Forget Piers, Soledad, and Candy: CNN's D.C. Chief Claims They Never T

Tommy Christopher at Mediaite embarrassed himself in a servile interview with CNN Washington Bureau Chief Sam Feist, who, we’re told, “explained how preparation and perspiration helped deliver the night for his network, and cemented their brand, as they see it: the network you can trust.” Is this an interview, or a commercial? Even Mediaite reported Fox News easily won the night in prime time.…
Tim Graham
November 11th, 2012 8:32 AM

Mitch McConnell: Sen. Schumer's 'On Another Planet

Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal interviewed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who talked tough. "I am not willing to raise taxes to turn off the sequester. Period." He said Sen. Chuck Schumer is "on another planet" to think Republicans would just raise tax rates and close loopholes. Moore noted this is a negotiating position. “This isn't to say that next week, when the lame-…
Tim Graham
November 11th, 2012 7:49 AM

Cuomo's 'Climate Change'-Linking 'We Didn't Have Hurricanes' Statement

In a Thursday afternoon item carried at the Los Angeles Times via reporters Shashank Bengali and Joseph Serna (HT NewsBusters tipster Gary Hall), New York Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed that "When we built New York, we didn’t think about floods, about storms. We didn’t have hurricanes and floods. ... Extreme weather is here to stay. Climate change is a reality. Political gridlock has held us…
Tom Blumer
November 10th, 2012 10:57 PM

TV Guide's Critic Loves PBS, But Loathed Oliver Stone's 'Anti-Imperial

In the new issue of TV Guide, TV critic Matt Roush touted an “array of new documentary series and specials,” including “strong installments” on the leftist PBS shows Frontline and Independent Lens. But underneath came his withering review of the new Showtime series Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States. “Audit this class and you’ll want to play hooky,” he wrote:
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2012 9:41 PM

CNN Employee on HuffPost: 'My Son Wore a Dress for Halloween

You might know you’re on The Huffington Post when you find an article headlined “My Son Wore a Dress for Halloween.” The author was Kelly Byrom, an “Art Director for HLN-TV and CNN.” Her son "Twirl" (a pseudonym) knocked on doors as the Disney fairy Silvermist. Like a good liberal, she fears that her son will be pressured to change: "My biggest worry is the same as C.J.'s mom, who so…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2012 9:24 PM

Mark Shields: 'Republican Base Moving From Its Own Home to the Rest Ho

"The Republican base is moving from its own home to the rest home to the funeral home." So said PBS's Mark Shields Friday on Inside Washington (video follows with transcript and commentary, file photo):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 7:30 PM

Anderson Cooper: 'How Does Dick Morris Still Have a Job

CNN's Anderson Cooper asked a question on CBS's Late Show Friday that some might consider a bit indelicate. "How does Dick Morris still have a job?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 4:53 PM

Samuel L. Jackson Tells S.E. Cupp ‘You Don’t Want To F—k With Di

A war broke out on the set of HBO’s Real Time Friday when MSNBC’s sole conservative commentator S.E. Cupp had the nerve to say that Barack Obama’s foreign policy was no different than former President George W. Bush’s. In the midst of the shouting, actor Samuel L. Jackson said to Cupp, “You don’t want to f—k with Dick Cheney" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 3:24 PM

More Maher Ignorance: Richard Mourdock Lost To 'Elizabeth Warren Up In

As NewsBusters readers know, one of my favorite things to do on Saturday is expose the stunning ignorance of HBO's Bill Maher. The Real Time host didn't let me down Friday actually saying during his prepared opening monologue that Indiana's Richard Mourdock lost his senate bid Tuesday to - wait for it! - "Elizabeth Warren up in Massachusetts" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 1:09 PM

Democratic Strategist James Carville Scolds Andrew Sullivan For Always

Stop the presses! Stop the presses! On HBO's Real Time Friday, Democratic strategist James Carville - yes, I said Democratic strategist James Carville - scolded the Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan for always blaming Republicans (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 12:10 PM

WashPost Prints Letter Mocking the Ombudsman for Claiming The Post Isn

In Saturday’s Washington Post, they published a conservative letter to the editor mocking ombudsman Patrick Pexton’s Sunday column acknowledging the obvious – that "in the vast majority of elections - federal, state, or local - The Post generally endorses Democrats." But Pexton tried to insist the paper made significant Republican endorsements. For example, “It endorsed Virginia Republican…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2012 11:31 AM

S.E. Cupp Makes a Fool Out of Andrew Sullivan on HBO's Real Time

For the second time in less than two weeks, Andrew Sullivan's ignorance was revealed on national television. Following George Will and PBS's Gwen Ifill on ABC's This Week last month, MSNBC's sole conservative commentator S.E. Cupp assisted Sullivan with looking like a total moron on HBO's Real Time Friday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 11:14 AM

Did Paula Broadwell's Husband Write The New York Times About Her Affai

David Haglund at Slate.com cited Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy for tweeting an "interesting letter." A letter published in July in "The Ethicist" column in The New York Times Magazine might just be from the husband of Paula Broadwell, the author and lover of former CIA director David Petraeus. "The second letter in this particular installment was titled 'My Wife’s Lover,' and it begins with…
Tim Graham
November 10th, 2012 10:10 AM

Maher: Republicans Reacted to Obama Win Like They 'Found Out Their Wif

Last week Bill Maher warned Mitt Romney supporters, "Black people know who you are and they will come after you." On HBO's Real Time Friday, the host said that Republicans reacted to Obama's victory Tuesday like they "just found out that their wife is f--king a black guy" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 10th, 2012 9:45 AM