Hollywood Channels Resignation, Revenge: ‘Revolution is Coming’
Culture
November 9th, 2016 1:52 AM
By midnight, things were not looking good in the Clinton camp. After their earlier expressions of panic and disbelief, many stars seemed to resign themselves to the probable outcome of a Trump presidency.
Hollywood Freaks Out: ‘About to Throw Up’
Culture
November 8th, 2016 11:28 PM
Around 10 p.m., Hollywood stars began to panic. Hillary Clinton wasn’t as far ahead as they had expected her to be. In fact, the race was far from a landslide. Reflecting the anxiety of the Tinsel Town set, actress Mia Farrow re-tweeted a NYT poll showing that, as of 9:40 pm, Trump had a 55-percent chance of winning the election. As a comment on the tweet, she simply posted: “Xanax.”
NBC's Mitchell to McCaskill: 'We're Fine' For 'Taking Back the Senate'
November 8th, 2016 1:02 PM
Shortly after noon on Monday, in three publicly visible tweets to Missouri Democratic Party Senator Claire McCaskill, Mitchell referred to how "we're going to be fine in terms of taking back the Senate," whined about how FBI Director James Comey had "muddled this race," and wondered why "he sent that letter" — presumably referring to his letter to Congress in late October concerning the Hillary…
Newsweek: 'Racist Voter Suppression' To Blame For Trump-Clinton Tie
November 4th, 2016 7:58 PM
Newsweek's Alexander Nazaryan wildly claimed in a Thursday post on Twitter that "racist voter suppression" was the root cause of the statistical tie between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in North Carolina, according to recent poll. The senior writer didn't explain what he specifically meant by his statement, but it could be a reference to a recent lawsuit filed by the NAACP that alleges that…
Hollywood Rips Trump on Debate: A ‘Pig’s Ball Sack,’ a ‘F—ing Devil'
Culture
October 20th, 2016 1:02 AM
Editor’s Note: Some readers may find language in this story offensive. Thank Heaven! Tonight’s debate was the last time the American people will have to watch Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton yell over each other. Unfortunately though, it won’t be the last time celebs make fools of themselves on Twitter complaining about Trump.
Politico Writer Tweets Trump's Jewish Son-in-Law Is Catering to Nazis
October 17th, 2016 3:48 PM
Providing an example of how vocal reporters are on Twitter than in their natural habitats (e.g. on-screen or in print), Politico’s senior White House correspondent Edward-Isaac Dovere lashed out at Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on Monday for assisting Trump in “look[ing] into a new TV network that would cater in part to Nazis” despite having Holocaust survivors for grandparents.
Trump Right, Hillary Wrong on When She Left Govt.; NBC Covers For Her
October 13th, 2016 3:17 PM
This latest edition of "Stupid Fact Checks" by Hillary Clinton lapdogs in the press comes from NBC, with follow-up help from the Politico, and is an entry in two categories: "False Equivalency" and "Subsequent Goalpost Moving." In Sunday's second presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump correctly stated that Mrs. Clinton "was there as Secretary of State with the so-called…
AP Tags True Trump Assad-ISIS Claim 'Wrong,' Then 'Partially True'
October 11th, 2016 8:17 PM
Shortly after the conclusion of Sunday's second presidential debate, in reaction to Trump's statement that "Assad is killing ISIS," the AP tweeted: "Trump wrong that Syria's Assad is fighting Islamic State militants." There's one insurmountable problem with that statement, namely that, as PJ Media's Patrick Poole noted, "recent AP reporting documented fighting between the Syrian regime and ISIS…
'Stupid Fact Checks': NBC, USAT Hit Trump's 'Acid Wash' References
October 10th, 2016 10:08 PM
Former late-night TV host David Letterman was famous for his entertaining and fun "Stupid Pet Tricks" segments.
In the current presidential election cycle, the press, while claiming that Donald Trump and his campaign lie so often that the backlog of required genuine fact-checking on important matters is sky-high, is instead engaging in a non-entertaining, not at all fun effort known as "Stupid…
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'Morning Joe' Panel Slams Media's 'End Zone Dances' Attacking Trump
October 4th, 2016 7:18 PM
On Tuesday morning, one of the more intriguing debates about media bias took place on MSNBC’s Morning Joe as the assembled co-hosts and Politico founder Jim Vandehei excoriated their colleagues in the media for flashing their liberal bias “in a way they never did before” in their collective desire to take down Donald Trump (to the benefit of Hillary Clinton).
Media Working Overtime to Portray Pence as a Bigot Worse Than Trump
October 4th, 2016 12:07 PM
Ahead of tonight’s VP debate, the media are coming out hard against Trump’s running mate Mike Pence and they seem to be taking their cues from the Clinton campaign. After repeated attacks from Hillary Clinton and her team in the past two days, liberal journalists and outlets on Twitter started parroting these same talking points. Because Pence is a strong evangelical conservative, the media have…
Even TMZ Calls It a 'Low Blow': Dean Speculates Trump Is a 'Coke User'
September 27th, 2016 12:51 PM
It's pretty hysterical how the left wants to set the rules for civil discourse over presidential candidates' health and habits.To them, it's really bad to talk, and virtually evil to speculate, about Hillary Clinton's demonstrations of frailty and other possible illnesses seen during the campaign, which are certainly not limited to her "medical situation" at the 9/11 anniversary ceremony two…
USA Today Suspends Glenn Reynolds Following Charlotte-Related Tweet
September 24th, 2016 3:45 PM
On Wednesday, in response to news that violent people the press insists on describing as "protesters" in Charlotte were stopping traffic on Interstate 277, University of Tennessee law professor and Instapundit founding blogger Glenn Reynolds retweeted a related story with three words of advice: "Run them down." As a result, Twitter, which continues to allow the existence of and continued postings…
What? Hayes Says NJ/NY Is ‘Lucky’ Bomber Used ‘Explosives' Not 'Guns'
September 19th, 2016 1:58 PM
Since news broke on Saturday regarding a string of pipe and pressure cooker bombs being found in New Jersey and New York (with some going off), nearly everyone in the news and political world have been offering their unsolicited hot takes via Twitter on bombs, radical Islam, and terrorism. Perhaps the most egregious and mind-boggling was MSNBC’s All In host Chris Hayes, who ran into proverbial…