Vox Writer Claims 'Love' Cover Shows Need for Charlie Hebdo Magazine

Two days after 12 people who worked at the controversial Charlie Hebdo --  “a weekly, French satirical newsmagazine” -- were shot and killed by four gunmen -- Vox website content editor Max Fisher tried to assert the publication's importance by pointing to the “Love Is Stronger Than Hate” cartoon cover of the  November 2011 edition. The cover depicts Charlie Hebdo -- the magazine portrayed by a…
Randy Hall
January 9th, 2015 5:17 PM

CNN's Jim Clancy Melts Down on Twitter Over Paris Massacre's Cause

CNN's Jim Clancy has been with the network for 32 years. His network's bio says that he "brings the experience of more than three decades covering the world to every newscast on CNN International." He also apparently has a lot of pent-up feelings about the Middle East. Those feelings boiled to the top over Twitter early Thursday. Clancy started it all by claiming that the cartoons published by…
Tom Blumer
January 9th, 2015 4:22 PM

MSNBC Guest: French Party ‘as Much of the Problem as Jihadists Are'

In the midst of MSNBC’s coverage on the aftermath of the dual hostage situations in France that resulted in three terrorists being killed, MSNBC terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann railed against the “openly racist,” “prejudice[d],” and “hateful” National Front party in France as being “as much of the problem as jihadists are” for the country. Following the airing of a speech by French President…
Curtis Houck
January 9th, 2015 4:06 PM

Hannity & Steyn Slam Weak Terror Response from CNN, NYT, Jon Stewart

On Thursday, the tag team of FNC’s Sean Hannity and conservative author Mark Steyn slammed the weak response by American journalists and satirists to the recent terror attack on Charlie Hebdo in France. On the January 8 edition of FNC’s Hannity, the host asked Steyn to make his case about how the “media has cowered in the face of radical Islamists.” 
Geoffrey Dickens
January 9th, 2015 3:36 PM

CNN's Cuomo Stumbles, Labels French Islamist 'African-American'

CNN's Chris Cuomo made a "colorful" gaffe on Friday's @ This Hour, as he reported live from Paris, France. Minutes after police stormed both sites where Islamists had barricaded themselves, Cuomo labeled one of the dead French terrorists "African-American." Anderson Cooper quickly corrected his colleague: "Not American – the man of African descent." Cuomo replied, "Right – African descent. Thank…
Matthew Balan
January 9th, 2015 3:11 PM

Andrea Mitchell Worries Paris Attack May Hamper Effort to Close Gitmo

During her Friday show on MSNBC, amid live coverage of French authorities killing multiple terror suspects following dual hostage standoffs, host Andrea Mitchell lamented the fact that President Obama's political agenda may be setback by the attacks in Paris. Talking to Maine Senator Angus King, she fretted: "Do you think that this terror incident will in any way slow down the President's…
Kyle Drennen
January 9th, 2015 2:38 PM

WashPost Profiles Sen. Inhofe, Prominent 'Climate-Change Denier'

About a month ago, The Washington Post reported that kiddie-TV host Bill Nye “the Science Guy” and other leftists put out an open letter demanding the media use the word “climate denier” instead of “climate skeptic” to describe Sen. Jim Inhofe and the conservative side of the global-warming debate. Apparently, the letter worked. Friday’s Washington Post carried a very biased article by Ben…
Tim Graham
January 9th, 2015 2:30 PM

French President: Terrorists 'Have Nothing to Do With Muslim Religion'

Sand, meet head of Hollande.  In his just-concluded speech on the terrorist attacks in his country, Socialist French President Francois Hollande claimed that the terrorists "have nothing to do with the Muslim religion." Of course.  Terrorists run through Charlie Hebdo, shouting "allahu akbar" as they murder, and proclaim themselves to be acting in the name of al Qaeda of Yemen.  Why would anyone…
Mark Finkelstein
January 9th, 2015 2:27 PM

More Bad News For California’s Finances, Despite NBC's Brown Praise

On Monday’s NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams heaped praise on liberal Democratic Governor Jerry Brown of California, who was sworn in for a record fourth term. Williams hailed Brown as someone who was had “finally been able to turn around California's troubled finances.” As highlighted on this site Monday night, the State of California’s finances are far from stellar when examined more closely.…
Curtis Houck
January 9th, 2015 2:14 PM

Shock: CNN Acknowledges Paris Attack Part of Islamists' 'World War'

Nic Robertson refreshingly pointed out on Thursday's CNN Tonight that the recent terrorist attack in Paris was part of a wider "world war all in the name of Islam." While many leftists pointed the finger at the American presence in the Middle East or the Abu Ghraib controversy, Robertson put the shootings in the wider context of recent Islamist massacres across the globe.
Matthew Balan
January 9th, 2015 2:10 PM

Fox's Shep Smith Smacks Down Snooty NY Times Bureau Chief

During special live coverage Friday afternoon of the hostage standoff situation in Paris related to the deadly January 7 terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, Fox News anchor Shep Smith took New York Times London bureau chief Steve Erlanger to task for cavalierly suggesting that Fox News was not being "careful" in its reporting on the matter.
Ken Shepherd
January 9th, 2015 1:48 PM

Nets Push 'Free Community College,' No Interest in Actual Cost

All three networks on Friday hyped Barack Obama's call for "free community college," but CBS, NBC and ABC offered very little in the way of skepticism about the cost or feasability of such a proposal.
Scott Whitlock
January 9th, 2015 12:30 PM

LA Times, WaPo Suggest Lib Billionaire Steyer as Boxer Replacement

Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer is considering running for Barbara Boxer’s U.S. Senate seat, according to Politico, and the media are thrilled. The media have pressured liberal billionaire Tom Steyer to run for office before, and as soon as Boxer’s seat opened up they began suggesting him as a viable replacement. According to the Jan. 9 Politico piece, “[a]lmost as soon as Boxer announced that…
Mike Ciandella
January 9th, 2015 12:01 PM

The New York Times Not Afraid to Run All Religiously Offensive Images

The New York Times smugly explained to Buzzfeed why it refuses to rerun the "offensive" images of the Prophet Muhammad published by Charlie Hebdo: "we do not normally publish images or other material deliberately intended to offend religious sensibilities." So why has the Times previously run cartoons that offend Christian and Jewish sensibilities, without any apparent concerns?
Clay Waters
January 9th, 2015 11:05 AM