CNBC Host Accuses Dem Congressman of ‘Witch Huntery’ on AIG Retroa

For the second day in a row, CNBC "Squawk on the Street" co-host Mark Haines took on a Democratic congressman over the issue that American International Group (AIG) paid out too much in bonuses for a company that received federal bailout money. On March 19, Haines took on alleged tax cheat Charles Rangel, questioning whether or not he should be dictating tax policy while the House Ethics…
Jeff Poor

Highlights of Mark Levin's Humor at MRC's 2009 Gala and DisHonors Awar

Ken Shepherd

Andrew Breitbart: Chris Matthews Nothing More Than a Reality TV Star

Andrew Breitbart, the founding editor of the conservative Big Hollywood blog, described MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews as a reality TV star trying to keep his short-lived 1990s celebrity status alive.BREITBART: Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann are basically Gary Busey and Jeff Conway.[...]BREITBART: My friend's a Beverly Hills psychiatrist who deals with the neuroses of the stars every…
NB Staff

ABC's Diane Sawyer Presses Carville on 'Mixing Messages,' Leno Joke

On Friday's "Good Morning America," co-host Diane Sawyer actually provided some skepticism about the actions of the Obama administration over the last week and wondered if the White House has "been knocked off its stride this week." This piece was GMA's third segment of the day on the controversy the President created on Thursday when he told "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno that his bowling skills…
Scott Whitlock

Brit Hume Accepts William F. Buckley Jr. Award for Media Excellence

NB Staff

Adventures in Context-ripping; WaPo's Seizes on Joe the Plumber 'Horny

As if out to prove our point about media bias, the Washington Post's Mary Ann Akers seized on a one-liner by Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher made last night at the MRC Gala and DisHonors Awards. Wurzelbacher, accepting the "Obamagasm Award" on behalf of ABC's Bill Weir, made a crack playing off the orgasmic delight that Chris Matthews and others in the media expressed after watching then-candidate…
Ken Shepherd

Weekend Captionfest

Pres. Obama and Jay Leno share a laugh on the Tonight Show, March 19, 2009. Photo Reuters/Larry Downing
NB Staff

MSNBC: AIG Saga Could Get Out of Control Like Schiavo Story

Afraid that the AIG executive bonus bailout just may be the demise of the Democratic Party, MSNBC’s Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd trivialized the death of Terry Schiavo by suggesting the fight over Schiavo’s life was the demise of the Republican party. Host Andrea Mitchell, Gene Robinson, and Chuck Todd were discussing Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s survival of the AIG scandal…
Erin R. Brown

'Superstar' Knut: Poster Bear for Warming Dangers No More

Now a 440 pound 'killing machine' Knut loses spotlight and possibly his home.
Edward Schatz

HBO's Maher Wins MRC DisHonors Awards Quote of the Year

The Media Research Center (MRC) today proudly announces that HBO's Bill Maher is the "Winner" of Quote of the Year for tastelessly suggesting that Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol was the actual birth mother of her infant son, Trig. Maher was selected by the more than 800 attendees of the MRC's annual DisHonors Awards Gala, held last night at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C.…
NB Staff

Ohio Blogger's Food Stamp Post Leads to Exposure of State's New Middle

An important story appeared in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Tuesday. Here's how it began (Warren County is adjacent to and northeast of Cincinnati's Hamilton County): County: no more food stamps for rich Warren County’s poor (population) does not include someone with $80,000 in the bank, a paid-off $311,000 home and a Mercedes, members of the Warren County Board of Commissioners said Tuesday. And…
Tom Blumer

The Nation Mag: Time for Socialist Intervention for an 'Independent' M

This was inevitable with the economic crisis. In The Nation magazine, leftist media critics John Nichols and Robert McChesney announce their utopian intentions to have the government intervene heavily in the media sphere and spread their tentacles all over the project of insuring an "independent" media in every American city and town. It’s time for an "immediate journalism economic stimulus," and…
Tim Graham

MSNBC Dives To Cover For Obama With New 'Special Olympics' Theory

This morning, MSNBC’s Alex Witt was in full damage control mode, working whatever apologist explanations she could find into her reluctant coverage of last night's teleprompter-free “Tonight Show” appearance by the president. [audio available here]Obama was doing quite well at staying on message, when he made the following comment in reaction to Jay Leno's question about his infamous lack of…
Mike Sargent

NBC Buries Obama Special Olympics line; ABC Knocks 'Late Night Gaffe

NBC's "Today" show on Friday minimized and neglected a gaffe by Barack Obama that his bowling skills are on the level of the "Special Olympics or something." In contrast, ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS's "Early Show" heavily covered the remark. GMA devoted the first two segments to the ill advised joke the President made on Thursday's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno." And although "Today"…
Scott Whitlock