NBC's Today Discovers It's 'Arctic,' Not 'Artic

On Friday's NBC Today, as co-host Meredith Vieira spoke with correspondent Ben Fogle about Britain's Prince Harry being temporarily stuck at the North Pole, the headline on screen read: "Cooling His Heels; Prince Harry Stuck in the Artic." Halfway through the segment, the show's graphics department apparently noticed the spelling error, changing it to "Arctic." The morning news program has…
Kyle Drennen
April 8th, 2011 4:52 PM

The Constituency Waiting For Its Candidate

Obama and GOP ignore small business owners at their peril.
Dan Kennedy
April 8th, 2011 4:38 PM

J.CREW Pushes Transgendered Child Propaganda

Women's clothing company highlights pink nail-polish wearing boy in promotional email
Erin Brown
April 8th, 2011 4:37 PM

CBS Goes to Statue of Liberty to Hype Shutdown's 'Ripple Effect

On Friday's Early Show, CBS's Betty Nguyen used the Statue of Liberty as a live backdrop to play up how "visitors would miss out on the Smithsonian and its 19 museums...even the National Zoo" if the federal budget impasse leads to a government shutdown. Nguyen also highlighted that the "Cherry Blossom Festival...[is] set to wrap up this weekend, but the parade may not march on if the government…
Matthew Balan
April 8th, 2011 3:50 PM

Flustered CNN Analyst Can't Fathom Why GOP Is Holding Out Over Planned

On Thursday night's "Anderson Cooper 360," CNN senior political analyst David Gergen thought it an "outrage" for Republicans to shut down the government right now if Planned Parenthood is still funded. An agitated Gergen cast the amount of federal funding Planned Parenthood annually receives as "tiny," and failed to acknowledge that the Democrats are also contributing to the impasse by holding…
Matt Hadro
April 8th, 2011 3:45 PM

NY Times Reporter James McKinley's 'News' Story on Texas Budget Cuts

The Republican majority in the Texas House has passed a budget with significant spending cuts, giving New York Times Houston-based reporter James McKinley Jr. yet another opportunity to lecture on how ugly things will get in Texas in his Friday news story posted at nytimes.com, “In Texas, Furor Over Proposal for Huge State Budget Cuts.” GOP Gov. Rick Perry, who refuses to commit to Times-…
Clay Waters
April 8th, 2011 2:55 PM

NBC's Naked Ambitions

NBC, the Naked Broadcasting Company
L. Brent Bozell III
April 8th, 2011 2:49 PM

Obama Pays Homage to Incendiary Al Sharpton in New York City; Hometown

So much for changing the tone. In the midst of the federal budget battle, Barack Obama raced up to Manhattan Wednesday night to pay tribute to the inflammatory race-baiter Rev. Al Sharpton, a clear effort to shore up the black vote as the 2012 presidential campaign kicks off in earnest. Yet New York City's biggest local paper, the New York Times, virtually ignored Obama's campaign stop…
Clay Waters
April 8th, 2011 1:46 PM

MRC-TV: Bozell Discusses Government Shutdown Bias on 'Fox & Friends

It's déjà vu all over again with the media's coverage of a looming federal government shutdown. NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell noted on the April 8 "Fox & Friends" how the media are deploying similar talking points to lay blame on congressional Republicans should the government shut down. What's more, noted Bozell:
NB Staff
April 8th, 2011 1:07 PM

Poll Finds 48% of Americans’ Views Closer to Tea Party Than to Avera

While Democrats and Republicans and the White House wrangle over a federal budget and possible government shutdown, almost half of Americans say they are politically more in sync with the Tea Party than with the average congressman, according to Rasmussen Reports poll released this week. “The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely U.S. Voters say when it…
Lambert Mbom
April 8th, 2011 12:54 PM

NBC's Gregory Asks Rep. Hoyer About Dem Strategy to 'Cast Republicans

In an interview with Democratic Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer on NBC's Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory, filling in for Matt Lauer, asked: "I wonder, as a Democratic leader, whether part of the strategy here is to cast Republicans as extremists and ultimately get a lot more of a winning political hand for the Democrats through this process." With that setup, Hoyer proclaimed: "…
Kyle Drennen
April 8th, 2011 12:54 PM

ABC Still Gushing Over Kennedys, Including 'Senate Lion' Teddy, 'Obvio

Good Morning America on Friday continued to demonstrate a fascination with the Kennedy family, highlighting Ted Kennedy and his "critical" role as a "politician and a leader." Co-host George Stephanopoulos introduced the piece by recycling, "They called Ted Kennedy the lion of the Senate." Correspondent Claire Shipman caught up with Vicki Kennedy and recapped the current status of the famous…
Scott Whitlock
April 8th, 2011 12:51 PM

J. Crew Pushes Transgendered Child Propaganda

 J.CREW, a popular preppy woman’s clothing brand and favorite affordable line of first lady Michelle Obama, is targeting a new demographic -- mothers of gender-confused young boys. At least, that’s the impression given by a new marketing piece that features blatant propaganda celebrating transgendered children. An email sent to customers on Tuesday, April 5th contained a promotion for free…
Erin R. Brown
April 8th, 2011 12:50 PM

In Story on Town Hall Meeting About Shutdown, WaPo Reporter Buries Com

Update (14:30 EDT): Joe Schoffstall of NewsBusters sister site MRCTV.org has video of Moran berated a 27-year military veteran who asked Moran questions at last night's townhall. Click here to access the video. In his 20-paragraph April 8 article* on a congressional townhall hosted by liberal Democrat Jim Moran (D-Va.), reporter Ben Pershing buried in the very last paragraph the complaint of…
Ken Shepherd
April 8th, 2011 12:14 PM