interview with President Obama from Dcember 2013.
Ken Shepherd
May 1st, 2015 3:44 PM

Morgan Freeman: Police Showed Baltimore ‘Terrorism’

Baltimore experienced terrorism – but not from abroad, according to Morgan Freeman.  In an April 30 Newsweek interview, Morgan Freeman supported the recent Baltimore riots following the death of Freddie Gray. The Academy-Award winning actor blamed “police terrorism” for the “unrest in Baltimore,” and backed the protestors. 
Katie Yoder
May 1st, 2015 3:32 PM

May Day Rally: ‘Down with Capitalism!’ (Except for the Internet)

One socialist coalition is inadvertently relying on capitalism to protest just that. The World Socialist Web Site and other groups sponsored the International May Day Online rally, which will feature live speeches streaming around the world on May 3, 2015.  The event has many slogans including, “Down with capitalism and imperialism,” and “Unite the working class internationally against war,…
Joseph Rossell
May 1st, 2015 3:10 PM

NPR Exposes Holes in Clintons' 'Most Transparent Foundation' Boasts

On Monday night, NPR’s newscast All Things Considered did a fact-check on the Clinton family’s claims about their own foundation’s transparency. Money-and-politics correspondent Peter Overby found both Chelsea Clinton and Bill Clinton weren’t entirely factual, exaggerating how transparent their foundation was. But NPR quoted watchdogs that this could just be an “innocent mistake.” Overby…
Tim Graham
May 1st, 2015 2:43 PM

Socialists: ‘Down with Capitalism!’ (Except for the Internet

International May Day 2015 online rally relies on tools the free market helped create.
Joseph Rossell
May 1st, 2015 2:40 PM

Politico's Sixth Sense: 'Brian Williams Knows He's Dead'

In a scathing article for Politico Magazine on Thursday, senior media writer Jack Shafer wrote an obituary for the career of suspended NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams: "At this point, Brian Williams knows he's dead: He's simply negotiating the terms of his burial."
Kyle Drennen
May 1st, 2015 12:20 PM