Andrea Mitchell Tosses Softballs to Wendy Davis, Presses Her About Run

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell has been leading the charge in support of Texas state senator Wendy Davis’ efforts to block a popular abortion regulation bill in the Texas legislature. Despite the fact that the legislation will soon be signed into law by Texas Governor Rick Perry, MSNBC has been championing her as the new face of the Democratic Party, with Andrea Mitchell being one of her main…
Jeffrey Meyer
July 10th, 2013 3:21 PM

AP Starts the 2016 Character Assassination of Rick Perry, Part 1: 'Fiv

A series of reports at the Associated Press following Texas Gov. Rick Perry's announcement that he would not seek another term can only be explained if their purpose is to poison his possible 2016 presidential aspirations. In doing so, the AP is from all appearances firing the opening shots in a campaign to duplicate the establishment press's tragically successful efforts to marginalize Perry and…
Tom Blumer
July 10th, 2013 3:11 PM

Actor Jeff Daniels: Second Amendment Was From 'A Different Time,' Want

On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Live, actor Jeff Daniels pushed for universal background checks because the Second Amendment was written during a "different time." "I'm one of the guys that goes back to the Second Amendment and just goes, 'you know what, it was a different time and now we're into the Sandy Hooks and the – you know, all of that and whatever happened between George Zimmerman and…
Matt Hadro
July 10th, 2013 2:52 PM

Bozell Column: Reagan's Lieutenant Devine

The re-election of President Obama has left most conservatives in a very pessimistic frame of mind. How could the majority of voters not see Obama had failed to prevent ongoing economic stagnation and the threat of bankruptcy? How could they endorse additional layer upon additional layer of bureaucratic intervention when the economic results were so awful? Donald J. Devine was Ronald Reagan's…
Brent Bozell
July 10th, 2013 2:25 PM

Michelle Malkin Column: Let Them Starve: Gitmo Swindlers Strike Again

World Crisis Alert: Guantanamo Bay detainees don't want to eat. Muslim rapper Yasiin "Mos Def" Bey is so worked up about their appetite plight that he videotaped himself being force-fed to build support for closing Gitmo. Cry me a river. This latest round of hunger strikes isn't an international human rights tragedy. It's another manipulative act of Jihad Theater.
Michelle Malkin
July 10th, 2013 11:55 AM

NBC Mentions 'Demonstrators on Both Sides' of Texas Abortion Debate, O

During a news brief on Wednesday's NBC Today, anchor Natalie Morales noted that following "tough new abortion laws" being approved by the Texas house of delegates, "Demonstrators on both sides of the issue descended on the state capitol building and erupted in screams and cheers immediately following last night's vote." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] However, the…
Kyle Drennen
July 10th, 2013 11:35 AM

Open Thread Wednesday

For general purpose discussion and comment on the news of the day and anything else.
NB Staff
July 10th, 2013 10:57 AM

Brent Bozell on 'Hannity': Slams Liberal Media's 'Nonstop' 'Character

Appearing on the July 9 Hannity, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell slammed the "character assassination" perpetrated by the liberal media in the 2012 presidential election. Talking with host Sean Hannity about his new book with Tim Graham, Bozell described the previous election cycle as "character assassination against anybody who would challenge Barack Obama." (Collusion is available online…
NB Staff
July 10th, 2013 10:38 AM

NBC's Mitchell Denounces Pro-Life Legislation, Hopes for 'Blow-Back' A

Leading a panel discussion on her Tuesday 1 p.m. ET hour show on MSNBC, host Andrea Mitchell ranted against Republican efforts to enact pro-life legislation at the state level: "Texas isn't the only state where Roe v. Wade is being challenged....We've seen in Ohio, John Kasich and company sneaked it in to a budget bill....Wisconsin, there's an injunction against enforcement of what the…
Kyle Drennen
July 10th, 2013 9:43 AM

Zimmerman Trial Witness Demonstrates Power of Media to Shape Opinion

Long the focus of attention, the national news media's persistently inaccurate photographic portrayals of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin appear to have clearly influenced one of the witnesses in the trial of his killer, George Zimmerman. While NBC News's dishonest editing of an audio clip of Zimmerman appears to have only temporarily skewed public opinion, during testimony last week it…
Matthew Sheffield
July 10th, 2013 8:15 AM

From Hope to Hatchets: How the Media Systematically Axed the 2012 GOP

[Excerpted from Collusion, by Brent Bozell and Tim Graham] As Obama prepared for re-election, the media elite treated the emerging Republican challengers as a field of nightmares, a group of pretenders and has-beens who could not be seriously hoping to defeat Obama.  Republican debate audiences were criticized as “bloodthirsty” and demonstrating “bloodlust.” ( (() ((Collusion by Brent Bozell and…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
July 10th, 2013 8:10 AM

Russell Simmons: Guilty or Innocent Zimmerman 'Will Ultimately Be Puni

"Whether George Zimmerman is found innocent or guilty by the jury, I am firm believer that all of us live by karmic law, and he will ultimately be punished for the death of Trayvon, no matter what." So wrote hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons Tuesday:
Noel Sheppard
July 9th, 2013 10:06 PM

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving 'The View' for Fox News Channel

After several years of being the lone conservative voice on "The View," co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be leaving the daytime talk show. According to the New York Post, Hasselbeck will be joining Fox News as a co-anchor of the morning program "Fox and Friends" in mid-September.
Matthew Sheffield
July 9th, 2013 8:18 PM

Obamacare Apologist Morphs Into Weasel When Challenged

Remember the 1989 movie "Say Anything"? Though the flick had nothing to do with politics, its title succinctly describes how liberals respond when they're on the losing end of an argument. I heard an example of this yesterday while listening to Ed Schultz's radio show with yet another guest host filling in for Schultz, who appears to have lost his appetite for work since MSNBC transferred "…
Jack Coleman
July 9th, 2013 7:46 PM