NBC Seizes on Mark Sanford Congressional Run and Dredges Up Scandal

Amid all of the news breaking in Washington, from the upcoming sequester cuts to President Obama's second term agenda, NBC's Today decided to focus its Tuesday political coverage on a scandal that plagued former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford four years ago. The news hook was Sanford running in a GOP primary for the congressional seat left open by newly appointed Senator Tim Scott. Co-…
Kyle Drennen
February 19th, 2013 1:14 PM

CNN Freaks Out Over 'Draconian' Sequester Cuts, Like the 'Asteroid

Even though the upcoming sequester cuts amount to only $85 billion, compared to $16 trillion of U.S. debt, CNN hyped the deleterious effects of the cuts to the economy by comparing them to the recent asteroid that just missed earth. "Watch out. Like the asteroid headed to earth, they're coming. $86 billion in automatic budget cuts," anchor Carol Costello warned. And "draconian" was in the…
Matt Hadro
February 19th, 2013 1:13 PM

WH Press Corps Finally Gets to Question Obama...About Golfing

For all the whining that the White House press corps has been doing of late about its inability to "cover" the president while he was on yet another vacation, you might think that these long-suffering reporters could come up with a real question once they did get a chance to talk to him. And they certainly would, if the president were a Republican. But since he's the leftist Democrat that…
Matthew Sheffield
February 19th, 2013 1:08 PM

Malkin Column: Democrats Heart Medicare Fraudsters

Hey, remember when President Obama crusaded against Medicare fraud and vowed to crack down aggressively on scammers who've bilked the program out of an estimated $90 billion? Like Archie and Edith Bunker used to sing: Those were the daaaays. While Democrats pretend to protect the elderly and disabled, leaders of the People's Party have pocketed gobs of campaign contributions from fat-cat…
Michelle Malkin
February 19th, 2013 12:36 PM

Letterman Video: Obama Uses Drone Strike to Sink a Putt Against Tiger

David Letterman seems more concerned with President Obama's drone program than most of the media. On CBS's s Late Show Monday, the host aired a mock video of Obama using a drone strike to help him sink an errant putt while playing golf with Tiger Woods (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
February 19th, 2013 12:31 PM

HuffPo: Sonogram ‘Changes Lives’ for Gay Parents but is ‘Coercio

Lefty site praises sonograms for women who want to give birth; calls them ‘invasive’ for women who have abortion.
Kristine Marsh
February 19th, 2013 12:22 PM

Chuck Norris Column: Ten Reasons I Wish George Washington Were Alive T

Many conservatives point to great modern men and leaders, such as Ronald Reagan, as models we can follow, and I concur with their sentiments. But I think the best leaders lived long ago, during the founding of our republic, away from the limelight and luster of today's politics and Washington drama. With Feb. 18's being Presidents Day and Feb. 22's being the actual day George Washington was…
Chuck Norris
February 19th, 2013 12:18 PM

Stenographers at ABC: Obama Will Work to 'Pressure' and 'Shame' Congre

ABC journalist Jon Karl continued his role as White House stenographer, Tuesday, repeating Barack Obama's talking points on the upcoming sequester cuts. Karl insisted that the President is "really trying to shame Congress into doing something to replace these cuts." Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos asserted that Obama is going to "ratchet up the pressure on…
Scott Whitlock
February 19th, 2013 11:53 AM

Dance of Death: Sundance Worships Abortionist Involved In Botched Abor

Sundance glorified adultery, porn, and sex with minors during the 2013 Sundance Festival, but now another topic received excruciating recognition: death. Two weeks ago, Jennifer Leigh Morbelli died at the hands of LeRoy Carhart, one of the four remaining United States “doctors” who performs third-trimester abortions. Morbelli sought a 33-week abortion in Germantown, Md., after learning her…
Katie Yoder
February 19th, 2013 11:38 AM

Chuck Todd: It's 'Mythology' That MSM Hostile To Conservatives

Chuck Todd can't imagine what could ever have given conservative politicians the idea that the MSM is unfriendly to them. C'mon Chuck: we know you're a NewsBusters reader.  Every day here, we document the liberal media's hostility to conservatives. On today's Morning Joe, NBC political director Todd repeatedly spoke of a supposed "mythology" among conservative politicians and their staffs…
Mark Finkelstein
February 19th, 2013 10:57 AM

New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd, 'Fabricating' Hypocrite

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, "fabricating" hypocrite. Her Sunday column about the lack of veracity in the current crop of award-nominated movies, "The Oscar for Best Fabrication," has some interesting revelations on the true history behind the stories of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Lincoln." But Dowd is the last person to credibly comment on the subject, given her own history (item #3)…
Clay Waters
February 19th, 2013 10:43 AM

Politico Pair Cry a River of Crocodile Tears Over 'Obama, the Puppet M

Instead of doing the work they were supposed to be doing last night -- i.e., following their publication's mission statement, which is (or maybe was) to "turn ... reporters (i.e., themselves) loose on the subject we love: national politics" -- Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen spent over 1,800 words whining. Their disingenuous complaint: The Obama administration supposedly has insurmountable…
Tom Blumer
February 19th, 2013 10:23 AM

NBC’s David Gregory Thinks Republicans Are ‘Just Trying to Jam the

NBC continues to lead the way in belittling any and all Republican attempts to stand up to President Obama. On Sunday’s Today, David Gregory rehashed the common left-wing talking point that Republicans are opposing Obama at every turn merely for the sake of being obstructionist.  Commenting on Republican opposition to the Chuck Hagel nomination, Gregory said, “There’s no question that…
Paul Bremmer
February 19th, 2013 9:55 AM

Dennis Rodman Cries Over Lakers Owner’s Death: ‘Like a Dad. I Neve

Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman had a tremendously emotional moment Monday evening when NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno brought up the death of Los Angeles Lakers’ owner Jerry Buss. Fighting back tears, Rodman said, "Like a Dad. I never had a Dad."
Noel Sheppard
February 19th, 2013 9:45 AM