Ed Schultz

MRC Study: Ed's Obsession, Anti-Scott Walker Guests Dominate The Ed Sh
May 31st, 2012 9:33 AM
Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin marks the end point of MSNBC’s Ed Schultz’s 15 month-long mission to destroy Scott Walker. The conservative Republican governor’s attempt to fix that state’s budget crisis, by reigning in the public unions’ influence, sent Schultz on a rampage. The liberal talk show host turned his self-titled program, The Ed Show, into a hyper-partisan platform from which…

Schultz and MSNBC Launch 'Get Out The Vote' Effort Against Scott Walke
May 31st, 2012 8:28 AM
Fox News has come under "withering criticism" after Fox & Friends yesterday aired what's been described as a campaign-style video, created by an associate producer, contrasting President Obama's words with his job performance. A top Fox exec said the video "was not authorized at the network's senior level" that "senior executives would not have approved it and the matter was addressed with…

Panicky Ed Schultz Predicts: If Romney Wins, There'll 'Never Be a Demo
May 30th, 2012 1:46 PM
In a related development, the Republican National Committee is extending heartfelt thanks to Ed Schultz for his help with their get-out-the-vote efforts.
Further confirmation that the June 5 recall election in Wisconsin has liberals more spooked than usual was provided yesterday courtesy of radio host and MSNBC flamethrower Ed Schultz. (audio clip after page break)

Libtalker Mike Papantonio Loathes Weak-Kneed Democrats, Especially Wom
May 29th, 2012 7:15 PM
Female attorneys may want to think twice before applying at Mike Papantonio's law firm.
Papantonio, who also co-hosts the "Ring of Fire" weekend radio show, was filling in on Ed Schultz's radio program May 25 and complaining with guest Cliff Schecter about what he considers spineless Democrats who aren't aggressive enough against Republicans (audio) --

Female GOP House Members Are 'Literally Battered Women,' Democrat Tell
May 25th, 2012 9:45 PM
Not only that, a member of Congress doesn't know what "literally" means.
It's not often Ed Schultz is taken aback when one of his loopy left-wing guests makes an outlandish claim, but that's what happened on his radio show Wednesday. (audio clip after page break)

GOP Rep. Saying Obama 'Not An American' Labeled 'Treasonous' by Ed Sch
May 24th, 2012 10:50 PM
This one is bizarre even for Ed Schultz.
First he condemns Republican congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado for saying President Obama is "not an American" and expressing doubts about Obama's citizenship. (audio clips after page break)

White House and MSNBC Cite Bogus Report Claiming 'Obama Spending Binge
May 24th, 2012 10:47 AM
A bogus report published by MarketWatch Tuesday claiming "under Obama, federal spending is rising at the slowest pace since Dwight Eisenhower brought the Korean War to an end in the 1950s" has been all the rage at the White House and MSNBC.
Conservative columnist Ann Coulter correctly observed Wednesday:

MSNBC Heeds Obama's Wishes: Fills Prime Time Schedule With Attacks on
May 22nd, 2012 5:58 PM
On Monday, President Obama said his attacks on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's involvement in Bain Capital are "not a distraction and that "This is what this campaign is going to be about.”
MSNBC clearly got the message for as Politico's Dylan Byers noted Tuesday, this so-called news network's primetime schedule this evening is chock full of Bain:

VP's Son Beau Biden Touts 'O'Biden' Campaign Event to Ed Schultz
May 21st, 2012 4:15 PM
Yes, the same gaffe for which liberals mocked Sarah Palin back in 2008.
This time when it was made, on Ed Schultz's radio show, Schultz dutifully let it pass without mockery. (audio clip after page break)

MRC-TV: NOW Turns Out Tiny Anti-Limbaugh Protest, Refuses to Condemn E
May 21st, 2012 11:27 AM
Rush Limbaugh is probably not shaking in his boots about the latest National Organization for Women “Enough Rush” campaign. MRC-TV correspondent Dan Joseph found seven women outside WMAL radio begging “Get him off the air!”
Joseph made trouble with the tiny group by asking if they’re protesting Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke a “slut,” will they also be calling for an end to the Ed Schultz…

Ed Schultz: Most Under-Covered Story Right Now Is Wealthy Not Paying
May 20th, 2012 8:41 PM
Although it may not surprise NewsBusters readers, it appears MSNBC's Ed Schultz doesn't pay any attention to what he says, what others on his network report, or what is covered by any mainstream media outlet.
What else could be the explanation for Schultz claiming in an interview with Talking Points Memo that the most under-covered story in the country right now is wealthy people not paying…

Ed Schultz Manufactures McCain '08 Attack on Obama Over Rev. Wright
May 19th, 2012 11:30 PM
When it comes to his memory of the 2008 presidential campaign, Ed Schultz is either dishonest or ignorant, though he might well be both.
On his radio show Thursday, Schultz made a claim that was demonstrably false -- and refuted by the source he cited to bolster it, the HBO docudrama "Game Change." (video, audio clips after page break)

Ed Schultz Enlisted in Shabby Campaign of Leaks to Defeat Scott Walker
May 17th, 2012 12:53 PM
You think liberals are odious on any given day? Watch what happens when they panic.
On his radio show Monday, Ed Schultz shared two pieces of news that surely came across as sobering for his listeners. (audio clips after page break)

Ed Schultz Wants Canadian Citizenship
May 13th, 2012 6:47 AM
Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer reports that after mocking Michele Bachmann for having dual citizenship in Switzerland through her husband, MSNBC star Ed "Buy American" Schultz proclaimed on his daily radio show that he's going to apply for Canadian citizenship.
"I'm going to go down the road of being a Canadian," he proclaimed. "I'm going to do that, because I want to. It's not 'cause I…