Alison Grimes Campaign Commercial So Deceptive It Earns 4 Pinocchios

Just how deceptive is Alison Grimes' campaign commercial attacking Senator Mitch McConnell for supposedly being "anti-coal?" So deceptive that even fact checker Glenn  Kessler of the Washington Post has awarded it four Pinocchios for extreme mendacity.  
P.J. Gladnick
October 7th, 2014 3:16 PM

Media Hype! 'Internet’s First Abortion Class'

It’s a liberal media specialty: advertising abortion like it’s a good thing. Starting next week, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) will offer a class on “Abortion: Quality Care and Public Health Implications” through Coursera, an online course platform. Targeting clinicians, health care workers, and students, the course will “contextualize abortion care within a public health…
Katie Yoder
October 7th, 2014 1:40 PM

This is ABC: 9/11 Truther Rosie O'Donnell Blames ISIS on U.S.

Conspiracy theorist Rosie O'Donnell on Tuesday repeated her 9/11 truther beliefs and blamed the United States for the creation of the terrorist group ISIS. While discussing foreign policy and the 2016 election, the View co-host blurted, "But don't you think the reason ISIS was created was because when Saudi hijackers attacked us, we invaded a different country that had nothing to do with it?" 
Scott Whitlock
October 7th, 2014 12:35 PM

Networks Celebrate Gay Marriage Decision With Kiss-Cam Images

Network coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear appeals regarding gay marriage turned into a propaganda-laden effort that more closely resembled a ballpark Kiss-Cam. ABC, CBS and NBC filled their Oct. 6 evening news broadcasts with celebrating gays and lesbians – including at least 20 separate wedding photos and eight separate homosexual kissing scenes. Throw in NBC’s failure to…
Dan Gainor
October 7th, 2014 12:17 PM

NBC: Did Obama Put 'Campaign Promise' Ahead of U.S. 'Vital Interests'?

During an interview with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer cited Panetta's criticism of President Obama in a new memoir and made a surprisingly tough observation: "So did the President put the vital interests of the United States on a lower priority than fulfilling a campaign promise to end the war and pull out all troops?" Panetta tried to soften…
Kyle Drennen
October 7th, 2014 11:42 AM

Piers Morgan Slams Obama: 'What The Hell Is He Doing?'

Former CNN host Piers Morgan appeared on Fox News’ Hannity Monday night to discuss a recent column he wrote for Mail Online in which he slammed President Obama, claiming he has committed “professional suicide. During the Monday evening interview with Sean Hannity, Morgan mocked Obama’s foreign policy and wondered "what the hell is he doing to groups like ISIS and others intent on causing America…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 7th, 2014 11:38 AM

ABC, NBC Ignore Latest Secret Service Scandal

The Secret Service just can’t seem to catch a break these days. Following a disastrous couple of weeks in which the agency let a fence jumper enter the White House as well as revelations that the Secret Service failed to adequately protect the president, another stain for the agency has emerged. On Tuesday, CBS This Morning was the only network morning show to cover a Washington Examiner report…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 7th, 2014 9:43 AM

Midterms: ABC Again Puffs Pop Star Dem, Despite Aiken Trailing Badly

Despite it's superficial tone and disinterest in serious news, Good Morning America on Tuesday profiled liberal congressional candidate Clay Aiken for the third time this year. News reader Amy Robach enthused over the "pop star entering politics" and hyped, "Former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken, took the stage for his first debate in the run for Congress in North Carolina." 
Scott Whitlock
October 7th, 2014 9:40 AM

Scarborough and Matthews Squabble Like Schoolboys: 'It's My Show!'

Early in today's Morning Joe, teasing Chris Matthews' upcoming appearance, Mika Brzezinski admonished "you two be nice now." They weren't.  Yet again, the two MSNBC hosts came to verbal blows.  The detonator wasn't political differences.  Instead, the two MSNBC hosts squabbled over personal supremacy like a pair of eighth-grade boys in the schoolyard.  Matthews was on a riff, offering a extended…
Mark Finkelstein
October 7th, 2014 8:28 AM

Verboten: George Will Disinvited From Speaking at California College

The liberal media are quite apathetic toward the lack of diversity – when it comes to conservatism, or say, critics of Islam. Twitchy reported on Monday that columnist George Will was disinvited from a speech – not a commencement address – for a column leftists truly hated about the new bureaucratic machinery created to fight sexual assault allegations on campus. (After a "Fire George Will"…
Tim Graham
October 7th, 2014 7:17 AM

ABC, NBC Continue to Ignore Damaging Biden Gaffes

On Monday night, ABC and NBC continued its blackout of Vice President Joe Biden’s latest gaffes regarding U.S. allies in the Middle East that led to the White House forcing Biden to call and apologize to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates over the weekend.  Additionally, NBC continued to not cover Biden’s other gaffe made in the same speech at Harvard University, in which he uttered an…
Curtis Houck
October 6th, 2014 10:27 PM

Flashback: MSNBC's Matthews's Odd Fixation on Joni Ernst

Managing Editor's Note (Jan. 15, 2015; 5:15 p.m. Eastern): I've republished this to the front page today given the news that Sen. Ernst will be give the official Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union Address next Wednesday. If Chris Matthews doesn't make repeated sneering references to hog castration on MSNBC next Wednesday night, look out your window. You'll probably see a…
Ken Shepherd
October 6th, 2014 10:20 PM

Hardball's Matthews Fails to Bring Up Damning Video in Ky. Senate Race

On his October 6 Hardball program, MSNBC's Chris Matthews hyped a new NBC poll that shows Democrat Alison Grimes up two points on incumbent Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky). This represents a six-point swing from a recent poll showing Grimes down by four, Matthews enthused. But let completely unmentioned during Monday's Hardball was a hidden video of Grimes campaign operatives admitting they…
Ken Shepherd
October 6th, 2014 9:18 PM

NYT’s James Risen Accuses: ‘I Think Obama Hates the Press’

New York Times reporter James Risen unloaded an attack on President Obama as he accepted a journalism award at Colby College in Maine. “I think [President] Obama hates the press. I think he doesn’t like the press and he hates leaks,” he said. “I don’t think any of this would be happening under the Obama administration if Obama didn’t want to do it.” Risen took the occasion to compare his own…
Tim Graham
October 6th, 2014 8:06 PM