Ever So 'Helpful' AP Tells Readers That 'Right to Work' Name 'Is Misle

Demonstrating his and his employer's pro-union bias, Jeff Karoub at the Associated Press, in compiling a list of "5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MICH. RIGHT-TO-WORK BILLS," made "The Name Is Misleading" his first item. As an AP journalist, Karoub is likely a member of the Occupy Movement-supporting News Media Guild. Earlier this year, his employer's recently departed chairman, acting in an official…
Tom Blumer
December 12th, 2012 11:14 AM

Sharpton: 'People Should Think Twice Before They Invite Michigan Gov

Is wanting workers to have the right to choose if they're going to join a union racist? Apparently it is according to MSNBC commentator Al Sharpton who concluded a Huffington Post rant about Michigan's newly enacted right to work laws Wednesday, "People should think twice before they invite Gov. Snyder to a King Day celebration in three weeks."
Noel Sheppard
December 12th, 2012 10:15 AM

Open Thread Wednesday

Discuss the news of the day and whatever else you'd like.
NB Staff
December 12th, 2012 10:14 AM

NYT's Egan Sees 'Smothering' of Gun-Control Debate, Says Limbaugh and

Liberal New York Times reporter, now far-left Times columnist Timothy Egan ludicrously diagnoses a national squelching of debate on gun control in Thursday's post, "The Great Gun Gag." Along the way he claimed that "Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin "are to reasoned argument what salt is to a slug."
Clay Waters
December 12th, 2012 9:40 AM

Washington Post's Marcus: 'Unions Aren't Going to Survive When People

Appearing on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports on Tuesday, liberal Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus lashed out against passage of Michigan's right-to-work law: "Unions are reeling, and the more states that enact measures like this, the more unions will be reeling....unions aren't going to survive when people have a choice of whether to ante up the dues or to get the benefit of being free-…
Kyle Drennen
December 12th, 2012 9:32 AM

WashPost Promotes Angry Journo Charging Media Only Cover Mexican-Ameri

The Washington Post today indicted America’s media for failing to notice a Spanish-language star until she died in a plane crash: “Mainstream media’s belated discovery of Jenni Rivera stirs some anger among Hispanic Americans.” Media reporter Paul Farhi only spotlighted one angry California journalist, Gustavo Arellano, who writes a column called “Ask A Mexican,” and Farhi must not have asked…
Tim Graham
December 12th, 2012 8:55 AM

USAT-Carried Report on Crowder Assault, AFP Tent Tear-Down: 'No Report

Perhaps hoping that readers wouldn't scroll down to peruse what followed, a Tuesday evening Detroit Free Press report by David Jesse and Lori Higgins carried at USA Today featured a video taking up my entire computer screen which consisted entirely of union protesters chanting slogans for 49 seconds. The pair's actual report carries a misleading headline ("Mich. governor signs anti-union…
Tom Blumer
December 12th, 2012 1:16 AM

Bozell Column: Not Enough Liberal Bias In Loony Land

How could a liberal actually be upset with the liberal media for their coverage of the 2012 presidential election? Well, Daniel Froomkin of The Huffington Post (formerly of The Washington Post) is furious. His complaint carried the headline “How the Mainstream Press Bungled the Single Biggest Story of the 2012 Campaign.” What would that story be? “Namely, the radical right-wing, off-the-rails…
Brent Bozell
December 11th, 2012 11:23 PM

Religion Writer Forwards New Feminist Complaint: We Never See Depictio

As I argued yesterday, the Advent season is exploited every year by the liberal media to tweak faithful Christians, using the holidays as a hook for liberal political and religious themes or to advance ancient heresies. Ditto with the Lenten season. Well, the latest example comes from David Gibson of the Religion News Service, who has picked up on a new complaint from a feminist scholar,…
Ken Shepherd
December 11th, 2012 6:45 PM

Unhinged Chris Matthews Berates Conservative Guest 13 Times: 'Who's Pa

An unhinged Chris Matthews on Tuesday berated a representative of Americans for Prosperity with the same question 13 times. Talking to Scott Hagerstrom, the Hardball anchor didn't seem to hear the answer, despite Hagerstrom repeating it over and over. Matthews fumed, "Well, who's paying your salary?" [See a montage video below. MP3 audio here.] A calm Hagerstrom appeared on the show to…
Scott Whitlock
December 11th, 2012 6:29 PM

AP on Friday: Mich. Right to Work Law an Exercise in 'Raw Power,' With

There will be plenty of time later to look at how the Associated Press and other wires more than likely fail to report the violence that took place in connection with right-to-work legislative actions in Michigan's legislature today. For now, let's look at the reactions of Associated Press reporters John Flesher and Jeff Karoub on Friday in an item which is no longer at the AP's main national…
Tom Blumer
December 11th, 2012 6:25 PM

Maddow Touts Comrade O'Donnell's Triumph While Airbrushing Gingrich's

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is rarely at a loss for words, unless what he says is edited by Rachel Maddow. On her cable show last night, Maddow swooned in response to MSNBC colleague and avowed "extreme left" socialist Lawrence O'Donnell's alleged success in an exchange with Gingrich on "Meet the Press" this past Sunday. (video clip after page break) 
Jack Coleman
December 11th, 2012 6:05 PM

Sean Penn Expresses 'Love' for Ailing Chavez: 'One of the Most Importa

Actor Sean Penn attended a candlelight vigil for ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in La Paz on Monday. "He is one of the most important forces we’ve had on this planet," said a choked up Penn to those assembled. "I do it in love and I do it in gratitude" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 11th, 2012 6:04 PM

Martin Bashir Ignores Violence By Union Thugs, Assails Michigan Govern

On a day when violent union protesters in Mighigan attacked those who would dare disagree with them, MSNBC stuck to liberal talking points. Anchor Martin Bashir on Tuesday ignored the assaults and instead assailed the state's Republican governor for his "crap burger" comments. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Although Bashir showed footage of some of the protests, he did not discuss the…
Scott Whitlock
December 11th, 2012 5:10 PM