Benghazi Whistleblower's Attorney Claims NBC Spiked Him Being a Democr

If you were a journalist reporting on Benghazi whistleblower Gregory Hicks, wouldn't you find it interesting that he was a Democrat who voted for Barack Obama twice? Someone at NBC News didn't according to Hicks's attorney Victoria Toensing who disclosed the spike job to NewsMax host Steve Malzberg on WMAL radio Saturday (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 12th, 2013 1:56 PM

'2016' Producer Wants Michael Moore Removed From Motion Picture Academ

Many conservatives were disgusted this year when "2016: Obama's America" didn't receive an Oscar nomination for best documentary. In a letter to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Hawk Koch obtained by the Hollywood Reporter, one of the film's producers, Gerald Molen, has asked for Michael Moore to be removed from the documentary branch of the Academy's board of governors:
Noel Sheppard
May 12th, 2013 12:05 PM

CBS's Scott Pelley at Quinnipiac Luncheon: 'We Are Getting Big Stories

Scott Pelley deserves grudging credit for recognizing something obvious at a Friday luncheon in New York. Readers tempted to go beyond that point would be advised to visit the archive of Pelley-related posts at NewsBusters on his brand of so-called journalism, a few of which will be identified later in this post. At said luncheon, Pelley received the 20th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment…
Tom Blumer
May 12th, 2013 12:03 PM

Joe Klein: Hillary's 'One of the Most Experienced Candidates We've Eve

"Everybody knows that she's one of the most experienced candidates we've ever had running for president. She practically doesn't have to say it." So said Time magazine's Joe Klein about Hillary Clinton on Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 12th, 2013 11:25 AM

Ed Show Sweeps IRS Conservative-Targeting Under Table: 'Much Ado About

New day and time, same old liberal slop.  Ed Schultz returned to MSNBC yesterday in his new, relegated-to-the-ratings-desert slot of weekend afternoons.   One of the topics was the targeting by the IRS of conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status.  Predictably, Schultz & Co. did all they could to sweep the scandal under the carpet.  Schultz suggested the IRS had nothing to…
Mark Finkelstein
May 12th, 2013 10:53 AM

Befuddled by Benghazi, Top Political Reporters Admit Irrelevancy to Un

My alternate headline for this item: “NBC’s Today Show on Benghazi: ‘There Are So Many Issues the Country Faces. This Is One of Them.’” That dismissive attitude came from ABC News veteran Mark Halperin, now MSNBC’s senior political analyst who also toils for Time magazine, putting the burden on Republican to make an issue of Obama administration dishonesty on Benghazi.  Failing to see any…
Brent Baker
May 12th, 2013 9:42 AM

Liberal Panic Now That Benghazi Fiasco Finally Getting Real Coverage

There is no escaping the fact that, where Benghazi is concerned, there is blood in the water and the mainstream media has (at long last) picked up the scent. Yesterday, the sharks representing the three major TV networks circled Press Secretary Jay Carney, bombarding him with questions that were uncharacteristically tough. ABC’s Jonathan Karl, who broke the story that the talking points…
Howard Portnoy
May 12th, 2013 12:20 AM

Kirsten Powers on Benghazi: 'Bill Clinton Would Not Have Gotten Away W

Kirsten Powers said something Saturday that should deeply embarrass so-called journalists across the fruited plain. Appearing on Fox News Watch, Powers - who was Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs in the Clinton administration - said of the job the current White House is doing with the Benghazi cover up, "Bill Clinton would not have gotten away with this" (video…
Noel Sheppard
May 11th, 2013 5:47 PM

Presidents of ABC and CBS News Have Siblings Working at White House Wi

"CBS News President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood, both of them have siblings that not only work at the White House, that not only work for President Obama, but they work at the NSC on foreign policy issues directly related to Benghazi." So stated political consultant and media commentator Richard Grenell on Saturday's Fox News Watch (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
May 11th, 2013 5:09 PM

Leno: ‘Today at a Press Conference Even a Non-Fox Reporter Asked Abo

Jay Leno on Friday continued mocking the left's handling of new revelations concerning last year's attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya. During the opening monologue of NBC's Tonight Show, the host joked, "Today at a press conference, even a non-Fox reporter asked about Benghazi" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 11th, 2013 3:15 PM

Terry Jeffrey: Hillary's Ambitions Sent Amb. Stevens to Benghazi

Terry Jeffrey at CNSNews.com plucked this nugget out of the Benghazi hearing this week. Ambassador Chris Stevens had traveled to Benghazi despite the hazards "at least in part because Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wanted to convert the department compound there into a permanent outpost and department officials wanted her to be able to announce this was the case when she made a planned…
Tim Graham
May 11th, 2013 2:44 PM

Maher: 'If You’re Rich You Should be Begging the Government to Redis

Bill Maher is one extremely confused person. Having two months ago said that his high taxes were leading him to consider dumping liberalism, HBO's Real Time host said Friday, "If you’re rich you should be begging the government to redistribute your wealth" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 11th, 2013 2:09 PM

KosKooks: IRS Should Investigate Conservative 'Scam Artists', 'Politic

With yesterday's news of the IRS apology for intentionally targeting conservative groups, left-wing activists were seen choking on their gluten-free soy lattes. And nowhere was the sulking more apparent than at the DailyKos, the East Bay-based "progressive" website. With the obligatory teabag image accompanying his rant, KosKook Jed Lewison took exception to others calling for an…
NB Staff
May 11th, 2013 2:09 PM

Maher: Rapists Go Into the Military For Same Reason Predators Go Into

Bill Maher was at it again Friday. On his HBO Real Time program, during a discussion about sexual assaults in our armed forces, the host said, "The reason why more rapists go into the military is the same reason why predators go into the Catholic Church: it’s a place they know they can get away with it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 11th, 2013 1:02 PM