Chris Cuomo sparred with Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday's New Day on CNN over the left-wing politician's scheduled hearing with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki regarding the V.A. hospitals scandal, where scores of veterans died as they waited for care. Cuomo pointed out that "the mandate for Shinseki when he was put in...was that we knew there were big lapses at the V.A. that had to be addressed , and you could argue they have not been. Isn't it time for accountability? " When Sanders tried to shift the issue to a critique of CNN's coverage of the scandal, the... continue reading
During a four-minute interview with Athena Health CEO Jonathan Bush on Thursday's CBS This Morning about his new book, Where Does It Hurt? , suggesting reforms to the health care system, none of the hosts bothered to bring up ObamaCare or its failures. [ Listen to the audio ] Bush, nephew of former President George H.W. Bush and cousin of former president George W. Bush, even provided the perfect opportunity to bring up President Obama's health care law, warning against "another great top-down fix" of the industry and instead wanting to "invite entrepreneurs to come into health care." At the... continue reading
An agitated Chris Matthews on Wednesday fumed over Karl Rove's recent questioning of Hillary Clinton's medical condition. Throwing all the invective he could at the Republican strategist, Matthews reduced Rove's comments to this: "My theory is he could be almost like a kamikaze pilot in World War II. He could blow up the ship and blow himself up." The host continued, "Who cares if Karl Rove is known as an SOB? He already is known as an SOB." [MP3 audio here .] Closing out the segment, Matthews insisted, "I really do think he's a kamikaze. And I'm not knocking previous... continue reading
With over two years to go until the 2016 presidential election, the media are already trying to ban unflattering topics about Hillary Clinton. From Tuesday morning through Thursday morning, NBC, ABC, and CBS aired 9 full stories – totaling 20 minutes 12 seconds – defending Clinton from health questions raised by Republican strategist Karl Rove. NBC was first to go after Rove and devoted the most coverage to issue, with 4 stories adding up to 7 minutes 42 seconds of air time. On Tuesday, Today hosts declared that Rove had "stepped a little bit into it" with his "explosive new... continue reading
On Wednesday Judicial Watch released a new batch of IRS documents that showed “extensive pressure on the IRS by Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) to shut down conservative leaning organizations.” The documents also revealed the IRS’s handling of the Tea Party applications was directed out of the agency’s DC headquarters, contrary to initial claims that blamed low-level officials in Cincinnati. While the news led Wednesday's Special Report with Bret Baier on FNC, coverage by the Big Three (ABC, NBC, CBS) networks on their Wednesday evening and Thursday morning shows? 0 seconds. Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton , said in a statement... continue reading
Wolf Blitzer and his fellow journalists on Wednesday thrilled over how Bill Clinton responded to comments by Karl Rove about Hillary. His reaction was "well done," "effective" and there's "nobody better." Regarding an appearance by Mrs. Clinton, Blitzer enthused, "She does look great, you've got to admit." On the subject of the former President's defense of his wife, Gloria Borger touted, "There's nobody better to do it...There's there's nobody better to answer the charges about brain damage than Bill Clinton." She added, "He's a very good surrogate for Hillary Clinton." [MP3 audio here .] Summing up, Borger praised, "I mean,... continue reading
On Tuesday’s All In , host Chris Hayes and his guests tackled a chilling and politically loaded subject: which beliefs should disqualify someone from holding public office. Among other things, the group decided that global warming “denialism,” opposition to same-sex marriage, and opposition to a “robust” Voting Rights Act should put a politician outside the mainstream and ruin their chances of holding public office. [Listen to MP3 audio here .] Hayes seemed excited that politicians might be branded with a figurative scarlet letter for holding beliefs that run counter to his own far-left vision. In fact, he claimed the act... continue reading
On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News , Brian Williams continued his network's defense of Hillary Clinton by setting aside 63 seconds of air time to a soundbite of Bill Clinton " firing back at Karl Rove, after comments Rove made about Hillary Clinton's health ." Williams trumpeted how " shades of the old political warrior Bill Clinton were on display today," as he introduced the extended clip of the former President. By contrast, on ABC's World News , Jonathan Karl detailed how the former New York senator was " not seen in public for nearly a month as secretary of state... continue reading
Another educational illustration, on FX’s The Americans , of the alliance of interests between Soviet communists and the Left in the West during the 1980s, when both worked to undermine the Reagan administration’s defense policies. (The series, set in the early 1980s, revolves around “Philip and Elizabeth Jennings,” undercover KGB agents living as an ordinary American husband and wife in suburban, Washington, DC. A new episode debuted Wednesday night.) In a current storyline, the Jennings are outraged their teen daughter, “Paige” played by Holly Taylor, has joined a church youth group, prompting her dad, played by Matthew Rhys, to go... continue reading
Less than three years after she was tapped to succeed Bill Keller as Executive Editor of the New York Times , Jill Abramson was fired from that position on Wednesday. According to Politico ’s Dylan Byers, who broke the story, “news of her departure was met with shock throughout the newsroom.” As Executive Editor, Abramson was responsible for the content on the news pages of the New York Times . And, during her years at the Times , Abramson consistently denied that the paper had a liberal tilt, although she sometimes allowed that the Times had a “cosmopolitan” outlook. Abramson... continue reading