CNN's Soledad O'Brien Thought Obama 'Bayonets' Line Was Huge 'Moment

"We got some big laughs out of the crowd" on President Obama's "horses and bayonets" line, CNN's Soledad O'Brien gushed during a focus-group segment on CNN following shortly after the conclusion of Monday's presidential debate. Yet when she turned to see if a member of the focus group found it influential towards his vote, she was rebuffed. "Often we in the media talk about moments. Did you…
Ken Shepherd
October 23rd, 2012 12:52 AM

Matthews Rants: 'Right Wing' Driven by 'Racial Hatred' to Get Rid of O

In the post debate commentary of the third – and last – presidential debate on foreign policy, on Monday, Chris Matthews just could not help himself spewing another diatribe about the racial hatred that he insists is ingrained into the soul of America’s conservatives.  In fact, clucked Matthews, they’re so hateful of Obama that they want him out of the White House more than they want al-Qaeda…
Matt Vespa
October 23rd, 2012 12:14 AM

NBC's Williams: Obama's 'Horses and Bayonets' Zinger Will 'Live Foreve

Moments after the final presidential debate ended NBC's Brian Williams, on Monday, declared that Barack Obama came up with the line of the night. During NBC’s live post debate coverage the NBC Nightly News anchor told viewers: "We always try to look for the phrase or expression that will live forever out of these. Tonight has to be 'horses and bayonets.'" Williams went on to call Obama’s snide…

Geoffrey Dickens
October 23rd, 2012 12:00 AM

At Last, A Moderator Keeps His Opinions To Himself

Whatever his biases, and he has biases, Bob Schieffer didn't show them tonight. Unlike Candy Crowley and Martha Raddatz, Schieffer managed to moderate this debate without revealing his own positions. Well done.
Brent Bozell
October 22nd, 2012 11:49 PM

UN Official Advises Against Voting for Romney: Will the Media Report

According to the initial report in The Canadian Press, UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson has an urgent message for the American people which essentially adds up to a presidential endorsement for Barack Obama.  A Romney/Ryan administration, Emmerson warned, would use torture on enemy combatants detained at U.S. facilities, and could point to their…
Ryan Robertson
October 22nd, 2012 8:40 PM

Chris Matthews to Romney Supporter: Benghazi WAS All About YouTube Vid

Going around the rope line at the bottom of his 7 p.m. Eastern edition of Monday's Hardball to ask folks whom they are supporting in the presidential race, Chris Matthews found a young man who said he was backing Romney because, unlike Obama, "he doesn't cover up scandals in the Middle East." "What was the scandal? Get to it, nail it, what was the scandal?!" Matthews rudely barked at the…
Ken Shepherd
October 22nd, 2012 7:53 PM

'Ultimate News Goof?' Two Stations Call Presidential Race for Obama We

If you're a Democrat who's been stressed out regarding the electoral battle between Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama and his GOP challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, you can now rest easy because KPHO, the CBS affiliate in Phoenix, and WCPO, the ABC TV station in Cleveland, have already called the election with Obama as the winner. During Friday's edition of "The…
Randy Hall
October 22nd, 2012 7:50 PM

NB Chat: Final Presidential Debate

Will you be tuning in to tonight's presidential debate which starts at 9pm ET? If so, please join fellow NewsBusters readers here for a live chat about the contest. UPDATEII: Our regular chat server has been having problems today. Please click here to visit our chat room for the night. We've also got a live feed of the debate that you can watch on your computer if you can't watch it on TV for…
NB Staff
October 22nd, 2012 7:21 PM

MSNBC's Harris-Perry Softly Hits Obama from Left on Gun Control

On the October 20 broadcast of the Melissa Harris-Perry show, her ‘Dear, Mr. President’ segment touched upon an issue that is glorified amongst liberals: gun control.  In her segment, Harris-Perry is alluded to the question about assault weapons that was included in last week’s town hall style presidential debate.  Here, the Tulane professor insinuated that the mentally disabled are unjustly…
Matt Vespa
October 22nd, 2012 7:15 PM

Bizarre: CNN's Costello Says She's 'Proud' to Be 'Card-Carrying Member

CNN's Carol Costello agreed with a guest whom she cut off last week in mid-interview after he addressed health risks of homosexual behavior. He claimed her tactic was the "gay Gestapo" "in action." "Well, Mr. Fischer if that's the definition of the 'gay Gestapo,' then I'm a proud card-carrying member," Costello professed on Monday morning. She had defended "Mix It Up at Lunch Day" against…
Matt Hadro
October 22nd, 2012 6:55 PM

Unhinged Chris Matthews Assails Conservative 'Birth Control Nazis

Talking to two fellow liberals on Monday, an unhinged Chris Matthews trashed conservatives and Republicans who opposes Barack Obama's birth control policies as "Nazis." Matthews smeared, "Is it in society's interests for [a young woman's] boss to be able to be the birth control Nazi to decide who gets it and who doesn't?" [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Matthews has previously railed…
Scott Whitlock
October 22nd, 2012 6:27 PM

Will Schieffer Ask Obama About That ‘Cancer’ Called Guantanamo

During the last administration, CBS anchor Bob Schieffer was a red-hot advocate of closing the terrorist holding pen at Guantanamo. "This is just a boil. It's a cancer. This thing is not doing anybody any good,” he ranted on MSNBC’s Imus In The Morning show on June 9, 2005. Schieffer’s ardor cooled considerably once Obama was elected. Will Schieffer bring up the “cancer” of Gitmo in tonight’…
Tim Graham
October 22nd, 2012 5:24 PM

Cal Thomas Column: A Conservative's Appreciation for George McGovern

Former South Dakota Democratic Senator George McGovern, who died Sunday, had all manner of evil said about him because of his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was called unpatriotic, disloyal, an appeaser and an enabler of communism. Those were the printable slanders. Many conservatives at the time believed in the "domino theory," that if South Vietnam fell to the communists, all Asia would…
Cal Thomas
October 22nd, 2012 5:11 PM

On CNN, Dan Rather Barely Talks Libya But Questions Romney's Tough Tal

When asked by CNN what "one foreign policy question" he would ask the President, Dan Rather didn't mention Libya and instead asked a generic question about a threat to world peace. Is he a journalist or a Miss America contestant? CNN's Brooke Baldwin inquired of Rather on Monday, "what is the one foreign policy question that you are absolutely dying to ask of the President?" His answer: "…
Matt Hadro
October 22nd, 2012 4:23 PM