David Brock’s Journey From ‘Right-wing Hit Man’ to Media Matters
October 8th, 2007 12:32 AM
Last Sunday, NewsBusters introduced readers to Media Matters for America, the left-wing organization behind the recent smear campaigns against conservative personalities Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly. In the days that followed, although news outlets and leading Democrats continued to reference articles written by this shadowy group, few details were offered about the organization behind them…
The Group Behind Smear Campaigns Against Limbaugh and O’Reilly
September 30th, 2007 3:11 PM
Last week, two of the leading conservatives in the media, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly, were dishonestly and unprofessionally attacked by press outlets that cherry-picked out of context remarks from lengthy radio broadcasts in order to vilify outspoken personalities whose opinions they don’t agree with. Unfortunately, as folks around the country saw this play out on their television…
AP Omits Liberal Label for 'Watchdog Group' Complaining About Sen. Cr
August 28th, 2007 2:38 PM
In its continuing coverage of Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), the Associated Press now reports:A government watchdog group filed an ethics complaint against Idaho Sen. Larry Craig Tuesday after Craig said he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges stemming from complaints of lewd conduct in a men's room. . . Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the Senate ethics…
GQ Writer: 'There Aren't That Many' Liberal Talk Show Hosts
August 22nd, 2007 6:05 PM
Tuesday August 21, Glenn Beck interviewed Ben Wallace (CNN transcript), who profiled Beck in a September GQ article that asked if Beck is “The Most Annoying Man On TV?” After Wallace told Beck that he thinks the talk show host's annoyance factor ranks up there with Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Alberto Gonzales and Criss Angel, the only magician to top David Blaine's creepy-factor, the writer…
CNN’s Upcoming Miniseries Equates Christian Activists With Taliban
August 20th, 2007 2:34 PM
CNN's upcoming miniseries "God's Warriors," hosted by left-wing bias exemplar Christiane Amanpour, looks like it will play the old liberal game of moral equivalence. Amanpour reportedly compares Christian chastity advocates to the Taliban in the miniseries. Even the promos for the miniseries which have been running on CNN for the past few weeks demonstrate the probable "game plan" that Amanpour…
It's ‘Attack Giuliani' Day on CNN's ‘American Morning
August 2nd, 2007 1:00 PM
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has received plenty of flak from both the Left and the Right for various reasons, but CNN's "American Morning" on Wednesday spent more than six minutes discussing an article critical of Giuliani's wife in the latest issue of the left-wing glossy magazine "Vanity Fair." Co-host John Roberts interviewed the author of the article, Judy Bachrach, as…
CNN Continues Its Promotion of Max Blumenthal, While Still Covering-Up
July 30th, 2007 3:56 PM
CNN's "Newsroom" apparently can't get enough of Max Blumenthal. Less than four hours after their 5-minute infomercial on Blumenthal latest left-wing hack job on Sunday evening, host Rick Sanchez and correspondent Josh Levs did another segment promoting the "expose" on College Republicans. Sanchez and Levs continued to "conveniently omit" the liberal associations of Blumenthal, not even mentioning…
LAT Misstates Bush Speech, Hides Critic's Democratic Affiliation
July 30th, 2007 3:29 PM
On July 25, 2007, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page article with the blaring headline, "Bush ties Al Qaeda in Iraq to Sept. 11." The article centered on this important speech last week (July 24) by President Bush.One alert reader noticed a big problem with the piece: The President did not do what the headline said he did. Here's a letter to the editor from the July 29 Times:Nowhere in…
