TNT’s ‘Dallas’ Rivalry: Evil Oil vs. Alternative Energy

Since the original “Dallas” debuted in 1978, times have changed. Texas has prospered but the liberal agenda against big oil stayed the same. TNT’s “Dallas” remake introduced the Ewing family feud with a twist, and the rest of the season is set for a showdown: Alternative energy against drilling for oil. John Ross Ewing, son of the long-time “Dallas” villain J.R. Ewing (played by Larry…
Lauren Thompson
June 15th, 2012 3:52 PM

MSNBC Contributor: Obama Interrupted During Immigration Speech Because

Barack Obama on Friday, while giving a speech in the White House Rose Garden about his new illegal immigration edict, was interrupted with a question from the Daily Caller's Neil Munro. Not surprisingly, it didn't take long for someone on MSNBC to suggest it was because the president is black (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 15th, 2012 3:46 PM

TNT’s ‘Dallas’ Rivalry: Evil Oil vs. Alternative Energy

New Generation of Ewings pits wildcatter John Ross against ‘alternatives are the future’ Christopher.
Lauren Thompson
June 15th, 2012 3:30 PM

This Is CNN: Low Ratings, High Profits

Although it remains in distant third in the U.S. television ratings behind Fox News Channel and MSNBC, CNN has consistently been a good revenue generator for its parent company Time Warner. In fact, in terms of profits, CNN is on track for record numbers this year. How is that possible in the face of continued failures in both the daytime and primetime dayparts? The short answer is CNN's self…
Matthew Sheffield
June 15th, 2012 3:18 PM

Eleanor Clift Shocker: 'Independent Voters Souring on Obama

This is quickly becoming Obama's summer of discontent. On Friday, the perilously liberal Newsweek columnist Eleanor Clift offered readers a shockingly dour piece about the state of the current White House resident's reelection campaign titled "In Focus Group, Independent Voters Souring on Obama":
Noel Sheppard
June 15th, 2012 2:49 PM

The Horror: NYT's Timothy Egan Forced to Watch Fox News

I only am escaped alone to tell thee: Timothy Egan, a liberal reporter turned columnist for the New York Times, was forced to watch Fox News at the gym and lived to tell his readers about the horror in a Thursday post at nytimes.com, "The Clown and the Cop." Trapped with a Fox News big screen in my stable of fellow trotters at the gym a few weeks ago, I took in the worldview that may give the…
Clay Waters
June 15th, 2012 1:09 PM

NBC's Gregory: Obama Must Tell Voters 'Things Got Really, Really Bad

Appearing on Friday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory advised the Obama campaign on how defeat Mitt Romney: "What the President's got to do is say, 'Hey, don't forget about George W. Bush. Things got really, really bad under him.'" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Co-host Matt Lauer was skeptical: "I hear him saying that all the time....do you think that…
Kyle Drennen
June 15th, 2012 12:56 PM

ABC, NBC Tout 'Star-Studded' Obama Fund-Raisers for 'Prez in the City

ABC and NBC on Friday both excitedly touted Barack Obama's "star-studded" celebrity fund-raisers in New York City, gushing over the "Prez in the City." Neither network wondered if $40,000 per plate dinners with millionaire celebrities might make the President seem out of touch, a charge often leveled at Republican Mitt Romney. On Good Morning America, reporter Jon Karl enthused, "Call it…
Scott Whitlock
June 15th, 2012 12:37 PM

CNN Features Immigration Activist Who Gushes Over Obama's Executive Or

After the Obama administration announced Friday it will not deport young illegal immigrants that meet certain criteria, CNN's first interview went to an immigration rights leader who raved to the network that "Today is, I think, the happiest day of my life." The activist, Gabby Pacheco, appeared in the Time magazine illegal immigration cover story that CNN featured multiple times on Thursday…
Matt Hadro
June 15th, 2012 12:12 PM

Huffington Post Presents 'Eight Ways For Tiger To Pick Up Girls' at U

Golf's U.S. Open is considered the sport's premier family event as it historically concludes on Father's Day. To "celebrate" this, the Huffington Post currently has a headline on its front page that reads "Eight Ways For Tiger To Pick Up Girls While He's Here" (photo courtesy AP).
Noel Sheppard
June 15th, 2012 11:49 AM

Labeling Logic: On Obama-Care, NYTimes Pits 'Conservatives' Against 't

Given two chances, New York Times reporters Jonathan Weisman and Michael Shear couldn't identify the universal-health-care backers Families USA as liberal in their Friday piece on what happens after the Supreme Court's imminent ruling on the constitutionality of Obama-care: "Parties Plan Next Move Once Supreme Court Rules on Health Care." Yet they had no problem spotting conservatives on the…
Clay Waters
June 15th, 2012 11:24 AM

Bozell, Hannity Discuss Matthews's Offer of Help to Elizabeth Warren

With a program entitled Hardball, MSNBC audiences should expect, well, "hardball" questions of politicians no matter what their ideological leanings, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on the June 14 edition of Fox News Channel's Hannity. Instead, host Chris Matthews recently and quite openly confessed his eagerness to aid Democrat Elizabeth Warren's campaign to defeat Sen. Scott Walker (…
NB Staff
June 15th, 2012 11:05 AM

Former RNC Chair Steele Tells Chris Matthews He's 'A Good Sycophant' f

We at NewsBusters have been calling MSNBC's Chris Matthews a sycophant for Barack Obama since at least February 2008 when the so-called journalist bragged on the air about getting a thrill up his leg at the sound of the former junior senator from Illinois' voice. It was therefore quite pleasing to hear former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele tell the Hardball host that to…
Noel Sheppard
June 15th, 2012 10:02 AM

Even MSNBC Analysts Pan Obama Economy Speech as 'Unbelievably Diffuse

Minutes after President Barack Obama finished speaking about the economy on Thursday afternoon, two analysts for the “forward-leaning” MSNBC cable news channel criticized the 54-minute speech by saying that it “didn't work” and he “lost his audience by the end.” MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall began the segment by asking liberal columnist Jonathan Alter what he thought of the president's address.…
Randy Hall
June 15th, 2012 9:13 AM