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MSNBC’s ‘Tweet Of The Day’ Highlights Politico’s Thrush Making
A daily feature on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. is the ‘tweet of the day’ in which host Chris Jansing showcases a tweet from a politician or a member of the media that is topical to a major news event. Most of Jansing’s featured tweets are from liberal journalists, and on March 7, things weren’t much different.
Following coverage of Senator Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) 13-hour filibuster over the…
March 7th, 2013 1:06 PM
NBC Whines About Vatican 'Secrecy' And Media 'Clamp Down
In a report from the Vatican on Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Keir Simmons fretted over Church officials limiting press access to cardinals as they prepare to elect the next Pope in Conclave: "The U.S. cardinals have been told to stop talking, to close ranks. Since Monday, they've been holding news conferences....The last, abruptly cancelled before it began, the Vatican imposing immediate…
March 7th, 2013 12:48 PM

Video: Noyes, Varney Discuss Media's Hype of Sequester, Befuddlement T
In the fortnight leading up to the sequester, the broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC wrung their hands about "all the catastrophes that would happen if these cuts went through," NewsBusters senior editor Rich Noyes noted on the March 7 edition of Fox Business Network's Varney & Co. Since, then, however, "they've spent no time asking how is the White House going to decide where these cuts…
March 7th, 2013 12:42 PM
ABC Skimps on Filibuster Coverage, Offers Confusing Explanation of Ran
ABC's World News on Wednesday and Good Morning America on Thursday offered confusing, incomplete and brief explanations for why Rand Paul filibustered John Brennan, Barack Obama's Central Intelligence Agency nominee. According to GMA news reader Josh Elliott, "Paul was protesting the Obama administration's use of drone strikes against Americans." [Video of the terse explanations can be found…
March 7th, 2013 12:38 PM
CNN Gives 8 Times More Coverage to Beyoncé Lip Sync Than Obama Seques
CNN gave over eight times more coverage to Beyonce lip synching the national anthem than it did to President Obama's falsehood on the sequester last Friday.
After the President claimed in last Friday's presser that Capitol Hill janitors and police would receive a pay cut because of the sequester, CNN correspondent Dana Bash fact-checked it and found it not to be the case. Her report aired…
March 7th, 2013 11:47 AM
Pelosi: 'I Hope the Democrats Will Use the Filibuster Some Time as Wel
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) commented Thursday on Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) historic filibuster the previous day.
'I hope the Democrats will use the filibuster some time as well in that way."
March 7th, 2013 11:45 AM

Jessica Simpson: ‘I Keep Planning on Getting Married But I Keep Gett
Actress and singer Jessica Simpson made a comment Wednesday that is so preposterous in the year 2013 – especially from a woman that is estimated to be worth $100 million! – that it completely defies reason.
Appearing on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the once again pregnant Simpson said, “I keep planning on getting married but I keep getting knocked up.”
March 7th, 2013 10:43 AM
On Morning Joe, An Intra-Squad Liberal Dogfight Over Drones
As Joe Scarborough said, "this is liberal on liberal on liberal violence. I love watching it." He was referring to the intra-squad liberal dogfight, spurred by Rand Paul's filibuster, that broke out on Morning Joe today over the use of drones by the U.S. government. H/t NB reader Ray R.
Though former car czar Steve Rattner played a supporting role, the two main combatants were Sam Stein of…
March 7th, 2013 10:42 AM
USA Today Hypes Anti-Gun Study by Lefty Advocacy Group on Front Page
USA Today highlighted a study on gun violence, giving it top billing on its front page March 5. The headline read: “Gun Violence Annual Cost: $12 Billion.” But the USA Today story didn’t give any indication of the left-wing inclinations of the group behind that study.
The Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, or PIRE, is a Maryland based advocacy group that is anti-alcohol, anti-…
March 7th, 2013 10:04 AM

NYT's Severson: 'Some' Say ID Stripe on Illegals' Drivers Licenses Are
No good deed goes unpunished? In a compromise move, North Carolina officials will issue drivers licenses to young illegal immigrants who have won deferrals from deportation, but with a distinguishing colored marking on the licenses – a pink stripe. New York Times Atlanta bureau chief Kim Severson likened the stripe to "a modern-day scarlet letter" in "North Carolina to Give Some Immigrants…
March 7th, 2013 8:59 AM
Pledge to PBS! You're Not Consumers, You're Neighbors...and Check Out
I was flipping channels on Wednesday night when I came across a pledge campaign on D.C. PBS station WHUT (Howard University Television). Travel-show host Rick Steves was doing the usual spiel about how PBS is a “national treasure” that assumes we’re intelligent people.
But then came the usual hustle: Steves said PBS “is a TV station that treats us not like consumers, but like neighbors.”…
March 7th, 2013 7:30 AM
CNN Mocks Rand Paul Drone Filibuster, Plays Up Supposed Racism of Fox
During the Wednesday edition of her CNN program “Outfront,” host Erin Burnett and her producers just could not stop themselves from deriding Kentucky Republican Rand Paul’s filibuster effort to block a Senate vote on John Brennan, President Obama's choice for CIA director.
While the show did give some serious discussion to the substance of Paul’s concern on behalf of Americans’ civil…
March 7th, 2013 5:42 AM

Marco Rubio Quotes Rapper Jay-Z During Rand Paul Filibuster
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) late Wednesday evening quoted rapper Jay-Z on the floor of the Senate during the historic filibuster launched earlier in the day by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
March 6th, 2013 11:36 PM

Bozell Column: Spare the Hype of 'Budget Armageddon
Barack Obama’s strategy going into the scheduled sequestration was to hit the panic button, over and over again, putting the very Obama-friendly media into a heavy rotation of disaster metaphors.
“Hours, now, until massive government cuts go into effect that could impact every American. Jobs vaporizing, flights delayed, even criminals walking free,” warned ABC morning anchor Josh Elliott. On…
March 6th, 2013 10:12 PM