
Bozell: Media Obsessed with Supposed Tea Party Incivility Deliberately
The same media that were "obsessive about the need for civility in the American public conservation" is deliberately ignoring the utter lack of civility, and worse, violence, from the left as evidenced by union thug violence this past week in Lansing, Michigan, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued on the December 13 Hannity program.
"What is key here is that reporters were there. That…
December 14th, 2012 12:30 PM

Barbara Walters Tosses Softballs to 'Charming' Obama: 'What's Your Fav
Good Morning America on Friday offered a fawning preview of Barbara Walters' exclusive interview with Barack and Michelle Obama. Walters gushed over the "touching," "charming" couple and asked the President softballs such as "What's your favorite app?" [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
The journalist couldn't get over just how adorable the two Democrats are, fawning, "Together, she teases…
December 14th, 2012 12:00 PM
Matt Damon: 'I Need To Pay More Taxes
Why is it wealthy liberals don’t understand that if they want to pay more income taxes, they can each year on their 1040 form make an additional contribution to the federal government above and beyond what they owe?
Consider the case of actor Matt Damon who on PBS’s Tavis Smiley Show Wednesday actually said, “I need to pay more taxes” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
December 14th, 2012 11:23 AM
NBC's Williams to Rice: 'Were You Set Up? Were You a Victim of Circums
In an exclusive interview on Thursday's NBC Rock Center with U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice following her withdrawal of her name to be secretary of state, host Brian Williams worked to portray her as a victim of unwarranted political attacks: "She's been under withering attack for weeks....Were you set up? Were you a victim of circumstance? Bad data? Bad information?...Are you blameless in all this…
December 14th, 2012 11:13 AM

MSNBC: Matt Drudge Is Racist for Criticizing N-Word in Movie
Riddle me this: How can a cable news program be so sensitive regarding the use of the “n word” that they blur it out of a website headline shown onscreen, then turn around and defend a film in which that same word is used more than 100 times?
That's what happened during Wednesday's edition of Martin Bashir's MSNBC talk show. The host and both of his guests attacked editor Matt Drudge as a “…
December 14th, 2012 11:07 AM

NB Readers Have Spoken: See the Winners of the 2012 'Worst Reporting
Every year a panel of leading expert conservative media observers picks the most-biased media quotes for the Media Research Center's annual awards for the year's "worst reporting." We will announce those results on Monday, but first, the readers of NewsBusters and MRC.org have spoken, and the results of our "public ballot" are in.
December 14th, 2012 11:04 AM
Kochs Open Up to Forbes: ‘We Get Death Threats
Few wealthy individuals are demonized as much as Charles and David Koch. The brothers, who are worth $31 billion each, have been targets of the left and the news media, but in a rare interview in the Dec. 24 edition of Forbes Magazine showed much more about the them than the typical media mention of the Kochs.
The Kochs are the big funders of conservative and libertarian-leaning groups and…
December 14th, 2012 9:28 AM
Barbra Streisand Insists She Could ‘Never’ Fall in Love With Repub
In an interview with CNN, left-wing singer Barbra Streisand revealed that she has “never” been in love with a Republican and that she did not think it would be possible for her to do so unless there was some sort of “enormous sexual chemistry.”
Streisand’s comments were made in response to a question from her host, former tabloid editor and current CNN host Piers Morgan. Video and transcript…
December 14th, 2012 9:13 AM
Rasmussen Column: ObamaCare Is Still Fighting For Its Life
Having survived the Supreme Court and the November elections, President Obama's health care law now faces an even bigger hurdle: the reality of making it work.
Implementation of any massive new program requires cooperation, something the health care law can't count on. Overall, just 46 percent of voters nationwide have a favorable opinion of the law, while 49 percent offer a negative view.…
December 14th, 2012 7:30 AM
ESPN Analyst Rob Parker: Redskins Quarterback Robert Griffin III Not R
Update 14:23. Rob Parker has been suspended for his offensive remarks.
During the Thursday edition of the ESPN show First Take, analyst Rob Parker injected racial issues into the game as he took a bitter swipe at Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, criticizing him for being engaged to a white woman and possibly being one of those evil, nasty Republicans.
“Is he a brother or…
December 14th, 2012 1:32 AM
Daily Kos: Colbert the Idiot Is 'Overqualified' to Be Senate Republica
For conservatives who aren’t enamored of liberal comedian Stephen Colbert’s “look, I’m an idiot conservative!” routine, it’s not amusing that Democratic pollster Tom Jensen went into South Carolina and found that Colbert was the “people’s choice” to replace resigning Sen. Jim DeMint.
But David Nir at the Daily Kos thinks that’s just perfect, since Colbert the Idiot is “overqualified” in a…
December 13th, 2012 11:16 PM

Oops: New York Mag's John Heilemann on 'Why...Susan Rice Will Be the N
New York magazine's political writer and frequent MSNBC guest John Heilemann confidently predicted in the December 3 issue that United Nations ambassador Susan Rice would be the next Secretary of State. That issue's table of contents put it starkly: "John Heilemann on why, John McCain be damned, Susan Rice will be the next secretary of State."
Or perhaps not. On Thursday afternoon, NBC…
December 13th, 2012 6:31 PM

New York Times' Weisman Hits 'Far Right' Conservatives in Congress for
New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman threw around hostile labels in his Thursday piece on the ongoing tactical fight in Washington, pitting the "far right" against responsible "pragmatists" in the tactical battle over fiscal policy in "Boehner Tries to Contain Defections on Fiscal Unity."
Speaker John A. Boehner moved Wednesday to maintain Republican unity on deficit reduction talks as…
December 13th, 2012 5:58 PM

NBC's Todd Labels Susan Rice 'Victim' of 'Conservative Media' Attacks
Moments after news broke of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrawing her name from consideration to be secretary of state, NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd appeared on MSNBC's Martin Bashir to denounce those he deemed responsible: "It was all driven, in many cases, by some conservative outlets who were making her the center of the Benghazi story....[which] never made a lot of sense…
December 13th, 2012 5:34 PM