MSNBC Finds Sexism Angle in... NFL's New Stadium Bag Ban
Leave it to the Lean Forward network to weave a war-on-women theme into just about anything. Today the network's Tamron Hall and Janet Shamlian hinted sexism was in play with a new NFL ban on large bans in stadiums. The move, they complained, disproportionately affected female football fans who might set out for the big game with a large bag or purse.
Here's how NewsNation host Tamron Hall…
August 20th, 2013 5:16 PM
CNN Continues to Ignore Warnings of Potential Obamacare 'Privacy Disas
CNN has ignored two warnings that Obamacare's privacy protection may be at risk when the state exchanges open October 1, which could leave participants open to the threat of identity theft. An Inspector General report recently detailed how the security system was months behind schedule, and last week 13 state attorneys general wrote to HHS Secretary Sebelius warning of a possible "privacy…
August 20th, 2013 4:56 PM
NPR's Cokie Roberts: GOP's Debate Ban of CNN, NBC 'A Little Bit Childi
On Monday's Morning Edition on NPR, Cokie Roberts did little to hide her feelings about the Republican National Committee's recent decision to exclude NBC and CNN from hosting future debates between would-be GOP presidential candidates. Roberts asserted that "some might think it's a little bit childish."
Roberts also brushed off the impact of the RNC's move, stating that it's "not likely to…
August 20th, 2013 4:36 PM
Media Emergency: Sequester Now Killing Adorable Bunnies
No, really — it has. And it’s all Congress’s fault. (Well, not all of Congress. Just Republicans, who want to “hurt Americans.”) You can tell how serious these rabbit-killing budget cuts are when the Huffington Post writes about them under the banner “Sequestration Ushers In A Dark Age For Science In America.” Ooooh, ominous.
So, what exactly is the story? The least dramatic telling of it is…
August 20th, 2013 4:22 PM
ABC Manages Entire Segment on 'White House Response' to Egypt Without
Good Morning America devoted a segment on Tuesday to the "White House response" on the growing crisis in Egypt without ever mentioning Barack Obama's name. George Stephanopoulos simply informed viewers that "members of Congress continue to debate whether to cut off U.S. aid to Egypt."
Stephanopoulos later told reporter Martha Raddatz that "the United States [is] saying that for now, at least…
August 20th, 2013 4:21 PM
MSNBC's Sharpton Repeats Distortion That O'Reilly Tagged 'People in Ne
On Monday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, host Al Sharpton again raised a distortion against FNC host Bill O'Reilly as he accused O'Reilly of applying the word "parasites" to "people in need," even though the FNC host was referring to people abusing the welfare system.
After Sharpton asserted that O'Reilly "slammed food stamp recipients as parasites," he played a clip of the FNC host. O'Reilly:
August 20th, 2013 4:13 PM
Yale: New York Times and Washington Post Have 'Worldwide Reputation fo
Readers are strongly advised to remove all fluids, flammables, and sharp objects from their computers' proximity as the following is likely to cause uncontrollable fits of laughter! You've been warned!
In the Yale College Writing Center's guide to what's considered a "scholarly source," the New York Times and Washington Post are depicted as having developed "a national or even worldwide…
August 20th, 2013 4:06 PM
Video: Noyes, Varney Discuss Liberal Chicago Tribune Turning on ObamaC
When the president's hometown paper the Chicago Tribune turns on ObamaCare, you know it's getting real. "This is a paper that endorsed him twice [for president]" and for which former Obama campaign manager David Axelrod used to work, NewsBusters senior editor and Rich Noyes told Fox Business Network's Stuart Varney on his August 20 FBN program Varney & Co.
On top of that, Noyes reminded…
August 20th, 2013 3:42 PM
NYT Editor: 'I Actually Don’t Think' We 'Reflect a Liberal Point of
As NewsBusters previously reported, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan admitted Sunday that her paper has a liberal bias.
In an interview with the New Republic Tuesday, editor Jill Abramson disagreed saying, "I actually don’t think it does":
August 20th, 2013 3:16 PM
MSNBC’s Witt Taunts Cory Booker’s GOP Opponent, Insisting He's a L
On MSNBC’s Weekends with Alex Witt on Sunday, Ms. Witt brought on New Jersey Republican Steve Lonegan, the businessman and former small town mayor who is running against Democrat Cory Booker for the open U.S. Senate seat in the Garden State. The liberal media consensus around the country is that Booker is practically a shoo-in to win the election, and Witt was more than happy to beat Lonegan…
August 20th, 2013 2:46 PM
Appearing on Publicly Funded PBS, Kevin Spacey Brags He Ran Theatre wi
Actor Kevin Spacey came on PBS's Charlie Rose show to promote his Netflix series House of Cards and talk about his success at running Britain's Old Vic Theatre. In the process Spacey, inadvertently, taught Rose and his liberal viewers a valuable economics lesson.
On Tuesday's show, aired on the publicly funded PBS, the Academy Award winning actor told Rose that his time as artistic director…
August 20th, 2013 2:16 PM
John Kerry Clears State Dept. Officials Over Benghazi; ABC, NBC Yawn
Tuesday's CBS This Morning stood out as the only Big Three network morning newscast to cover the latest development in the controversy surrounding the September 11, 2012 Islamist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. Gayle King gave a 26-second news brief to Secretary of State John Kerry clearing four mid-level diplomats to return to duty, after they were placed on leave by his…
August 20th, 2013 1:28 PM
Lamar Smith Column: National Media Failing the American People on Obam
The thought of ObamaCare makes many Americans uneasy. The American people know that this overhaul of the health care system drives up the cost of health care, undermines the doctor-patient relationship and vastly expands the role of the federal government.
The national media’s coverage of the health care reform law has been anything but balanced. From the onset, the media have used emotional…
August 20th, 2013 1:11 PM
Forget All the Problems With ObamaCare, There's a New White House Dog
Rather than focus on the myriad of problems plaguing the implementation of ObamaCare, on Tuesday, all three network morning shows instead provided coverage of the First Family getting a second dog. On NBC's Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander happily announced: "Move over Bo, there's a new dog in town, Sunny. And for her inaugural play date, the White House released it's own music…
August 20th, 2013 1:11 PM