Liberal Funders Back Journalism Alongside the ACLU, Think Tanks

California savings-and-loan billionaire and liberal-Democrat philanthropist Marion Sandler died on June 1, and the Washington Post obituary on Wednesday by T. Rees Shapiro underlined once again how the media “establishment” is now funded not just by advertisers, but by Democratic financiers. Sandler backed the ACLU, the Clintonistas at the Center for American Progress, and investigative…
Tim Graham
June 6th, 2012 7:54 AM

Schultz Worries About 'Damn Scary Stuff' from GOP Following Walker's W

During the special 11:00 p.m. edition of The Ed Show on Tuesday, MSNBC host Ed Schultz fretted about what he viewed as "pretty damn scary stuff" that he believed Republicans would do in following Governor Scott Walkers example in pushing a conservative agenda in Wisconsin. A bit later, during an interview with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, he asserted that conservatives are trying to "destroy…
Brad Wilmouth
June 6th, 2012 7:36 AM

MSNBC's O'Donnell Spins: Obama is 'the Really Big Winner' in Wisconsin

On Tuesday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC host O'Donnell teased his show by asserting that President Obama is "the really big winner" in Wisconsin because of exit polls showing that, in spite of Republican Governor Scott Walker's win, a majority of those who voted preferred President Obama over GOP candidate Mitt Romney in the presidential race. O'Donnell:
Brad Wilmouth
June 6th, 2012 7:00 AM

'O'Reilly Factor' Features MRCTV Video of Ranting Leftist Hippie Scari

Tuesday night's edition of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News featured one of the latest videos from Dan Joseph of MRCTV from the streets of Madison. Joseph tried to interview an angry aging hippie as he held up leftist signs, including one with Gov. Scott Walker's face in a pile of elephant dung. Joseph turned to a group of middle-school-aged children who said the protester was scary. O'Reilly…
Tim Graham
June 6th, 2012 6:43 AM

Bozell Column: David Limbaugh's Devastating Book

It’s clear David Limbaugh isn’t writing books with the goal of being honored in the salons of the liberal media. He doesn’t mince words with the media. His devastating new book on Barack Obama is titled "The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama’s War on the Republic." It’s a bracing antidote to the intoxicated oozing of the "mainstream" press. There is so much withering artillery fire against Obama’…
Brent Bozell
June 6th, 2012 6:20 AM

MSNBC's Schultz Blames 'Special Interest Money' for Walker Victory

Shortly after MSNBC called Republican Governor Scott Walker as the winner of Tuesday's recall election shortly after 9:50 p.m. during the Rachel Maddow Show, a subdued Ed Schultz gave his initial reaction.
Brad Wilmouth
June 5th, 2012 11:52 PM

Hysterical CNN, AP Headlines: 'Walker Survives

As of 11:15 p.m., with about 74% of the votes counted, Wisconsin Governor Scott was ahead of Scott Barrett by roughly a 56-44 margin. Late-arriving votes from Democrat-heavy areas of Milwaukee and Dane Counties seemed likely to narrow the margin to perhaps 10 points. (UPDATE: Because heavier margins of support for Barrett in those two counties, the final margin was 6.9%, roughly the same as…
Tom Blumer
June 5th, 2012 11:50 PM

Ed Schultz on Walker Win: 'Not Going to be an Easy Night for Many Broa

In response to the news that Republican Governor Scott Walker won his recall battle in Wisconsin Tuesday, MSNBC's Ed Schultz spoke a truth that should be a total embarrassment for the entire journalism industry. "This is not going to be an easy night for many broadcasters who are liberal" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 5th, 2012 11:33 PM

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Wins Recall Election Open Thread

Despite bogus talk early in the evening that exit polls showed the Wisconsin recall election in a 50-50 dead heat, Republican Governor Scott Walker has won. Please feel free to discuss what this means for the upcoming elections in November as well as the future of the labor movement in this country.
NB Staff
June 5th, 2012 10:19 PM

CNN Airs Four Uninterrupted Minutes of Obama Campaign Propaganda

The media's crush on Bill Clinton has only grown stronger since he left office, and CNN renewed its affection for the former president on Tuesday by airing over four minutes of him introducing President Obama at a Democratic fund raiser. Fox News caught some flack for producing and airing a four-minute anti-Obama video – not that NBC and MSNBC haven't done the same thing to Romney – but CNN…
Matt Hadro
June 5th, 2012 7:51 PM

Charles Krauthammer Calls Bill Clinton 'A Double Agent

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Tuesday said former President Bill Clinton is behaving like a "double agent" with some of the remarks he's been making about Barack Obama. Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Krauthammer also said, "I think he really is now a bull in a china shop, and there’s a lot of crockery that’s being destroyed” (video follows with transcribed highlights…
Noel Sheppard
June 5th, 2012 7:45 PM

Fibbing to the End: AP's Bauer Claims That Act 10 'Stripp(ed) Most Pub

As he has for nearly 16 months, the AP's Scott Bauer once again included a false statement about what the budget repair legislation also known as "Act 10" passed by Wisconsin's legislature and signed by Governor Scott Walker last year did to public-sector unions and their ability to collectively bargain. He wrote: "Enraged Democrats and labor activists gathered more than 900,000 signatures in…
Tom Blumer
June 5th, 2012 6:08 PM

'Karl Rove Indictment' Shuster Predicts Same for Scott Walker

David Shuster is predicting the imminent indictment of Karl Rove. Oops! That was Shuster as an MSNBC host back in 2006. In his current incarnation on the no-rated Current TV he is predicting the possible indictment of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. Despite making himself a laughingstock six years ago by projecting visions of Karl Rove being frogwalked across the White House lawn, Shuster…
P.J. Gladnick
June 5th, 2012 6:00 PM

CNN Contributor Smacks Catholic Church for...Defending Church Teaching

When the news pertains to issues in the Catholic church, CNN loves to promote liberal theologians and religious, especially ones that are defying Catholic teaching. In contrast, orthodox priests and bishops might receive vastly different treatment – if they even get on CNN, that is. So when an American nun's book on sexual ethics was found by the Vatican to be "not in conformity" with the…
Matt Hadro
June 5th, 2012 5:55 PM