MRC's Bozell Discusses Baier/Obama Interview on 'Fox & Friends
March 19th, 2010 2:47 PM
The mainstream media are carping about Bret Baier's "contentious" interview when in fact "he did nothing unlike what Tim Russert did in all the years that Tim Russert interviewed Republican presidents," argued Media Research Center President and NewsBusters Publisher Brent Bozell on today's "Fox & Friends." [MP3 audio available here; WMV format video available here]Just as the late "Meet the…
MSNBC's Shuster Claims Fox More Conservative Than MSNBC Liberal
March 18th, 2010 1:02 PM
Near the end of the 10AM ET hour on MSNBC Thursday, anchor David Shuster criticized Fox News anchor Bret Baier for having "interrupted the President numerous times" in a "contentious" and "heated" Wednesday interview. Shuster later accused the network of bias: "Fox is far more – far more conservative overall than MSNBC could ever be liberal."Shuster brought on left-wing Mother Jones editor David…
Kudos to FNC's Baier for Tough Interview with President Obama
March 18th, 2010 12:16 PM
Finally! A reporter who stands up to the media's Chosen One and isn't afraid to ask the tough questions. Kudos to Bret Baier. He prepared for a difficult interview and came right out of the gate asking the questions that matter most to the millions of Americans protesting government takeover of health care. Other networks have had this opportunity in innumerable interviews, but Fox has proved…
Media Critic: Baier's Obama Interview Antidote to Brian Williams' Bow
March 18th, 2010 9:22 AM
Contrary to how most of the President's sycophants saw his interview with Bret Baier Wednesday, a media critic from the Baltimore Sun felt it was "a textbook encounter of how the press should engage the executive branch of government." "As much credit as I give Obama for taking his healthcare message to Fox News and staying on point, I also praise Baier for being thoroughly prepared and hitting…
O'Donnell: Thou Shalt Not Interrupt The Messiah
March 17th, 2010 9:47 PM
When did Larry O'Donnell rip the "Question Authority" bumper sticker off his old Volkswagen van?Liberals normally love to celebrate those who "speak truth to power." But Larry O'Donnell is bent out of shape that Fox News' Bret Baier had the chutzpah to challenge and, yes, interrupt, Pres. Obama when interviewing him today about ObamaCare. Larry displayed his sudden deference to high-office on…
Competitors See FNC's Baier as 'Contentious' with Obama While ABC Devo
March 17th, 2010 8:23 PM
CBS and NBC, which have delivered very friendly interviews with President Barack Obama (link below the jump to examples), on Wednesday night characterized Bret Baier's sit-down with Obama for the Fox News Channel as “contentious,” while ABC decided to devote nearly two minutes of World News (1:50) to Obama's college basketball tournament choices. Anchor Diane Sawyer teased at the start of the…
FNC’s Baier Corrects Washington Post’s Claim Obama ‘Rare’ Prod
February 5th, 2010 12:18 AM
File under: you read it here first. “The Washington Post ignored a few historical facts when it proclaimed in a front page article Wednesday that President Obama is quote, ‘a rare President who comes from the middle class,’” FNC’s Bret Baier pointed out during his Thursday “Grapevine” segment. Baier explained what escaped Post reporter Eli Saslow:There have actually been many Presidents who…
CNN Finds Air Force Academy's Pagans 'Today's Most Intriguing,' NBC No
February 4th, 2010 3:31 PM
On Sunday, I noted the U.S. Air Force Academy was making a public space for pagan worship, and wondered if the media would notice. Fox’s Special Report noted it on Monday, quoting a Catholic priest who disapproved. CNN and NBC noticed it briefly on Wednesday. CNN’s Rick Sanchez found its promoter "Today’s most intriguing" person. NBC’s Brian Williams relayed there had already been a "desecration…
UN Apology for Himalayan Glacier Melt Error Largely Ignored
January 23rd, 2010 2:18 PM
Last Sunday, NewsBusters reported that the United Nations might be about to retract a claim its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made back in 2007 concerning Himalayan glaciers being completely gone by 2035 as a result of global warming.On Wednesday, the IPCC issued a statement concerning the matter: It has, however, recently come to our attention that a paragraph in the 938-page Working…
Flashback: Nets Repeated Charges of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza, Less A
January 14th, 2010 4:31 AM
It was a year ago this weekend that the Israeli military halted its three-week campaign, Operation Cast Lead, against Hamas militants in Gaza, during which Israel had responded to thousands of rockets and mortars launched from Gaza over several years. During Israel’s military campaign, on a number of major stories, many American television newscasts were more inclined to report accusations made…
Media Reported UN Accusation Israelis Killed Truck Driver, Ignored Isr
January 8th, 2010 11:44 PM
A year ago today, when U.N. officials accused the Israeli military of killing the driver of a vehicle delivering relief aid to Gaza during the Israeli campaign against Hamas, all the broadcast and news networks reported the accusation on January 8, 2009, noting the U.N.'s resulting cessation of relief aid deliveries. But, after the Israeli military conducted an investigation and charged that…
Brit Hume: ClimateGate Suggests Global Warming May Be A Fraud
November 30th, 2009 10:53 PM
Fox News's Brit Hume Monday said the growing ClimateGate scandal suggests manmade global warming may be a fraud. As NewsBusters has been reporting since e-mail messages from the British Climatic Research Unit were first revealed ten days ago, the only television news network that has been regularly informing viewers about this matter has been the Fox News Channel.On Monday, Fox's "Special Report…
