Former AmEx CEO Bashes Buffett's Call For Higher Taxes on Rich

August 22nd, 2011 10:28 AM
As NewsBusters reported, America's media last week gushed and fawned over billionaire Warren Buffett's call for higher taxes on the rich. On Monday, Harvey Golub, the former CEO of American Express, responded to the Oracle of Omaha in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that reveals a side of this tax story media refuse to share with the American people:

Dowd: Obama Didn't Call Congress Back Because 'It Would Have Screwed U

August 21st, 2011 10:46 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media have largely been gushing and fawning over the current White House resident taking a vacation on Martha's Vineyard as the economy appears to be heading into a double-dip recession. Giving an interesting insight into the President's decision to not call Congress back from its summer break to tackle the problems facing the nation was New…

Nina Totenberg: Obama Can Save Economy With 'A Lot of Very Populist Rh

August 20th, 2011 10:26 AM
Stock markets around the world are once again imploding in fear of a global double-dip recession. Appearing on PBS's "Inside Washington" Friday, NPR's Nina Totenberg said Barack Obama can cure what ails us with "a lot of very populist rhetoric" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Coulter: Upside of Media Vetting GOP Candidates - We Don't End Up With

August 19th, 2011 10:57 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media are working overtime examining the records of every GOP candidate for president. "The bright side though is," conservative author Ann Coulter told Fox News's Sean Hannity Wednesday, "we don't end up with a Republican president who is suddenly having an affair with an intern, or a Republican president who votes present for his entire…

Report by AP's Kravitz on 'Depressed' Homebuilding Ignores 11 All-Time

August 17th, 2011 1:23 AM
At first blush, it might seem hard to imagine how one can contend that a press report describing an industry sector as operating "at depressed levels" and at volumes that are one-half of what "economists consider to be healthy" isn't telling the whole truth. But that's exactly how I would describe Tuesday's writeup by the Associated Press's Derek Kravitz after July's Census Bureau release on…

Networks Take Cue from Obama, Start Attacking S&P Only After He Does

August 12th, 2011 9:53 AM
The recent decision by Standard & Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating to AA+ from AAA upset many on the left, especially those within the Obama administration. The White House lashed out at S&P and some in the news media did too. So Business & Media Institute decided to look back at six years of network (ABC,CBS and NBC) coverage of S&P. BMI found out that bulk of…

Clarence Page: 'Is The Tea Party Over

August 7th, 2011 11:53 AM
Want to know just how scared of the Tea Party America's media are? On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page published a column entitled "Is The Tea Party Over?":

NYT Downplays Downgrade: 'Experts Say the Fallout Could be Modest

August 6th, 2011 11:09 AM
Ever the dutiful Obama shills, the New York Times on Saturday downplayed the seriousness of the announcement by Standard and Poor's that it had downgraded America's debt rating to AA+. As you read this, imagine how this front page article would have differed if a Republican was in the White House:

NYT's Nocera Apologizes for Calling Tea Partiers 'Terrorists

August 6th, 2011 10:30 AM
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera took a lot of heat this week for writing an article calling Tea Party members "terrorists" wearing "suicide vests." On Saturday, he apologized:

Charles Krauthammer Smacks Down Margaret Carlson's Call for More Stimu

August 5th, 2011 6:01 PM
For the second week in a row, Bloomberg's Margaret Carlson got a much-needed education from Charles Krauthammer on PBS's "Inside Washington." After Carlson gave the typical Keynesian response to Friday's unemployment report - "We’re cutting spending at a time when we should be adding spending to stimulate the economy and jobs" - Krauthammer without skipping a beat quipped, "The way it worked…

Spitzer Says 'I Believe in Facts' After Claiming Bush 'Gave Us the Der

July 30th, 2011 10:02 AM
The folks at CNN should be really proud of themselves. In less than 24 hours, one of their current anchors - Fareed Zakaria - flat out lied about deficits, the debt ceiling, and the U.S. credit rating before a former host - Eliot Spitzer - falsely told viewers of HBO's "Real Time" that George W. Bush "gave us the deregulatory craziness that led us over the cliff" (video follows with…

Chris Matthews Reveals How His Parents Balanced Their Budget - Without

July 26th, 2011 9:49 PM
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Tuesday exposed his own debt ceiling hypocrisy without realizing it. As he absurdly asked his "Hardball" guests why America isn't having a "big debate" about what the federal government should pay for - like that's not what's happening at the moment! - he relayed how his parents balanced their household budget, but never once said anything about raising revenues. It was…

NYT: 'House Republicans Have Lost Sight of the Country's Welfare

July 26th, 2011 9:16 AM
The New York Times on Tuesday told its readers, "House Republicans have lost sight of the country's welfare." In an editorial entitled "The Republican Wreckage," the Gray Lady disgracefully claimed, "They have largely succeeded in their campaign to ransom America's economy for the biggest spending cuts in a generation" dimming "the futures of millions of jobless Americans":

Chris Matthews Nominates Bill Clinton as Treasury Secretary: 'It's a L

July 25th, 2011 7:17 PM
Barack Obama might give Chris Matthews a thrill up his leg, but the bromance MSNBC's "Hardball" host has with former President Bill Clinton knows no bounds. On Monday's program, Matthews finished by nominating Clinton as Secretary of the Treasury, "Because in many ways it’s a life saver" (video follows with transcript and commentary):