Piers Morgan Interviews Cain Accuser Without Asking About Her Bankrupt

CNN's Piers Morgan on Monday did the first interview with Herman Cain's accuser, but failed to ask Sharon Bialek - who was in the company of her liberal activist attorney Gloria Allred - any questions about her two bankruptcies, the paternity lawsuit her former husband filed against her shortly after their child was born, or exactly why she was terminated by the National Restaurant Association…
Noel Sheppard
November 8th, 2011 9:40 AM

Open Thread: Could Obama's Comments Damage U.S.-Israeli Relations

When microphones were accidentally left on following a G20 meeting, they picked up a private conversation between President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy during which Sarkozy muttered he "can't stand" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to which Obama replied, "You're fed up with him? I have to deal with him every day!" Could Obama's disparaging remark hurt U.S. relations…
NB Staff
November 8th, 2011 9:39 AM

NYT's Stevenson Makes 'Nuanced' Defense of Obama's 2009 Prediction of

In “Missed Jobs Forecast in 2009 Resonates in Campaign,” Richard Stevenson’s “Political Memo” buried in the New York Times's Saturday Business section, the paper’s political editor mounted a defense of Obama’s prediction of 6.5% unemployment and "stimulus," while regretting the administration’s “nuanced” argument would be buried by misleading Republicans: "Despite repeated Republican claims to…
Clay Waters
November 8th, 2011 7:47 AM

Stephanie Miller: Vandalizing Reagan Statue 'One of America's Funniest

The Los Angeles Times reports "Police are searching for a man who tried to knock down a Ronald Reagan statue Sunday morning. Newport Beach Police received a call about 5:30 a.m. Sunday of a vandalism in progress at Bonita Canyon Sports Park on Bonita Canyon Drive. A witness said a man in dark clothes tried to attach a chain to the base of the statue. The chain was connected to the back of his…
Tim Graham
November 7th, 2011 11:14 PM

O'Reilly and Goldberg Agree With NewsBusters Report on CNN's Coverage

On Saturday, NewsBusters reported that CNN in the six days after Politico's hit piece on Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain was published did more stories on that subject than it did on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's connections to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, convicted real estate developer Tony Rezko, and America-hating Rev. Jeremiah Wright combined. On Fox…
Noel Sheppard
November 7th, 2011 10:56 PM

Gary Locke, Rock Star in China

Gary Locke, Obama's Commerce Secretary turned ambassador to China, drew an unlikely "rock star" goo-fest on NPR's All Things Considered on Friday night. In China, the former governor of Washington state is now apparently an "internet sensation" with "runaway popularity," a "rock star" who's mobbed by crowds with outstretched hands, but is still "very down to earth," since "He carries his own…
Tim Graham
November 7th, 2011 10:41 PM

Amazing: Journos Agreed Not to Publish Obama, Sarkozy Snipes About Bib

It's as if they think it's 1991 -- or even 1961. Drudge is currently linking to a "trash talk" story at Ynetnews.com about how, with a microphone still on, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "is a liar." U.S. President Barack Obama's response, also audible, was: "You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him every day!" That's not…
Tom Blumer
November 7th, 2011 9:52 PM

Arianna Sees Obama Push for Infrastructure Jobs as 'All a Show

These things take time, especially when it comes to a politician initially touted as walking on water. But it's finally happening with liberal media mogul Arianna Huffington -- a willingness to criticize the Obama administration's penchant for theatrics over substance. (video after page break)
Jack Coleman
November 7th, 2011 9:33 PM

Networks Run More Cain 'Scandal' Stories in a Week Than They Did Obama

As NewsBusters reported Monday, the broadcast network news outlets of ABC, CBS and NBC ran a total of 84 stories on the sexual harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain in the week following Politico publishing its hit piece. That is more coverage than they gave to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's connections to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers…
Noel Sheppard
November 7th, 2011 8:19 PM

MSNBC Runs More Stories on Cain 'Scandal' Than it Did Obama's Ties to

As of Monday, the so-called news network MSNBC has already run more stories about Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's alleged sexual harassment than it did Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's ties to domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, convicted real estate developer Tony Rezko, and America-hating Rev. Jeremiah Wright combined.
Noel Sheppard
November 7th, 2011 7:44 PM

CNN's White House Spin: Obama Running 'Anti-Rose Garden' Campaign

CNN on Monday provided a rosy look at President Obama's efforts to campaign for re-election, touting that the President is distancing himself from Washington in an "anti-Rose Garden" campaign. Ironically, a few minutes later Obama was scheduled to speak in the Rose Garden itself. In reporting on Obama's efforts to wash his hands of Washington, CNN had ignored his harsh partisan rhetoric…
Matt Hadro
November 7th, 2011 5:14 PM

Occupy Troublemakers Merely Fringe, But Tea Party 'Responsible for the

The New York Times continues to treat toublemakers at Occupy Wall Street as a fringe minority, but the Tea Party was "responsible for the behavior of people" at their rallies. Sunday’s Metro section led with an above-the-fold look at the state of Occupy Wall Street as winter approaches from reporters Cara Buckley and Colin Moynihan, “A Protest Reaches a Crossroads.” They briefly noted the…
Clay Waters
November 7th, 2011 4:38 PM

USA Today Religion Blogger Uses Penn State Pedophilia Charges to Bring

The arrest of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky on pedophilia charges has absolutely nothing to do with the Catholic Church.  Neither does an alleged coverup by Penn State officials of repeated allegations of sexual misconduct against Sandusky. Yet religion reporter Cathy Lynn Grossman found a way to shoehorn the Church into the story in a November 6 "Faith & Reason"…
Ken Shepherd
November 7th, 2011 4:12 PM

CBS Reporter Recites Media Bias Critique on Cain Coverage

On Monday's Early Show, CBS's Jan Crawford spotlighted conservative criticism of the broad media coverage of the Herman Cain sexual harassment charges. Crawford stated that Cain's "testy exchange" with reporters "could help...because a lot of conservatives...think there's this huge liberal bias against conservatives. You know, the media didn't cover Bill Clinton...like they're doing Herman Cain…
Matthew Balan
November 7th, 2011 3:20 PM