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Chris Matthews: Joe Wilson ‘Wrong’ But Would Be ‘Absurd’ for Alan Grayson to Apologize
It would be “absurd” for Florida Rep. Alan Grayson (D) to apologize for insisting recently that Republicans stand behind a health care “holocaust,” MSNBC’s Chris Matthews argued on today’s “Hardball” program…
CNN Again Neglects Left-Wing Affiliation of Former Health Care ‘Player’
CNN’s Rick Sanchez joined two of his colleagues in omitting the left-wing affiliation of Wendell Potter, a senior fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy. In fact, Sanchez went so far as to deny Potter’s alignment with liberals: “Is he [Potter] some crazy lefty? Is he Ralph Nader? […]
ABC’s Claire Shipman Tosses Softballs to Jimmy Carter at ‘Incredible’ Presidential Library
ABC’s Claire Shipman on Thursday fawned over Jimmy Carter, celebrated his 85th birthday and the “incredible” presidential library bearing his name. Offering few tough questions, the Good Morning America correspondent instead thrilled, “This is really incredible…
NY Times Print Edition Ignores Rep. Grayson’s GOP Bashing, Holocaust Reference
Last month, the New York Times moralized in print over Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s “disrespectful” outburst (“You lie!”) during Obama’s health care address to Congress. But when a Democrat said the GOP plan for health care is that people should “die quickly” and later…
Lawrence O’Donnell Outs New Taxes in Health Care Bill
In the news today, the President and Oprah attempt to snag the Olympics from Rio, a Congressman yells something dumb on the floor of the House (not a Republican!), and double standards abound…
CBS’s Steve Kroft to Be Honored for ‘Social Justice’ With Obama Labor Secretary Tonight
When an “objective” journalist joins an Obama cabinet secretary to receive honors from a “consumer group,” does that make them look liberal? CBS correspondent Steve Kroft, now promoted as the top dog on 60 Minutes, will receive an award from the National Consumers…
BMI’s Julia A. Seymour appeared on today’s Fox Business Live with Stuart Varney to discuss the discrepancy in media coverage of unemployment under Presidents Reagan and Obama. Author of BMI’s latest study, “Networks Flip-Flop on Jobs,” Seymour explained her findings:
Scary times ahead? Perhaps, if you take credence in what Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, says. Paul, who had a strong grassroots following during the 2008 presidential election, explained on Glenn Beck’s Sept. 30 radio program that perilous times lie ahead due to the Federal Reserve’s loose…
Jimmy Carter Tries to Deny He Said Obama Critics ‘Driven’ By Race
CNN’s Candy Crowley tried to prompt former President Jimmy Carter to explain his charge of racism against opponents of President Obama on Thursday’s American Morning, but the Democrat tried to worm his way out of what he said. Crowley paraphrased, “You said, overall…
Bozell Column: Hollywood’s Favorite Rapist
Something wildly unexpected happened the other day: film director Roman Polanski was taken into custody in Switzerland for his rape of a 13-year-old girl at Jack Nicholson’s house in 1977. The grand jury transcript is stomach-turning. His victim, Samantha Gailey, said the…
ABC’s De Nies Prognosticates: Not ‘a Dry Eye in the House’ for Michelle Obama Speech
Good Morning America correspondent Yunji de Nies on Thursday touted White House talking points when she highlighted Michelle Obama’s pitch for the 2016 Olympics to be in Chicago. De Nies parroted, “We’re told there won’t be a dry eye in the house by the time she’s done.” She was “told” this? […]
Morning Shows Ignore Dem Votes Downing Abortion, Immigration Health Care Amendments
Democratic health care proposals supported by the Obama White House do not cover illegal immigrants nor abortion, ObamaCare apologists in the mainstream media have consistently insisted. But two crucial votes held yesterday in the Senate Finance Committee point…
NBC’s Morales Gets Caught Up in Obama Olympic Charm Offensive
NBC’s Natalie Morales, on Wednesday’s “Today,” was bowled over by the First Couple’s “tag-teaming” effort to lure the Olympics to their home city of Chicago. Reporting live from Copenhagen, Morales cheered that “it doesn’t get any better in terms of PR blitzes than this…
Fox News Gets First Interview With Dan Rather After His Failed Suit
President Barack Obama might be afraid to go on the Fox News Channel, but former CBS “Evening News” anchor Dan Rather certainly isn’t. In fact, Rather has given FNC’s Neil Cavuto the first chance to ask him about Tuesday’s court decision to toss out his lawsuit against CBS…
Unemployment is currently at a 26-year-high of 9.7 percent and expected to continue rising. The last president to govern with such high unemployment was President Ronald Reagan. But in 1982, when unemployment was rising similarly to the way it has in 2009 the network news…
White House Blogs About Glenn Beck
Just how afraid of Glenn Beck are Barack Obama and Company? So afraid they’ve actually started blogging about him to refute statements made on his program by either himself OR his guests…
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Palin’s new book shaping up to be a bestseller. Forty-eight days before the release and she’s already topped Dan Brown’s latest conspiracy-theory casserole at both [Barnes and Noble and Amazon]…
‘Today’s’ Matt Lauer Discusses Positive Aspects of Smoking Marijuana
What do you do to unwind at the end of the day? Read a book? Take a bath? Watch some TV? Well, maybe you should think about smoking some pot. At least that’s the latest advice from NBC’s “Today” show…
NPR’s Gross Explores (and Laughs at) ‘Strange’ Fox News
The folks at National Public Radio really don’t like Fox News. They don’t like NPR people on Fox News. When the NPR talk show Fresh Air with Terry Gross wanted to discuss Fox News and its role in nurturing tea-party protests, they gave 40 minutes to…
Perhaps this is going to be a common theme of CNN Headline News “The Joy Behar Show.” For the second night in a row, two out of two shows – Behar went after the former CNN Headline News host, now Fox News host Glenn Beck as a head of the conservative movement…
CBS’s Schieffer Sees No Problem With Obama Olympic Trip
Appearing on Tuesday’s CBS Early Show, Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer shrugged off any concerns over President Obama traveling to Copenhagen to lobby for the 2016 Olympics in Chicago: “I mean, being associated with the Olympics has always been good politics for…
Day Two of ABC’s Polanski Coverage: ‘Hunted’ Director Subject to ‘Prosecutorial Obsession?’
ABC’s Good Morning America on Tuesday America continued to raise questions about the arrest of Roman Polanski in Europe, spinning the case as a ”31 year-old prosecutorial obsession.” According to reporter Nick Watt, the film director has “been hunted since 1978.”…
WaPo Columnist: Dems Need Attack Dog To Counter GOP Rhetoric
Barack Obama is President, Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House, Harry Reid is Senate Majority Leader, Bill Clinton is doing the television circuit to revive his reputation, most journalists are still hopelessly in the tank for the current White House resident, and the Washington Post’s Chris…
The View’s Whoopi Goldberg on Polanski: ‘It Wasn’t Rape-Rape’
The View’s Whoopi Goldberg yesterday offered the most outrageous and despicable defense of child rapist and Hollywood director Roman Polanski yet: “It wasn’t rape-rape.” That’s right. Goldberg tried to claim that Polanksi drugging and having sex with a thirteen year old girl, who…
NYT: Modest Lefty Pittsburgh Protest Comparable to Huge Conservative Protest in D.C.
Ian Urbina’s Saturday New York Times story from the Group of 20 economic meeting in Pittsburgh last weeked, about left-wing and anarchist protesters who took to the streets, came under a headline that misleadingly implied peace abided…
Malkin: Anne Applebaum Still Defending Lack of Disclosure
“How do you say ‘FAIL’ in Polish,” Michelle Malkin quipped in a blog post this morning dealing with Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, who in a September 27 blog post decried the arrest of Roman Polanski in Zurich the day before…
WaPo Columnist: Time for Obama to Act Like a President
On Monday, NewsBusters asked, “How do you know when an extraordinarily liberal politician is failing badly?” Tuesday’s answer is: When an extraordinarily liberal journalist like the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen not only notices, but is willing to write about it AND get his critique published…
With Obama as President, Media Not Interested in Casket Coverage
During the Bush administration, journalists and liberal politicians were up in arms against a Defense Department policy that forbade the photographing of caskets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan. Now that we have a Democrat as a commander in chief, however, the caskets…
Andy Williams Inverts Rush Limbaugh: Barack Obama ‘Wants the Country to Fail’
President Barack Obama “wants the country to fail,” legendary singer Andy Williams declared in flipping Rush Limbaugh’s hope that Obama “fails” in his quest to enact left-wing policies, a remark which enraged liberals and the media for weeks. In an interview published in the October…
Charlie ‘Daily Kos’ Cook? [Updated: Cook Responds]
Political analyst Charlie Cook sells himself as “independent, nonpartisan” pundit, but then how does it look when he’s donating his time and talent to a fundraising auction for Netroots Nation, the hard-left blogger convention? He’s offering “Coffee with Charlie Cook and a 1-Year…
Nets Tout Olympics ‘Super-Fan’ Obama’s ‘Swifter, Higher, Stronger’ Effort to Land 2016 Games
President Barack Obama’s last-minute decision to fly Thursday to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago’s bid for the 2016 summer Olympic games excited broadcast network…
CNN’s Zakaria: Obama Foreign Policy a ‘Bold Gambit,’ Hopes It ‘Pays Off’
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria gave President Obama’s diplomacy-first foreign policy a ringing endorsement on his program on Sunday, lauding it as a breath of fresh air: “Obama is betting that America has matured, and that we recognize that…without the cooperation of other countries…
ACORN Question for Local Media: What in the World Are These People Really Doing?
In a great NewsBusters post early this morning, Rusty Weiss wondered how much local media coverage there has been of ACORN’s suspension of services, and focused on potential vote fraud in Albany and Troy, New York…
CBS’s Rodriguez Wishes She Could Be Michelle Obama
Monday’s CBS Early Show touted a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll about American cultural attitudes, with CBSNews.com’s Cali Carlin asking co-host Maggie Rodriguez one of the survey questions: “Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie or Beyonce…Who would you want…
Time Explains ‘Why the French Are Outraged’ at Roman Polanski Arrest
There’s a side of America that scares Frenchmen, French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand was quoted by Time magazine Paris-based writer Bruce Crumley, and it’s the side of American determination that doesn’t let a 32-year-old rape case die, even if the perpetrator is an elderly…
A Billion Here, A Billion There: Dem-Backed Firms Get Speculative Energy Dept. Loans
The headline and the first paragraph from this Friday Wall Street Journal report by Josh Mitchell and Stephen Power reads like a bad joke Jay Leno’s writers would have discarded, because no one would believe it. The second paragraph isn’t much better…
ABC Touts European Outrage Over Polanski Arrest; Sawyer: It’s an ‘International Incident’
Hosts and reporters on Monday’s Good Morning America hyperventilated about the arrest of fugitive Roman Polanski. Co-anchor Diane Sawyer worried that the detention of the director accused of child rape has created a “true international incident.” Co-host Robin Roberts played…
In 1977 Polish-born filmmaker and Academy Award winner Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, and then fled the United States before he could be sentenced. For three decades he has lived as a fugitive under the protection of the…
MRC’s Bozell Reacts to NY Times Admitting It Dropped Ball on ACORN Story on ‘Fox & Friends’
Appearing on the September 28 “Fox & Friends,” Media Research Center President and NewsBusters Publisher mocked the New York Times’s admission that it was “slow off the mark” in reporting on the recent ACORN prostitution sting video scandal (audio available here):
WaPo’s Applebaum Excuses Polanski, Fails to Note Her Conflict of Interest
Washington Post columnist and blogger Anne Applebaum not only penned a September 27 blog post lamenting the recent arrest by Swiss authorities of child rapist and fugitive from American justice, Roman Polanski, she failed to let readers…
Will the Liberal Media Blame Michael Moore for G-20 Violence?
According to many in the liberal media, vehement conservative protestations to Obama and his policies are inciting, or have the potential to incite violence against the President. In their eyes…
ABC: Adultery is Bad but Christian Arguments Against it are ‘Intolerant’
Adultery did not fare well during a September 24 “Nightline” broadcast about the issue, but that didn’t keep ABC’s Cynthia McFadden from asking an evangelical pastor if he felt “a little…
Michael Moore: Nobody’s Got Obama’s Back on Health Care
On September 25th “The View’s” Sherri Shepherd asked Michael Moore, “How do you feel about Obama’s health care plan?” (…)
Former NBA Star/Sports Show Host: Why Doesn’t ‘White America’ Love Obama Anymore?
You may have never thought you could get this political insight from a sports commentator, but former NBA Detroit Pistons star-turned-host of “The Best Damn Sports Show Period” on…
WaPo Highlights Anti-plush Toilet Paper Crusade on Front Page
The Washington Post may have trouble placing negative stories about Democratic gubernatorial candidates on the front-page, but the newspaper certainly can identify the important news items: Getting rid of plush toilet paper…
Addressing the UN on September 23, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called Pres. Obama “our son” and expressed the hope he “can stay forever as the President of the United States…
‘Early Show’ Uses Woman with Rare Disease to Advocate for ObamaCare
It was quite a “two-for” on CBS’ “The Early Show” September 25. They got a chance to feature a young woman who’d recovered from a very rare disease, and they also got to advocate for…
NY Times’s Latest Heavily Pro-Democratic Poll Still Finds Resistance to Obama-Care
The latest New York Times-CBS poll was reported by Adam Nagourney and Dalia Sussman for Friday’s front page — “Public Wary of Obama on War and Health Care, Poll Finds.” The news…
Psst: Cash For Clunkers July-August ‘Success’ Causes Serious September Sales Swoon
As far as the establishment media is concerned, the Cash For Clunkers program Uncle Sam conducted in July and August was a smashing (excuse the term) success. That’s the case, despite…
WaPo Continues to Downplay Negative Developments for Va. Dem Governor Candidate Deeds
The Washington Post on Friday buried the announcement by Douglas Wilder, a popular Democratic ex-governor of Virginia, to not endorse his party’s current nominee for that office…
Baltimore Sun Notes Liberal Maryland Woman’s Fox News Derangement Syndrome
“Patron asks gym in left-leaning Columbia to tune out Fox News” read the teaser headline on the BaltimoreSun.com’s front page this morning…
SNL: Obama Will Even Go On The Food Network…But Not Fox News!
On Thursday, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” spin-off “Weekend Update Thursday” mocked President Obama as being willing to discuss healthcare reform on virtually any cable channel that…
Topics in today’s show: Former CIA directors ask Obama to stop probe of terror investigations, Stimulus money going to road signs, Dollar losing its value, And hippies…
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Obama, Brown, and Sarkozy to accuse Iran of concealing a nuclear enrichment facility from inspectors.
On Leno’s Show, Limbaugh Runs Car Over Al Gore – Then Backs Up and Does It Again
Taking the “Green Car Challenge” on Thursday night’s Jay Leno Show, a svelte Rush Limbaugh — declining to don a helmet — hopped into the electric Ford Focus on Leno’s track behind his NBC studio in Burbank, but instead of driving around the hanging cut outs of Al Gore and Ed Begley Jr., Limbaugh ran right into them…
ABC Reporter Skips Over Gadhafi’s Wish That Obama ‘Stay Forever as President’
Talk radio noticed, but the networks did not. During his long-winded speech to the United Nations on Wednesday, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi proclaimed “We are content and happy if Obama can stay forever as the president of the United States of America…
Breitbart Blasts MSM on ACORN Coverage; Reveals Defense Fund Initiative
If you haven’t been under a rock the last few weeks, or relying on the mainstream media as your sole source of news, you are likely aware of some of the questionable circumstances surrounding the organization Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)…
Mythbuster: Calling the President Hitler Isn’t Inciting Assassination
Baier Shares Poll on How 90% Recognize Media Helped Obama Win
Katie Second-Guesses Obama? ‘The President Could Have Done a Better Job’ Outlining Health Care
Reminder: Rush Limbaugh a Guest on Tonight’s ‘Jay Leno Show’
‘The Age of Stupid’ Promoters Reveal Stupid Hypocrisy at Movie Premiere
HHS 1997: Prohibiting HMOs From Informing Clients of Pending Legislation Violates Freedom of Speech
MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell Aggressively Defends Video of Kids Singing to Obama
NY Times Devotes Three Whole Paragraphs to Dems Free Speech Suppression
Social Security: The Closer You Look, the Worse It Appears; Media Has Ignored for Months
ABC Serves Up ‘Family’ with PC Message
MSNBC’s Ed Shultz Erupts: ‘Republicans Want to See You Dead!’
Liberal Talk Radio Host Uses Death of Census Worker to Further ‘Extremist’ Narrative
NBC’s Brian Williams: U.N. Meeting Looked Like ‘Bar Scene in Star Wars’
NBC Profiles O’Keefe for ACORN Sting, Mentions Planned Parenthood Racist Phone Call Story
Leno Zings Matthews: He’s Amongst ‘Drooling Blondes Rubbing Up Against’ Obama
Obama ‘Tells the World America’s ‘Go It Alone’ Policy is Over,’ Couric Hails
Clintonista Dee Dee: Obama Looks ‘Indecisive, Pushed Around’ On Afghanistan
NY Times Leaves Out Dems Speech Suppression, but Touts Lefty Actor’s Parody Health Care Ad
Breaking News Open Thread: ACORN Suing Breitbart Over Hidden-camera Recording
Media Embrace Millionaire Moore’s Vendetta Against Capitalism, Leave Out Critics
Newsweek’s Kosova Sees Red Over ‘Green’ Biz, Laments Money-making Opportunism
MSNBC’s Ratigan Bashes GOP, Sarah Palin
Alarmism: Bill Clinton Says Global Warming Will Lead to More Fighting over Water than Oil
CBS: Obama International ‘Darling,’ But Hasn’t Accomplished Anything
ABC Raves Over Michael Moore’s ‘Deeply Christian’ New Movie; Lauds ‘American Populist’
Barbara Walters Hails ‘Fearless’, Intelligent ‘View’ Co-host Joy Behar
Rachel Maddow Revealingly Describes Marriage as ‘Very Un-future-y’
Mythbuster: Calling the President Hitler Isn’t Inciting Assassination
