Only CBS Pushes Back On Obama's Refusal to Label Terrorists Islamic

Kyle Drennen | February 19, 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

While all three network morning shows on Thursday covered President Obama defending his refusal to label terrorism as Islamic extremism during a Wednesday speech, only CBS This Morning actually pushed back on the President's argument.

Co-host Norah O'Donnell asked former deputy CIA director Michael Morell: "You heard people faulting President Obama for failing to identify this as Islamic extremism. Do you think this is a pseudo-controversy over semantics or is this a failure to properly identify the enemy?"