MSNBC's Sharpton Repeats Anti-Cheney Distortion on 9/11 Hijackers and

On Monday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC host Al Sharpton bizarrely devoted his regular "Nice Try" segment to Dick Cheney denying that he and Wyoming Republican Senator Mike Enzi are "fishing buddies," which the former Vice President did on Sunday's ABC This Week during a discussion of daughter Liz Cheney's bid for the Senate. As he mocked the former Vice President, Sharpton managed to bring up the…
Brad Wilmouth
October 29th, 2013 6:24 PM

Obama DHS Going After 'Spooky Halloween Contact Lenses' in 'Operation

So it seems the Obama Department of Homeland Security has found a frightening new national security risk: Cheap non-prescription contact lenses that folks buy to augment their scary monster Halloween costumes. As Time magazine's Alexandra Sifferlin reported on Tuesday, DHS, in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration, has launched Operation Double Vision to crack down on the illegal…
Ken Shepherd
October 29th, 2013 6:22 PM

George Will Laughs at Sharpton Criticizing Him for Wanting ObamaCare t

MSNBC's Al Sharpton on Monday took issue with George Will saying on Fox News Sunday, “Of course I want ObamaCare to fail.” When Newsmax TV's Steve Malzberg played a clip of that Tuesday, Will laughed through much of it before he responded (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 29th, 2013 6:07 PM

MSNBC's Ronan Farrow: 'The Clintons Represent a Style of Honesty That

When you think of the Clintons, does the word "honesty" come to mind? It does to new MSNBC host Ronan Farrow who actually said on Tuesday's The Cycle (readers are strongly advised not to have any food or fluid in their mouths before continuing reading), "They represent a style of honesty that the public craves right now" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 29th, 2013 5:27 PM

Joe Scarborough and Company Refuse to Admit Obama ‘Lied’ About Oba

You can give MSNBC’s Morning Joe crew credit for this much: they spent almost half an hour on Tuesday’s show discussing the NBC News report that President Obama knew that millions of Americans would lose their current health insurance plans because of ObamaCare. Host Joe Scarborough seemed appropriately outraged that the president knew about this even as he repeatedly insisted that those who…
Paul Bremmer
October 29th, 2013 5:13 PM

Networks Ignore Obama Team's Latest Attack on Journalist -- Pre-Dawn R

 All three networks, so far, have skipped the latest example of the Obama administration's aggressive attacks on journalists, this time against a former Washington Times reporter who in 2005 exposed the scant number of flights being protected by Homeland Security. On August 6, 2013, agency officials showed up at Audrey Hudson's house at 4:30 in the morning. With a warrant for an unrelated,…
Scott Whitlock
October 29th, 2013 4:56 PM

NBC's Lauer Revels in Christie Bashing GOP and Praising Obama Over San

During an interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer seized the opportunity to tout Christie slamming fellow Republicans over federal relief efforts: "You said, quote, 'There's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims, the House majority and their Speaker,…
Kyle Drennen
October 29th, 2013 4:43 PM

1 Year Later: Media Link Climate Change, Sandy Every Single Time

During the 2008 banking crisis, then-Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel famously said, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste.” The broadcast networks certainly followed his advice when reporting on Hurricane Sandy since the storm became a hurricane one year ago, hitting the New Jersey coast on Oct. 29. Network reporters and experts have repeatedly claimed that the storm was either caused or…
Kristine Marsh
October 29th, 2013 4:41 PM

Bozell: NBC Buries Own Reporter's Scoop to Hide President's Lies About

Barack Obama lied to the American people – repeatedly and with a straight face – every time he insisted that those who like their current healthcare could keep it under Obamacare. And he’ll keep lying to the American people because the liberal media refuse to hold him accountable. NBC News, whose own reporter found the language in Obamacare proving Obama knowingly lied to the people for over…
Brent Bozell
October 29th, 2013 4:36 PM

CNN Spins for Obama: 'You Can Keep Your Health Care Plan' Promise Was

CNN's Joe Johns wouldn't call President Obama's "you can keep your health care plan" promise a lie or a broken promise, on Tuesday. According to him, it "might have been an oversell." This despite a report that the administration knew millions would lose their insurance under ObamaCare.  Johns, in his deep benefit of the doubt for the White House, gave this ever-so-slight criticism of the…
Matt Hadro
October 29th, 2013 4:15 PM

WaPo Religion Blogger: Christian Belief ‘Scarier Than Halloween

Want to really scare someone this Halloween? Dress up like a Christian and go trick or treating at the offices of The Washington Post. After all, the Post’s “On Faith” blog contributor Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, a professor of theology and fellow at the far-left Center for American Progress, warned readers that much of Christian orthodoxy was more frightening than witches, ghosts and goblins…
Katie Yoder
October 29th, 2013 4:00 PM

Attention Media: Americans Identify Equally With Tea Party and Obama

For almost a month the mainstream media have declared the Tea Party dead - are you listening, E.J. Dionne? - as a result of the government shutdown. However, a new Rasmussen poll finds that an equal number of Americans identify with the Tea Party's views as do Obama's:
Noel Sheppard
October 29th, 2013 3:54 PM

CBS: 2 Million Forced Out of Health Plans By ObamaCare 'Just The Tip o

Tuesday's CBS This Morning repeatedly played up how "more than two million Americans are losing their current health care coverage because of ObamaCare". Jan Crawford outlined that "this is just the tip of the iceberg. And the people who are opening these letters are shocked to learn they can't keep their current policies, despite the President's assurances to the contrary." Crawford…
Matthew Balan
October 29th, 2013 3:38 PM

On Front of USA Today, Pro-lifers Accused of 'Legal Barbed Wire Unfold

A glance at the top of Tuesday's USA Today reveals an article at top right headlined "Texas abortion limits take hit." Below, reporter Rick Jervis reported "A federal judge on Monday struck down tough new abortion restrictions in Texas." But then he said it was "a move that may galvanize abortion-rights activists amid the legal barbed wire unfolding across the nation." This vivid metaphor --…
Tim Graham
October 29th, 2013 3:31 PM