Soros Crony Jeffrey Sachs Predictably Politicizes Tragedy

Sachs, a Columbia Professor and former runner-up for the World Bank Presidency nomination, didn’t waste any time in using the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. to promote his already existent pro-gun control campaign. Since the violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Dec. 14, Sachs has tweeted 15 original tweets (not including retweets), and written 3 articles for his own website…
Mike Ciandella
December 18th, 2012 3:15 PM

ABC Targets NRA, Hints at Banning Guns in America

On Tuesday's Good Morning America, anchor Elizabeth Vargas and reporter Pierre Thomas tag-teamed to push into overdrive their program's call for gun control legislation, giving their audience the idea that banning certain types of guns is the solution to preventing future mass murders like the Newtown, Conn., shooting last week.  For the second day in a row, ABC’s Thomas pushed the gun control…
Jeffrey Meyer
December 18th, 2012 3:13 PM

ABC and CBS Skip News of Tim Scott’s Historic Senate Appointment [UP

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Monday announced she will appoint Republican U.S. Representative Tim Scott to the U.S. Senate to replace the departing Senator Jim DeMint, but though he will become the “first African American U.S. Senator from the South since Blanche Bruce of Mississippi in 1881” and the only black -- Democrat or Republican -- in the current Senate, neither ABC nor CBS…
Brent Baker
December 18th, 2012 3:11 PM

NBC Hypes 'Prominent Voices' Backing Gun Control, Including 'Influenti

On Monday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams was eager to seize on any perceived momentum for greater gun control in the wake of Friday's school shooting: "The President said he would use the power of his office to prevent more gun tragedies, and tonight he is being joined by a growing number of prominent voices." In the report that followed, correspondent Tom Costello listed some of…
Kyle Drennen
December 18th, 2012 1:09 PM

He Didn't Mean to, But WashPost's Glenn Kessler Did Conservatives a Fa

Without even realizing it, the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler has done a great service for the conservative movement and the interests of taxpayers. For the first time, we have in one place—citable in a mainstream news source—definitive proof that President Reagan was tricked into agreeing to a phony spending cut/real tax hike deal. The minor detail that the fact checker draws the wrong…
Grover Norquist
December 18th, 2012 12:49 PM

GMA Fawns Over 'Most Traveled' Secretary Clinton; Once Again No Mentio

Following Hillary Clinton’s illness last week, which prompted a fainting spell and a mild concussion, Good Morning America on Tuesday morning hyped the busy career of Ms. Clinton, proudly dubbing her the “Most Traveled Secretary of State.”  The story began with GMA co-host George Stephanopoulos, a former President Clinton operative, mentioning that Ms. Clinton is, “On the mend now" although "…
Jeffrey Meyer
December 18th, 2012 11:31 AM

Bozell, Hannity Review Worst Media Bias of 2012; MSNBC's Harris-Perry

"The blame America crowd has come back, but it's become far more militant. It's the hate America crowd," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on the December 17 edition of Hannity. Bozell was reacting to a now infamous clip from her eponymous July 1 program when MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry trashed the Founding Fathers. "The land on which they formed this Union was stolen. The hands with…
NB Staff
December 18th, 2012 11:21 AM

Leave Santa Alone, Samsung: Smartphone Ad Hints at a Sexting Mrs. Clau

'Tis the season for naughty Santa ads? A Samsung commercial showed Mrs. Claus displaying her naughty side.  Samsung cut an innuendo-laced a commercial for its Galaxy phone. The ad first shows a pair of elves excitedly telling Santa they made a video for him. Mrs. Claus shares the video with Santa simply by touching phones. Then Mrs. Claus says: “I also made you a video,” touches phones, then…
Paul Wilson
December 18th, 2012 11:02 AM

WaPo Associate Editor Compares Obama Prayer Vigil Speech To Gettysburg

The media's gushing and fawning over the current White House resident knows no bounds. Shortly after the President finished speaking at the Sandy Hook prayer vigil Sunday, Washington Post editor and Barack Obama biographer David Maraniss tweeted, "People will long remember what Barack Obama said in Newtown...his Gettysburg address":
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2012 10:28 AM

Samsung Ad Shows Sexting Santa

Mrs. Claus makes the naughty list.
Paul Wilson
December 18th, 2012 10:26 AM

Gun Control? How About Media Control

Since the Connecticut school shooting happened, leftists in and out of the media are calling for more restrictions on guns. But guns are not the only cause for mass shootings. Untreated mental illnesses can be one. The American news environment could, potentially be another. In a column for The Week, Matt Lewis takes on the question of “media control” in light of the fact that the press gives…
Matthew Sheffield
December 18th, 2012 9:56 AM

Open Thread Tuesday

For general conversation and discussion about topics not being covered elsewhere on NewsBusters.
NB Staff
December 18th, 2012 9:55 AM

Letterman Drops F-Bomb On Tom Cruise

Normally it's guests of late night talk shows that utter vulgarities because the hosts know better. Such wasn't the case Monday when the Late Show's David Letterman dropped an f-bomb on guest Tom Cruise (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 18th, 2012 8:39 AM

HBO Announces Clinton-Boosting Documentary -- Produced by Clinton Foun

HBO and Martin Scorsese are producing a documentary on Bill Clinton, with his full participation – which means it will have all the typical goo. But it's even cozier than that. It’s not what you’d call an “independent” film – Washington Post TV writer Lisa de Moraes reported it’s produced by Steve Bing, who “is a major financial contributor to the William J. Clinton Foundation and has…
Tim Graham
December 18th, 2012 7:48 AM