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Rand Paul vs. Media: Humor Tips From Reagan and JFK
Rush Limbaugh, as is frequently the case, was right.
The other day, after a media kerfuffle surrounding Senator Rand Paul’s announcement and a rash of stories about the Senator’s televised go-rounds with NBC’s Today host Savannah Guthrie and an earlier one with CNBC’s Kelly Evans, Rush pointed out the obvious. Guthrie treated Paul as an oddball, practically an alien.
April 11th, 2015 3:01 PM
Harris-Perry Worries US Tourists Would be 'Plague' on Cuba
Imagine you're a Cuban who has somehow managed to catch the cablecast of Melissa Harris-Perry's MSNBC show today. The topic is President Obama's opening toward Cuba. You're scraping by on the average Cuban monthly salary of $20/month and are thrilled at the prospect of getting a better-paying job if and when American tourists start coming in numbers.
Then suddenly you hear Harris-Perry fretting…
April 11th, 2015 2:28 PM
Megyn Kelly Would Love to Interview Hillary, and Ask About E-Mail
When asked by The Hollywood Reporter who her dream interview would be Megyn Kelly picked Hillary Clinton over popes and dictators. She was asked at the magazine's party on Wednesday night for the "35 Most Powerful People in New York Media."
What would she ask her? Kelly is awfully curious about that private e-mail server at her residence in nearby Chappaqua.
April 11th, 2015 1:28 PM
NYT Defends ‘Dismemberment Abortion’ Under ‘Legislative Assault'
Extremists are screaming about abortion again – and they're not pro-lifers.
In an April 9 piece, The New York Times Editorial Board criticized Kansas’ Senate Bill 95, or the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, signed into law April 7. The bill bans a common second-trimester abortion procedure beginning July 1. Flaunting their disgust, the board called the new law a “…
April 11th, 2015 9:57 AM
Bozell & Graham Column: Shocking Prime-Time Balance on CBS
Conservatives know what to expect when the networks create shows about lawyers. From L.A. Law to Ally McBeal, we’ve observed countless crusading liberal protagonists confront and defeat conniving corporate executives and other corrupt establishment villains.
This seemed to describe The Good Wife on CBS over the last five years. But something interesting has happened over the last few weeks.…
April 11th, 2015 8:09 AM
NBC, WashPost Botch Indiana 'Feticide' Story With Pro-Abortion Tilt
On March 30, Purvi Patel was found guilty of taking abortion-inducing drugs illegally, causing her 25-28 week old “fetus” to die, and tossing the infant’s body in a dumpster. She is the first woman in the United States sentenced for feticide. In the state of Indiana, which has feticide laws, it is illegal to kill an unborn fetus without the assistance of an abortionist (meaning, an unborn child…
April 11th, 2015 7:46 AM
How Much Time Do Network Morning Shows Use to Plug Their Own Products?
We often mock the lack of hard news (like Obama scandal coverage) on the network morning shows by contrasting it with the luxurious time they reserve to promote their own entertainment products. This week The Hollywood Reporter revealed its week-long study of the ABC, CBS, and NBC morning shows from 7 to 9 a.m. on the week of March 9 to 13 and counted how much time was devoted to "programs and…
April 11th, 2015 7:27 AM
Lefty Blogger Blasts GOP’s Thirty-Plus Years of ‘Crackpot Economics’
Vaccine skeptics have a well-deserved reputation for not caring about facts, but according to American Prospect blogger Paul Waldman, many right-wing anti-taxers resemble anti-vaxxers in terms of their shaky grasp of reality.
“All the GOP presidential candidates are lining up to receive the wisdom of Arthur Laffer as they formulate their economic plans,” wrote Waldman in a Friday post. “This is…
April 10th, 2015 10:03 PM
ABC Skips Hillary’s Scandals; Touts New Epilogue, Chelsea in Elle Mag
For the second straight news cycle, ABC News failed to mention any of Hillary Clinton’s scandals on Friday night as she’s expected to announce her second presidential campaign on Sunday as World News Tonight instead gushed over a new epilogue to her latest book and Chelsea Clinton’s appearance on the May issue of Elle magazine.
April 10th, 2015 9:50 PM
NYT Celebrates Adorably Wonky Obama Adviser Battling Anger of Big Coal
Obama adviser Brian Deese was the subject of a fulsome New York Times profile by biased environmental reporter Coral Davenport and biased political profile writer Julie Hirschfeld Davis, who teamed up for "On Climate For Obama, Point Man Learns Fast," pitting lovable wonk Deese against the "anger" of Big Coal. And Deese is far from the first Obama staffer to get such favorable treatment.
April 10th, 2015 8:26 PM
Univision’s Anointed One: HUD Secretary Julian Castro
Recently, sandwiched between the Cruz and upcoming Rubio campaign announcements, Univision took the opportunity to remind us of their own clear preference regarding the 2016 presidential ticket, and their anointed “Latino Candidate.”
April 10th, 2015 4:57 PM
Politico Hypes Rand Paul 'Walk Out' After Sneering Race Question
Politico and other websites are attempting to create another example of Rand Paul getting angry at journalists. The headline at Politico blared, "Rand Paul walks out of Guardian interview." When one looks at the footage, however, it's clearly a case of Paul completing an interview and leaving. Talking to reporter Paul Lewis of the liberal Guardian newspaper, Rand Paul informed, "I got time for…
April 10th, 2015 4:42 PM
Bozell on Hillary: Media Will Be 'Her Best Friend and Her Worst Enemy'
MRC president appeared Friday afternoon on the Fox Business show Varney & Co and said this about campaign 2016 coverage: “Buy some popcorn! This is going to be the most fascinating...campaign season in years!”
Bozell said he can see both sides of the media coverage, “how the media are going to her best friend and her worst enemy.”
April 10th, 2015 3:11 PM
CBS: Would Trevor Noah Controversy Have Happened if He Was White?
In an interview with Comedy Central's Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore on Friday's CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King wondered if the controversy swirling around newly-named Daily Show host Trevor Noah was racially motivated: "So keep it a hundred about Trevor Noah....do you think this would have happened if he was white?...Because first he's, you know, 'Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah,' and then there…
April 10th, 2015 2:52 PM