'Severe Gay Rights Activist' Lisa Ling Slants Toward 'Accepting' Chris

Lisa Ling, a self-admitted "severe gay rights activist," was much tougher on Christians who hold fast to the traditional teachings against homosexual behavior on the Tuesday episode of her series on the Oprah Winfrey Network, "Our America." Ling wondered if ministering to homosexuals with this belief system "cause more harm than good." By contrast, she was sympathetic of a camp for teenage…
Matthew Balan
March 9th, 2011 9:56 PM

Chris Matthews Calls Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee Con Men

For the seventh day in a row, MSNBC's Chris Matthews attacked possible Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Mike Huckabee. In a lengthy, twelve minute opening segment lambasting the pair for largely past indiscretions, the "Hardball" host concluded with a literary reference likening the both to con men (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 9th, 2011 8:08 PM

CNN to Rep. Peter King: Are You Obsessed With Muslim Radicalization

CNN seemed to fear the worst before Thursday's hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims, pressing committee chair Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) on his stance toward radical Islam with the shadow of Joseph McCarthy looming in the background. CNN correspondent Dana Bash asked King, the chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security, if he was "obsessed" with radical Islam, and what…
Matt Hadro
March 9th, 2011 7:54 PM

Carl Bernstein: If the Country Was Serious About Cutting the Deficit

Twice within the span of a few minutes on Wednesday's "Morning Joe," journalist Carl Bernstein pressed for a gas tax to be implemented to help deal with the nation's budget crisis. The panel was covering the debate over the deficit taking place in Washington when Bernstein voiced his sentiments. When the question was if the country is truly serious about fixing the deficit, Bernstein…
Matt Hadro
March 9th, 2011 5:27 PM

For Second Straight Day, MSNBC Hypes 'War on Voting' with Biased Segme

For the second day in a row, MSNBC worked up a biased segment with Rock the Vote president Heather Smith about a "war on voting" -- see screen capture below page break-- by Republican legislators in numerous states where the GOP controls both state legislative chambers, such as New Hampshire. Today "NewsNation" host Tamron Hall picked up the torch from colleague Thomas Roberts, who conducted…
Ken Shepherd
March 9th, 2011 4:17 PM

Networks Frame Congressional Hearings on Radical Islam as 'Witch Hunt

On ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday, co-host George Stephanopoulos fretted over congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims being "potentially explosive" and that "Critics are already calling this a witch hunt." The headline on screen throughout the segment read: "Hearings on Islamic Radicals: Witch Hunt or Reality Check?" ABC was not alone in touting the "witch…
Kyle Drennen
March 9th, 2011 4:13 PM

Ed Schultz Admits Use of Staged Calls to His Radio Show

Ed Schultz yesterday slammed Rush Limbaugh for doing something Limbaugh denies but Schultz admits doing. In response to a story in Tablet Magazine about a "custom caller service" offered by Premier Radio Networks, a vast Clear Channel subsidiary that syndicates Limbaugh and other prominent conservative talkers, Limbaugh adamantly denied unsubstantiated allegations that staged calls were made…
Jack Coleman
March 9th, 2011 4:00 PM

NBC's Andrea Mitchell Sticks Up for NPR: 'Nobody Is Suggesting That Th

Andrea Mitchell joined Democratic Representative Steny Hoyer in sticking up for NPR as the NBC correspondent, on her MSNBC show, declared: "Nobody is suggesting that their journalism has been at all biased." On Wednesday's Andrea Mitchell Reports she regretted that outgoing NPR executive Ron Schiller's controversial comments about its own funding and the Tea Party were going to make it…
Geoffrey Dickens
March 9th, 2011 3:55 PM

NPR Chief Vivian Schiller Resigns; NPR Board Confirms She Was Forced O

NOTE: Updates will be posted below the break as they come in. Check in for all the latest developments. In the wake of a video sting showing NPR executives making disparaging comments towards conservatives, National Public Radio announced Wednesday morning that it had accepted the resignation of its president Vivian Schiller. "The Board accepted Vivian’s resignation with understanding,…
Lachlan Markay
March 9th, 2011 3:00 PM

NY Times Buries Obama's Guantanamo Bay Reversal on Back Pages, Quotes

Bowing to reality, President Obama has officially reneged on a campaign promise to his base, reversing a previous decision on detainees at Guantanamo Bay that will keep the prison camp for terrorists open indefinitely. It made the front page of Tuesday’s Washington Post but was buried near the back of the New York Times that day, on page 19: “Obama, in Reversal, Clears Way for Guantanamo Trials…
Clay Waters
March 9th, 2011 2:48 PM

Bozell to NPR Oversight Committees: Vivian Schiller Resignation 'Doesn

Managing Editor's Note:  NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate committees with oversight of NPR stating that PBS does not deserve a dime of taxpayer funding and that a government that is broke should not be in the business of funding a left-wing playground. A portion of the letter sent…
Brent Bozell
March 9th, 2011 2:30 PM

Laura Ingraham Scolds David Brooks for 'Snobby' 'Elitist' Treatment of

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Tuesday scolded New York Times columnist David Brooks for his snobby, elitist treatment of the Tea Party. Ingraham began her admonishment, "Your judgment on the Tea Party has been fairly brutal" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 9th, 2011 1:53 PM

New York Times on the 'Intellectual Curiosity' and 'Mischievous Sense

Monday’s New York Times obituary by Victoria Burnett celebrated the traveling companion of the guerilla leader and Communist murderer turned t-shirt icon Che Guevara in “Alberto Granado, 88, Friend of Che, Dies," and skipped over the facts about Guevara's violent life as a left-wing "revolutionary." Alberto Granado Jiménez, the Argentine biochemist who accompanied the young Che Guevara on his…
Clay Waters
March 9th, 2011 1:34 PM

It's Time for Big Bird to Fly on His Own

Worried that ending taxpayer funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will result in Sesame Streets’ demise? NPR’s former senior vice president for development was not. “Well frankly, it is very clear that we would be better off in the long run without federal funding,” said Ron Schiller. Yes, those words came out of the mouth of a senior vice president at…
Rebekah Rast
March 9th, 2011 12:24 PM