Was Rev. Wright Offered Hush Money? Nobody In The Media Cares

When the New York Times warned it had been handed a “super PAC” memo suggesting someone, somewhere might plot to make a “hardline attack on Obama” with Wright sermon soundbites, MSNBC expressed outrage hour after hour.  But scandalized liberal journalists had no appetite for a different behind-the-scenes Reverend Wright narrative. In Ed Klein’s new book “The Amateur,” he interviewed Rev. Wright…
Tim Graham
May 23rd, 2012 6:56 AM

Open Thread: Obama Loses 40 Percent of Vote in Arkansas, Kentucky

It appears we have a trend, ladies and gentlemen. Significant numbers of Democratic voters in several states have now voted their displeasure against the extreme liberalism of the Obama Administration. The president faced another embarrassment Tuesday night as over 40 percent of Democratic primary voters in the states of Kentucky and Arkansas voted against Barack Obama. The two states joined…
Matthew Sheffield
May 23rd, 2012 6:41 AM

Morgan, Cooper Drag CNN to Lowest Weekday Prime-Time Ratings in 20 Yea

If it weren't for bad luck, CNN would have no luck at all. During the week of May14-18, the network drew its lowest-rated weekday prime-time ratings in two decades, in terms of total viewers.
Randy Hall
May 23rd, 2012 6:39 AM

Ex-ABC Head Westin Denies Liberal Bias, Rationalizes Greater Media Foc

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's The O'Reilly Factor to promote his book, Exit Interview, former ABC News president David Westin denied seeing a liberal bias among his colleagues when he was head of ABC News, and, when confronted by a recent study by the MRC's Business and Media Institute, rationalized the greater attention the media have paid to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's…
Brad Wilmouth
May 23rd, 2012 6:25 AM

Big Three Evening Newscasts At or Near All-Time 25-54 Demographic Lows

At Media Bistro earlier today, the news about the combined average total audience for the Big Three TV networks' evening news was grim enough, coming in at a combined 20.15 million (NBC, 7.52 million; ABC, 7.14 million; CBS, 5.49 million). But the news about the audience in the key 25-54 demographic was, from what I can tell, either an all-time low or darned close to it. I couldn't find an…
Tom Blumer
May 22nd, 2012 11:43 PM

Bozell Column: Shameless Bias by Omission

You’d think the largest legal action in American history in defense of religious liberty would be a major news story. But ABC, CBS, and NBC don’t judge news events by their inherent importance as relates to the future of our freedoms. They deliver the news according to a simple formula: Does it, or doesn’t it, advance the re-election of Barack Obama? If it doesn’t, it isn’t news. 
Brent Bozell
May 22nd, 2012 11:37 PM

Daily Kos Distorts Old Scott Walker Clip to Insist He Was Soft on Davi

On Daily Kos, Jesse LaGreca calls himself “Ministry of Truth.” That moniker certainly doesn’t match his latest blog post, headlined “Young Scott Walker downplays KKK Grand Dragon David Duke's extremism”. Using a very selectively edited video, LaGreca asserts “Walker can beat up on labor rights but he couldn't bring himself to bad mouth another Republican, even if that Republican is a self…
Tim Graham
May 22nd, 2012 11:18 PM

Alec Baldwin: 'Lying Thieves' Like Bush and Cheney Back in White House

Alec Baldwin almost had another Twitter meltdown Tuesday. The perilously liberal, intellectually challenged actor took some time out from the Cannes Film Festival for another one of his classic anti-conservative rants this time telling his followers that "lying thieves" like George W. Bush and Dick Cheney will be back in the White House if Obama loses (presented in chronological order):
Noel Sheppard
May 22nd, 2012 10:45 PM

Sharpton Claims New Voter Drive By Group He Leads Will Be 'Non-Partisa

More is the pity that he actually believes it. Reputed man of the cloth and race-baiter nonpareil Al Sharpton has shown once again how he's the least credible person in media, claiming that a voter registration drive he'll oversee will be "non-partisan." (audio clip after page break)
Jack Coleman
May 22nd, 2012 10:31 PM

UPDATE: Continued Presence of NYT's 'Wall Street Psychopaths' Op-ed Be

Last night (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted the total inadequacy of a correction the New York Times made to a notorious William Deresiewicz op-ed ("Fables of Wealth") published on May 12. Deresiewicz originally claimed that "A recent study found that 10 percent of people who work on Wall Street are ‘clinical psychopaths’ … (The proportion at large is 1 percent.)." The study he cited was…
Tom Blumer
May 22nd, 2012 9:26 PM

Chris 'I Lost On Jeopardy!' Matthews: 'Palin's Briefing Papers Have th

Eight days after making a fool of himself on Jeopardy!, MSNBC's Chris Matthews was back to impugning the intellectual capacity of Sarah Palin. After playing a clip of the former Alaska governor discussing why she wanted John McCain to focus on Barack Obama’s connection to the America-hating Reverend Jeremiah Wright in the 2008 campaign, Matthews mocked Tuesday, “I think her briefing papers…
Noel Sheppard
May 22nd, 2012 6:50 PM

Chuck Norris Column: IRS Gives Billions in Tax Refunds to Illegals

WTHR, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, recently reported about how millions of illegal aliens are getting billions of dollars in U.S. tax refunds without having paid a dime in income taxes. The story instantly went viral because it's true. You won't believe what illegals are getting away with, and our government is enabling them. Here's how it works.
Chuck Norris
May 22nd, 2012 6:01 PM

MSNBC Heeds Obama's Wishes: Fills Prime Time Schedule With Attacks on

On Monday, President Obama said his attacks on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's involvement in Bain Capital are "not a distraction and that "This is what this campaign is going to be about.” MSNBC clearly got the message for as Politico's Dylan Byers noted Tuesday, this so-called news network's primetime schedule this evening is chock full of Bain:
Noel Sheppard
May 22nd, 2012 5:58 PM

WashPost Music Critic Urges Readers to Check Out Rapper's Pro-Qadhafi

In her May 22 "Singles File" -- described as "A weekly playlist for the listener with a one-track mind" -- Washington Post music critic Allison Stewart suggested readers might want to download the new single "Reagan" by rap artist Killer Mike. "The Obama years haven't been fruitful ones for sociopolitically minded rappers, at least until now," Stewart gushed, noting that the Atlanta musician…
Ken Shepherd
May 22nd, 2012 5:45 PM