CBS, NBC Skip Obama Saluting Marines With Coffee Cup in Hand

When President Barack Obama stepped off of Marine One today in New York City on Tuesday for a series of meetings at the United Nations, he chose to salute the two U.S. Marines saluting him at the bottom of the helicopter with a coffee cup in hand in what many have seen as an unprofessional gesture. By the time Tuesday night came and the evening newscasts of the major broadcast networks aired, two…
Curtis Houck
September 23rd, 2014 9:22 PM

Exercise in Fantasy: AP's Ludicrous Story on Davis-Abbott Debate

This morning (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted that Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis's awful performance in Friday's debate with Republican aspirant Greg Abbott was predictably ignored by the Politico, the New York Times, and the Associated Press's national site. The AP did have a story it apparently limited to distribution within Texas. As I also noted this morning,…
Tom Blumer
September 23rd, 2014 9:18 PM

NPR Touts 'Nightmare' Sob Story to Rip El Salvador's Pro-Life Law

NPR's Jason Beaubien spotlighted a woman's "nightmare with El Salvador's abortion law" on Monday's All Things Considered. Beaubien zeroed in on the case of Christina Quintanilla, who served four years of a thirty-year prison sentence, after a dubious conviction for the death of her unborn child. He also cited unnamed "activists who are pushing to liberalize El Salvador's abortion law [who] argue…
Matthew Balan
September 23rd, 2014 6:38 PM

DiCaprio Tells U.N. Climate Change Crisis Beyond Personal Choices

During the United Nations Climate Action Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday,  Leonardo DiCaprio -- who was recently named the “Messenger of Peace” for the international organization -- told those in attendance that it's “time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet. … You can make history or be vilified by it.” “To be clear, this is not about…
Randy Hall
September 23rd, 2014 6:23 PM

Univision's Shaky Commitment to Truth in Labeling

Individuals and groups who have no quarrels with the affairs of legal immigrants to the United States - but who oppose continued illegal immigration and the ongoing collapse of U.S. immigration law enforcement - are frequently tarred by network anchors and reporters with the patently offensive and inaccurate label of "anti-immigrant." A Univision news story over the weekend about a cancelled…
Ken Oliver-Méndez
September 23rd, 2014 5:40 PM

NBCers Thrilled U.S. In 'Position of Strength'...On Climate Change

On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Tuesday, host and NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, along with chief environmental affairs correspondent Anne Thompson, gushed over President Obama's effort to push the climate change agenda. Mitchell touted how Obama "will be delivering remarks at the United Nations Climate Action Summit" and "is expected to call on world leaders to…
Kyle Drennen
September 23rd, 2014 5:23 PM

LA Times Eulogizes Agnostic 'Debunker of [Biblical] Claims'

In her obituary for ordained minister-turned-agnostic Gerald A. Larue, Los Angeles Times writer Elaine Woo insisted that the 98-year-old founding president of the Hemlock Society had been "a debunker of claims such as Lazarus rising from the dead."  But it seems Ms. Woo is confusing offering a skeptic's alternative viewpoint for discrediting the claims of the Bible.
Ken Shepherd
September 23rd, 2014 5:00 PM

Kathy Griffin Mocks Fox News as 'Porn for Old People'

Liberal comedienne Kathy Griffin appeared on The View, Tuesday, to mock conservatives. Speaking of her elderly mom, she joked, "Fox News is like porn for old people. I mean, they just keep it on a loop. Old people love Fox. They love it." Griffin said of her mom: "And my mother is a super right-wing conservative and loves her boyfriend Bill O'Reilly and her boyfriend Sean Hannity." 
Scott Whitlock
September 23rd, 2014 4:58 PM

Climate Clowns: 7 Most Ridiculous UN Climate Forum Attendees

On September 23, a group of liberal activists, socialists and “journalists” from MSNBC and The Nation will join UN delegates in deciding the future of the world’s environmental policy. Predictably, no skeptics or moderates will be joining this huddle of hubris. While the media are quick to hype the forum, they're not so quick to point out just how laughable some of the attendees are. “The global…
Mike Ciandella
September 23rd, 2014 4:43 PM

Williams Praises Global Warming Marchers Despite ‘Mountains of Trash'

During the Monday night newscasts of the major broadcast networks, both CBS and NBC provided coverage of the far-left global warming marchers in New York City who wanted to draw attention their liberal environmental causes and their disdain for Wall Street. Leading the way in promoting them was NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, who told viewers in a 25-second news brief that the “…
Curtis Houck
September 23rd, 2014 3:52 PM

California School Bans Christian Books From Library

Liberals have long-rallied against some parents attempts to ban controversial books from student curriculum. But at least one school is taking it a step further and purging books from the school library itself, to the dismay of some parents. What was so offensive that it garnered an entire purge of its content? Apparently, it’s the name of Jesus. A charter school in Temecula, California has…
Kristine Marsh
September 23rd, 2014 2:18 PM

ET Anchor to Clinton: ‘Will It Feel Cool To Be in White House Again?'

O. M. G! The Clintons are, like, so glamorous! And ‘President Hillary’ would be, like, awesome because girl power! Ok, Entertainment Tonight co-anchor Nancy O’Dell’s September 22 coverage of the 10th annual Clinton Global Initiative didn’t quite sound like that, but it was close. For her report, O’Dell interviewed “the biggest star of them all,” former President Bill Clinton, to continuously ask…
Katie Yoder
September 23rd, 2014 2:16 PM

School Bans Christian Books from Library

Holocaust survivor autobiography is one ‘too Christian’ example.
Kristine Marsh
September 23rd, 2014 1:34 PM

Nicolle Wallace Endorses Gov. Christie: ‘His Politics Are…Progressive'

On Tuesday morning, The View’s “conservative” co-host Nicolle Wallace gave a ringing endorsement for Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) should he decide to run for president in 2016. Unfortunately for Christie, her reasons for supporting him probably won’t help him win over many Republican primary voters. During a discussion about Chris Christie’s 2016 prospects, Wallace eagerly threw her hat in…
Jeffrey Meyer
September 23rd, 2014 12:22 PM