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Costas: Rush Limbaugh Wrong About NBC's Liberalism

Costas: Rush Limbaugh Wrong About NBC's Liberalism

NBC Sports host Bob Costas said conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was wrong to state that NBC’s liberal beliefs about gun control enabled Costas to exploit Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide to push for gun control.  “Rush Limbaugh said that I

Costas Suggests Sports Could be Used to Marginalize Guns

Costas Suggests Sports Could be Used to Marginalize Guns

NBC Sports host Bob Costas, after saying it was “entirely appropriate” to exploit the murder-suicide of Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher to push for more gun control, suggested sports could be used to change people’s attitudes toward and marginalize

Bob Costas on Gun Control Commentary: 'Entirely Appropriate'

Bob Costas on Gun Control Commentary: 'Entirely Appropriate'

NBC Sports host Bob Costas said it was “entirely appropriate” to exploit Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher’s murder-suicide last December to push for gun control during halftime of NBC’s broadcast of “Sunday Night Football” the day after the tragedy. “This

Alex Haley: The Lance Armstrong of Literature

Alex Haley: The Lance Armstrong of Literature

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,

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” _ David Plouffe, adviser to President Barack Obama; actress Eva Longoria, co-chairman of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press”

NRA More Popular Than Hollywood

NRA More Popular Than Hollywood

With polls showing that our Second Amendment is still nearly as popular as ever, one is tempted to think that our guns are safe, for now. A new poll, for instance, even shows that the National Rifle Association is more

Poll: Absentee Parents, Hollywood to Blame for Gun Crime

Poll: Absentee Parents, Hollywood to Blame for Gun Crime

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

Autopsy: Jovan Belcher Legally Intoxicated at Time of Death

Autopsy: Jovan Belcher Legally Intoxicated at Time of Death

Jovan Belcher, the Kansas City Chiefs player who murdered his girlfriend before killing himself in front of Chiefs executives in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot in December, was intoxicated at the time of his death, with a blood-alcohol level (0.17)

Powell: GOP 'Looks Down on Minorities'

Powell: GOP 'Looks Down on Minorities'

This morning, former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press to discuss the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to Secretary of Defense. During the discussion, David Gregory asked the liberal Powell, nominally a

Powell Thrilled At Hagel Pick To Lead Defense Department

Powell Thrilled At Hagel Pick To Lead Defense Department

Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.), who clashed frequently with the Department of Defense throughout the first term of President George W. Bush, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday and backed President Barack Obama’s nomination of