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'Meet the Press': No Pro-Gun Senators Would Appear

'Meet the Press': No Pro-Gun Senators Would Appear

Betsy Fischer Martin, producer on NBC’s Meet the Press, tweeted that the show “reached out to ALL 31 pro-gun rights Sens in the new Congress to invite them to share their views on @meetthepress – NO takers.” This shouldn’t be

MSNBC Panel Race Baits Connecticut Massacre

MSNBC Panel Race Baits Connecticut Massacre

Leave it to the shamelessly craven NBC News cable outlet MSNBC to find a race-baiting angle on the Connecticut school massacre tragedy.  On the Sunday morning edition of “Up” with Chris Hayes Salon.com columnist David Sirota claimed that the debate

Guest Lineups for the Sunday News Shows

Guest Lineups for the Sunday News Shows

(AP) Guest lineups for the Sunday news showsWASHINGTONGuest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” _ Gov. Dannel Malloy, D-Conn.; Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Reps. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Donna Edwards, D-Md.; Mayor Pedro

As CT Story Unfolds, Media Struggle with Facts

As CT Story Unfolds, Media Struggle with Facts

(AP) – The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists’ ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their presence on the scene. Pressed with the awful urgency of the story, television, along with other

Media FAIL: Brother of CT Gunman Wrongly Cited as Shooter

Media FAIL: Brother of CT Gunman Wrongly Cited as Shooter

(AP) – Not long after Friday’s shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school, media outlets began reporting the gunman’s identity as 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of Hoboken, N.J. His name and image quickly spread worldwide as the perpetrator of the nation’s

David Frum Cracks CT School Shooting Joke

David Frum Cracks CT School Shooting Joke

As we all know, CNN Contributor and Daily Beast columnist David Frum is really nothing more than a mercenary opportunist, and one who’s increasingly desperate for attention. But who knew he was willing to go this far after the news

MSNBC Leaps To Exploit CT School Shooting

MSNBC Leaps To Exploit CT School Shooting

No surprise here: In the wake of recent shootings, from Aurora to Kansas City, many have argued that it is not the time to talk about gun control. But as the death toll from today’s tragic shooting in Netwown, Conn.,

ESPN Suspends Commentator 'Until Further Notice' for RGIII Remarks

ESPN Suspends Commentator 'Until Further Notice' for RGIII Remarks

On Friday, ESPN suspended commentator Rob Parker “until further notice” for calling Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, who is African-American, a “cornball brother” because Griffin has a white fiancee and may be a Republican. “Following yesterday’s comments, Rob Parker has been suspended

Susan Rice Falls On Sword To Save … The Media

Susan Rice Falls On Sword To Save … The Media

Make no mistake about it, it’s not just the Obama White House breathing a sigh of relief over Susan Rice’s “decision” to take her name out of the running to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. The media’s just

Even Touré Is Embarrassed By Barbara Walters' Clinton Interview

Even Touré Is Embarrassed By Barbara Walters' Clinton Interview

On Thursday’s addition of MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” polarizing political pundit Touré agreed with Breitbart News‘ take on Barbara Walters’ shallow, sexist, and embarrassing interview of potential presidential candidates Chris Christie and Hillary Clinton:   That moment about the hair, and