Public Wins Kudos of NYT Ed. Board (But Why Don't Folks Love Obama Mor

In Sunday’s lead editorial, New York Times editors express their frustration over why the public doesn’t realize how much it truly agrees with President Obama on things like taxes and stimulus and compromise: “Leadership Crisis – Americans agree with Mr. Obama on a great deal. Why don’t they know it?” At least the public can be comforted in knowing it has met with the approval of the…
Clay Waters
September 20th, 2011 5:08 PM

CMI VP Gainor Appeared on Nightline to Discuss Chaz Bono Dancing Contr

Disney-owned ABC selected Dan Gainor as one of the dissenting voices.
Erin Brown
September 20th, 2011 4:59 PM

Liberal Atlanta Paper Mangles Genders for GLAAD

On Monday, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Clear English -- oops, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) -- touted how they had corrected "transphobic" language in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The original version, they claimed, "unfortunately used outdated and inaccurate pronouns." Here's what makes it complicated. The center of the story, 7-year-old "D," insists she…
Tim Graham
September 20th, 2011 4:27 PM

Buttressing Buffett: For 10 Years, the Liberal Media Championed Billio

President Barack Obama's nicknaming his new tax increases on the wealthy the "Warren Buffett rule" is fitting since the billionaire has spent a decade campaigning for a tax hike, a campaign his friends in the liberal media have been more than willing to join. For over 10 years the media promoted Buffett's complaint that the wealthy in America don't pay enough in taxes, spurred on by a Buffett's…
Geoffrey Dickens
September 20th, 2011 3:52 PM

CNN Gives Platform to Anti-Palin Author McGinniss, Who Blames Palins f

On Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight, author Joe McGinniss blamed Sarah Palin and her family for inciting the death threats made against him. After he moved in next door to the Palins, something he called a "non-issue from the start," he claimed that Sarah Palin "incited that hatred" of death threats made against him for writing a critical book of her. "The Palins march right up to the border of…
Matt Hadro
September 20th, 2011 3:37 PM

If Israel Disappears

The world -- or at least the large part of it that hates Israel and wishes it would go away -- moves a step nearer that goal this week when the United Nations votes on whether to recognize a Palestinian state. The vote violates the Declaration of Principles signed by the PLO in 1993, which committed the terrorist group and precursor to the Palestinian Authority to direct negotiations with…
Cal Thomas
September 20th, 2011 3:15 PM

No Critics Allowed: Big Three Nets Trumpet 'Historic' End to 'Don't As

The Big Three networks unequivocally celebrated the end of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a "historic moment" on their Tuesday morning programs. CBS's "Early Show" turned to a discharged Air Force major who pushed for further recognition of same-sex couples by the military. NBC's "Today" brought on a homosexual playwright to promote his one-man movie on the policy. ABC's "GMA…
Matthew Balan
September 20th, 2011 2:53 PM

NBC's Curry Tries to Discredit Suskind Book With White House Lines of

Update: Video added after the jump. Working hard to run defense for the Obama administration on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry interrogated journalist Ron Suskind on his new book critical of the White House and announced she wanted to go through unflattering parts of the book "one by one," while using Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney-approved talking points to discredit it. [Audio…
Kyle Drennen
September 20th, 2011 1:43 PM

CMI VP Gainor on ‘Nightline’ to Discuss Chaz Bono Controversy

For more than a month now, the nation has buzzed with controversy about the first transgender “star” to appear on “Dancing With the Stars,” Chaz Bono. ABC’s “Nightline” ran a segment on Chaz Bono on September 19, also the same night as the Season 13 premiere of DWTS, highlighting the controversy and featuring commentary from MRC’s Culture and Media Institute Vice President, Dan Gainor. Video…
Erin R. Brown
September 20th, 2011 1:18 PM

Former Democratic Colleagues Stephanopoulos and Carville Plot Democrat

After the last two Republican presidential debates, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos turned to Democrats for reaction. After President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, the morning show host again featured a Democrat. On Tuesday, Stephanopoulos brought on Democrat James Carville for reaction to the President's tax plan. The journalist asked his former Clinton White…
Scott Whitlock
September 20th, 2011 12:34 PM

MSNBC's Craig Melvin to Sen. Barrasso: Isn't GOP 'Out of Step' with Vo

New MSNBC daytime host Craig Melvin is quickly adapting to the network's liberal ethos. Melvin, who was hired this summer from Washington, D.C. NBC station WRC-TV, pressed Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) from the left in an interview shortly after noon today about Republican opposition to President Obama's call for tax hikes on higher income earners. [video follows page break]
Ken Shepherd
September 20th, 2011 12:33 PM

NYT's Joe Nocera: Republicans Will Poison Your Hamburger

New York Times columnist Joe Nocera last made headlines for his August 2 rant comparing the Tea Party to terrorists. He later apologized in print. Now he's accusing the congressional G.O.P. of food terrorism. Nocera preemptively blamed Republicans in Congress for the next E.coli outbreak in his Saturday column, “Killing Jobs And Making Us Sick.”   “In January, Mr. Obama signed a food safety…
Clay Waters
September 20th, 2011 11:36 AM

Scarborough Falsely Claims 'The Average Millionaire-Billionaire Pays E

Hours after NewsBusters debunked the myth about the rich paying less taxes as a percent of income than lower earners, and minutes before the Associated Press confirmed our figures, Joe Scarborough said Tuesday, "The average millionaire-billionaire pays eighteen percent in taxes in America." Going completely contrary to actual Internal Revenue Service data released weeks ago, the "Morning Joe…
Noel Sheppard
September 20th, 2011 11:36 AM

Religious Broadcasters' Study: Social Networks 'Actively Censoring Chr

If we post this story on Facebook, will the company remove it? According to a new study from the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) and the American Center for Law and Justice, there's a good chance it will. NRB conducted a study of "the practices of Apple and its iTunes App Store, Google, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, as well as Internet service providers AT&T, Comcast and Verizon…
Matt Philbin
September 20th, 2011 11:33 AM