Media Bias – Page 36 – John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Sarah Palin Calls Bill Maher Out for Calling Son Trig a ‘Retard’

Posted on June 15, 2013June 16, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

Sarah Palin is getting back on track as an outspoken commentator on the news and her first step back in the spotlight is to slam so-called comedian Bill Maher for calling her son, Trig, a “retard” in his “comedy” act. Palin has recently re-signed as a Fox News commentator after having let her contract lapse […]

Activism, Not Journalism? Radical Filmmaker Laura Poitras Shares Washington Post Byline on NSA Story

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

The Washington Post recently made waves with a story on the National Security Agency’s domestic data mining project “Prism,” but interestingly one of the co-authors of the article is a radical, left-wing filmmaker who has been a loud critic of U.S. counterterrorism policies. The article, “U.S., British intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies […]

Obama Claims He Doesn’t Want to ‘Tax All Businesses Out of Business’

Posted on June 13, 2013June 14, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

During a recent fundraiser, President Obama told an audience that he and the Democrats don’t want to tax all business out of business. He also said he doesn’t believe in “top down” government. The President made these comments at a private residence in Palo Alto, California during a Democratic Senatorial campaign fundraiser in the first […]

New Film ‘The Purge’ A Slam on NRA, Tea Party Movement

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

The new Ethan Hawke thriller The Purge was number one at the box office during its opening weekend, but critics are slamming the film for its thinly veiled commentary against the National Rifle Association, Sarah Palin, and Tea Party groups. The plot brings moviegoers to the near future where in 2022 a new regime has […]

Susan Rice Gets Pass While Media Discounted Condi Rice

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

Noah Rothman recently did an excellent job detailing what the progressive media said about Condoleeza Rice when George W. Bush appointed her as his Secretary of State in 2005. Rothman noted how the media dismissed Condi Rice as merely a “friend” of Bush and otherwise made it seem as if her appointment was just a […]

Google Hires Obama’s Campaign E-Team

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

The hand-in-hand nature of this White House and some of the nation’s biggest corporations is seen in yet another incident as Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign data team is now moving from team Obama to team Google. This week, Bloomberg reported that Obama’s data mining team, used to such great effect during his 2012 re-election for […]

IRS Spent $50 Million in Two Years on ‘Conferences’

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

A report to be released on Tuesday investigating expenditures by the Internal Revenue Service will reveal that $50 million was lavished on some 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012. In one case alone, the report finds that the IRS spent $4 million on a conference for 2,600 IRS employees held in Anaheim, California […]

Dana Milbank Upset Democrats Dare Accuse Bush, Bush Admin. Of Wrong Doing

Posted on June 4, 2013 by William Teach

Oh, wait, sorry, he’s upset that Republicans have suggested that Obama and his administration might have engaged in wrong doing and could be involved in the IRS targeting scheme Accuse first and ask questions later A third House committee joined the stampede to examine the IRS on Monday, and its chairman did exactly what you […]

Marshall University Professor Suggests Using Military to Kill NRA Members/Conservatives

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

The Charlestown Gazette recently published the editorial by a Marshall University professor who advocated using an “M1A Abrams tank, supported by an F22 Raptor squadron with Hellfire missiles” to kill NRA members, Republicans, Conservatives, and those who support the Second Amendment. In an anti-gun piece that could best be described as a foaming-at-the-mouth tirade, Professor […]

Soledad O’Brien to Grads: Don’t Take Anyone’s Advice

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

Former CNN on-air anchor Soledad O’Brien was chosen by students to deliver Harvard’s 2013 Class Day speech–an address delivered to seniors the day before graduation. O’Brien had two important bits of wisdom to pass on to the graduates: “Most people are idiots” and “don’t take anyone’s advice.” O’Brien said that the “idiots” advice was passed […]

Longtime Democrat Consultant: Obama’s White House is Incompetent Like Carter

Posted on May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

Bob Shrum, a longtime Democrat operative, has decided that President Obama’s handling of the White House during this IRS scandal is bad. Maybe not “Nixonian” bad, but is instead a sort of Carteresque incompetence because of the way the President has handled these recent crises. Shrum is a high powered, Democrat operative of the first […]

Dem. Senator Durbin Not Sure if Bloggers Deserve Constitutional Protection

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, senior Illinois Senator, Democrat Dick Durbin, expressed his doubt as to whether bloggers deserved Constitutional protection for their work online. On the May 26 broadcast of the Sunday show, Durbin told host Chris Wallace that he wasn’t sure if bloggers or “someone who is Tweeting” should be given […]

NBC Makes Up Quote For Michele Bachmann: “I’m quitting my House seat in 2014”

Posted on May 29, 2013 by William Teach

Here’s their headline Nowhere in the story is that headline verified. Nor, if one listens to the 8+ minute video from Bachmann will you hear that phrase. A bit of bias, eh? For Max Baucus NBC had the headline Max Baucus heeds the call of Nature. And Harkin won’t seek 6th Senate term (for Tom […]

Propaganda: NPR Incorrectly Claims IRS Has Nothing to do With Obamacare

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

During the May 22 broadcast of National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation,” host Neil Conan repeatedly contradicted a guest by claiming that the IRS has nothing at all to do with Obamacare. NPR’s Conan is, of course, completely incorrect. The IRS is up to it’s Tea Party harassing neck in Obamacare. The guest Conan […]

Dionne: It’s Not Easy Being Obama

Posted on May 27, 2013May 28, 2013 by William Teach

You know why? Because all you people who criticize him are raaaaacists, per the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne. Let’s skip all the way to the end to find out how simply awesome Obama is. He’s an anti-ideological leader in an ideological age, a middle-of-the-road liberal skeptical of the demands placed on a movement leader, a […]

Washington Bridge Collapse Being Used to Push Big Government

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

By all accounts the Interstate 5 bridge collapse in Washington State was a result of an over sized truck load as opposed to “failing infrastructure.” But a plea for greater federal spending figured prominently in many reports on the accident nonetheless. Naturally, many on the left stampeded immediately to decrying “austerity,” or accused the Republicans […]

New York Times: IRS Scandal Ignored Because of Rush Limbaugh

Posted on May 25, 2013May 25, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

There has been much speculation in the media on why Obama’s current scandal of the IRS targeting conservative groups for attack didn’t come out last year when the initial flurry of reportage on the incident was seen. Well, The New York Times thinks it has the answer: it was Rush Limbaugh’s fault. When the IRS […]

Obama’s Attorney General Hypocrisy: Alberto Gonzalez vs Eric Holder

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

In 2007 when Barack Obama was running for President the first time there was a controversy raging over whether U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez was right to accede to President Bush’s order to fire a handful of U.S. attorneys. Obama then criticized the AG for politicizing the office. Flash forward to 2013 and he’s now […]

WaPo/ABC Poll: Obama Lying About Benghazi, IRS Targeting ‘Inappropriate,’ Media Still Distrusted

Posted on May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

A new poll conducted jointly by The Washington Post and ABC News revealed some interesting trends. Among other findings, more Americans feel that Obama and his administration are lying about Benghazi, a majority feel that the IRS acted inappropriately by targeting conservative groups, and the media is still distrusted with a majority feeling that the […]

Even New Yorker Sides With Fox on DOJ Attack on James Rosen

Posted on May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

Earlier today it was reported that several Fox News reporters were targeted by the Department of Justice over interaction with an employee(s) at the State Department. In the investigation, Fox News’ James Rosen was fingered by the DOJ not as just a reporter getting “classified” information, but an “aider and abettor and/or co-conspirator.” This is […]

Obama’s IRS Nightmares

Posted on May 23, 2013May 23, 2013 by Robert Cleveland

With so many scandals going on, and so many Obama administration officials claiming so much ignorance, it really makes you wonder: just who is running things in the White House, anyway? From all appearances, the answer is “no one.” It’s like watching Colonel Klink and Sergeant Schultz, as President Obama is constantly trying to cover […]

Why Attorney General Eric Holder is the worst in US History

Posted on May 21, 2013May 21, 2013 by Josh Bernstein

Eric “fast and furious” Holder’s legacy of corruption, power, influence, and greed will be a tough act for any future Attorney General to follow. He is the only Attorney General in our nation’s history to facilitate the pardon of a convicted felon and fugitive. Like Barack Obama, he is a privileged minority with a chip […]

CNN’s Crowley Admits Obama Didn’t Call Benghazi a Terror Attack

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

On the May 19 broadcast of CNN’s State of the Union, host Candy Crowley said that Obama was late in identifying the attacks in Benghazi as terrorism quite contrary to what she said during the Presidential debates late last year. As Crowley questioned White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer, she pressed him on whether or not […]

NY Times Publishes Op-Ed Supporting The Justice Dept. Going After Reporters

Posted on May 21, 2013 by William Teach

Most in the press are taking a position similar to Brit Hume’s (Mediaite) “That places this administration in the position of saying normal news gathering activities are criminal. That is chilling.” Juan Williams, who likes to tick off both sides, said something earlier on Fox News about 20 minutes ago. Others are saying similar things. […]

Piers Morgan: This IRS Thing is ‘Vaguely Tyrannical Behavior by the Government’

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

CNN’s chief anti-gun zealot Piers Morgan may have been loathe to admit it, but this IRS scandal seems to validate some of his detractor’s distrust of government. During his evening show on May 16, Morgan’s guest was magician Penn Jillette and the discussion turned to the admission by the Internal Revenue Service that it had […]

Rush Limbaugh Does Live in Obama’s Head

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

On May 14 after news broke that President Obama had once again attacked talk radio host Rush Limbaugh by name, El Rusbo joked that he was “living rent-free in Obama’s head.” It’s hard to fault Limbaugh’s logic on this. After all, the President of the United States of America has used his bully pulpit to […]

Politico: Obama’s Narrative Goes Down Dark Alley

Posted on May 15, 2013 by William Teach

Over at Ace Of Spades, DrewM provided a handy dandy Obama scandal scorecard, for which I opined in the comments that of all the scandals, the most dangerous for Obama is the Associated Press phone records one. There are certainly ones which are worse overall, but, if the AP turns on Obama, or at least […]

Gov’t Obtains Phone Records of 100 Associated Press Reporters

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

In the newest overreach perpetrated by the Obama administration, the Associated Press has discovered that some 100 of its Washington-based reporters have had their phone records–both personal and business–secretly obtained by Eric Holder’s Justice Department. The AP reports that the phone records were subpoenaed as a result of a DOJ investigation into who inside the […]

Sycophancy: MSNBC Host Grovels for Elizabeth Warren’s Autograph… ON the Air!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

So, much for unbiased, just-the-facts, journalism over at MSNBC. The Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell was so star struck when Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren came on his show that he stopped everything in order to get her autograph and did so on the air! Like a kid meeting his favorite teen rock star, O’Donnell shoved […]

Mom of Son Slain At Benghazi: “I want to wish Hillary a Happy Mother’s Day. She has her child. I don’t have mine because of her.”

Posted on May 13, 2013May 13, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston

Pat Smith’s son, Sean, was murdered by terrorists in Benghazi, Libya (9/11/12) thanks to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s negligence. On Sunday, she has a message for Obama and Hillary. “I want to wish Hillary a Happy Mother’s Day,” Smith said. “She has her child. I don’t have mine because of her.” Mrs. Smith appeared […]