TelePrompter Story Shows Another Way Old Media Covers for Obama

Carol E. Lee of Politico had a short March 5 piece about President Obama's singular inability to give a speech, even short ones, without the crutch of a TelePrompter in front of him to prod him about what to say next. This isn't the only time the media has raised its eyebrow about the president's TelePrompters (I even covered it myself not long ago), so the story isn't a new one, but one little…
Warner Todd Huston

Globe Column: A Perfect Example of Lies About Rush

Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe started off her column on March 6 with the exact same feeling about the current Obama/Limbaugh feud that I at first had: I wasn't going to talk about it either. But after reading her column of distortions and outright lies about Limbaugh -- as well as the ever present fat jokes and general incivility -- I couldn't resist analyzing her column. It is, as it occurs…
Warner Todd Huston

Matthews Plays Unfair Hardball With Pro-Lifer

MSNBC host throws out unfounded accusations about anti-abortion movement saying it wants to 'throw people in jail.'
Erin Brown

A Low-Tech Lent

Italian bishops urge congregations to give up electronic messaging until Easter.
L. Brent Bozell III

Barney Frank Seeks Prosecutions for Those Involved in Downturn

House Financial Services Committee chairman to push for civil, criminal statutes to make bad practices illegal, but avoids addressing his own role in downturn.
Jeff Poor

Interviews from NewsBusters at CPAC

There were many famous people at CPAC this year and I was lucky enough to run into some of them. And some of those I ran into even let me ask them a few questions about media bias. The resulting videos are embedded below the fold.The four interviews I was able to get where with Joe the Plumber, John Ziegler, George Phillips, and Roger Simon. Each have unique experiences with liberal media bias…
Stephen Gutowski

CNN’s D. L. Hughley Ends Show, Days After He Called Republicans Nazi

Less than a week after stating that the Republican National Convention “literally look[s] like Nazi Germany,” D. L. Hughley has decided to end the run of his CNN program. Both Entertainment Weekly and the TVNewser blog gave the official CNN statement on the matter: “D.L. approached CNN about being permanently based in Los Angeles, where his family lives. To accommodate this, we agreed upon a new…
Matthew Balan

Newsweek’s Alter on MSNBC: GOP ‘Party of Jell-O’ For Not Standin

During the 3:00PM EST hour on MSNBC on Thursday, anchor Norah O’Donnell teased an upcoming segment on Rush Limbaugh and the Republican Party: "Coming up, is the party of Lincoln in danger of becoming the party of jell-o? Why conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh could be a liability for the Grand Old Party." O’Donnell was referring to an Newsweek article by columnist Jonathan Alter and later…
Kyle Drennen

Ari Fleischer Zings MSNBC: Should Dems Denounce Keith Olbermann

Former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleischer appeared on the Thursday edition of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and stopped the program cold when he challenged the hosts as to whether they were "going after Democrat members of Congress for why they aren't distancing themselves from Keith Olbermann?" Co-anchors Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, who had been discussing the battle between the…
Scott Whitlock

Rachel Maddow on Leno: Limbaugh Should Back Socialism Once It's Enacte

Tim Graham

Media Mum on AFL-CIO Florida Trip

They hammered Northern Trust events a week ago, but networks silent as AFL-CIO bosses 'work' in South Beach, Florida.
Edward Schatz

MSNBC: GOP ‘Sinking Fast’ Because of Rush Limbaugh

At the top of Wednesday’s 3:00PM EST hour on MSNBC, anchor Norah O’Donnell declared: "Well, the back and forth between Rush Limbaugh and RNC Chairman Michael Steele continues. A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows the GOP's approval is sinking fast, only 26% of those polled give the party a positive rating." O’Donnell spoke to Jennifer Skalka, editor of the blog Hotline On Call, and asked…
Kyle Drennen

CNBC's Macke: Obama Holding Dow Back 2,000 Points as Markets Sag

Finally after five straight down days for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), it rallied back 149 points to finish at 6,875 on March 4. But it picked right back up today and continued to fall. What's holding it back? CNBC "The Kudlow Report " host Larry Kudlow had Jeff Macke, founder and president of Macke Asset Management on his March 4 program and asked if the rally, along with other…
Jeff Poor

Obama's UN Ambassador Married to 'This Week' Executive Producer

The unholy alliance between the White House and ABC's George Stephanopoulos goes beyond mere conference calls with President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.The executive producer of "This Week" is married to newly-confirmed United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice.Such was reported by Commentary magazine's Jennifer Rubin Thursday:
Noel Sheppard