Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell broke out the kid gloves for Bill Clinton on Tuesday's CBS This Morning . Rose and O'Donnell failed to press the Democrat on the possible conflicts of interest surrounding his Clinton Global Initiative, as well as his wife Hillary's possible 2016 presidential run. The two anchors granted over 12 and a half minutes of air time to the former president. Rose played up the " human side " of Clinton, and wondered if Hillary would " rather be – today – she can do both – president or grandmother? " O'Donnell pointed out that Mrs... continue reading
Tuesday's Today show didn't even mention the retirement of Lois Lerner, the IRS official at the center of the Tea Party targeting scandal, but it aired two full segments on President Obama talking about his old smoking habit. " The President caught on an open mic bragging to a fellow world leader about finally beating the smoking habit ," political director Chuck Todd started his report. He pointed out Obama's inconsistency with the facts in saying he hadn't smoked in six years, by noting that the President confessed in 2009 to giving into his habit. "And while the President claimed... continue reading
After waiving and yelling like a groupie at President Obama and Vice President Biden back in January, Today weather anchor Al Roker palled around with Biden in a friendly interview that aired on Tuesday's Today show. " You've got a thing. You and the Vice President. You've got a thing ," joked co-host Willie Geist. " It's a bromance ," responded Roker. "He's terrific. He's terrific." Roker also asked Biden if a government shutdown could affect disaster relief, and if extreme weather was the "new normal." [Video below. Audio here .] The interview was conducted after Biden flew over the... continue reading
In a long screed on Tuesday's Tom Joyner Morning Show, CNN's Don Lemon accused "some Republicans" of lying and "holding the American people hostage" over ObamaCare. In focusing on Republicans, he glossed over any falsehoods or failed promises made by Democrats and President Obama about ObamaCare. "According to FactCheck.org, since 2009 there have been a lot of willing, willful misinformation given to the American people about ObamaCare by both Democrats and Republicans. But really mostly by Republicans," Lemon stated. Consider the following harsh accusations made by Lemon against "some Republicans": "Some lawmakers are throwing temper tantrums, Tom, and yet again... continue reading
The censorship of the IRS scandal by ABC, CBS and NBC has reached a new low. Not even the news of Lois Lerner’s retirement, the official at the center of the IRS Tea Party targeting scandal, could break the Big Three networks’ months-long streak of no scandal coverage. The Drudge Report splashed the news on the top of its site on Monday but not a single network bothered to report the stunning news that night or Tuesday morning that Lerner, as the Washington Times reported, “retired from the agency Monday morning after an internal investigation found she was guilty of... continue reading
Several media outlets have eagerly picked up the political gossip coming out of a New York magazine story on Hillary Clinton and her possible 2016 run. The article itself is a fawning profile of the former of Secretary of State and her husband. According to writer Joe Hagan, Bill and Hillary are "the most celebrated political marriage in American history." (Apparently, couples like John and Abigail Adams don't qualify.) Although it wasn't until paragraph 40 of the nearly 6000 word article that Hagan seriously discussed the terrorist attack in Benghazi, he heaped cotton candy-style praise on the 42nd president: "Bill... continue reading
On Monday morning's New Day , CNN continued whacking Republicans who voted to defund ObamaCare after comparing them to "inmates" who were "running the asylum" on Friday. CNN contributor John Avlon said the "defund" movement has a "racket element" and is pure "fantasy." Correspondent Jim Acosta called some House Republicans "shutdown supporters" though that was incorrect since the continuing resolution that passed the House on Friday still funded the government minus ObamaCare. [Video below. Audio here .] "I mean the responsible Republicans realize that a government shutdown would be disastrous politically, would be disastrous practically, and doesn't really have any... continue reading
CNN's Jessica Yellin ran a complete puff piece on Hillary Clinton's 2016 prospects on Monday, quoting Democratic Clinton allies who gushed over Clinton's promise. " They readily point to the ways she's grown since the days then-Senator Clinton became the runner up in 2008 ," Yellin said of "Clinton's friends and allies." Yellin made no mention of Clinton critics or Benghazi in her report. [Video below. Audio here .] She featured three consecutive quotes praising Clinton, one from the author of a friendly New York magazine piece on the former Secretary of State. And Yellin pulled some fluff from the... continue reading
On Monday's Today , NBC's Chuck Todd claimed that Congress could pass gun control legislation but is just too afraid to do it. Todd reported that " the reality is there's political paralysis when it comes to the gun issue ," even though the Senate already tried and failed to pass a background check bill in April. Todd instead blamed "recall elections that took place in Colorado just a few weeks ago" for Congress' lack of "motivation." "[T]hose recall elections that took place in Colorado just a few weeks ago almost guarantees that politically there is just no motivation by... continue reading
On Friday's PoliticsNation , MSNBC host Al Sharpton complained that the "Tea Party-fueled madness" of the GOP threatening to shut down the government would "take away health care from millions of people." He went on to charge that Speaker John Boehner possesses "genuine political cowardice" because he is allowing the Tea Party to "run this country into the ground." Sharpton began the show: Tonight's lead, Republicans leap into the abyss. And they're trying to take the country down with them. Americans have had enough. And so has the President. Today President Obama ripped House Republicans for their reckless vote to... continue reading