MSNBC’s Chuck Todd: Opposition to ObamaCare is Purely ‘Political

In the minutes following the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to uphold ObamaCare, MSNBC's Chuck Todd dismissed opposition to the law as purely partisan politics.  Todd, who is the Chief White House correspondent for NBC News has decided to suddenly become a liberal pundit now that ObamaCare was upheld by the Supreme Court. [Video follows page break;  MP3 audio here.] Todd claims that…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2012 11:58 AM

Matthews on Roberts' ObamaCare Ruling: 'Must Be a Strange Feeling Down

Chris Matthews on Thursday made a very cynical observation about the Supreme Court upholding ObamaCare. Appearing on MSNBC Live shortly after the ruling was announced, Matthews said, "There must be a strange feeling down in Texas right now in the Bush family that they created a Chief Justice" that ruled this way (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2012 11:52 AM

ABC Fawns Over 'Umpire' Roberts Upholding Mandate: 'Discretion Is the

In live coverage right after the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare, ABC's anchors and reporters praised Chief Justice John Roberts for siding with the liberals. George Stephanopoulos insisted that the judge proved he really was an "umpire." Barely restraining himself, Terry Moran fawned, "Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor for the court. Sometimes letting the politics of the thing…
Scott Whitlock
June 28th, 2012 11:37 AM

Open Thread: SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare

Deeply divided Supreme Court upholds individual mandate as a tax. What next?
Matthew Sheffield
June 28th, 2012 10:09 AM

Cocky Journalists Declared ObamaCare Would Be Upheld, Maybe by a 8-1 V

Although no one knows how the Supreme Court will rule, Thursday, on ObamaCare, journalists over the past few months have dismissed and derided the concept that the President's signature legislation could be declared unconstitutional. CNN's Jeffrey Toobin predicted an eight-to-one vote upholding the law. Former New York Times Court reporter Linda Greenhouse said that Americans who think the law…
Scott Whitlock
June 27th, 2012 10:48 PM

New NBC Show Claims Gay Parents Are ‘The New Normal

From the twisted imagination that spawned the pro-gay high school show “Glee” comes another new sitcom that is poised to take the gay agenda even further. Aptly-named “The New Normal,” the show depicts a gay couple’s quest to have a child via a surrogate mother and the awful conservative grandmother who dares oppose them. The show premieres on NBC in September, but it already shows the…
Ryan Robertson
June 27th, 2012 9:05 PM

AP Report on WH Bus Tour Plans Reads Like a Campaign Press Release

It seems that there will be little reason for the Obama campaign to bother issuing press releases as long as Julie Pace of the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, is around to breathlessly relay the information for them as some kind of exclusive, insider report. If there's any difference between campaign hype and what Pace wrote in a theoretically objective news piece, it must…
Tom Blumer
June 27th, 2012 8:52 PM

Romney Strikes Back at Washington Post's Outsourcing Article

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his campaign have issued a strongly worded written challenge to the Washington Post refuting claims in its June 21 article that Bain Capital outsourced jobs while Romney was there. On Thursday, the Post's Jennifer Rubin published some excerpts:
Noel Sheppard
June 27th, 2012 7:06 PM

Steve Kornacki Claims 'No Evidence' ATF Walked Guns to Advance Gun Con

One of the biggest pet peeves of your humble correspondent is so-called journalists who continue to absurdly claim that there is no evidence that one of the purposes for gunwalking in Operation Fast and Furious was to advance a gun control agenda. Last week the culprit was Jillian Rayfield of Rolling Stone and now Steve Kornacki of Salon and MSNBC is the latest liberal to display his reality…
P.J. Gladnick
June 27th, 2012 7:05 PM

Matthews Slimes: John Roberts Doesn't Want to be Like Slave Judge Behi

According to liberal MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts being the fifth vote to strike down Obamacare would make him the "second Roger Taney," the Civil War-era high judge who delivered the majority opinion in the Dred Scott Case and upheld the Fugitive Slave Act. Talking to columnist Ezra Klein, Matthews smeared, "...A friend of mine, who is a fellow Roman…
Scott Whitlock
June 27th, 2012 6:27 PM

Thwarted MSNBC Flamethrower Ed Schultz Says Romney 'Would Let Detroit

This is what is known among psychiatrists as "projection."  A couple of summers back, Ed Schultz was mightily perturbed to be overlooked in upcoming MSNBC promos and reportedly stunned co-workers by shouting that he would "torch this f***ing place!" (video after page break)
Jack Coleman
June 27th, 2012 6:06 PM

NewsBusters' Noel Sheppard Discusses Media Bias With Steve Malzberg

I had an opportunity on Wednesday to discuss media bias with Steve Malzberg on a new internet platform called Spreecast. Although we had technical difficulties, I think readers will find the 20-minute conversation interesting.
Noel Sheppard
June 27th, 2012 6:03 PM

Anticipating ObamaCare Defeat, Jeffrey Toobin Blames Conservative Judi

The day before the Supreme Court's decision on ObamaCare, CNN is already giving credibility to the Democrats' spin if they lose the case – conservative judicial activism. "[W]hen you combine the two biggest decisions of the Roberts court, Citizens United and health care – if they lose health care – that is a pretty clear Democratic, capital 'D,' indictment of the Supreme Court," insisted CNN…
Matt Hadro
June 27th, 2012 5:45 PM

MSNBC: 'Gas Prices Down 47 Percent Since April and May

Have your gas prices dropped in half in the past couple of months? Well, the geniuses over at MSNBC believe they have, for in the middle of a segment about fuel costs on the Martin Bashir show Wednesday, a chyron boldly stated, "Gas Prices Down 47% Since April and May" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 27th, 2012 5:31 PM