NBC: 'Genial' Obama Offers 'Olive Branch' to GOP While Republicans Att

In a series of reports following President Obama's Wednesday afternoon press conference, NBC News repeatedly portrayed Obama as a magnanimous victor "reaching out" to his opponents, while Republicans were tarred as uncooperative and on the attack. On Wednesday's Nightly News, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd nearly ran out of positive adjectives to describe the President's demeanor…
Kyle Drennen
November 15th, 2012 5:12 PM

CBS Boosts Obama Adulation, Likens President to Lincoln

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, open Obama supporter Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell repeatedly prompted liberal historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to equate the newly-reelected President Obama to Abraham Lincoln. O'Donnell wondered, "Is there a lesson for Obama now in his second term with Lincoln?" King hyped how Obama "sought out" the author and asked, "What did he want to know from you?"…
Matthew Balan
November 15th, 2012 4:59 PM

NB's Graham: Press Corps Rewarded Obama Ignoring Press for Months with

"After months and months and months" of Barack Obama "stiff-arming the press," the president was treated softly on Wednesday's press conference, NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham told Fox Business Network's Stuart Varney on the November 15 edition of Varney & Co. True, "we got a Benghazi question from Jon Karl of ABC, although he pitched it as 'please yell at [Sen.] McCain.' And we got…
NB Staff
November 15th, 2012 4:37 PM

ABC's Terry Moran Raves Over President's Press Conference: 'An Obama S

Nightline co-anchor Terry Moran on Wednesday couldn't be bothered with spending much time on the scandal in Libya that left four Americans dead. Instead, he thrilled over the President's performance during a White House press conference. "An Obama smackdown," proclaimed the unabashed fan of the Democratic president. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Moran enthused, "The 44th President, today…
Scott Whitlock
November 15th, 2012 4:22 PM

NYT: Israel's 'Ferocious Assault on Gaza' Damaged 'Relations With Egyp

Thursday's New York Times led with Israel pinpointing targets in Gaza, including a direct hit on a Hamas commander, after years of rockets fired into Israel. The report from Jerusalem by Isabel Kershner and Fares Akram blamed the victim of scores of rocket attacks for an effective retaliation (a "ferocious assault"): "Israeli Assault Into Gaza Kills A Hamas Leader – Wider Conflict Feared –…
Clay Waters
November 15th, 2012 3:59 PM

Soledad O'Brien Grills Republican Over Susan Rice, But Lets Democrat O

Showing an obvious double standard, CNN's Soledad O'Brien asked a GOP congressman whether Republicans were hypocritical for opposing Susan Rice's potential candidacy for Secretary of State, but she failed to ask tough questions of a Democratic congressman about Rice's qualifications. O'Brien insisted that although some Republicans are opposing Susan Rice's candidacy because she circulated…
Matt Hadro
November 15th, 2012 3:45 PM

Ann Coulter Column: Demography Is Destiny

Liberals brag about having won the hearts and minds of America, as if, through logic and argument, they've persuaded people to accept their bankrupt European socialist ideas. Democrats haven't changed anyone's mind. They changed the people.
Ann Coulter
November 15th, 2012 3:36 PM

Obama Was 'Miraculous' in Pitch to Win Election, Gushes Awed Ed Schult

Four more years? Heck, make it four more millennia as far as Ed Schultz is concerned. The liberal radio host and MSNBC action hero could barely contain his reverence for President Obama yesterday, using language even thoroughly smitten cable colleague Chris Matthews might avoid. (audio clip after page break)
Jack Coleman
November 15th, 2012 3:25 PM

Cal Thomas Column: Sex and the City of Washington

The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus over an extramarital affair has raised and will continue to raise a number of questions. First among them (OK, maybe not first, national security being more important, but stay with me) is why should he have resigned? I am always amused when journalists use the words "sex scandal" when writing about such things. Having abandoned most standards…
Cal Thomas
November 15th, 2012 3:16 PM

Newspaper Headlines on Press Conference Even Softer Than White House Q

If Obama critics thought the reporters in the East Room went soft on President Obama on Wednesday instead of engaging in a Benghazi showdown, they really won't like the even softer headline treatments in Wednesday's newspapers. The worst on the national stage was USA Today: "OBAMA GETS TOUGH ON GOP: Calls attacks on U.N. envoy Rice ‘outrageous’; withholds judgment on FBI.” In large blue type…
Tim Graham
November 15th, 2012 3:10 PM

MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts to GOP: Who Wants to Bend Over First

Sadly, MSNBC has shown once again how crude they can be when the engage in their daily barrage of attacks against conservatives and the Republican Party.  The latest example comes from MSNBC’s on Thomas Roberts on Thursday’s MSNBC Live. Referencing comments made by former Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) who recently said that the GOP needed, “a proctology exam, moving forward to explore the…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 15th, 2012 2:21 PM

AP Reports Mislead on Breakdown of Obama's Proposed Tax Hikes, Reducti

Earlier today (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted how several reports from the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press (here, here, and here) buried the major news about President Obama's opening demand to Congress over resolving the "fiscal cliff" of tax hikes scheduled to take effect on January 1. His demand for $1.6 trillion in tax increases over the next ten years is twice what…
Tom Blumer
November 15th, 2012 1:26 PM

J. Crew President Lyons Comes Out of Closet

CMI caused controversy by pointing out gender-bending ad featuring Lyons’ son.
Lauren Thompson
November 15th, 2012 1:02 PM

ABC Hypes Obama 'Coming Out Swinging' Over Libya, Ignores Tough Fox Qu

The journalists at ABC News on Wednesday and Thursday hyped the President for "coming out swinging" and showing "presidential anger" by defending his United Nations Ambassador, Susan Rice, over Libya. These World News and Good Morning America reporters downplayed the issue of what the Obama White House knew and when. During the November 14 White House press conference, Fox News' Ed Henry…
Scott Whitlock
November 15th, 2012 12:43 PM