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Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

NBC News White House correspondent appeared on “Morning Joe” Monday morning to discuss Friday’s revelations that the IRS had flagged non-profit groups affiliated with the tea party and conservative causes for greater scrutiny.   In a telling back-and-forth with colleague

Chuck Todd On IRS Story: 'Where's The Outrage?'

MSNBC Politicizes Ohio Kidnapping To Fit 'Women's Health' Agenda

Did MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry really compare a North Carolina law to the kidnapping of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight in Ohio?  It sure seems like she did.   In a segment that was introduced with the dramatic 911

MSNBC Politicizes Ohio Kidnapping To Fit 'Women's Health' Agenda

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory played White House Spokesman Jay Carney’s now-infamous November declaration that “the White House and State Department have made clear that the single adjustment that was made to those talking points by either

NBC News' Gregory Comes This Close To Calling Carney Liar

Dowd On Benghazi: Clinton-Era Déjà Vu

In the Sunday New York Times, Maureen Dowd weighed in on the Benghazi house of cards and it isn’t pretty.  Unlike most left-leaning journalists, who are just now discovering the Benghazi story because they’re collective noses are out of joint

Dowd On Benghazi: Clinton-Era Déjà Vu

Obama Loses The New Yorker Over Benghazi Spin

Alex Koppelman at The New Yorker is usually a reliable apologist, if not cheerleader, for the Obama Administration. But even Koppelman seems to have had enough with spokesman Jay Carney’s transparently deceitful assertion that the White House was truthful when they maintained

Obama Loses The New Yorker Over Benghazi Spin

Former Clinton Official: Bill Wouldn't Have Gotten Away With Benghazi

Saturday, on “Fox News Watch,” former Clinton Administration employee Kirsten Powers joined Monica Crowley to discuss the media reaction to the unfolding Benghazi cover-up.  Powers was Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs and witnessed, first hand, how that White

Former Clinton Official: Bill Wouldn't Have Gotten Away With Benghazi

Pakistan Expels NY Times Reporter On Eve Of Elections

The New York Times‘ Islamabad bureau chief has been expelled from Pakistan right before national elections. The two sentence letter delivered to foreign correspondent Declan Walsh accused him of unspecified “undesirable activities,” the Times said Friday. The ministry did not give

Pakistan Expels NY Times Reporter On Eve Of Elections

NBC Cancels Brian Williams Pet Project 'Rock Center'

Head of the NBC News Group Pat Fili-Krushel announced late Friday afternoon that the news magazine “Rock Center with Brian Williams” would be cancelled after its final airing on June 21.   “I would like to thank Brian, Alex, David

NBC Cancels Brian Williams Pet Project 'Rock Center'

MSNBC Host Blames GOP For Benghazi

Former DNC Communications Director and now MSNBC host Karen Finney blames Republicans in the House of Representatives for the terror attacks in Benghazi.  As a guest on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir, Finney maintained that “austerity measures” were responsible for security reductions

MSNBC Host Blames GOP For Benghazi

ABC News' Karl: Expect Lots Of Benghazi Questions For Carney

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl expects all his colleagues on the front row of the White House briefing room to pepper spokesperson Jay Carney with multiple questions today following his exclusive story exposing the multiple revisions to talking points related to

ABC News' Karl: Expect Lots Of Benghazi Questions For Carney

GOP Rep Calls for Joint Committee, Subpoenas on Benghazi

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) is calling for Congress to use its subpoena power to further investigate the allegations that State Department and White House officials went through multiple revisions of CIA talking points related to the terror attacks in Benghazi

GOP Rep Calls for Joint Committee, Subpoenas on Benghazi

Fox News Mole Cops Plea

He was the darling of the left-wing blogosphere last year when he was known as the “Fox News Mole,” but yesterday he was just another humiliated criminal in handcuffs as he agreed to a plea deal in New York:  

Fox News Mole Cops Plea

Chris Hayes Drags MSNBC Ratings Into Toilet

Chris Hayes debuted his new, prime time MSNBC show, “All In,” in April. In theory, the show was poised to have a big debut as it rode the very busy news cycle with the hyper attention paid to the terror

Chris Hayes Drags MSNBC Ratings Into Toilet

Carney Fields ONE Question On Benghazi Day After Hearing

Thursday was the first opportunity for White House reporters to ask questions of spokesman Jay Carney following the explosive hearings on the Benghazi terror attack of September 12, 2012.   President Obama was travelling to Texas to deliver a speech

Carney Fields ONE Question On Benghazi Day After Hearing

Rubio Congratulates Fox News on Benghazi Coverage

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had very critical words for former Secretary of State (and potential 2016 presidential rival) Hillary Clinton this morning on “Fox and Friends.”   What I think is sad is how many people that are around the

Rubio Congratulates Fox News on Benghazi Coverage

Maddow Mad At Politifact Over Gay Issue

Rachel Maddow attacked “fact-checker” Politifact Tuesday night over a story related to NBA player Jason Collins coming out as a gay man.   The controversy revolves around a statement made by tennis legend Martina Navratilova on CBS News’ “Face the

Maddow Mad At Politifact Over Gay Issue

Christie To Co-Host Today Show

NBC News announced today that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will co-host the final hour of Friday’s “Today” show from the Jersey Shore.  To add to the Jersey pride, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will join the TODAY team as

Christie To Co-Host Today Show

New York Times Ignores Benghazi

In the past week, the investigation into the September 11, 2012 attacks on the US Consulate in Benghazi has been the dominant news story on most media outlets, including such traditional media venues as CBS News and The Washington Post. 

New York Times Ignores Benghazi

Schieffer Goes There: Benghazi 'Cover-Up'

Bob Schieffer now carries the mantle of “elder statesman” at CBS News.  This is the vaunted position that was held by Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow. As electronic media goes, CBS News is the “Old Gray Lady”

Schieffer Goes There: Benghazi 'Cover-Up'

O'Reilly Takes On Activist Pushing Court Martials For Proselytizing

Mikey Weinstein, Founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has gone on record saying members of the military sharing their Christian faith are guilty of “treason,” and of committing an act of “spiritual rape,” as serious a crime as “sexual assault.”

O'Reilly Takes On Activist Pushing Court Martials For Proselytizing

MSNBC Panel Attacks Pro-Gun Senator For Being A Woman

According to “Morning Joe” panalist Donny Deutsch, Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s (R-NH) opposition to gun control measures is worse than her colleagues’ opposition because she’s a woman. “Is it even more surprising to you when a woman goes against this?” Deutsch

MSNBC Panel Attacks Pro-Gun Senator For Being A Woman

CBS News' Attkisson: 'Sometimes I Feel Alone' Pursuing Benghazi Story

Only a handful of journalists have really pursued the Benghazi terror attack story. Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News has been consistently out front challenging the Obama White House on the September 11, 2012 attack that left four Americans dead, including

CBS News' Attkisson: 'Sometimes I Feel Alone' Pursuing Benghazi Story

Whistleblower Lawyer: State Dept Spokesman 'Either Incompetent or Liar'

Attorney Victoria Toensing represents a whilstleblower from the State Department who is intent on telling the truth about the attacks on the US Consolate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.  Yesterday she went public with the news that the State Department is refusing

Whistleblower Lawyer: State Dept Spokesman 'Either Incompetent or Liar'

Morning Joe: Cruz 'A Jerk'

Tuesday morning’s “Morning Joe” roundtable on MSNBC focused on recent remarks made by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a FreedomWorks event. At the rally Cruz told stories about his fellow Republican Senators’ approach to last month’s gun control debate.  They

Morning Joe: Cruz 'A Jerk'

State Dept Blocking Lawyers From Representing Benghazi Whistleblowers

According to former US Attorney Joe DiGenova, the State Department is standing in the way of lawyers trying to represent whistleblowers in the ongoing investigation into the events at the US Consolate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.   DiGenova appeared with

State Dept Blocking Lawyers From Representing Benghazi Whistleblowers

Newspaper Exploits Texas Tragedy To Hammer Perry

The Sacramento Bee published a political cartoon exploiting the tragic explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, TX as a means to attack the state’s governor, Rick Perry.   The Associated Press says Perry is “disgusted” and demands an apology: 

Newspaper Exploits Texas Tragedy To Hammer Perry

Matthews Blames US Wars For Jihadi Terror

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews appeared on the Martin Bashir Show Thursday to discuss the root cause of terror attacks on Americans, because, you know, who better to discuss that topic?  He told Bashir that wars waged by America in Arab nations

Matthews Blames US Wars For Jihadi Terror

Kurtz Slams Fox News for Allowing Perino to Interview Bush

CNN and Daily Beast analyst Howard Kurtz leveled strong criticism against Fox News for assigning Dana Perino to interview former President George W. Bush Thursday on the occasion of the opening of his presidential library in Texas.  Perino, Bush’s former

Kurtz Slams Fox News for Allowing Perino to Interview Bush

Buzzfeed Promotes Shepard Fairey's Anti-NRA Poster; Ignores Past Plagiarism

Buzzfeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro seems pretty impressed with artist Shepard Fairey. His post announcing the “Hope” poster creator’s latest bit of propaganda attacking the NRA reads like a press release.   Artist Shepard Fairey will paper downtown D.C. Thursday with copies

Buzzfeed Promotes Shepard Fairey's Anti-NRA Poster; Ignores Past Plagiarism