Homosexuality Is Not A Choice…And Even If It Were, Who Cares?
| For the last two weeks, much of the media focus has been on same-sex marriage, especially since President Obama completed his so-called "evolution" on the issue. This led to some pretty heated debates on cable news pitting pro-gay marriage pundits against conservative Christian leaders. And whether it was Rep. Barney Frank versus Tony Perkins, or Piers Morgan versus Bill Donohue, the socially conservative pundit's point usually boiled down to this: We cannot take seriously any gay rights issues because homosexuality is a choice. |  |
Biden On W.V. Vote For Felon Democrat: ‘I Don’t Blame People, They’re Frustrated, They’re Angry’
| In an interview with West Virginia’s WTOV on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden was asked about the results of the state’s recent Democratic primary in which a federal inmate running against President Barack Obama received more than 40 percent of the vote. Biden told WTOV that he did not blame the voters of West Virginia’s Democrats, and said “they’re frustrated, they’re angry.” |  |
Geraldo To O’Reilly: Trayvon 7-Eleven Tape Shows ‘He’s Dressed In Thug Wear’
| Geraldo Rivera is not letting Trayvon Martin's wardrobe escape scrutiny as the court begins work on the George Zimmerman trial, calling his black hoodie "thug wear." On The O'Reilly Factor last night, Rivera dismissed the THC in Martin's bloodstream as a serious issue, but once again noted that, given his size and wardrobe, he considered it reasonable for Zimmerman to think Martin could be a criminal, something O'Reilly was quick to call profiling. |  |
NATO Protesters Arrested For Attempting Molotov Bombing Of Obama HQ, Rahm Emanuel’s House
| This weekend's NATO summit in Chicago has already attracted some unsavory behavior from protesters, as the AP reports today that three protesters have been arrested for conspiracy to commit acts of terror after police discovered a plan to make Molotov cocktails to throw into the Obama Campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house, an arrest their defense attorney called "propaganda to create a climate of fear." |  |
Most Fertile Man In World Also A Cad Who Wants A Break On Child Support
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Arrives In Newark Airport Today
| After a tense diplomatic standoff between the US State Department and China following his attempt to escape house arrest, Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his immediate family are on a plane to New Jersey today after receiving sanctuary from the United States. Chen, who is best known for his activism against China's One Child Policy, was reportedly not told where he was going until arriving at the airport, but had faith that he was leaving for the United States. |  |
Congress May Reverse Ban On Domestic Distribution Of Propaganda Material
| Remember the good ol' days, when you went to the movie theaters and got to see a short propaganda reel before the main feature? Well, now our propaganda may no longer be relegated to films like Battleship, because an amendment added to a new defense bill will reverse a long-standing ban on disseminating propaganda materials in the United States. Supporters of the amendment argue that such propaganda is needed to combat propaganda being spread online by al-Qaeda. |  |
Fireworks On Melissa Harris Perry As Ezra Klein And Nick Gillespie Clash
| Usually in the business of chronicling cable news, a debate on austerity and inflation is a pretty hard sell. In a world of Jeremiah Wrights and Sandra Flukes, the Euro crisis is rather low on the personal drama scale. This morning's Melissa Harris-Perry shattered that conventional wisdom, with The Washington Post's Ezra Klein and Reason's Nick Gillespie going head-to-head on the woes of the Eurozone and whether the nations should continue to spend money, the sort of crosstalk-laden panel discussion host Melissa Harris-Perry had to interrupt to remind them to keep the audience in the loop. |  |
Jonah Goldberg On Fox: ‘No’ Romney Can’t Win Youth Vote, ‘Not A Hip Cat’
| Author and National Review contributor Jonah Goldberg appeared on Fox News Channel on Friday to discuss the findings in a recent Fox News poll that showed young voters still supporting President Barack Obama. Goldberg was asked, simply, if young voters would support Mitt Romney – he responded bluntly, “no.” While Goldberg is probably correct, there is at least some evidence that some young voters are contemplating abandoning the President ahead of a close election in November. |  |
The Best Cable News Throwdowns Of The Week
| Fifteen minutes in the penalty box! Several cable news pundits this week looked as if they were duking it out in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, as they rhetorically crosschecked one another into the boards. There was plenty of vitriol to be spewed with Jeremiah Wright, President Obama's visit to The View and gay marriage dominating the week's headlines. Heated disagreements ensued and some people left with their feelings hurt. |  |
Dershowitz: No Jury Would Convict Zimmerman Of Murder Unless Afraid ‘New Black Panthers Might Kill Them’
| On Friday, legal scholar and criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz joined journalist and author Bernie Goldberg on Fox News Channel’s America Live with Megyn Kelly to discuss the ongoing trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Dershowitz and Goldberg said that the New York Times and Florida prosecutor Angela Cory had irresponsibly furthered a narrative of Zimmerman’s guilt when it appears that he acted in a manner consistent with a defense of self-defense. |  |
Fox News Watch Panel Shocked Obama Would Attack ‘Fawning’ Media
| President Obama, at least in part, soured on the media in his public statements recently, telling the graduates at Barnard College that America has to overcome the challenge of a media where "good news doesn't sell as well as bad news." On Fox News Watch today, the panel analyzed his statements, somewhat shocked that a President most on the panel perceived to have benefitted from a media bias in 2008 would turn on the press. |  |
Breitbart.com’s Dana Loesch: Romney ‘Acting Outraged’ Over Aborted Rev. Wright Attack
Part 3 – Before She Was The Rachel Maddow: The Best Of The Maddow-Tucker Carlson Debates
| Watching the prim, polished Rachel Maddow show as it exists today– MSNBC’s flagship– it’s hard to recall the days Rachel Maddow was a radio host first and foremost, with some gigs on TV on the side. Her first regular stint on national television was on The Situation with Tucker Carlson– a news opinion program that preceded both Wolf Blitzer‘s The Situation Room and Jersey Shore‘s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, and eventually became simply Tucker, giving way to a series of programs before ceding the 9PM MSNBC spot to Maddow herself. |  |
Hilary Rosen Tells CNN She ‘Hates’ The War On Women: ‘It’s Got Such Terrible Energy’
| Hilary Rosen, whose profile as a pundit was raised perhaps the highest of any other during the peak of the "War on Women" contraception and motherhood debate, told CNN today that she "hated" the term "War on Women" and found the concept "disturbing." Rosen, on a panel to debate women as a political constituency with Margaret Hoover and host Christine Romans, explained that it did not make sense to "think of women as a constituency-- we are the majority," and she and Hoover agreed that, as far as the economy goes, women are just as much at its mercy as men. |  |
Rather Defends George Bush Report, Slams Corporate-Owned Media On Real Time
| Dan Rather sat down with Bill Maher tonight for a candid conversation about what the news has come to these days with the rise of opinion journalism and consolidated media. In the middle of the discussion, Rather reflected on one of his most infamous reports when he was at CBS: the story of George W. Bush going AWOL during his service in the Texas Air National Guard. |  |
Jon Lovitz Asks Sean Hannity If He Was Born In Kenya
| Comedian Jon Lovitz has somehow become a Fox News media darling after a comedy rant against President Obama over tax policy, and he made his way Thursday night to Hannity after appearances with Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly earlier this week. Hannity thanked him for his "refreshing" honesty, asking whether he has felt a backlash and, of course, giving him a hard time for voting for President Obama the first time around. Lovitz wouldn't say whether he has decided to, but he wasn't particularly happy with the President's language as of late. |  |
Thursday Ratings: Lawrence O’Donnell Beats Greta Van Susteren In Demo
| MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell had a strong night in ratings on Thursday as he overtook Greta Van Susteren's On The Record in the demo. It was the second time O'Donnell beat Greta, the last being March 15, 2012. O'Donnell led MSNBC with 327,000 demo viewers to Van Susteren's 309,000. However, Van Susteren easily topped him in total viewers , 1,411,000 to 899,000. |  |
Heated Ed Schultz Panel Explores Political Parallels Between Jeremiah Wright And Mormonism
| It is 2012 and the nation faces a brand new presidential election, but somehow Rev. Jeremiah Wright has become, once again, a focal point in the campaign, due in some part to a Super PAC proposal the New York Times dug up suggesting hammering that point into the political consciousness of voters. On last night's Ed Show, host Ed Schultz argued the fairness and relevance of bringing up Wright again, and how Mitt Romney may be exposing himself to attack over his Mormon faith if he allows his campaign to go after Wright. |  |
What’s The Real Reason Behind This AZ Official’s Newfound Birtherism?
| Earlier today, we reported that Ken Bennett, Arizona's secretary of state, appears to have taken a turn toward birtherism. Bennett, apparently in response to constituents' requests, has reached out to the state of Hawaii to verify President Barack Obama's birth certificate. Without said verification, Bennett said it's "possible" he'd take Obama off the state's ballot. |  |
Limbaugh: Trayvon Martin Case Is ‘The Duke Lacrosse Case All Over Again!’
Will Smith Slaps Reporter After The Guy Tries To Kiss Him
| The world loves Will Smith. Maybe not enough to forgive Men in Black 2, but the world still loves him. They love him so much that he's been claimed to be one of the only black actor who can open a movie overseas. That's a lot of love. But sometimes those overseas folk love him too much, like a Ukranian reporter who accidentally brushed his lips against those of the star and got a slap for his effort. |  |
New Tone? Paul Krugman Wonders If GOP Are ‘Manchurian Candidates’ Who Want To ‘Bring Down America’
| New York Times economic columnist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman added new dimensions to the art of hyperbolic overstatement on Friday with MSNBC’s Martin Bashir when he wondered aloud whether the GOP in Congress wholly consisted of moles attempting to "bring down America" from within. |  |
House Republicans Cut Defense Department Spending… On NASCAR
| Who says Republicans are against cutting spending from programs their constituents favor? On Friday, the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives voted to approve cuts to the Department of Defense’s budget which had been spent on recruitment sponsorships to motor sports and fishing. In a betrayal of Shakespearean proportions, as Politico notes, the final blow to the Pentagon’s NASCAR budget came from a Republican representative from Georgia. |  |
Part 2 – Before She Was The Rachel Maddow: The Best Of The Maddow-Tucker Carlson Debates
| Watching the prim, polished Rachel Maddow show as it exists today-- MSNBC's flagship-- it's hard to recall the days Rachel Maddow was a radio host first and foremost, with some gigs on TV on the side. Her first regular stint on national television was on The Situation with Tucker Carlson-- a news opinion program that preceded both Wolf Blitzer's The Situation Room and Jersey Shore's Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, and eventually became simply Tucker, giving way to a series of programs before ceding the 9PM MSNBC spot to Maddow herself. |  |
Every Piece Of New Trayvon Martin Evidence Is Important Except The One They Are Focusing On, The Pot
| Yesterday, when I wrote up a post on the tons of evidence newly released in the Trayvon Martin case, I neglected to mention the THC in Martin’s system that his autopsy show. A number of commenters accused me of bias in skipping this fact. To them, I have two things to say; One, I’d love [...] |  |
Bill Maher: Liberty University Giving Out Diplomas ‘Cheapens’ Everyone Else’s
| In honor of Mitt Romney's commencement speech at Liberty University last week, Bill Maher used his show-ending New Rule tonight to question the validity of the entire university's credentials and argue that when they give out diplomas, it "cheapens my degree from a real school." Maher said that because of Liberty's religious bent, the university isn't on par with "legitimate" universities that provide students with a comprehensive education. |  |
Drudge Hypes, Then Disappears, Another ‘Kenyan-Born Obama’ Fail
Jonah Goldberg: Media Has A ‘Nagging Insecurity’ Over ‘Cheerleading’ For Obama In 2008
| The story of a Super PAC planning on resuscitating Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a campaign issue has raised questions on both sides of the aisle-- from the ethics of doing so to why the mainstream media avoided the topic. On Fox & Friends this morning, Jonah Goldberg noted that he found in the mainstream media a "deep, nagging insecurity" about the way they handled the 2008 campaign, one that has made them somewhat hesitant to bring up issues from 2008 that could politically help the President. |  |
Fox News Tea Party Panel Asks: Is Rep. Allen West Is Too Moderate?
| The 2012 elections are not just a challenge for incumbent President Obama, but for a number of freshmen Congressmen swept into the House of Representatives by the Tea Party movement in 2010. On Fox News today, anchor Uma Pemmaraju hosted a panel featuring Tea Party Express leader Amy Kremer and Tea Party Rep. Mick Mulvaney in which they debate whether the campaign rhetoric matched the voting records of the Tea Party Republicans. |  |
