HuffPo Fail: Makes Up Nonsensical Accusation Against Rick Santorum

That darned Byron York. If it hadn’t been for his meddling, the Huffington Post and its allies on the left would have really created quite a mess for themselves spreading a false story that former Republican senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum somehow thinks that liberals are out to make pro-lifers feel uncomfortable taking a shower in public places. While it is true that…
Matthew Sheffield
August 8th, 2013 6:15 PM

ABC’s Zeleny Prods McCain to Attack Fellow Republicans, Praise Chuck

There’s nothing liberal media members love more than a Republican who attacks other Republicans in front of the TV cameras. That probably explains the media’s rediscovered fascination with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. ABC’s Jeff Zeleny interviewed McCain last Friday for the ABC News / Yahoo News online series The Fine Print, and he used the veteran senator as a…
Paul Bremmer
August 8th, 2013 6:12 PM

A Closer Look at the New Owners of the Boston Globe and Washington Pos

Late last week, the Globe was sold by its owner, the New York Times Company, for $70 million in cash to investor and big-time Democratic donor John W. Henry. A few days later, the Graham family -- which owned the Washington Post since saving it from bankruptcy in 1933 -- sold the ailing newspaper to Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., sometimes described as a "liberaltarian…
Randy Hall
August 8th, 2013 5:52 PM

Randi Rhodes: When Obama Talks Race, Right-wingers 'Want to Tear Him L

On her Wednesday show, left-wing radio host Randi Rhodes thought President Obama was far too weak and politician-like in his racial remarks on the Jay Leno show. Leno asked Obama to expand on his briefing-room race speech. Rhodes thought Obama only appeared on Leno because it’s for “old white people,” while she is “a Comedy Central kind of a gal.” Rhodes thought Obama should have gone Hulk-…
Tim Graham
August 8th, 2013 5:31 PM

Guardian Reviewer Skewers Aslan's 'Zealot': It's Largely 'Vociferous A

The Guardian is unapologetically left-of-center editorially, but being a British publication, its geographical and cultural separation from the journalistic elite on this side of the pond helps inoculate it from venerating the sacred cows and cozying up to the favored pundits of the liberal media here in the States. A prime example of that is Stuart Kelly's review of UC Riverside professor…
Ken Shepherd
August 8th, 2013 5:29 PM

Rat Smell: Why Would Three Liberal MSNBCers Come Out Against Clinton M

As NewsBusters reported, MSNBCer's Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, and Robert Gibbs within hours of each other Thursday came down strongly against NBC's planned miniseries about Hillary Clinton. Why do you think that would be? The Hollywood Reporter gave us a clue Wednesday (emphasis added):
Noel Sheppard
August 8th, 2013 4:58 PM

Special Report: Columbia University

Soros Funds Next Generation of Liberal Journalism
Mike Ciandella
August 8th, 2013 4:11 PM

WashPost Style Section Actually Does Decent Profile of Libertarian Com

As regular readers of NewsBusters are well aware, the Washington Post's Style section has a habit of frequently ginning up puffy human-interest stories about all kinds of liberal politicians and celebrities. It's rare that they do a positive profile of a conservative or libertarian. So it's worth pointing out when they do just that. In a 26-paragraph profile, Post staff writer Megan McDonough…
Ken Shepherd
August 8th, 2013 3:59 PM

MSNBC's Wagner, Finney Gang Up on GOP Congressman: ObamaCare is About

For a perfect illustration of why few conservatives wish to subject themselves to MSNBC, look no further than Rep. Tom Cole’s experience on the network’s Now with Alex Wagner. The Oklahoma Republican went into the lion’s den on Thursday’s Now, where the conversation was anything but fair and balanced – and certainly less than cordial. Wagner and weekend host Karen Finney used the opportunity…

Andrew Lautz
August 8th, 2013 3:54 PM

Gibbs & Mitchell Agree: NBC Hillary Series 'A Bad Idea

First Chuck Todd, now Andrea Mitchell and even former Obama spox-turned-NBC-analyst Robert Gibbs agree: NBC's decision to produce a miniseries about Hillary Clinton is a "bad idea." Gibbs and Mitchell lamented the series on Andrea's early-afternoon MSNBC show today.  View the video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
August 8th, 2013 3:37 PM

MSNBC Hypes ‘Fierce And Fearless’ Democrat Women

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts really needs to stop calling himself a journalist. Once again, the liberal MSNBC host can’t distinguish between reporting and activism, this time pushing a trio of female Democrats as the future of politics. Appearing on his daily MSNBC show on August 8, Roberts introduced a segment on Democratic women entitled “Fierce and Fearless” in which he and Citizen Jane Politics…
Jeffrey Meyer
August 8th, 2013 3:26 PM

CNN Gives Obama a Pass Amidst Major Coverage of His Leno Interview

CNN had extensive coverage on Wednesday of President Obama's interview with NBC's Jay Leno, but only two CNN hosts actually challenged some of the President's claims during the 11 different news hours that played clips of the interview. One of Obama's statements went completely unchallenged for the entire day. The President said that "we don't need a huge government, but we need government…
Matt Hadro
August 8th, 2013 1:17 PM

ABC, NBC Continue to Play Obama's KGB Gaffe Without Noticing It's a Ga

ABC and NBC on Wednesday continued to pretend that one of Barack Obama's gaffes on the Tonight Show wasn't a mistake. World News's Jon Karl and Nightly News's Chuck Todd uncritically repeated the President's claim that Vladimir Putin "headed up the KGB." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] In fact, he did not. The highest rank the now-Russian President obtained was Lieutenant Colonel in 1991.…
Scott Whitlock
August 8th, 2013 12:41 PM

Profile in Bias: Andrea Mitchell's 35 Years of Liberal Advocacy

On July 31, 2013, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell celebrated her 35th anniversary at the network and was predictably praised by her media colleagues. Calling in to Mitchell's 1 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show that day, former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw listed numerous historic events that occurred the year Mitchell was hired in 1978, concluding: "The biggest story of all,…
Kyle Drennen
August 8th, 2013 11:38 AM