Leftist Radio Host Mike Malloy Agrees With Chalian That Republicans Ca

The David Chalian Thesis -- that Republicans can easily party while black people drown -- has been endorsed now not only by the Daily Kos, but by leftist radio host Mike Malloy. On Wednesday night's show, he proclaimed: "You see how that works see how that works? You know in your gut, if you're a normal person, you know that what Chalian said was abso-goddamn-lutely true! You know it was true…
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2012 9:51 PM

Chuck Todd: ‘Technically Factual’ Ryan ‘Distorted the Truth

NBC News demonstrated again Thursday night it has become little more than the more-watched broadcast arm of MSNBC, advancing the same left-wing attacks on conservatives as first trotted out on the cable side. While ABC and CBS managed to refrain from airing entire stories and interviews aimed to discredit Paul Ryan, NBC did not. In packaging Obama campaign talking points, however, Chuck Todd…
Brent Baker
August 30th, 2012 9:27 PM

Live Chat: RNC Day Three

Live chat with NB members about the RNC, day three. Please click through below the fold
NB Staff
August 30th, 2012 8:46 PM

Piers Morgan Says Todd Akin Controversy Supports Narrative That GOP Is

Piers Morgan said on Thursday that the Todd Akin controversy supports "the argument that the Republican Party is anti-women," playing into the Democratic playbook. "I suppose the problem is what it does is it lends again succor to the argument that the Republican Party is anti-women," he stated after bringing up Akin's remarks in an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his wife…
Matt Hadro
August 30th, 2012 7:50 PM

NBC News's Mark Murray More Nuanced On Janesville GM Plant Closing Tha

While the Obama acolytes at MSNBC are insisting that the Janesville, Wisconsin, GM plant was "closed" in December 2008 on President Bush's watch, NBC News senior political editor Mark Murray was more nuanced in an appearance with Thomas Roberts on MSNBC shortly after 2:30 p.m. Eastern today. Even so, Murray's reporting was misleading and is easily negated by a Web search turning up reporting by…
Ken Shepherd
August 30th, 2012 6:18 PM

Ari Fleischer: David Chalian Comments Reflective of Larger Media Probl

Speaking with NewsBusters at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer reacted strongly to the offensive joke made by ousted Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann. "It baffles me that somebody like that could even be hired in the first place," Fleischer said.
Matthew Sheffield
August 30th, 2012 6:14 PM

In New York Times, Adam Nagourney Ponders Whether Paul Ryan's Speech C

Leave it to former New York Times political correspondent (now Los Angeles bureau chief) Adam Nagourney to find bad news for Romney in his running mate's Paul Ryan's rapturously received convention speech. "With Speech, Ryan May Have Helped Himself More Than Romney," Nagourney nagged in a Thursday afternoon "Caucus" post. By every measure – the cheers in the hall, the praise from commentators…
Clay Waters
August 30th, 2012 4:59 PM

Stewart, Colbert Have the Favorite Shows of 'Super Democrats

Today's Washington Post reports a firm called Experian Marketing Services has labored to find out how the political parties can locate their most loyal voters. For their category of “Super Democrats,” that list starts with  -- shocker --  Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. “The segments we will focus on in this post include the Super Democrats and Ultra Conservatives segments, which represent…
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2012 4:56 PM

WaPo Furthers Liberal Media’s ‘Racist’ Narrative at RNC: ‘Rep

The liberal media can’t seem to help themselves. While counter-arguments are occasionally acknowledged, most journalists of the progressive persuasion are not interested in fair and balanced coverage of politics. Facts and figures are seemingly subjective in the whole scheme of things. Severely limited studies and polls seem to provide them with all the information they need. Oh, and almost…
Ryan Robertson
August 30th, 2012 4:39 PM

NBC's Lauer Frets: Is 'Conservative' GOP Convention Reaching Moderates

In an interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer worried that the Republican National Convention was not appealing to a broad audience: "When you talk about the conservatives and we talk about the gender gap and how important women are...do you think this convention is reaching out to the people who are going to decide this election, independents,…
Kyle Drennen
August 30th, 2012 4:25 PM

ABC's Nightline Knocks 'Disingenuous' Claims in Dinesh D'Souza's 'Cons

Nightline reporter David Wright on Wednesday night profiled the new conservative documentary 2016: Obama's America, but warned that the film was a "conspiracy" movie that included "disingenuous" ideas. D'Souza asserted that he takes Obama and his words seriously, prompting him to believe that the President is pushing an anti-American agenda. Wright scolded, "That's a little disingenuous…
Scott Whitlock
August 30th, 2012 4:08 PM

Reporter Turned NYT Editor Firestone Rips Ryan: 'Intellectual Dishones

Running scared? New York Times editorial board member and former Times reporter David Firestone, who has never hidden his liberalism in either position, accused vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan of "dishonesty" and "cowardice" on the Opinion Editor's blog early Thursday afternoon, "Beyond Factual Dishonesty."
Clay Waters
August 30th, 2012 3:42 PM

Anti-Obama Filmmaker Calls MSNBC 'Cowards

In a video interview, anti-Obama filmmaker and author Dinesh D’Souza told The Hollywood Reporter that MSNBC and other media outlets were “cowards” because they would not acknowledge his new documentary 2016: Obama’s America, despite the film’s emergence this last week in the Top Ten. D’Souza said: “Look at MSNBC. You could watch that channel and not even know we have a film out – unless you…
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2012 3:14 PM

NYT's Michael Cooper: Republican Platform Shows 'Just How Far Rightwar

New York Times reporter Michael Cooper took elaborate pains to emphasize just how far to the right the GOP has come from those moderate days of -- Ronald Reagan's election? -- in Wednesday's, "Platform’s Sharp Turn to the Right Has Conservatives Cheering." The jump page included side-by-side text comparisons of "Republican Party Platforms, Then and Now." Yet Democratic Party platforms are…
Clay Waters
August 30th, 2012 2:46 PM