Big Journalism

This morning, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Milton, chancellor and James M. Baird Jr. Chair of Pastoral Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary, and author of the new book Silent No More, praised by figures ranging

In 2004, perverse former conservative David Brock, a highly paranoid alleged drug devotee, founded Media Matters for America. It was an offshoot of the John Podesta-run Center for American Progress (CAP). Podesta, of course, was the former chief of staff

Before today’s elections in Israel, the mainstream media seemed interested in arguing that Israelis had moved to the hard-right. After today’s surprising result, which leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely to return to power but leading a smaller, more centrist

Saturday morning, Big Journalism ran the story of John Dickerson, a CBS News political director, who took to the online pages of Slate to suggest it was time for Obama to “destroy” and “pulverize” the Republican Party. Today, Dickerson took to the

In keeping with the revisionist ambitions of President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address, National Public Radio has taken the opportunity of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade to rewrite the history of that decision. According to NPR’s Julie Rovner,

Don’t ask me to feel sorry for a news outlet sleeping in a bed of its own making. “The Boston Globe,” which is owned by the “New York Times,” both sold their souls to elect Barack Obama and his economic

Because my shift ends before Bill O’Reilly’s show, and after my shift I tend to get as far away from the news as possible, I only just learned this morning that O’Reilly’s been one of the few voices highlighting a

I know, I know, I know… This is a tired exercise, but it has to be done. Imagine an alternate universe where it was George W. Bush, or any Republican, sworn in for a second term yesterday — but with

Peter Beinart, hilariously regarded as an intellectual whose opinions matter, (remember how he once championed the Iraq war and using American power abroad but then suddenly “evolved” into your typical leftist Jew attacking Israel?) is now ludicrously claiming that Piers

During President Obama’s inauguration today, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (R) quoted Alex Haley, the author made world-famous for his Pulitzer Prize-winning literary sensation, “Roots.” According to The Washington Post, Haley and Alexander were longtime friends. That’s all well and good,

In a poetically beautiful beat down published Saturday, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan eviscerates CNN’s Piers Morgan. You’ll want to read the whole thing, especially the closer, but I found this worth noting: [emphasis added] Asked … to address attacks

If you’re not a sports or basketball fan, I can understand not knowing NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell when you see him. But how you confuse Morgan Freeman with anyone other than Morgan Freeman, one of the most recognizable faces in

Anderson Cooper, Gloria Borger, Dana Bash, David Gergen, etc. not only couldn’t bring themselves to criticize anything in Barack Obama’s Inaugural speech (really, he’s going to make hard choices to reduce the deficit and health care costs?), but after a

Have we, as a nation, reached the point at which we judge our leaders not “by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous words? We would wish it

In his illuminating new e-book on covering the Obama re-election campaign, Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings reveals that President Obama secretly joined reporters for drinks once while the campaign was in Orlando, Fla.  The “beer summit” with supporters is described by Hastings as little like

In a strange exercise, CNN reporter Tom Foreman has written a letter to the president every day of his presidency and intends to continue doing so until the bitter end. Talk about obsessive behavior. Tom Foreman is one of CNN’s

(AP) Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsWASHINGTONGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” _ David Plouffe, adviser to President Barack Obama; actress Eva Longoria, co-chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press”

Amid the progressive onslaught aimed at undercutting the 2nd Amendment by focusing on hunting and shooting, Rasmussen has released a poll showing that 65% of respondents understand gun ownership was meant to ensure freedom from government tyranny. When appearing on

For the President’s 2009 inauguration, one of the “it” parties was the one thrown by the Huffington Post. But this time around, HuffPo isn’t throwing a party at all.  A quick run down of the celebrities that attended the party

For the first time in a long time–perhaps ever–Americans are pointing the finger of blame at absentee parents and Hollywood productions instead of law-abiding gun owners. As a new poll conducted by NBC/Wall Street Journal reveals, 83 percent of Americans say that

Reading the Left’s fevered desires over at Slate isn’t anything new. Not even articles breathlessly titled and subtitled: Go for the Throat! Why if he wants to transform American politics, Obama must declare war on the Republican Party. Not even

On Thursday, while looking wistfully back at Obama’s first four years, NBC News accidentally did some actual reporting. In a First Read article that opened with the question, “Is the nation better off than it was four years ago,” senior

Now that the Journal News has removed the names and addresses of New York’s legal gun owners from its online map, at least one other newspaper is slamming the gun-outer for its “cowardice.” In a Friday piece at the Washington

In USA Today, Steve Deace has a satiric column thanking the people most responsible for cutting his paycheck 5% in 2013. He writes: “After all, who’s more qualified to talk about shared sacrifice than those who can vote themselves pay