White House Chief of Staff: 'Certain People in the Media...Carry the W

October 15th, 2011 11:46 AM
President Obama once again showed a thin skin on Thursday by accusing Fox News's Ed Henry of being Mitt Romney's spokesperson. CNBC's John Harwood asked White House Chief of Staff William Daley about this the following day, and Daley responded, "There are certain people in the media who do seem at times to carry the water for certain piece of the political spectrum" (video follows with…

FNC's Ed Henry Does His Job, Jay Carney Scolds: 'I Know You're Creatin

July 28th, 2011 3:07 PM
After only his third day on the job, Fox News senior White House correspondent Ed Henry was accused by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney of intentionally "creating" a dispute to please his new employer. "I know you're creating a thing here for Fox," charged Carney toward the end of a testy exchange with the former CNN correspondent during Wednesday's press briefing. As members of the…

Before Taking Fox News Gig, Ed Henry Backed Network in Face of Left-Wi

July 27th, 2011 3:16 PM
Ed Henry's heated exchange Tuesday with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney as Fox News' newly-minted senior White House correspondent reminded NewsBusters of times when Henry, as a CNN reporter, supported his old competitor against attacks by left-wing activists and a liberal colleague.

CNN Regards Tax Hikes as Inevitable for Deficit Reduction – But Igno

April 14th, 2011 6:50 PM
CNN's Ed Henry and Ali Velshi both think taxes should be raised in order to help reduce the deficit. However, neither gave any credence to the notion that raising taxes is detrimental in the current economic conditions on Thursday's "American Morning." CNN's senior White House correspondent Ed Henry, reporting on the President's deficit-cutting proposals, remarked that in order to trim…

Rick Sanchez: His Legacy of Liberal Bias on CNN

October 4th, 2010 12:36 PM
Rick Sanchez, who was fired from his Rick's List program on CNN on Friday, certainly racked up a record of liberal bias, specifically bias against conservatives, during his tenure at the network. Sanchez also revealed a propensity for making on-air gaffes which made him a targets of comedians like Jon Stewart. It was the former anchor's animosity toward Stewart which directly led to his firing.…

Rick Sanchez Again Hints That Fox News is Not a Legitimate News Outlet

August 2nd, 2010 7:02 PM
CNN's Rick Sanchez again hinted that Fox News wasn't a legitimate news organization during his Rick's List program on Monday. When colleague Ed Henry mentioned that several news outlets were petitioning for a front-row seat at White House press briefings, Sanchez replied, "I understand the Associated Press. I even understand Bloomberg, but don't have you to be a news organization to get that seat…

CNN's Ed Henry Touts Bill Clinton as 'Best Democratic Politician

July 14th, 2010 6:30 PM
On Wednesday's American Morning, CNN's Ed Henry lauded former President Clinton as "one of the best politicians the Democrats have ever had...in the last quarter century" and touted his apparent credibility over current President Barack Obama. Henry also speculated that if "Al Gore...had used President Clinton more in 2000, he may have been president."Substitute anchor Drew Griffin brought on the…

WaPo Finally Runs Story on NASA Administrator Bolden: Eight Paragraphs

July 13th, 2010 5:15 PM
In a June 30 interview with "Talk to Al Jazeera," NASA administrator Charles Bolden revealed that President Obama had tasked him with "find[ing] a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering."The media largely ignored the story, with a few exceptions, such as…

Fox News Could Get Helen Thomas's Old Seat

June 9th, 2010 2:47 PM
In what must to the far-left seem like adding insult to injury, Fox News could end up with  Helen Thomas's vacated press briefing room seat.What's more, rival network CNN's senior White House correspondent would be perfectly okay with it reports the Huffington Post: At least one competitor is backing Fox News for the newly vacated front-row seat in the White House briefing room: CNN Senior White…

CNN's Henry Sees Obama Moment that Would've Driven Media Mockery of Bu

May 28th, 2010 4:51 PM
Shortly before 2 PM CDT, CNN”s Ed Henry cited a dismissive remark President Barack Obama made during his visit to Louisiana which could undermine his “I feel your pain” message, “but,” Henry observed live from a beach in Grand Isle: If George W. Bush had made a comment like that along the beach after Katrina, you can imagine the kind of criticism he might get.Henry recounted how a little earlier…

A Tale of Two F-Bombs: WaPo, MSNBC, CNN Bothered By Cheney in 2004, No

March 24th, 2010 3:12 PM
You really have to wonder what was running through Vice President Joe Biden's head when he leaned toward President Barack Obama and said "this is a big f**cking deal." Did Biden think that after nearly a year of campaigning for health care reform he was alerting Obama to something new? But Biden isn't the first vice president to allow an expletive slip in a public forum in this day and age of a…

CNN's Ed Henry Gushes Over Rep's 'Amazing' Medicare/ObamaCare Pens

March 23rd, 2010 4:40 PM
On Tuesday's Newsroom, CNN correspondent Ed Henry raved about one congressman's collection of pens that were used to sign Medicare and ObamaCare into law. Henry responded gushingly to how Rep. John Dingell received one of the pens used by President Obama on Tuesday, and how he also has one of President Johnson's pens from the 1965 signing: "So now John Dingell has two of the most amazing pens" […

Stewart Says Media's Summit Coverage Is Disqualified For Sucking

February 26th, 2010 4:58 PM
Jon Stewart said Thursday press reporting of President Obama's healthcare summit was so bad that if he had to score it like an Olympic event, he'd disqualify the contestants for sucking.The comedian devoted a full ten minutes to the bipartisan meeting on Thursday's "Daily Show," and was largely an equal opportunity offender.After taking what some would consider to be a cheap shot at "Senator Tom…

Nets Highlight Obama's Hug at Health Forum; CNN: 'Bold Display of Pres

July 2nd, 2009 12:11 AM
Network reporters swooned over President Barack Obama hugging a woman, who has cancer and lacks insurance, at his Wednesday “town hall” on health care, as both CNN -- where Suzanne Malveaux heralded the hug as “a bold display of presidential concern” -- and NBC failed to point out how all the questions (just seven in total) were pre-selected or from members of pro-Obama groups. Instead, NBC's…