Letterman Drops F-Bomb On Tom Cruise

Normally it's guests of late night talk shows that utter vulgarities because the hosts know better. Such wasn't the case Monday when the Late Show's David Letterman dropped an f-bomb on guest Tom Cruise (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2012 8:39 AM

HBO Announces Clinton-Boosting Documentary -- Produced by Clinton Foun

HBO and Martin Scorsese are producing a documentary on Bill Clinton, with his full participation – which means it will have all the typical goo. But it's even cozier than that. It’s not what you’d call an “independent” film – Washington Post TV writer Lisa de Moraes reported it’s produced by Steve Bing, who “is a major financial contributor to the William J. Clinton Foundation and has…
Tim Graham
December 18th, 2012 7:48 AM

In Cory Booker Coverage, AP Continues Half-Decade Media Tradition of F

Katie Zezima at the Associated Press is the latest in a long line of reporters sucked into the fundamental dishonesty of the "Food Stamp Challenges" which have been taking place around the country for more than five years. Zezima's misdirection came at the direction of Newark, New Jersey's Democratic mayor Cory Booker, who challenged one of his Twitter followers several weeks ago to, in…
Tom Blumer
December 17th, 2012 11:55 PM

Colbert Boosts 'Brave' Nun's War Against Paul Ryan; Hails Her Dissent

Stephen Colbert lent his Comedy Central television platform on Thursday to one of the left's favorite religious figures, Sister Simone Campbell, to promote her ongoing battle against Rep. Paul Ryan's fiscal ideas. Campbell slammed congressional conservatives to the extreme point of hinting that they would have treated the Holy Family worse than the innkeepers in Bethlehem [audio clips available…
Matthew Balan
December 17th, 2012 11:32 PM

Eliot Spitzer on 2016: Give Up, GOP! It's President Hillary Time

On the radio show “Both Sides Now with Huffington and Matalin” on Saturday, disgraced former New York Gov. (and Current TV host) Eliot Spitzer sat in for Arianna Huffington. Host Mark Green brought up the 2016 presidential contest and  played a clip of Newt Gingrich saying today’s Republican “incapable of competing at that level” with the Clintons. Spitzer – who might want to sound extra…
Tim Graham
December 17th, 2012 11:20 PM

NYT's Harwood: Obama Has Tax-Hiking 'Mandate,' Stubborn House GOP 'Out

On the front of Sunday's New York Times, reporters Jackie Calmes and Jonathan Weisman suggested President Obama has a "mandate" for tax hikes in the ongoing tactical battle in Congress over the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts in "Soured History Hampers Talks Between Obama and Boehner." Last year, Mr. Boehner had the edge as Mr. Obama faced a difficult re-election campaign and needed…
Clay Waters
December 17th, 2012 7:47 PM

Joe Lieberman: If Obama Can 'Do Something' About Guns by Executive Ord

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) told CNN on Monday that the Connecticut shooting was a "tipping point" and added that if President Obama wanted to take action on gun laws by using an executive order, "God bless him."
Matt Hadro
December 17th, 2012 6:43 PM

WashPost, NPR Hype Liberal Episcopal Cathedral Dean Preaching Gun Cont

An old journalistic saw about what's newsworthy goes a little something like this: "When a dog bites man, that's not a new story. Now a man bites a dog, that's a story." The idea is simple: News is something that is unusual, out of the ordinary, has a twist that makes it unexpected and shocking. There's nothing unexpected or shocking about a preacher in a mainline liberal Protestant church…
Ken Shepherd
December 17th, 2012 5:25 PM

Soledad O'Brien Bullies Gun Rights Activist; 'Your Position Completely

CNN's Soledad O'Brien interrupted, bullied, and dismissed guest John Lott on Monday's Starting Point when Lott argued in favor of less gun laws. "[Y]our position completely boggles me, honestly. I just do not understand it," the liberal journalist lectured Lott after he cited statistics supporting his position. O'Brien sidestepped his facts and condescended to his position from the beginning…
Matt Hadro
December 17th, 2012 3:54 PM

In Wake of Conn. School Shooting, GMA Pushes for Greater Gun Control

The Monday after Friday's horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Good Morning America opted to exploit the tragedy to push for more gun control, even entertaining the notion of banning future production of some guns. Speaking on Monday morning, GMA co-host Josh Elliott introduced the segment by insisting there were "big questions about whether stricter laws…
Jeffrey Meyer
December 17th, 2012 3:46 PM

Founding Fathers Just 'Some Dead People' Spews Ed Schultz in Anti-Seco

Remember how liberals feigned reverence for the Constitution during its alleged wholesale destruction while George W. Bush was president? With a Democrat ensconsed in the White House, they are reverting to old habits when it comes to the blueprint for our republic. On his radio show Friday, Schultz argued with a caller who said he usually agrees with Schultz, citing "socialized medicine" and…
Jack Coleman
December 17th, 2012 3:35 PM

'FrackNation' Film To Premiere On AXS TV In January

Less than a week after Great Britain lifted its ban on hydraulic fracturing, there is more news that will make fracking opponents unhappy. AXS television, formerly HDNet, has agreed to air the film “FrackNation” next month. “FrackNation,” a film by investigative journalist Phelim McAleer, will be broadcast on Jan. 22, 2012 at 9 p.m. ET according to The Hollywood Reporter. AXS TV is a cable…
Julia A. Seymour
December 17th, 2012 3:20 PM

FrackNation to premiere on AXS TV in January

Filmmaker Phelim McAleer’s movie which he says ‘tells the truth about fracking’ will debut on television Jan. 22.
Julia A. Seymour
December 17th, 2012 2:37 PM

CBS Lines Up Pro-Gun Control Liberals; Lets Only One Gun Rights Advoca

Bill Plante slanted four-to-one in favor of gun control on Monday's CBS This Morning as he reported on congressional Democrats' efforts to introduce new firearms regulations. Plante played soundbites from Senator Dianne Feinstein, Carolyn McCarthy, and President Barack Obama. His sole pro-gun rights talking head was Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, who came only after the clips from the liberals were…
Matthew Balan
December 17th, 2012 1:32 PM