NPR, Enjoying Murdoch 'Crumbling,' Finds British Pundit Blaming...Camp

NPR is clearly relishing the Murdoch newspapers scandal in Britain. Its Weekend Edition headline on Saturday was "News Corp. Dynasty Crumbles From the Top Down." Anchor Scott Simon interviewed Financial Times columnist Clive Crook and asked if the scandal will cause sell-offs: "How big a dent that they represent in his holdings and his influence?...Can you foresee them having to make incisions…
Tim Graham
July 17th, 2011 11:31 AM

Media Sites Crow Over Don Rickles 'Insulting' Bristol Palin

(Check the update at the bottom of this story. Bristol may have accidentally tipped us off as to the intentions of her mother.) You know what a true insult from comedian Don Rickles would be? It would be if you appeared on a stage with Rickles and did NOT receive an "insult" from the "Merchant of Venom." However, many media websites seem to be unaware of Rickles' stock in trade. They are…
P.J. Gladnick
July 17th, 2011 10:39 AM

Catholic Charities USA Employs Gay Lobbyist

Lou Chibbaro Jr., a reporter for the gay newspaper The Washington Blade, offered a front-page story this week on just how liberal the top leadership of Catholic Charities USA is: Catholic Charities USA, the nation’s largest network of faith-based agencies providing services to the poor, has hired a Washington lobbying firm owned by a gay man to promote a recently launched anti-poverty…
Tim Graham
July 17th, 2011 8:12 AM

WaPo Seeks Out Hustler Porn Emperor Larry Flynt to Lecture Murdoch on

The Washington Post can really pick them when selecting a guest lecturer to Rupert Murdoch on media ethics: pornographer Larry Flynt. In a Sunday Outlook section article is the headline “The people vs. Rupert Murdoch: Hustler magazine founder Larry Flynt says his fellow media mogul has gone too far.” Yes, somehow, Larry Flynt gets to pose as The People. Flynt lectured at Murdoch: “One cannot…
Tim Graham
July 17th, 2011 7:45 AM

Is Al Sharpton Replacing Cenk Uygur on MSNBC

People unfortunate enough to be watching MSNBC since Keith Olbermann was forced out in January have noticed a tremendously unqualified "Young Turk" in the 6PM slot that used to be occupied by Ed Schultz. For the past two weeks, Al Sharpton has filled in for the supposedly vacationing Cenk Uygur, and according to TVNewser, this might be permanent:
Noel Sheppard
July 16th, 2011 7:02 PM

CNN's Begala: 'At Least 10 Percent of Us Are Gay Or Lesbian

Friday night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, the lead story was on a counseling clinic owned by presidential candidate Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and her husband.  Cooper spoke of "allegations that the clinic engages in so-called reparative therapy," described by Cooper as "based on the theory that gay people can be turned into heterosexuals through a combination of prayer and willpower." …
Mike Bates
July 16th, 2011 3:34 PM

Rupert Murdoch Reminds ABC’s Kofman of Ebenezer Scrooge Instead of S

  On Saturday’s Good Morning America on ABC, after anchor Dan Harris recounted that News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch met and apologized to the family of the 13-year-old murder victim whose phone messages were hacked by a News of the World reporter, correspondent Jeffrey Kofman commented that Murdoch reminded him of Ebenezer Scrooge  approaching Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, rather than a…
Brad Wilmouth
July 16th, 2011 2:37 PM

Maher: Palin 'Sells Patriotism Like a Pimp' and is 'Leader of a Strang

As NewsBusters has been reporting, Friday's installment of HBO's "Real Time" contained possibly the most vile political talk ever aired on national television. In the final segment, host Bill Maher said, "Sarah Palin is a vainglorious braggart, a liar, a whiner, a professional victim, a scold, a know-it-all, a chiseler, a bully who sells patriotism like a pimp, and the leader of a strange…
Noel Sheppard
July 16th, 2011 2:11 PM

Weekend Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, the British Open, or whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
July 16th, 2011 12:29 PM

Dan Savage on HBO's 'Real Time': 'I Wish [Republicans] Were All F--kin

As NewsBusters previously reported, Friday's "Real Time" on HBO contained some of the most vile political talk ever broadcast on national television. In one panel segment, gay sex advice columnist Dan Savage said of Republicans, "I wish they were all f--king dead" (video follows with transcript and commentary, extreme vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
July 16th, 2011 12:16 PM

CNN's Cooper: Obama's 'Numbers Didn't Quite Add Up

When an adoring mainstream media suspend their fawning long enough to point out that he's lying, Barack Obama must realize his presidency is in trouble.  That's what happened Friday night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees. Naturally, Cooper began by claiming Republicans who argue Americans don't want higher taxes use polling data "that's just not true."  No mention was made of this week's…
Mike Bates
July 16th, 2011 12:15 PM

Goldman Drops Fri. Evening 'Bomb,' Projecting Unemployment at 8.75% at

Per Reuters blogger James Pethokoukis, Goldman Sachs, demonstrating Democratic-friendly timing similar to that seen at the New York Times a month or so ago, published an extraordinarily gloomy economic forecast last night. Here are some of the details he quotes: "Following another week of weak economic data, we have cut our estimates for real GDP growth in the second and third quarter of…
Tom Blumer
July 16th, 2011 11:03 AM

HBO 'Real Time' Guests Discuss Having Violent Hate Sex With Michele Ba

Potentially the most vile political discussion ever aired on national television occurred on Friday's HBO program "Real Time." After former Air America comedian Marc Maron said he wanted to have violent hate sex with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), sex advice columnist Dan Savage said he'd like to do the same to Rick Santorum (video follows with transcript and commentary, extreme…
Noel Sheppard
July 16th, 2011 10:26 AM

British Muslims Urged to Reject Democracy

A British Islamic group known for its provocative publicity stunts says a borough in northeast London will be the first target of a campaign to establish "emirates" in the country - Muslim enclaves where shari'a law is enforced. Waltham Forest, an area identified in the most recent census figures available as having the fifth-biggest proportion of Muslims - 15 percent - of any local…
Patrick Goodenough
July 16th, 2011 10:07 AM