Elizabeth Warren

WashPost Avoids L-Word, Touts 'Warren Wing' of the Democrats
December 12th, 2014 9:04 AM
Apparently, The Washington Post can’t use the word “liberal” without feeling slightly nauseous. Its coverage of the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill included a front-page story headllined “Democrats’ Warren wing sends message.”
Reporter Paul Kane waited until the story skipped to page A-20. On the front page, it was all “populist” euphemism

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NBC, ABC Tout Democrats' 'Anger' at Budget Bill; Omit GOP Complaints
December 10th, 2014 8:28 PM
The Wednesday editions of NBC Nightly News and ABC's World News Tonight both spotlighted many Democratic lawmakers' objections to portions of a proposed budget compromise in Congress. However, the two evening newscasts couldn't be bothered to mention that many congressional Republicans and their conservative allies also object to parts of the bill, especially on immigration and on social issues.

Stewart's Vulgar Disses of Cruz, Cheney, Romney in NYMag Cover Story
November 4th, 2014 4:39 PM
Jon Stewart, the smug, mugging hero of smarty-pants young liberals who watch The Daily Show, was interviewed by Chris Smith for the cover of New York magazine. Stewart got plenty of room to vulgarly bash various Republicans by name, praise Hillary Clinton, defend Obama and Obama-care, and again reiterate his call for a year of mandatory national service.

CBS Did Not Challenge Warren's Discredited 'GOP Cut Ebola $' Claim
October 29th, 2014 7:57 PM
Tuesday's CBS This Morning show was an especially disgraceful display of media bias.
Late yesterday morning, NewsBusters' Jeffrey Meyer noted how the show's Nora O'Donnell admitted to throwing "a softball of a question" at Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. The question: “What's going to happen if Republicans take control (of the Senate)?” NB's Scott Whitlock additionally…
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She's No Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Nicolle Wallace Touts 'Rock Star' Dem
October 28th, 2014 12:56 PM
It's no shock that liberal View hosts Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez and Whoopi Goldberg fawned over Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday. But so did former Republican operative and co-host Nicolle Wallace. Hardly representing the right, Wallace enthused, "Senator Elizabeth Warren has become a rock star in American politics!"

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Norah O’Donnell Admits To Throwing ‘A Softball' At Elizabeth Warren
October 28th, 2014 10:41 AM
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) appeared on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning to discuss next week’s midterm elections and the three CBS hosts eagerly threw softball questions at the Massachusetts Democrat. During the interview, Norah O’Donnell asked Senator Warren “what's going to happen if Republicans take control?” before admitting “I guess that was a softball of a question, wasn’t it?”

People Magazine Gushes Over Elizabeth Warren: 'Sharpest Voice' in D.C.
October 23rd, 2014 9:59 PM
People magazine dragged out its goo bucket again to praise ultraliberal Senator Elizabeth Warren in the latest (November 3) issue. The headline is “The YouTube Senator: As she fought the big banks, she never expected that Senate hearings would go as viral as cat videos – and make her a political star.”
Reporter Sandra Sobieraj Westfall began: “As she is not a dyspeptic pop star or a starlet…

Hillary Rips Off Elizabeth Warren's 'Fighting Chance' Line
September 21st, 2014 9:44 AM
Should Fauxcahontas be flattered . . . or furious? The title of Elizabeth Warren's new book is "A Fighting Chance," a "rabble-rousing" rant by the populist from the Harvard faculty lounge.
So here comes Hillary Clinton, who in a speech this week just happened to say "I want every one of our children to feel that they are inheriting the best of America ... that this country is on your side; that…

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Liz Warren: It's Fair to Worry About Jews Doing What Nazis Did to Them
September 18th, 2014 9:41 AM
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has become a darling of the left for being an early promoter of the "you didn't build that" meme President Obama used during the 2012 presidential campaign, and for generally espousing positions to the left of Hillary Clinton.
The press rushed to Warren's defense in 2012 when compelling evidence that she had used her barely present Indian ancestry to "cheat…

NBC Hails Elizabeth Warren as 'Celebrity' for 'Disillusioned, Disappoi
July 21st, 2014 3:21 PM
While discussing potential 2016 presidential contenders on Sunday's NBC Meet the Press, correspondent Andrea Mitchell argued that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren could be "real issue" for Hillary Clinton, touting Warren being "greeted as such a celebrity" at the left-wing Netroots Nation conference. Moderator David Gregory confirmed Warren "getting a huge, huge response" at the event. […

Netroots Nation Serenades Elizabeth Warren With Campaign Song
July 19th, 2014 1:41 PM
The Daily Kos has come a long way since the days when they merely rejoiced in being easily bribed at their YearlyKos conventions (now renamed Netroots Nation) by presidential aspirants such as Mark Warner who plied the Kossacks with free sushi and expensive liquor at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas in 2006. Yes, they have moved up in the world to the point where they perceive themselves as king…

'Run, Run, Run, Run Liz Warren
July 18th, 2014 5:06 PM
“Americans want our next president to be a woman, hey babe here’s lookin’ at you Senator Elizabeth Warren,” were the words sung in a new video put out by the Ready for Warren website following the Massachusetts Democrat's keynote address at the liberal Netroots Convention in Detroit on Friday afternoon.
A former Obama staffer launched a “Ready for Warren” website and took to the liberal…

CBS Political Director Dickerson Urges Lefty Sen. Elizabeth Warren to
July 18th, 2014 1:15 PM
Worrying that "the Democratic contest looks like it will be a foggy, repetitive march toward Hillary Clinton" and that there needs to be a primary challenger from Hillary Clinton's left to "energize the Democratic Party’s liberal base," CBS political director John Dickerson pounded out a July 17 piece at Slate.com urging the Bay State's senior senator, "Run, Elizabeth, Run!" "Stop thinking and…
'Morning Joe' Pundits Fear Media 'Clinton Exhaustion' Already Underway
July 3rd, 2014 10:00 PM
It's only July of 2014, but two panelists on the Morning Joe program expressed concern during Thursday's edition that people within the media are already suffering from “Clinton Exhaustion” even though the former secretary of state has yet to announce whether she will be a candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
If that's the case, then one of the worst offenders is the staff of that…