Schieffer: Snowden 'No Hero'

"I like people who are willing to stand up to the government. As a reporter, it’s my job to do that from time to time. Some of the people I admire most are in the government. Men and women who led the civil rights movement— Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr.—they are true heroes. I’m not ready to put Edward Snowden in that category. For one thing, I don’t remember Martin Luther King, Jr. or Rosa Parks running off and hiding in China. The people who led the civil rights movement were willing to break the law and suffer the consequences. That’s a little different than putting the nation’s security at risk and running away." 17 Jun 2013

Pew Study: Media Coverage Overwhelmingly Pro-Gay Marriage

The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism looked at nearly 500 stories on the topic over a two-month period that began just before the court started hearings in March on legalizing same-sex marriage. By a 5-to-1 margin, the stories with statements in support of legalization outweighed those dominated by opponents' views. 17 Jun 2013

Media Buries IRS Scandal

"By May 24, the Big Three network anchors and reporters seemed ready to move on from the story. The release of embarrassing IRS conference training videos featuring a Star Trek spoof and employees learning how to line dance, all on the taxpayers' dime, and congressional testimony from conservatives bullied by the IRS, failed to reignite the furious pace of stories from the first two weeks of the scandal." 14 Jun 2013

KKK Kept Patrick Ewing from Attending UNC

College basketball fans can only wonder what it would've been like to witness a basketball team featuring Patrick Ewing, James Worthy and Michael Jordan. It would have been the greatest college basketball team in history. And the KKK kept it from happening. 14 Jun 2013

Greenwald On NSA Snooping: Pols Want Me Arrested For 'Crime Of Doing Journalism'

Guardian reporter Glen Grenwald pushed back hard at politicians who are calling for his investigation and prosecution for his involvement in the NSA snooping scandal. King, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, has said he wants Greenwald prosecuted for threatening to reveal the identities of CIA agents. Greenwald claims he never made such a threat when he exposed the PRISM program. He said King and other politicians are targeting him for “the crime of doing journalism.” 13 Jun 2013

Dershowitz On PRISM Scandal: 'Greenwald Hates America'

Thursday morning on the nationally syndicated "Geraldo" show, I interviewed constitutional law professor Alan Dershowitz. A champion of civil rights and a staunch supporter of the 4th amendment, Dershowitz echoed King's sentiments in the strongest fashion, even going so far as to calling Greenwald "not a real journalist" and charging that he "hates America." 13 Jun 2013

Coulter Hammers Hannity: 'You're Like A Liberal'

Ann Coulter is not a very big fan of the "Gang of Eight" and the "Immigration Reform" bill making its way through the US Senate this week. She's even more critical of Republican politicians and their insistence on moving forward with immigration legislation that appears to be geared toward expanding the Democratic Party's voter rolls by 11 million new Latino voters. 13 Jun 2013

Morning Joe Attacks Snowden as 'Weasel'

While discussing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden this morning on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," host Joe Scarborough railed against the source of Glen Greenwald's story exposing vast electronic wiretapping by the US government and called him "a weasel." 12 Jun 2013

AP: Don't Call Snowden 'Whistleblower'

According to Michael Calderone, AP standards editor Tom Kent told his staff Monday that "whether the actions exposed by Snowden and [WikiLeaks source Bradley] Manning constitute wrongdoing is hotly contested, so we should not call them whistle-blowers on our own at this point." 12 Jun 2013

King: Prosecute Journalists for Publishing Leaked Information

"Actually, if they–if they knew that this was classified information–I think action should be taken, especially on something of this magnitude. I know that the whole issue of leaks has been gone into over the last month. I think something on this magnitude, there is an obligation, both moral but also legal, I believe, against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security. As a practical matter, I–I guess it happened in the past several years, a number of reporters who have been prosecuted under us, so the answer is yes to your question." 12 Jun 2013