Chris Matthews Compares Pro-Gun Senators to 'Jim Crow' Racists

Hardball's Chris Matthews on Thursday again smeared pro-Second Amendment Senators, this time comparing them to "Jim Crow" racists. While talking about GOP politicians who threatened to filibuster the current gun control bill, Matthews spewed, "But you remember when they fought in the early '60s about, about Jim Crow and getting rid of all those racial things down south where it says white only…
Scott Whitlock
April 11th, 2013 5:26 PM

CNN Touts 'Extraordinary' al Qaeda Criticism of U.S. Gun Laws

CNN has resorted to airing a 2011 al Qaeda video highlighting America's lax gun laws as a legitimate critique of the current laws. "You know who's watching this whole gun debate playing out in America? Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda already thinks America's gun control system is weak and American al Qaeda spokesman says it is so easy to get guns in America that wannabe terrorists should take advantage…
Matt Hadro
April 11th, 2013 4:47 PM

NBC's Todd Lectures: If GOP Wants Women Voters, They Better Back Gun C

On Thursday's NBC Today, political director Chuck Todd urged Republicans to back gun restrictions or risk alienation from female voters: "Look at the massive gender gap....65% of women want stricter gun laws, 44% of men. So if you make the argument to Republicans...if you want to continue to have problems with women voters, don't deal with this gun issue. If you want to start trying to win over…
Kyle Drennen
April 11th, 2013 3:57 PM

NY Times' Long, Sympathetic Profile of Disgraced Anthony Weiner Having

The cover story of the upcoming New York Times Sunday magazine is independent journalist Jonathan Van Meter's 8,000-word sympathetic profile-slash-therapy session for disgraced New York City former congressman Anthony Weiner, he of explicit Twitter photo infamy. Weiner's extended interview is having its intended effect, as the networks promote his political rehabilitation. But even some…
Clay Waters
April 11th, 2013 3:29 PM

WashPost's Horwitz Publishes Pro-Gun Control Piece Filled with Ludicro

In a 23-paragraph story -- headlined "States move to restrict gun magazines" in the print edition -- stacked heavily in favor of gun control advocates, the Washington Post's Sari Horwitz insulted her readers intelligence with sloppy reporting and baseless claims. "Experts say limiting size of devices could reduce deaths in mass shootings," insisted the subheadline. But it turns out Horwitz…
Ken Shepherd
April 11th, 2013 3:29 PM

New York Times Hypes 'Several Tens of Thousands of Immigrants' in DC R

The New York Times continued its push for immigration "reform" in Thursday's edition. The front of the National section included a page-width photo of "tens of thousands of immigrants, Latinos, union members, gay rights and other advocates" who rallied at the Capitol Wednesday. Reporters Julia Preston and Ashley Parker, among the most slanted on the paper's staff, used even higher figures for…
Clay Waters
April 11th, 2013 3:19 PM

Time’s Foroohar Uses Thatcher’s Death to Dismiss Free Market Princ

Legendary British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has passed away, and given that she was a conservative, PBS can’t let her go without finding some way to criticize her. On Tuesday evening’s PBS NewsHour, Time Magazine’s Rana Foroohar was brought on to discuss Thatcher’s legacy. Why Foroohar? Well, according to anchor Gwen Ifill, not only does she cover economics and business, she also lived…
Paul Bremmer
April 11th, 2013 3:07 PM

WashPost Suggests Mother Jones’ David Corn Struck ‘Audio Gold’ W

**UPDATE** As of this posting, Politico reports that a Democratic official told a local Kentucky radio station that Progress Kentucky was responsible for the secret recording of McConnell's campaign office.  Leave it to the Washington Post to provide a sympathetic puff piece to liberal journalist David Corn’s recent release of secretly-recorded audio attempting to smear a Republican…
Jeffrey Meyer
April 11th, 2013 2:06 PM

And Less Puffball Obama Interviews? CBS CEO Wishes TV Had 'More Invest

For their 60th anniversary issue, TV Guide interviewed "Television Visionaries" to assess the current state of the tube. When asked what was missing from TV in 2013, CBS CEO Les Moonves strangely declared "I wish there was more investigative reporting right now." That's an odd answer, since it's something he could clearly fix -- but CBS shows like "60 Minutes" are presently preferring the sit…
Tim Graham
April 11th, 2013 1:30 PM

Lou Dobbs Highlights MRC Report on ObamaCare Coverage

Lou Dobbs, on Tuesday's edition of Lou Dobbs Tonight, highlighted the MRC's report on how ABC, NBC and CBS have ignored recent ObamaCare setbacks. The Fox Business News host announced: "You know our viewers have known from the very beginning about this ObamaCare nightmare, but any one tuning into the Big Three networks isn't getting access to these facts. The Media Research Center looked into…
Geoffrey Dickens
April 11th, 2013 12:39 PM

Video: Bozell Bashes Liberal Media Censorship of Bad News on ObamaCare

The liberal media "are deliberately censoring news and information from the American people" on ObamaCare that would cast the Obama administration in a negative light, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell charged on the April 11 edition of Varney & Co. The Media Research Center president rattled off a few such developments that the liberal media completely ignored (watch the full segment…
Ken Shepherd
April 11th, 2013 12:04 PM

ABC Pushes Gun Control With One-Sided, Recycled Report, Fails to Ident

World News reporter David Muir on Wednesday aggressively pushed gun control with a recycled, one-sided report on the ease of buying weapons. Muir also failed to identify Omar Samaha, featured prominently in the segment, as the grassroots coordinator for Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. [Video below. MP3 audio here.] Muir replayed a four-year-old segment of Samaha going to a gun show to…
Scott Whitlock
April 11th, 2013 12:00 PM

Weiner Rising: Networks Promote Rehabilitation of Disgraced Democrat A

On Thursday, the morning shows on NBC, CBS, and ABC all touted a New York Times Magazine profile of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner, an article designed to rehabilitate the Democrat's image in preparation for a mayoral run in New York City. On NBC's Today, correspondent Stephanie Gosk explained: "Most people wanted to know whether or not he had learned from his mistakes before they…
Kyle Drennen
April 11th, 2013 10:37 AM

Biden Tells Scarborough: You Deserve an Award if Anything Gets Done on

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough got an endorsement Thursday that he might live to regret. In an exclusive Morning Joe interview with Joe Biden, the Vice President told Scarborough, "The two guys that deserve - if anything gets done [on gun control] - an award here are you and Michael Bloomberg" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
April 11th, 2013 10:09 AM