CBS Adds Fuel to the Racism Fire Stoked By Gates Arrest

Now that President Obama has weighed in on the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, it seems a metaphysical certitude news media will milk this story for all it's worth.On Thursday, the CBS "Evening News" did exactly that by first opening its program with the President's statement made during Wednesday's press conference, and then following it with a segment on how this incident "…
Noel Sheppard
July 24th, 2009 10:55 AM

CNNer and FNCer Agree: Obama Wrong to Say 'Cambridge Police Acted Stup

Here's something you don't see every day: a prominent anchor from CNN offering the same opinion as a prominent anchor from Fox News.Such seems even less likely when the subject involves President Obama, but that's exactly what happened on Thursday's Steve Malzberg Show on WOR radio.The conservative host spoke separately to FNC's Bret Baier and CNN's John King about the following remarks Obama…
Noel Sheppard
July 24th, 2009 10:33 AM

Obama Muffs History Also Says We Don’t Want ‘Victory’ in Afghani

Once again Barack Obama waded into territory of which he has no knowledge: American history. Not only did he say during a TV interview that he doesn’t want “victory” in Afghanistan -- because victory is apparently too harsh for the losers -- but he used an example from WWII that never even happened to justify his touchy feely ideas on warfare. So will anyone in the Old Media even realize that the…
Warner Todd Huston
July 24th, 2009 10:28 AM

NewsBusted

NB Staff
July 24th, 2009 9:47 AM

Open Thread

NB Staff
July 24th, 2009 9:31 AM

Penn Jillette and John Stossel Slam Socialized Medicine on FNC

On the Thursday, July 16, Glenn Beck Program on FNC, magician Penn Jillette and ABC’s 20/20 anchor John Stossel – both self-described libertarians – appeared as guests to talk about health care reform. Stossel used the time to preview his upcoming segment on the problems with socialized medicine in Canada, which will air on a future episode of 20/20. Stossel informed viewers of Canada's shortage…
Brad Wilmouth
July 24th, 2009 3:19 AM

Rush Limbaugh: 'The Press Has Met Their Waterloo and It's Obama

Expounding on a formulation he's propounded this week on his radio show in pivoting off Senator Jim DeMint's prediction health care could become President Obama's “Waterloo,” in an interview with FNC's Greta Van Susteren aired Thursday night Rush Limbaugh asserted: “The press has met their Waterloo and it's Obama.” Limbaugh contended “they have sacrificed whatever integrity, character,…
Brent Baker
July 24th, 2009 1:26 AM

Maddow Offers 'Corrections' of Buchanan's Remarks on Race - And Misquo

Viewers of "The Rachel Maddow Show" on July 20 were treated to something seldom seen -- a political analyst trying to set the record straight after an argument, in the absence of the second pundit.Maddow preceded her criticism of MSNBC colleague Pat Buchanan by saying this tactic is "not cool" and "not fair" before proceeding with it anyway -- MADDOW: It's not cool to talk about guests after…
Jack Coleman
July 24th, 2009 12:58 AM

Nets Fail to ID Party of Pols Arrested in NJ; CNN Misleads Its Viewers

Continuing a well-established pattern, the broadcast network evening newscasts all failed to point out the party affiliation of the major New Jersey office-holders amongst the 44 people the FBI arrested Thursday for corruption. As the AP pointed out, all but one are Democrats:  “Among the 44 people arrested were the mayors of Hoboken, Ridgefield and Secaucus, Jersey City's deputy mayor, and two…
Brent Baker
July 23rd, 2009 11:13 PM

Hilzenwrath: WaPo Reporter Assails 'Duplicitous' Insurers For Their 'I

Tim Graham
July 23rd, 2009 10:22 PM

Sports OT: ChiSox Mark Buehrle Pitches Perfect Game

It's only happened 18 times in MLB history, so sit back and watch all 27 outs -- especially the amazing catch by Dewayne Wise in the top of the ninth (at 4:15):
Noel Sheppard
July 23rd, 2009 9:02 PM

Terry Moran's Big Scoop: Obama 'Prays All the Time

Wrapping up a preview of his day with President Barack Obama for Thursday's Nightline, live from Cleveland ABC's Terry Moran informed World News anchor Charles Gibson:  I also took the opportunity at this juncture to ask Mr. Obama about how the presidency is affecting and shaping his spiritual life, and he said, Charlie, that before he was elected, he had a habit of praying every night, but that…
Brent Baker
July 23rd, 2009 8:10 PM

CBS’s Smith to Daughter of Henry Gates: ‘Was His Heart Broken

While interviewing the daughter of arrested Harvard Professor Henry Gates on Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith wondered: "Is there something in this that says, ‘I'm not going to take this’?...In speaking with your father, was he hurt by this?...Was his heart broken by it?" [audio available here]Elizabeth Gates, a writer for the DailyBeast.com, declared that: "I think for anybody, you…
Kyle Drennen
July 23rd, 2009 4:56 PM

MRC VP Dan Gainor on FNC to Discuss Possible ACORN Fraud

MRC's Vice President for Business and Culture, Dan Gainor, appeared on Fox News Channel today to discuss a GOP Congressional Report that accused ACORN of political corruption and fraud. "Happening Now" host Jane Skinner asked: "Dan, boil it down into the simplest terms: what the main accusation is here." "Well, the main accusation is that they're breaking both election laws and tax laws…
Julia A. Seymour
July 23rd, 2009 3:37 PM