She's been off the set of Starting Point for less than two months, but former CNN host Soledad O'Brien is stirring up controversy yet again. In a Harvard Institute of Politics video, O'Brien arrogantly lectured "white people" who want her to "just see beyond race." O'Brien, now a visiting fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, gave her reaction to the "white" critics of her documentaries on race: " And I was like, again, 'okay white person, this is a conversation that you're clearly uncomfortable with. And I have no problem seeing race, and I think we should talk... continue reading
Fifty six days after the grisly trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell began, ABC broke its self-imposed blackout and finally offered coverage. World News anchor Diane Sawyer belatedly told viewers that Gosnell was convicted on three counts of first degree murder against newborn babies, as well as on a slew of other charges. Terry Moran explained, " For two months, jurors heard, often shocking, grizzly testimony ." He described the details as a "house of horrors." A house of horrors that ABC took 56 days to notice. As the Media Research Center has aggressively documented , ABC went from March 18,... continue reading
On Friday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes began by recounting the news of the "big, bad, scary" scandal of President' Obama's IRS targeting conservative groups, but also chided Republicans for continuing to push Benghazi, which he referred to as a "witch hunt" and a "fake, ginned up scandal." After reading a quote from a Tea Party group which brought up Benghazi in reacting to the IRS scandal, Hayes continued: They cannot help themselves. Even when they have real evidence of misdeeds and malfeasance, conservatives still want to change the subject to the fake, ginned up scandal they've been... continue reading
On Friday's Politics Nation on MSNBC, which was dominated by coverage of the kidnappings in Cleveland, Ohio, host Al Sharpton took a moment to note the Benghazi scandal as he accused Republicans of a conducting "cheap stunt" and of pushing a "phony conspiracy theory." Sharpton: Today, we also saw a new ad from a Karl Rove-backed group throwing more baseless attacks at Clinton. It's all nothing more than a cheap stunt designed by Republicans to undermine the President and hurt Mrs. Clinton. It's time for the right to quit this phony conspiracy theory and move on. Below is a complete... continue reading
Liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday expressed "outrage" over the growing IRS scandal involving targeted audits of conservative groups. At the same time, he fretted that such a controversy would strengthen conservatives who believe the federal government will soon take them to "concentration camps." Worrying about the President's political future, Matthews lectured Obama: "Find a way to get rid of whoever did this, or your enemies will ride this baby right through 2014." The Hardball anchor sneered that the "right-wing people" "love this story" and "expect the worst." He continued, " They get up in the morning figuring, well,... continue reading
The New York Times unsurprisingly stuck by its biased language on the abortion issue as it broke the news that a jury had found Philadelphia abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of three counts of first-degree murder on Monday. Jon Hurdle labeled the convicted murderer's victims " fetuses " in the second sentence of his article . Hurdle would go on to use the slanted term five more times in his write-up. The correspondent later acknowledged that the prosecution had referred to the murder victims as babies, but only after using his "fetuses" label. Hurdle led his article with the breaking... continue reading
The revelation that the IRS was being used by liberals as a political weapon against conservative groups like the Tea Party makes NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman’s 2009 call on the tax agency to investigate Catholic bishops even more chilling. During an MSNBC November 12, 2009 segment about Catholic bishops’ opposition to abortion funding in ObamaCare, Snyderman joined NOW President Terry O’Neill in calling on the IRS to investigate them. Snyderman first complained: “The Catholic bishops appearing and having a political voice seems to be a most fundamental violation of church and state.” To which O’Neill responded: “I don’t know where... continue reading
In an interview with House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory attempted to dismiss the growing Benghazi scandal for the Obama administration as a GOP political attack: "You've got Republicans talking about this being Watergate. One Republican raising the specter of impeachment. Conservative groups raising money off of the Benghazi story. Are you hurting your own credibility and your own find – fact-finding mission by politically overreaching?" [ Listen to the audio ] Moments later, Gregory downplayed the Benghazi terrorist attack as just one incident among many that have "happened throughout our recent... continue reading
During a report on Monday's NBC Today about the Benghazi and IRS scandals wracking the Obama administration, a headline on screen wondered if they were the result of "Obama's Second Term Curse?" White House correspondent Peter Alexander lamented: "Fewer than four months since his ambitious inaugural address, President Obama is facing significant political obstacles.... Some observers are already asking if Mr. Obama is falling victim to the second term curse." After Alexander detailed second-term problems for past presidents, "From Watergate to Iran-Contra, even Bill Clinton's impeachment," a sound bite followed of NBC's liberal presidential historian Michael Beschloss offering this bit... continue reading
Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Monday exposed new details about the growing scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservatives. The correspondent revealed, " I've obtained a soon-to-be released investigative report that shows the IRS started targeting Tea Party groups more than three years ago." He added that this was "despite [the IRS] publicly claiming otherwise." According to the journalist, phrases such as "limiting government," "educating on the Bill of Rights" and "criticizing how the country is being run" were enough to have the IRS start tracking them. [MP3 audio here .] However, Karl steered clear of culpability when... continue reading