Nets Eagerly Promote Hillary ‘Fighting Back’ and ‘Taking on Crit

May 30th, 2014 9:13 PM
Hillary Clinton is managing to do what conservatives cannot: get Benghazi into the news – but only to showcase her heroic efforts to take on those awful Republicans. ABC anchor David Muir on Friday night heralded how she “is ready to fight back on Benghazi,” trumpeting how a selective release from a chapter of her upcoming book shows “she’s taking on her critics.” Reporter Martha Raddatz…

CNN's Smerconish: Benghazi is the Abortion of

May 11th, 2014 12:19 PM
CNN host Michael Smerconish did his best to diminish the House Select Committee investigating Benghazi during an appearance on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, May 11.  Appearing as a panelist, Smerconish claimed that "I think nothing from Benghazi has received traction apart from the GOP base. It’s really the abortion of the 2014 cycle." [See video below.]

CNN's S.E. Cupp, Liberal Brazile Agree: 'Conservatives Have Got to Mov

April 21st, 2014 1:30 PM
On Sunday's This Week on ABC, CNN's S.E. Cupp called on social conservative Christians to drop their opposition to same-sex "marriage" and adoption: "I will say conservatives have got to move on gay marriage....[and] on gay adoption. If abortion is the abhorrent option – and I believe it is – then adoption by any two loving people has got to be the better option." Democratic strategist Donna…

ABC Devotes Almost 13 Minutes to 'Royal' Clinton Baby, Nothing on Keys

April 21st, 2014 12:05 PM
Since word broke on Thursday night that Chelsea Clinton will be having a baby, ABC has fixated over the news, devoting 12 minutes and 47 seconds of coverage to the arrival of America's new "royal" child. Yet, the same network totally ignored the latest delay of the Kyestone XL pipeline by the Obama administration (and the political ramifications that go with it).  On Friday morning, ABC…

S.E. Cupp: Michael Bloomberg Is ‘The Best, And By That, I Mean The W

April 20th, 2014 12:12 PM
Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp had some tough words for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the wake of him giving $50 million to push his gun control agenda. Appearing as a guest on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, the CNN Crossfire co-host mocked Bloomberg’s efforts: “Well, he's the best, and by that, I mean the worst face for gun control. And believe me, my…

Irony: ABC, NBC Tout Michelle Obama’s Internet Freedom Speech In Chi

March 23rd, 2014 8:39 AM
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to students at Peking University in China over the weekend and spoke of the need for China to limit its censorship of information and controlling access to the Internet. Despite both ABC and NBC hyping Mrs. Obama’s “strong message” about the need for an open Internet in China, both networks skipped the irony of the White House not allowing American press to…

Peggy Noonan on Latest ObamaCare Delay: ‘Is There Still An ObamaCare

March 9th, 2014 3:08 PM
ABC’s This Week w/ George Stephanopoulos was the only Sunday show that bothered to cover the latest ObamaCare delay and with it came some interesting insight from the panel of political experts. Appearing on Sunday’s program, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan mocked the latest delay and hilariously asked her fellow panelists if “there still a law? Is there still an ObamaCare law? It'…

ABC Gushes Over Ben Affleck’s Congressional Testimony

March 2nd, 2014 11:56 AM
Ben Affleck, an actor who himself admitted that he was “not a Congo expert” was given star treatment on Sunday’s This Week w/ George Stephanopoulos. Earlier this week, the liberal actor testified before Congress on the war-torn nation of Congo, and the folks at ABC couldn’t have been happier to obtain an exclusive interview with him.   Host George Stephanopoulos cheered how “Ben Affleck…

ABC Reports Al Qaeda's Resurgence In Iraq; Ignores Obama and His Brag

January 24th, 2014 1:06 PM
In an exclusive report Thursday on al Qaeda's resurgence in Iraq, ABC's Martha Raddatz ignored President Obama's boast in 2012 that "al Qaeda is on the path to defeat." Raddatz's story aired on Thursday's ABC World News. In fact, the name "Obama" never came up in the story on Iraq falling apart. President Obama made his claim at the Democratic National Convention during the height of his re-…

Report: GOP Plans to Have Fewer Debates, Better Moderators in 2016 Ele

December 11th, 2013 7:30 PM
Still stinging from the large number of primary debates that often changed the momentum from one Republican candidate to another during the 2012 presidential contest and liberal moderators who all asked questions that favored Democratic incumbent Barack Obama over GOP candidate Mitt Romney, Republican officials are “quietly advancing a new batch of rules aimed at streamlining” what they call a…

Gillibrand on 'This Week': 'We All Knew' That 'Keep Your Plan' Wasn't

November 18th, 2013 10:19 AM
Well, that settles it. Sunday on ABC's "This Week" (video here) New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand admitted that "We all knew" that Obamacare's core guarantee — "If you like your plan-doctor-provider, you can keep your plan-doctor-provider" — was false. That's "we" as in "all of us Democrats." There's no wiggle room in what Gillibrand said, as will be demonstrated after the jump.…

ABC News Twice Says Scott Walker 'At One Point Was the Most Divisive P

November 17th, 2013 7:33 PM
As NewsBusters has reported for years, the liberal media believe one of their jobs is to discredit and defame any potential Republican presidential candidate they believe is too conservative. ABC's This Week did its part Sunday when during a segment about Republican Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, substitute host Martha Raddatz and chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl both said he "…

ABC’s Martha Raddatz Lauds Hillary Campaign Appearance: 'She Was on

October 21st, 2013 5:30 PM
At this point, really, what difference does having an election make? Watching Sunday's Good Morning America, you get the feeling that the liberal media have already anointed our country’s next president. On the October 20 edition of the program, ABC’s Martha Raddatz declared that Hillary Clinton was “on fire” while campaigning for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Saturday…

Martha Raddatz on Hillary Clinton: 'She's Got to Run

October 20th, 2013 12:13 PM
Is it possible for liberal media members to hold back their glee concerning Hillary Clinton running for president in 2016? Consider ABC's Martha Raddatz who on Sunday's This Week actually said to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), "She's got to run, right?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):