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Mark Leibovich Blames NRA for ‘Politicized’ Debate Over Guns
October 4th, 2015 1:01 PM
Following the horrific shooting at an Oregon community college last week, during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday New York Times Magazine writer Mark Leibovich conveniently blamed the NRA for preventing gun control legislation from passing Congress. The liberal journalist complained that the issue of guns is “politicized because the NRA pretty much owns more than half of Congress.…
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Rich Lowry Shuts Down Liberals Over Holding NFL ‘Accountable'
February 1st, 2015 3:46 PM
On Sunday, ABC’s This Week previewed the Super Bowl by discussing the tumultuous year the NFL has gone through, from child abuse charges to Deflategate. During a panel discussion at the end of the broadcast, Gwen Ifill, anchor of PBS NewsHour, lamented the fact that millions of Americans “may know, the evidence may be in front of them, but it's almost sad that many Americans just don't want to be…
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Van Jones Asks Rich Lowry: 'Can I Kiss You Here Against Your Will?'
December 7th, 2014 1:54 PM
On Sunday morning, ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos discussed Rolling Stone's retracted article surrounding an alleged sexual assault and gang rape at the University of Virginia. While the panelists all agreed that Rolling Stone should take a hit for publishing a false story, the discussion got heated over statistics regarding sexual assaults on college campuses. The segment began with…
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MTP: Rich Lowry's Inconvenient Ferguson Truths Cause Panelist Outrage
November 30th, 2014 5:38 PM
National Review editor caused quite an uproar on Meet The Press for the "heresy" of citing the evidence presented to the Ferguson case grand jury which backed up the account of officer Darren Wilson. Among liberal circles, such evidence is rarely if ever cited because the truths it reveals are quite inconvenient to the narrative they have presented and continue to stick with.
CBS ‘Face the Nation’ Ignores Tea Party’s 5th Anniversary
March 2nd, 2014 1:53 PM
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Tea Party movement, and on Sunday, CBS and NBC did their best to squash its momentum, with CBS’s Face the Nation snubbing the event altogether.
Meet the Press moderator David Gregory hyped how on its anniversary Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) had “a message for his party, basically you know be careful how you’re conducting yourself.”
Media Coverage of 'Anti-Gay' Arizona Bill Slammed as 'Deceitful,' 'Dis
February 27th, 2014 9:11 PM
Soon after Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoed S.B. 1062 -- a Religious Freedom Restoration Act that would have given business people the right to cite religious beliefs when refusing service to homosexuals -- gays and liberals began cheering and celebrating the decision, which received extensive coverage in the three network morning shows.
However, many people who disagreed with the veto…
CBS: GOP Faces 'Demographic Death Spiral' If They Oppose Immigration R
July 10th, 2013 4:22 PM
Norah O'Donnell and Anthony Mason badgered National Review editor Rich Lowry on Wednesday's CBS This Morning over his opposition to the Senate's immigration reform bill. O'Donnell, who has a history of hardball interviews of conservative guests, wondered if there is a "civil war in the Republican Party" over the immigration issue, and hyped that "the Republican Party is in demographic death…
Howard Dean: National Review's Rich Lowry a 'Right-wing Nutcase
May 30th, 2013 8:49 AM
When it comes to identifying nutcases, some might say that Howard Dean gleans valuable experience daily, while shaving.
The failed presidential candidate put his expertise to dubious use on Morning Joe today, calling National Review editor Rich Lowry a "right-wing nutcase." Lowry's sin? Having written a column mocking Eric Holder, and President Obama's decision to put Holder in charge of…
'Meet the Press' Spends 8 1/2 Minutes on Gay NBA Player, 2 1/2 on Gosn
May 5th, 2013 2:44 PM
NBC truly showed what its priorities are on Sunday's Meet the Press.
The outing of NBA player Jason Collins and the topic of same-sex marriage got a full 8 1/2 minutes while the murder trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell received a whopping 2 1/2 minutes (video follows with transcript and commentary):
The War on Chick-fil-A, College Football Edition
August 22nd, 2012 2:40 PM
The war against Chick-fil-A, whose COO dared to support traditional marriage, continues. This time, the battlefield is college football – specifically, Chick-fil-A’s sponsorship of two college football games.
OutSports.com editor Cyd Ziegler took to Huffington Post on August 20 with a piece titled, “Stop Chick-fil-A from Forcing College Football Players to Wear Their Logo,” which advocated…
Ed Schultz Alludes to Maddow's 'Hard Time Talking About' Medicare With
August 15th, 2012 8:01 PM
"Democrats" are struggling to defend Obamacare's $700 billion-plus cuts to Medicare, according to Ed Schultz. But given the timing of his complaint, it was obvious Schultz was including MSNBC colleague Rachel Maddow in the mix.
Here's what Schultz said on his radio show Monday, one day after Maddow's shellacking by National Review editor Rich Lowry on "Meet the Press." NewsBuster Noel…
Maddow on NB Piece Linked By Drudge: 'Welcome 3-Day Onslaught' of 'Ema
August 12th, 2012 1:38 PM
Rachel Maddow apparently wasn't pleased to learn that a NewsBusters piece about her being destroyed on Meet the Press by National Review editor Rich Lowry Sunday was picked up by the popular website The Drudge Report.
Commenting on Twitter, the MSNBC commentator wrote, "Ah, a Drudge link. Welcome, 3-day onslaught of ALL CAPS swearing misspelled tweets & emails informing me that I am…
National Review's Rich Lowry Destroys MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Meet th
August 12th, 2012 12:01 PM
UPDATE: Maddow responds.
She's touted by the liberal media as one of the brightest commentators on television, yet MSNBC's Rachel Maddow got thoroughly demolished by National Review editor Rich Lowry on Sunday's Meet the Press.
When continually asked by Lowry to defend the President's $700 billion Medicare cuts in ObamaCare, Maddow repeatedly refused making herself look tremendously foolish…
Rich Lowry: After Chick-fil-A 'Bullying of Opponents of Gay Marriage I
August 5th, 2012 7:54 PM
National Review editor Rich Lowry made a tremendously pessimistic prediction on PBS's McLaughlin Group this weekend.
"Despite the heartening support for Chick-fil-A – we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the restaurants - private sector and government bullying of opponents of gay marriage is the wave of the future" (video follows with commentary):