Rudy Giuliani and Joe Scarborough Humiliate Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington stuck her foot in her mouth during Tuesday's "Morning Joe" on MSNBC, and ended up being totally humiliated by host Joe Scarborough and guests Rudy Giuliani and Mort Zuckerman.As the subject of Florida's Senate race was broached, Huffington decided to attack the former Mayor of New York City rather than address the qualifications of Republican candidates Charlie Crist and Marco…
Noel Sheppard
April 6th, 2010 1:13 PM

CBS's Smith: If President's Wild Pitch Hit Batter, ObamaCare Would Cov

During a fawning segment on a busy day of presidential traditions for Barack Obama, on Monday's CBS Evening News, fill-in anchor Harry Smith used the commander in chief's embarrassing pitch at the Washington Nationals opening game to tout ObamaCare: "If there had been a batter he might have been hit, but we are assured by the White House he would have been covered by the new health care reform…
Kyle Drennen
April 6th, 2010 12:46 PM

Satire: The iPad Versus the oPad

EyeBlast.tv Staff
April 6th, 2010 12:24 PM

Suspended: Is the Era of David Shuster Lashing Out at 'Nutty,' Far Rig

MSNBC on Tuesday announced that anchor David Shuster has been "suspended indefinitely" after filming a pilot at CNN. If this is the end of the liberal host's tenure on MSNBC, he'll leave behind a long legacy of viciously attacking "conservative fear mongering." During the Obama era, Shuster, supposedly a straight-news journalist, has been quick to deride the opponents of the President. On…
Scott Whitlock
April 6th, 2010 12:16 PM

O'Reilly Blasts Media for Demeaning and Neutralizing All Who Oppose Ob

"If you oppose the Obama administration, you must be demeaned and neutralized."So said Fox News's Bill O'Reilly Monday about the state of today's media. "Ever since the Tea Party protest began last summer, the left-wing media in America has been attacking the movement," he began his Talking Points Memo. "From the jump, the Tea Party protesters never had a chance," O'Reilly continued. "As soon as…
Noel Sheppard
April 6th, 2010 10:56 AM

Ed Schultz Perpetuates Feeble Left-Wing Slander of Hannity's 'Tim McVe

Picture this: a speaker at a crowded public forum referring to his audience as "Tim McVeigh wannabes" -- and receiving enthusiastic applause after saying it.Two possibilities come to mind. First, the audience consists mainly of those aspiring to membership in militias and hence their approval for being described this way. Or, much more likely, the speaker is being facetious and describing…
Jack Coleman
April 6th, 2010 10:42 AM

Seattle Times Promotes Gay Calls to 'Queer the Census

The Seattle Times needs a refresher course on impartial journalism. Staff reporter Lornet Turnbull didn't even try to cover her liberal tracks as she embraced the LGBT agenda in a March 31 article: "Census Will Count Gay Couples Who Check 'Husband or Wife.'" Turnbull's article about the LGBT community's anger toward the Census Bureau tilted in favor of the homosexual agenda with sources…
Carolyn Plocher
April 6th, 2010 10:29 AM

Breaking: MSNBC's David Shuster Suspended 'Indefinitely

Update - 10:45 AM | Lachlan Markay: Contessa Brewer is filling in for Shuster during his 10 am slot. Mediaite is reporting that Ed Schultz will take the 3 pm slot. This will not be the permanent lineup, however.MSNBC's David Shuster was suspended indefinitely today after a flap with the cable network's brass, who were livid that he filmed a pilot for CNN. Shuster, whose contract is set to expire…
Lachlan Markay
April 6th, 2010 10:11 AM

Rhodes View of Why People Listen to Rush: 'He's on Every Radio Station

It's a simple law of economics, right?  If there's a demand for a certain service or good, that business has a strong shot at thriving. Since the now-defunct Air America shut down for the last time earlier this year, the casual observer must conclude that no one wanted to hear left-wing diatribes over the broadcast airwaves.  But that's not the case according to a panel on HLN's April 5 "The Joy…
Jeff Poor
April 6th, 2010 9:25 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
April 6th, 2010 9:24 AM

Rhodes: People Listen to Rush Because 'He's on Every Radio Station

Behar panel laments fall of Air America and suggests it wasn't lack of audience for liberal content, but being 'run really badly.'
Jeff Poor
April 6th, 2010 9:16 AM

Jane Fonda Decries Hanoi Jane ‘Myth’ ‘Created by Right-Wingers

On Monday’s Larry King Live on CNN, guest Jane Fonda portrayed herself as a victim of a "myth" that was "created" by "right-wingers" about her infamous "Hanoi Jane" visit to Vietnam to protest the Vietnam War. Without specifying what aspect of the "Hanoi Jane" story she considered to be a fallacy, though the "Product Description" at Amazon.com seems to shed some light on what she was referring to…
Brad Wilmouth
April 6th, 2010 7:29 AM

NBC Promotes 'Safe Schools Czar' Kevin Jennings and His Big-Money Anti

Kevin Jennings, the controversial gay-left activist appointed by Obama to be the "safe schools czar" at the Department of Education, has been completely omitted by ABC, CBS, and NBC -- until last Saturday.The networks ignored Jennings' controversial record -- how he wrote about counseling a teenaged boy to use a condom before meeting an adult man in a bus stop restroom, and how his group the Gay…
Tim Graham
April 6th, 2010 7:04 AM

NBC Nightly News: Mohammad Ali, Walt Whitman, Annie Oakley and Now...B

NBC News is certainly enthralled with David Remnick’s new book, ‘The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.’ After giving him a guest slot on Meet the Press and an interview on Monday’s Today show, NBC Nightly News on Monday showcased Remnick in an “In His Own Words” segment to expound on his admiration for Obama’s racial identity journey, starting with how Obama follows in the tradition of…
Brent Baker
April 6th, 2010 2:47 AM