Diane Sawyer Goads John Boehner: Obama Won; Why Won't You Just Raise T

Wold News host Diane Sawyer on Thursday grilled John Boehner, pushing the House Speaker to support tax increases in the wake of Barack Obama's victory. In a clip played on Friday's Good Morning America, the anchor lectured, "[Obama] campaigned on it. Sixty percent of the voters have said that they are ready to raise these taxes. They are ready to have the wealthier Americans pitch in here." […
Scott Whitlock
November 9th, 2012 12:01 PM

NBC's 'Today' Fawns Over 'Tearful' and 'Emotional' Obama Thanking Supp

Throughout Friday's NBC Today, hosts and reporters gushed over a video released by the Obama campaign of the President tearing up as he talked to supporters at a Chicago campaign office. At the top of the show, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: "Thanking the team. President Obama gets tearful in a speech to young campaign staffers." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2012 11:54 AM

Bozell to Comcast/NBC: You're Responsible for 'Hateful', 'Spiteful' Ch

Chris Matthews's disgusting pronouncement that he was glad Hurricane Sandy struck New Jersey because it aided the president's reelection bid is just the latest in a string of mean-spirited, hateful, partisan rhetoric from the Hardball host, and Comcast/NBC has to own up to their responsibility for it, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Sean Hannity on the November 8 Hannity. "You own…
NB Staff
November 9th, 2012 10:22 AM

Frum: Republicans 'Fleeced, Exploited And Lied To' By 'Conservative En

David Frum blames the media for Mitt Romney's loss. Not the liberal media, of course--we are talking David Frum, after all. No, Frum blames the conservative media, or as he calls it, "the conservative entertainment complex." Frum touted his upside-down take on the media during a Morning Joe appearance today while promoting his instant e-book, "Why Romney Lost." Joe Scarborough liked the line…
Mark Finkelstein
November 9th, 2012 10:18 AM

Letterman: 'Don't Be Surprised If You Read Karl Rove Was Beaten Up By

David Letterman took a swipe at Karl Rove and the Koch brothers Thursday. During his opening monogue on the CBS Late Show, the host said, "Don't be surprised if you read that Karl Rove was beaten up by the Koch brothers" (video follows with transcript):
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2012 9:59 AM

Letterman's Post-Election Obama Ad: ‘Hey Clint – F—k You

David Letterman took a vulgar swipe at Clint Eastwood Thursday. During his monologue on CBS's Late Show, the host played a mock post-election Obama commercial featuring an announcer saying, "Hey Clint - f--k you" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2012 9:22 AM

AP Won't Print Name of Sex Harassment Accuser of Waffle House CEO -- B

On Thursday night, the Associated Press unveiled a bizarre new standard of disclosure and non-disclosure in sexual harassment allegations. In a story on a sexual harassment complaint against Joseph Rogers, the CEO of Waffle House, AP reporter Kate Brumback would not name the accuser, since "The Associated Press does not identify alleged victims of sexual harassment." But it does somehow find…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2012 7:27 AM

Brian Williams Turned to Steve Schmidt on Election Night: Tell Them It

Now that the Republican Party lost another presidential election, the hot trend right now in the liberal media is to turn to the conservative-trashing Republicans and urge them to tell the public once again how the conservatives are ruining American politics with their crazy talk. Perhaps because he loves Barack Obama so deeply, NBC anchor Brian Williams spent Election Night in a snit over…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2012 12:21 AM

Miami Herald Columnist on CBS: GOP Losing Because Electorate Isn't 'Ol

Liberal Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen caricatured the Republican Party's base on Thursday's CBS This Morning. Hiaasen asserted that President Obama won Florida on Tuesday because Mitt Romney's campaign didn't appeal to "people who vote who are not old/middle-aged, angry white guys." The writer from Florida also credited the incumbent Democrat's supporters: "I think the Obama campaign…
Matthew Balan
November 8th, 2012 7:11 PM

MSNBC Didn't Matter - Until He Came Along, Suggests Ed Schultz

This is a man whose ego has become so inflated, he needs crowbars to get his head through doorways. On his radio show yesterday, Ed Schultz paused from his repeated spiking of the football in response to the election to make an unintentionally revealing remark about MSNBC, where he hosts a primetime cable show on weeknights (audio) --
Jack Coleman
November 8th, 2012 6:50 PM

Spiking the Football? CNN Laughs at Republicans After Election Night L

On Thursday's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer played a montage of liberal comedians poking fun at election night coverage with the jokes overwhelmingly targeting Republicans and conservatives. "Turns out it's not all bad news for the Republicans. I guess it seems depression is covered by ObamaCare," quipped Tonight Show host Jay Leno. "A big night for the Democrats, Obama won the…
Matt Hadro
November 8th, 2012 6:37 PM

Gabby Giffords Shooter Jared Loughner Gets Seven Life Sentences

Jared Lee Loughner, the man that shot former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) in a Tucson shooting rampage in January 2011, was given seven life sentences without the ability of parole Thursday. Victims and their relatives including Giffords' husband Mark Kelly addressed Loughner in the courtroom before the sentence was read.
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2012 5:59 PM

Walter Williams Column: Our Deviant Society

Here's one usage of the term gentleman: The gentleman helped the fallen lady to her feet. Here's another, one we might hear from a newscaster or a police spokesman: Tonight we report on the arrest of two gentlemen who raped, sodomized and murdered an 80-year-old woman. During earlier times, to be called a gentleman meant one was honest, brave, courteous and loyal. Today "gentleman" is used…
Walter E. Williams
November 8th, 2012 5:29 PM

ABC's Terry Moran Snarls at Limbaugh for 'Slandering' Obama Voters; Ru

A sneering Terry Moran on Wednesday night slammed an out-of-touch Republican Party in the wake of Barack Obama's reelection. According to Moran, Rush Limbaugh showed "contempt" for the President's voters and "slandered" them as "moochers." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] In contrast, Moran extolled Obama as "grayer and maybe wiser." He cheered, "But in the America of the 21st century, he…
Scott Whitlock
November 8th, 2012 5:23 PM