MSNBC's Donny Deutsch Apologizes for 'Coconut' Slur of Marco Rubio

MSNBC regular Donny Deutsch on Wednesday apologized, via Twitter, for deriding Republican senatorial hopeful Marco Rubio as a "coconut," a racial slur which the New York Times defines as "being brown on the outside and white on the inside." (Rubio's parents are Cuban exiles.) Over two Tweets, Deutsch announced, "In discussing Mr. Rubio, I used a word intended to describe his inexperience on the…
Scott Whitlock
February 24th, 2010 6:21 PM

CNBC Notes Tough Questioning from Michigan Legislators on Toyota; Even

Toyota is facing harsh scrutiny from the media and lawmakers - perhaps with justification. But there could be consequences for the U.S. economy. And as Toyota (NYSE:TM) executives have endured two days of congressional hearings on the issues surrounding their potentially widespread defective products, the most aggressive questioners have been lawmakers from Michigan, home of the Big 3 automakers…
Jeff Poor
February 24th, 2010 6:15 PM

Media Attack GOP for Filibuster Flip-flop, Silent About Dems' Newfound

"I pray God when the Democrats take back control we don’t make the kind of naked power grab you are doing." - Joe Biden, 2005Few Americans would be shocked to hear that members of Congress are not always consistent, and occasionally outright hypocritical. Very often, however, the liberal media attempts to downplay Democratic double standards and highlight Republican ones. Each recent change in…
Lachlan Markay
February 24th, 2010 5:59 PM

'Squawk Box' Notes Tough Questioning from Michigan Legislators on Toyo

CNBC hosts point out tough grilling of Japanese automaker from Rep. John Dingell, but even MSNBC's Shuster advises caution.
Jeff Poor
February 24th, 2010 5:58 PM

Journalists Applaud Perez Hilton, Howard Stern as Replacements on 'Ame

Fox's family-friendly "American Idol" is headed down the tubes if Howard Stern and Perez Hilton have anything to do with it. Stern, while now on XM Sirius Satellite Radio, dominated the public airwaves for more than 20 years as a shock jock. Regular discussions on his show revolved around celebrities' sexual proclivities, complete with explicit language. Strippers and porn stars were regular…
Colleen Raezler
February 24th, 2010 5:38 PM

PBS Newshour Spikes Conservatives From Gay Segment, as Professors Hope

On Tuesday night, the PBS Newshour discussed the debate over gays in the military, but that didn’t mean there was a debate on the show. Instead, PBS booked three gay-promoting liberal academics and pollster Andrew Kohut to talk about "American attitudes evolving." The liberal hope and dream of suppressing religious speech against homosexuality was blatantly expressed by Georgetown history…
Tim Graham
February 24th, 2010 5:17 PM

HuffPo's Ryan Grim: ObamaCare 2.0 Really A 'Conservative' Plan

Appearing in the 3PM ET hour on MSNBC on Wednesday, Huffington Post writer Ryan Grim claimed that President Obama's latest version of health care reform was actually a conservative approach: "We actually already have a Republican bill, and it's the one that Obama has proposed....It's all about choice. Everything in it is a Republican kind of free market-based idea."Speaking to anchor David…
Kyle Drennen
February 24th, 2010 5:09 PM

CNN Joins ABC in Highlighting Blacks' High Abortion Rate

On Wednesday's American Morning, CNN's John Roberts acknowledged the high abortion rate of blacks as he moderated a debate on a pro-life billboard campaign in Georgia which accuses the abortion industry of targeting the black community. Roberts joined his colleague Steve Osunsami at ABC News in highlighting this billboard campaign.The CNN anchor brought on Catherine Davis, the director of…
Matthew Balan
February 24th, 2010 4:08 PM

MSNBC's David Shuster Links IRS Plane Bombing to Unease Over Big Gover

MSNBC news anchor David Shuster on Tuesday linked the terrorist act of flying a plane into an Austin IRS building with growing concern over big government. After describing the horrific crime last week of Joseph Stack, Shuster connected, "While that's extreme, a recent NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll found that when it comes to the federal government, 46 percent of Americans say it is not…
Scott Whitlock
February 24th, 2010 3:52 PM

Cartoon: The Media's Selective Reporting on Joe Stack

Great cartoon featured in today's "Morning Briefing" at RedState (h/t Kevin Eder):  
NB Staff
February 24th, 2010 3:45 PM

Vanity Fair: Conservative Magazines Rise on Hate

According to Vanity Fair's Matt Pressman, President Obama's plummeting approval rate isn't just affecting the Oval Office, it has liberal magazines suffering and conservative titles flourishing. "Hate sells," Pressman wrote in his Feb. 23 article, and, with fewer Americans approving of the President, conservative magazines have enjoyed a "boost from the anti-government, tea-party led fervor.""The…
Carolyn Plocher
February 24th, 2010 3:37 PM

WaPo’s Marcus Doesn’t Get Opposition to Repealing 'Don’t Ask, Do

It’s one thing to advocate for the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" (DADT). It’s altogether another to maintain that you find the other side of the argument “incomprehensible.” But that’s what Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus did in her Feb. 24 column, “The Inevitable Backlash on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’” While stating that DADT should be repealed, Marcus professed to be perplexed at why…
Sarah Knoploh
February 24th, 2010 2:54 PM

Media Defend Obama's 'Revamped' Health Care Takeover

BMI Staff
February 24th, 2010 2:00 PM

Red Eye's Robot Theater Rips Garofalo, O'Donnell and Olbermann

Greg Gutfeld and the "Red Eye" gang struck back at comediennes Janeane Garofalo and Rosie O'Donnell Wednesday for their attack on Fox News hosts last week.  As NewsBusters reported, the pair were on O'Donnell's radio show last Tuesday bashing Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Sustern, and Brit Hume just to name a few.With this in mind, Gutfeld and Company decided to use Robot Theater to…
Noel Sheppard
February 24th, 2010 1:46 PM