Boston Mayor and U.S. Establishment Press Ignoring Marathon Bombing 'S

An unbylined Associated Press report (graphic saved here) appearing at ABC News (time-stamped 9:51 a.m. at the AP's main national site; graphic saved here) reports that Boston Mayor Tom Menino appeared on ABC's "This Week" and said, in the AP's words, that "the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing acted alone." The brief AP report's third paragraph then has Menino saying, again in AP's…
Tom Blumer
April 21st, 2013 12:21 PM

'60 Minutes' and '48 Hours' Twitter Accounts Hacked, Sent Anti-Obama M

The Twitter accounts of CBS's 60 Minutes and 48 Hours have been hacked and suspended. According to the Hollywood Reporter, before the suspension, anti-Obama messages were sent:
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 11:52 AM

FCC Blesses Red Sox Slugger's F-Bomb During Pre-Game Tribute to Boston

During an emotional pre-game tribute to the fallen and the heroes of the Boston Marathon bombings Saturday, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz dropped an f-bomb in front of the Fenway crowd. The FCC quickly voiced its approval Saturday via Twitter:
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 10:55 AM

Americans Avoided MSNBC During Busy Horrific News Week

For years, NewsBusters has argued that MSNBC is not a news network. Americans appear to agree, for last week as our nation was rocked by bombings in Boston and a fertilizer plant explosion near Waco, Texas, relatively few citizens turned to MSNBC for information about these horrific events.
Noel Sheppard
April 21st, 2013 10:28 AM

MSNBC Guest: Tsarnaevs' Chechen Background Had 'Nothing To Do' With Bo

You think Tamerlan and Dzokhar Tsarnaev's roots in Chechnya—which has produced radical Islamist terrorists responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks of modern times—might have something to do with the brothers having carried out the Boston Marathon bombing?  Don't be foolish. Nope. Where the Tsarnaevs came from had "nothing to do" with the bombings.  These were just two guys who were…
Mark Finkelstein
April 21st, 2013 9:39 AM

'You Old Fox': Magazine Grudgingly Notes Murdoch's News Corp. Value Is

The latest cover of Bloomberg Businessweek promotes this theme: "You Old Fox: How Rupert Murdoch Survived -- And Profited From -- News Corp.'s Brush With Death." Felix Gillette's cover story is titled "The Escape Artist." Gillette reported that Murdoch was "supposed to be finished," but  today, "he survives at the helm of a global entertainment and publishing company that, far from being…
Tim Graham
April 21st, 2013 8:34 AM

After Gun Debate, Media Credibility Is Shot

Normally, the people who cover the media industry try studiously to avoid mentioning the very obvious fact that America's elite journalists are overwhelmingly liberal and that one can discern this by reviewing their output. This is a logical response considering that said reporters probably do not wish to antagonize potential sources. It's hard to report on the media if no one in the media will…
Matthew Sheffield
April 21st, 2013 4:01 AM

Media Chorus to Silence Ted Cruz Growing Louder

That pesky Ted Cruz just won’t go away. What is wrong with him? Welcome to the new refrain in Washington as liberal journalists like the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank are stepping up their smear campaign demonize the junior Republican senator from Texas. Milbank, long known for his acid tongue and fealty to conventional liberal opinion did his part by asking on Thursday: “Is there nobody who…
Matthew Sheffield
April 20th, 2013 7:10 PM

Civility Succumbs on NPR: Connecticut Gov Slams Gun Makers and NRA 'Mo

National Public Radio’s brand is soothing and civil news and interviews. That certainly didn’t fit when Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy was interviewed Thursday on All Things Considered after the gun-control measures were rejected in the Senate. Anchor Melissa Block read back to Malloy his comments that gun makers don’t care if mentally deranged people buy their guns. He not only doubled down…
Tim Graham
April 20th, 2013 4:52 PM

Maher: Guy Who Sent Ricin to Obama Leading in Polls for 2016 GOP Presi

Before Bill Maher's moment of sanity concerning radical Islam Friday, HBO's Real Time host took a cheap shot at the GOP. After a brief discussion about the man that sent ricin to President Obama this week, Maher said, "He's been apprehended, he's facing jail time, and he is leading in the polls for the Republican nomination for president in 2016" (video follows with transcript and commentary…
Noel Sheppard
April 20th, 2013 3:40 PM

Rev. Sharpton on Race: I'm Not Divisive, 'I'm Exposing the Divisivenes

On Thursday’s “Keepin’ It Real” radio show, the Rev. Al Sharpton was unhappy with CNN reporter John King wrongly claiming a suspect in custody for the Boston bombings was a “dark-skinned male.” Sharpton insisted he wasn’t the divider, he was the uniter: “tweeters say ‘oh Rev. Al you’re being divisive.’ No, he’s divisive when he brings up dark-skinned. I’m exposing the divisiveness. Don’t get…
Tim Graham
April 20th, 2013 3:23 PM

MSNBC's Witt On FBI Failure To Monitor Boston Bomber After Interview

MSNBC circling the wagons? This NewsBuster is in no position to say that the FBI made a mistake by deciding not to monitor Tamerlan Tsarnaev after having interviewed him in 2011, acting on inquiries from Russian intelligence regarding his possible radical Islamic ties. But by the same token, MSNBC host Alex Witt is in no position to say the FBI didn't make a mistake.  Yet Witt has pre-…
Mark Finkelstein
April 20th, 2013 2:07 PM

Maher to Guest Defending Islam in Wake of Boston Bombings: 'That's Lib

Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time Friday made a statement that will make the Right cheer as the left predictably cringes. After his guest Brian Levin - the director of the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino - said of the Boston bombings and how it relates to radical Islam, "We have hypocrites across faiths, Jewish, Christian who say they're…
Noel Sheppard
April 20th, 2013 1:32 PM

Gosnell Horror: A Baby 'Swimming' In a Toilet, 'Trying to Get Out

Elizabeth Harrington at CNSNews.com reported on horrors described on the last day of testimony before the prosecution rested in the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Kareema Cross, a “medical assistant” who worked at Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society clinic for four-and-a-half years, testified that she saw one late-term baby who survived an abortion "swimming" in a toilet and "…
Tim Graham
April 20th, 2013 1:15 PM