ABC Features James Carville for Weiner Lecture, NBC Frets Over 'Damage

ABC and NBC on Thursday continued to fret over the implications the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal will have on Hillary Clinton. Today's Matt Lauer worried, "By association, does this do damage to Hillary Clinton?" Over on Good Morning America, George Stephanopoulos, a former Clinton campaign operative, pointed out that Weiner refused to leave the race "even as another supporter of Bill and…
Scott Whitlock
August 1st, 2013 12:38 PM

NBC Asks: 'If I Answer the Wrong Question, Is My Teacher Going to Shoo

During a panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today about some school districts arming teachers to defend against mass shootings, fill-in co-host Carson Daly teed up New Jersey American Federation of Teachers president Donna Chiera to slam the idea: "Donna, you're a teacher. What's the impact – what do you think the impact would be on a child if they knew their teacher was carrying a gun?" […
Kyle Drennen
August 1st, 2013 12:02 PM

Major Newspapers link Obamacare to Increase in Part-time and Temp Jobs

557,000 of 753,000 jobs added in 2013 were part-time.
Kristine Marsh
August 1st, 2013 11:18 AM

Out Of The Loop: WaPo Blames Sequester For Snowden Leak

Al Kamen’s In The Loop blog on the Washington Post’s website needs to be renamed.  It’s become unhinged. Emily Heil’s July 31 post for the feature literally blamed sequestration for the Snowden fiasco.  Yes, according to Heil, because of that horrible, debilitating fiscal hatchet that Congress dealt last spring, Snowden was able to spill the beans on the NSA’s surveillance operations. Despite…
Matt Vespa
August 1st, 2013 11:14 AM

Bob Costas on Joe Paterno: ‘I Don't Buy the Idea That He Was Activel

Emmy Award-winning NBC sportscaster Bob Costas said Wednesday concerning the ongoing investigation of the Jerry Sandusky/Penn State sex scandal, “I don't buy the idea that [late head coach Joe Paterno] was actively involved in a cover-up.” Such happened on the NBC Tonight Show (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 1st, 2013 10:44 AM

Open Thread Thursday

For general discussion and comment...
NB Staff
August 1st, 2013 10:10 AM

Suits: New Character Alert

Evan Mantel
August 1st, 2013 9:43 AM

HuffPo Hypes ‘Ancient Christian Gay Marriages

Never one to miss the chance to smear Christianity and push gay marriage, the Huffington Post is hyping a new edition of an old book proposing that the ancient Christian church held gay marriages. A sensationalist HuffPo sidebar lead with the teaser: “Ancient Christians held gay marriages?” On the HuffPo’s Gay Voices page, the banner was emblazoned with the provocative suggestion: “ANCIENT I…
Lauren Enk
August 1st, 2013 9:25 AM

Morning Joe Fails To ID Filner As Dem, Features Photo Of Him With Repu

If a Republican were ensnared in a sex scandal, do you think MSNBC would have failed to mention his party and instead featured a photo of him with a smiling Nancy Pelosi?  But the "Lean Forward" network might well have hoodwinked unwary viewers this morning into thinking that Democrat Bob Filner is a Republican. Not merely did today's Morning Joe failed to identify Filner—the San Diego mayor…
Mark Finkelstein
August 1st, 2013 9:00 AM

NPR Edits the Pro-life Out of Its Lindy Boggs Salutes

On July 27, 2013, former Democratic congresswoman Lindy Boggs died at the age of 97. She achieved a number of firsts in her career, including being the first woman to serve in Congress from Louisiana and the first woman to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican for Bill Clinton. She was also known for strongly championing a number of causes. One of those causes was opposition to abortion.…
John Williams
August 1st, 2013 8:24 AM

Howard Dean: Rand Paul's No Libertarian Because He's Pro-Life

In one fell swoop, Howard Dean has managed to expose his ignorance of libertarianism while making a stale and insulting joke about New Jerseyites. Discussing on today's Morning Joe the dust-up between Rand Paul and Chris Christie and the broader issue of the philosophical rifts within the GOP, Dean declared that "Rand Paul is not a libertarian" because he is pro-life.  Dean is apparently…
Mark Finkelstein
August 1st, 2013 8:06 AM

AP's Vatican Reporter Cheers Pope Opposing 'Poisonously Homophobic Cul

The media is imagining a whole new Pope that it can hug and squeeze and calls its own. In its narrative, Pope Francis is a liberal modernizer, and everything he does sweeps that caveman Pope Benedict under the rug. See AP's Vatican reporter Nicole Winfield at the end of the pope's trip to Brazil: "The Francis Revolution is underway. Not everyone is pleased." Catholics see the two popes as…
Tim Graham
August 1st, 2013 6:44 AM

Oprah Winfrey Falsely Claims ‘Millions’ of Black Americans Were Ly

It seems that when there’s a good liberal narrative to be advanced, facts and actual history don’t matter. That was apparently the case when Oprah Winfrey claimed that the “n-word” was the last thing heard by “millions” who were lynched. The implication is clear — millions of blacks have been lynched because of their race. Worse yet, Parade Magazine let Winfrey get away with her “fact”…
Joe Newby
July 31st, 2013 9:49 PM

MSNBC Finishes Last in Ratings for Third Consecutive Month

The bad news just keeps on coming for the openly left-wing liberal MSNBC channel, which is now in fourth place behind Fox News Channel, CNN and HLN after losing 12 percent of its viewers from a year ago. CNN, meanwhile, had another strong month. Whether it's because of lineup adjustments made by CNN or because Obama-supporting Democrats are tuning out MSNBC, the fact remains that Cable News…
Randy Hall
July 31st, 2013 8:45 PM