Oliver Stone: 'Reagan Was a Dumb Son of a Bitch' Who Spawned Bush

Film producer/director Oliver Stone, a far-left promoter of conspiracies who is working on a sequel to his 1987 'Wall Street' movie, declared on Friday night's edition of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher that “Reagan was a dumb son of a bitch” and “I really think George W is dumber” and so, after producing movies on the CIA conspiracy to murder President Kennedy and a dark look at President Nixon…
Brent Baker
June 27th, 2009 2:14 AM

Obama's 'Very Best Care' For His Own Family ABC Comment Largely Unimpo

Clearly, the most important takeaway from ABC's low-rated White House forum on health care was President Barack Obama's admission that he would go outside the constraints of a nationalized system to get the "very best care" if necessary for his own family.Hot Air's Ed Morrissey noted that Obama's response should properly be seen as "a Michael Dukakis moment that exposed him as a hypocrite."A…
Tom Blumer
June 27th, 2009 12:13 AM

No Party Tag for Conyers' Wife; Just 20 Secs on 'Cap & Trade' Amidst

Noteworthy from Friday night's broadcast network evening newscasts which, a day after his death, spent 95 percent of their air time on Michael Jackson -- all but 1:03 of ABC's approximate 22 minutes was devoted to Jackson, all but 34 seconds of CBS and all but 1:22 of NBC, for 2:59, less than three minutes in total for all news beyond Jackson: ♦ Only ABC's World News reported how Monica Conyers,…
Brent Baker
June 26th, 2009 8:50 PM

Weekend Captionfest: Dunking Robert Gibbs Edition

             "Wearing his gym clothes and talking a little smack, press secretary Robert Gibbs was sent into the dunk tank at the White House luau ...by members of the press corps," reports Politico.com. "In agreement initiated by FOX News's Wendell Goler, each member of the press corps will return the favor by kicking in $5 to a pool of money going to charity." [see videos below page break]
NB Staff
June 26th, 2009 5:20 PM

CNBC's Cramer: 'Remember When Business Was on the Front Page

While much of the country has been captivated by the passing of pop star Michael Jackson, the scandal of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and turmoil in Iran and Iraq, business news has fallen off the front pages.  That was the observation CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer made on the June 26 broadcast of "Street Signs." Cramer noted that the front page of the June 26 New York Times was entirely…
Jeff Poor
June 26th, 2009 4:47 PM

Daily Beast Contributor Aslan: 'No Such Thing as Sharia' Law

Editor's Note: The following was originally posted to Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood blog on June 24. Perhaps of greatest note to NewsBusters readers is Tapson's reporting on the pronouncements of Daily Beast contributor and UC Riverside professor Reza Aslan that "There is no such thing as Sharia."While Iranian-American protesters packed streetcorners in Westwood last Saturday afternoon in…
Mark Tapson
June 26th, 2009 4:32 PM

ABC Plugs ObamaCare Again

Catherine Maggio
June 26th, 2009 3:34 PM

Morning Shows Devote Almost an Hour to Hyping Sanford Story

The three network morning shows on Thursday devoted a staggering 18 segments to the revelation that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was having an affair with a woman from Argentina, adding up to over 54 minutes of coverage. NBC's Today show spent the most time on the subject, highlighting the infidelity with six segments and 25 minutes of air time. Co-host Matt Lauer even talked to disgraced…
Scott Whitlock
June 26th, 2009 3:14 PM

WaPo Announces Contest Imagining First Paragraph of Dick Cheney's Memo

Tim Graham
June 26th, 2009 2:53 PM

Night Before Key Vote, Networks Remain Silent on Cap-and-Trade

Sarah Knoploh
June 26th, 2009 2:15 PM

NY Times Calls 'The Stoning of Soraya M' Film 'Lurid Torture-Porn

Leave it to New York Times liberal movie critic Stephen Holden to come down on "The Stoning of Soraya M," for stereotyping a couple of murderous, misogynist Islamists as...murderous misogynist Islamists.Holden generally likes politically activist movies, especially left-wing documentaries that take aim at politically correct targets like big business and heartland hicks. By contrast, he's not…
Clay Waters
June 26th, 2009 1:52 PM

Bozell Column: This Is Your Nurse On Drugs

Brent Bozell
June 26th, 2009 1:24 PM

ABC’s Roberts Attacks Male Politicians: They Wouldn't Cheat 'If They

In the wake of political sex scandals including South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Nevada Sen. John Ensign, ABC's Cokie Roberts took the opportunity on June 25 to suggest that the fundamental flaw in each case was the male gender. "World News with Charles Gibson" anchor asked question of why such affairs ever begin. "It's an admission that can doom the most promising political career,"…
Jeff Poor
June 26th, 2009 11:01 AM

Friday Funnies: 'What If Government Ran Health Care

The good folks at Reason have created a short video satirizing what healthcare will look like in America if the Democrats have their way (h/t Hot Air):
Noel Sheppard
June 26th, 2009 10:43 AM