NBC's David Gregory, Unintentional Comedian

File this one in the "When I Need a Laugh" folder: David Gregory, host of NBC's "Meet the Press," told this week's Parade Magazine, "I don't accept the proposition that I have an ideological point of view that comes through. I work very hard to avoid that." Gregory must have adopted a new attitude toward his work after taking over "Meet the Press" following the death of his colleague, Tim…
Colleen Raezler
March 30th, 2009 4:03 PM

NBC's Lewis Shuns Global Warming Skeptics

NBC climastrologer and all-around nice guy George Lewis said on Sunday's "Today" show that global warming is at least partly the fault of mankind. More disturbing, however, is the fact that exactly zero consideration was given to actual scientific criticism of such a viewpoint. CARTER ROBERTS, World Wildlife Fund: We're definitely asking people to do a couple things. To turn off the lights, but…
Mike Sargent
March 30th, 2009 3:40 PM

CBS: Embryonic Stem Cells Could Provide ‘An Unlimited Supply of Bloo

Monday’s CBS Early Show promoted embryonic stem cell research as co-host Julie Chen declared: "And blood shortages at hospitals could become a thing of the past. We're going to tell you how stem cells could hold the key to creating artificial blood." She later teased the story: "Up next, a doctor's dream, an unlimited supply of blood. We're going to tell you how one researcher thinks it can…
Kyle Drennen
March 30th, 2009 3:08 PM

CNN Segment Blames 'Stingy Voters' for Rejecting Tax Hike for Mass Tra

Should the voters in St. Louis feel guilty? If you're a CNN viewer, you would assume so.  A segment that aired on CNN's March 29 "State of the Union" looked at some of the cutbacks that will go in effect on March 30 to the St. Louis bus and light rail systems. "Metro faces a more than $50 million budget gap, two dozen bus routes are being eliminated, others shortened or put on less frequent…
Jeff Poor
March 30th, 2009 1:16 PM

MSNBC Skips ID of Lefty Filmmaker; Grilled Conservative Documentarian

During the 10am hour of "MSNBC News Live" on Monday, host Tamron Hall completely skipped the ideology of a left-wing documentarian as she talked with him about his new movie "Rethink Afghanistan," which claims that "troops are not the answer" in that country. Hall never identified Director Robert Greenwald, who has made documentaries such as "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism," and "…
Scott Whitlock
March 30th, 2009 1:03 PM

CBS’s Smith: GM CEO’s ‘Head Went Rolling Off The Guillotine

While reporting on President Obama forcing General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner to resign, on Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith happily declared: "It's the end of the road for GM's CEO, Rick Wagoner, ousted by President Obama as the White House demands more from the U.S. auto industry...we saw Bob Schieffer's interview with Barack Obama Sunday Morning and he said we need more from the…
Kyle Drennen
March 30th, 2009 12:49 PM

CNN: Even With Obama Gun Control Agenda, Gun Owners 'Might Even Be Par

During a segment on Friday’s Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull program, CNN tried to perpetuate left-wing stereotypes about gun owners, and sent mixed messages about whether or not President Obama and his administration is pushing for gun control. Correspondent Sean Callebs interviewed two Texas professionals who owned guns and concluded, “A nurse, an attorney -- not the usual portrait of Second…
Matthew Balan
March 30th, 2009 12:17 PM

Open Thread

NB Staff
March 30th, 2009 9:43 AM

AP: Boos for Bush Change to 'Sustained Applause' for Obama on Global W

Tim Graham
March 30th, 2009 9:14 AM

Were Shooters Unidentified in Press Because They Were Muslim

Here is something that you NewsBusters fans can help me with because I am having difficulty deciding what is going on with this one. We have a shooting incident in Minnesota perpetrated by three Muslim Somali immigrants but for some reason almost every single media report about the incident omits the names of the shooters, names of obvious North African or ethnic origin. So, the question is, did…
Warner Todd Huston
March 30th, 2009 5:38 AM

Shocking LA Times Op-Ed: Liberal Critics Never Listen to Limbaugh

How often have you wondered whether or not the liberals who are so outraged by conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh have ever actually listened to his program?Shockingly, an op-ed in Sunday's Los Angeles Times asked such a question.In fact, author Andrew Klavan took it a step further:If you are reading this newspaper, the likelihood is that you agree with the Obama administration's recent…
Noel Sheppard
March 30th, 2009 12:22 AM

CBS: Embryonic Stem Cells Could Provide 'An Unlimited Supply of Blood

Correspondent, scientist avoid discussing the destruction of human life necessary for research to take place.
Kyle Drennen
March 30th, 2009 12:00 AM

The Sadness of 'Sexting

New trend of kids sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves to other kids raises questions of what violates child-pornography laws.
L. Brent Bozell III
March 30th, 2009 12:00 AM

ABC Jumps to Publicize Spanish Judge's Quest to Charge Bush Officials

ABC on Sunday night jumped to beat the other networks with the news that a judge in Spain may issue arrest warrants charging several former Bush administration officials with violating the Convention Against Torture. World News Sunday anchor Dan Harris announced: “Six former high level officials of the Bush administration are being targeted tonight by a court in, of all places, Spain. This court…
Brent Baker
March 29th, 2009 11:57 PM