Both ABC's Good Morning America and CBS This Morning on Tuesday covered a big win for the Second Amendment in the courts. NBC's Today couldn't make time for the ruling by a federal judge that struck down Chicago's ban on retail gun sales. Instead, the morning show devoted almost five minutes to a new reality show about the Bigfoot monster. Good Morning America' s Josh Elliott explained, "A federal judge has struck down Chicago's ban on gun sales, calling it unconstitutional...Chicago's murder rate was the highest in the nation last year." [MP3 audio here .] Over on This Morning ,... continue reading
In an outrageous ad aired on the local Washington D.C. NBC affiliate WRC-4, Virginia Democratic state senate candidate Jennifer Wexton – running to replace newly elected Virginia attorney general Mark Herring – made a shocking comparison between violent rapists that she once tried as a prosecutor to "Tea Party Republicans" in the Virginia legislature. [ Listen to the audio ] After describing women being assaulted and "traumatized again by facing the criminal in court," Wexton made this declaration: "...as a prosecutor I put violent offenders in prison. In the Virginia Senate, I'll fight just as hard against Tea Party Republicans... continue reading
On Tuesday’s edition of The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg pressed former Republican strategist Mary Matalin for her early favorites for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination as she wondered who in the party would be able to separate themselves from “the kooky folks?” For her part Matalin, who was invited on with husband James Carville to promote their new book Love & War , dodged Goldberg’s slam and proceeded to offer her pick for the GOP nod. The following exchange was aired on the January 7 edition of ABC’s The View : WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I have a question for you Mary... continue reading
Introducing a report on Monday's NBC Nightly News about Al-Qaeda forces seizing control of the Iraqi city of Fallujah, anchor Brian Williams went out of his way to blame the President George W. Bush for the deteriorating security situation: "U.S. fighting forces are gone from Iraq. But as so many predicted when President Bush chose to go to war there after 9/11, the fighting has started up again." [ Listen to the audio ] However, in the report that followed, correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin featured a soundbite of President Obama – not President Bush – celebrating the "historic moment" of an... continue reading
The journalists at Good Morning America on Tuesday offered a gushing, excited look at Michelle Obama's "extended vacation" in Hawaii, offering no questions or skepticism about what the trip will cost taxpayers. Entertainment reporter Lara Spencer enthused, " This morning, there are reports that Mrs. Obama is spending the rest of her stay with her good friend Oprah Winfrey at her estate on the island of Maui. Winfrey will also be celebrating a milestone birthday. " [MP3 audio here .] Spencer hyped the First Lady's impending birthday, touting, "Word is there won't be a formal dinner but there will be... continue reading
Liberal MSNBC anchor Ed Schultz on Monday used the cold snap hitting much of the country to push two left-wing agendas. He lectured "heartless and cruel" Republicans to extend unemployment because of the chill and, at the same time, blamed the low temperatures on global warming. [MP3 audio here .] The Ed Show host blasted, " Not only can we [sic] stop the wind from blowing, we can't stop the Republicans from being heartless and cruel !" Schultz concluded that since it's very cold out, "we need to be taking...some special measurements to help people who have been unemployed for... continue reading
On Monday's CBS This Morning , Charlie Rose predictably placed the blame for the unusually cold weather in North America on climate change. Rose wondered, " Is it definitely connected to global warming? " Rose and co-anchor Norah O'Donnell turned to climate change alarmist Bryan Walsh of Time magazine, who only cited vague " theories ...that some of the warming ... you're seeing up in the Arctic might be changing the atmospheric circulation in that part of the world...and maybe, makes these cold spells a little more likely than they otherwise be." [MP3 audio available here ; video below ]... continue reading
In a report for Sunday's NBC Nightly News , White House correspondent Kristen Welker eagerly promoted efforts by President Obama to use class warfare against Republicans leading up to the 2014 midterm elections: "President Obama will aim to reboot his presidency this year after a rocky 2013. The first item on the agenda will be extending unemployment insurance benefits.... In his weekly media message, Mr. Obama blamed Republicans for leaving those benefits out of last month's budget deal." [ Listen to the audio ] A clip played of Obama ranting: "And denying families that security is just plain cruel. We're... continue reading
Appearing as a guest on Friday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during a discussion of conservative Christians making plans to push their agenda, liberal guest Frank Schaeffer charged that Republicans have a "pathological hatred" of President Obama, asserted that the GOP's goal is to "Stop the first African-American President from succeeding at all costs," and then drew a parallel with racist opposition to school intregration decades ago. After recounting conservative concerns about same-sex marriage, Schaeffer continued: But there's something else going on, and this is something I think so many Americans -- especially white Americans and others -- find so embarrassing, they... continue reading
All three networks on Monday morning hyped the news that Liz Cheney is dropping her bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming. ABC, CBS and NBC used the opportunity to replay the "divisive" "family feud" Mrs. Cheney had with her gay sister, Mary, as she defended traditional marriage. On CBS This Morning, Jan Crawford again quoted Mary Cheney publicly lecturing, "You're just wrong, and on the wrong side of history." On the Today show, Kelly O'Donnell opined, "Her campaign was brief and divisive." [MP3 audio here .] She added, "But then her campaign exposed a stunningly public family feud... continue reading