Krugman's Selective Outrage: Goes After Paul and Cantor on 'Deficit

One thing which is arguably worse for one's health than Obamacare is the act of reading a Paul Krugman column at the New York Times. In his latest equivalent of a DNC press release on Thursday published in Friday's print edition, Krugman lambasted GOP Senator Rand Paul and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor as "politicians who gleefully add to the misinformation" the general public allegedly…
Tom Blumer
August 16th, 2013 3:19 PM

Russell Simmons Apologizes For ‘Harriet Tubman Sex Tape

It turns out “comedy” does have limits, as Russell Simmons discovered when he allowed the outrageous “Harriet Tubman Sex Tape” to be posted to his YouTube channel. Simmons, founder of hip-hop label Def Jam, published a “Harriet Tubman Sex Tape” parody to his “All Def Digital” YouTube channel Aug. 14. The disturbing video showed an actress playing Tubman, the historic former slave turned…
Katie Yoder
August 16th, 2013 2:58 PM

MSNBC's Wagner, Panel Conflate Boston Bombings with ObamaCare Oppositi

MSNBC host Alex Wagner appeared to tie Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev to ObamaCare opposition and libertarianism on Wednesday’s Now, with liberal guests Jared Bernstein and Mark Potok taking part in the anti-conservative argument. Wagner suggested that ObamaCare “extremism would seem to be of a piece with this radicalized rhetoric” that influenced the terrorist Tsarnaev. Bernstein, a former…
Andrew Lautz
August 16th, 2013 2:34 PM

Hannity Fires Cumulus, Liberal Media Wrong Again

For weeks the liberal media have been almost orgasmic over rumors that the Cumulus radio network was dumping conservative talk show host Sean Hannity. On Friday, Inside Music Media's Jerry Del Colliano reported that it's actually Hannity that's dumping Cumulus (subscription required):
Noel Sheppard
August 16th, 2013 2:28 PM

TV Critic Slams MSNBC for Chris Hayes Climate-Change Documentary Witho

Brian Lowry, a former TV critic for the Los Angeles Times who now writes for the trade paper Variety, slammed tonight's MSNBC eco-documentary by anchor and bicyclist Chris Hayes: “the editorial approach of this Chris Hayes-hosted hour continues an all-too-common trend of cable news preaching to the choir, where not a single dissenting voice is incorporated in any serious way.” It's called "…
Tim Graham
August 16th, 2013 1:48 PM

Media Mash: Bozell, Hannity Slam MSNBC for Still Insisting Boston Bomb

One day before the one-year anniversary of Floyd Lee Corkins's failed terror attack on the Family Research Council -- he was inspired by a "hate map" by the Southern Poverty Law Center -- MSNBC brought on SPLC's Mark Potok to mislead viewers about the nature of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, insisting that the Tsarnaev brothers were not motivated by radical Islamic ideology so much as by…
Ken Shepherd
August 16th, 2013 1:29 PM

NBC Does Entire Segment on U.S. Egypt Policy Without Mentioning Obama

In an impressive display of journalistic gymnastics on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie and Meet the Press moderator David Gregory managed to have an entire discussion about U.S. policy in Egypt without mentioning President Obama by name. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Plenty of vague substitutions were used, including "the President" "the White House" "…
Kyle Drennen
August 16th, 2013 1:06 PM

MSNBC Tells Women More Ignorance Is Better

MSNBC's latest panel on "women's rights," hosted by Alex Wagner, goes a long way in explaining why the network's ratings are so low.  When Americans hear "MSNBC women's rights panel," they know what they're going to get before having to watch even two seconds of it.  So why bother? The drudgery and predictability here certainly expose the abortion movement's priorities.  Take Anne Davis,…
Lila Rose
August 16th, 2013 12:24 PM

[Updated] RNC Votes: No NBC or CNN Debates If They Air Hillary Clinton

On Friday the Republican National Committee formally passed a resolution at its summer meeting to not partner with NBC or CNN on debates if they air any of the planned Hillary Clinton projects. According to Politico.com, "RNC Chairman Reince Priebus got an extended standing ovation from cheering state chairmen during the party's summer meeting for spearheading the push." Priebus announced:  "…
Geoffrey Dickens
August 16th, 2013 12:19 PM

New Seth MacFarlane Sitcom Called Racist By Asian-American Group, Want

Two weeks ago, NewsBusters reported Seth MacFarlane's new sitcom Dads was full of "disparaging portrayals of white men." The upcoming show came under more heat Monday when the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans asked that the pilot be reshot to remove racist depictions of Asians.
Noel Sheppard
August 16th, 2013 12:06 PM

NewsBusters Catches Piers Morgan's Falsity, Gets Him to Apologize

NewsBusters reported the other night that during a debate on guns, CNN's Piers Morgan falsely claimed that according to FBI statistics, Virginia had the highest murder rate in the country in 2009. Over 38 hours later, Piers apologized and admitted "It didn't." This came at a pivotal moment in the debate as Morgan's pro-gun opponent had cited Virginia's falling violent crime rate coinciding…
Matt Hadro
August 16th, 2013 11:04 AM

Bill O'Reilly Exposes Al Sharpton for Lying 'Once Again' on National T

Fox News's Bill O'Reilly on Thursday exposed Al Sharpton for lying "once again" on national television. Also of interest, O'Reilly disclosed for the first time that years ago he gave $25,000 to one of Sharpton's charities (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 16th, 2013 10:49 AM

AP's Crutsinger Pushes Myth That Fed Govt. Spending Is Down Significan

At the conclusion of his report on the federal government's July Monthly Treasury Statement, the Associated Press's Martin Crutsinger wrote that federal spending through the first ten months of the current fiscal year is "down 2.9 percent from a year ago," and that the decline "reflects, in part, automatic government spending cuts that began taking effect March 1." Those "automatic cuts"…
Tom Blumer
August 16th, 2013 10:46 AM

HuffPo Blog Encourages Teen Sex Sleepovers to Parents

Forget traditional sleepovers full of facials and chick flicks, sexual sleepovers are the latest fad – or so The Huffington Post Blog says. The Huffington Post’s Soraya Chemaly asked parents in her latest article, “How Do You Feel About Sex and Teenage Sleepovers?” She argued that parents should encourage them, unless they “just like porn and think it's a fine substitute.” Chemaly schemed, “…
Katie Yoder
August 16th, 2013 10:20 AM