Olbermann Jokes O’Reilly Is ‘Female Dog,’ Slams Right’s ‘Ann

On Tuesday’s Countdown show, at the beginning of a segment about the Obama family’s pet dog, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann and MSNBC political analyst Craig Crawford, joked about FNC host Bill O’Reilly being a dog. Picking up on Olbermann’s earlier suggestion that he gets tired of hearing about presidential dogs, Crawford opened the discussion by ribbing the Countdown host about the possibility of…
Brad Wilmouth

MSNBC's Sexist Hypocrisy: Open Season on Conservative Women

In America, only liberal women enjoy protection from public degradation and disgusting characterizations.
Jeff Poor

Just When You Think the Big 3 Evening Newscasts Can't Sink Any Lower

I could of course be commenting on the poor quality of the alleged journalism. But in this case I'm talking about their ratings, which is of course largely caused by said poor journalism. Three weeks ago (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted that the Big 3 networks' evening newscasts' combined ratings had dropped about 17% since the collective high they achieved during the week of January 26,…
Tom Blumer

Guthrie Decides Obama Gave a Great Speech -- On MSNBC My Boss Told Me

The insular world of NBC News and MSNBC. In her Tuesday NBC Nightly News story on President Barrack Obama's status of the economy speech, reporter Savannah Guthrie emphasized how “the White House billed today's speech as a 'major' one” and so it was “carried live on cable” where “analysts said it was short on rhetoric and long on policy.” Guthrie's expert “analysts” turned out to be one analyst,…
Brent Baker

MSNBC Host: 'We’re Not Liberal!'; 'Do We Have Some Progressive Voice

Everything you thought you knew about MSNBC political slant - throw it out the window, because one MSNBC host says you're probably wrong. MSNBC's Contessa Brewer, appearing on "The Mark Reardon Show" on St. Louis KMOX 1120 AM radio on April 13. Brewer defended her network against the perception that it is a liberal cable news channel. "No, but we're not liberal," Brewer said. "No, we're not…
Jeff Poor

MSNBC: The Place for Low-Brow 'Teabag' Humor

MSNBC prides itself as being the place for politics, the seemingly clever marketing slogan could be used to describe the network as the place where hosts try to use dirty humor about important political events. David Shuster, filling in for MSNBC loose-cannon Keith Olbermann on his April 13 broadcast, and his writers probably thought they were pretty clever when they pieced an item denigrating…
Jeff Poor

Shuster's 'Teabagging' Double Entendres: 'You're Going to Need a Dick

The good folks at MSNBC have been disparaging tax protesting Tea Parties by referring to them as the sexually charged double entendre "teabagging."As decency prevents a clinical explanation of the term, curious readers not in the know should check the Urban Dictionary with an objectionable content forewarning.  With that as pretext, MSNBC's David Shuster filling in for Keith Olbermann on Monday's…
Noel Sheppard

Oprah Redefines Normal Once Again

“Unconventional and Unforgettable Dads” was the title of Oprah’s April 13 broadcast in which she shamelessly promoted gay adoption, featuring a touching story about a famous author and his “unconventional family.” Gregory Maguire and Andy Newman fell in love in the 90s, and soon after expanded their “family” by adopting two young boys from Cambodia and a girl from Guatemala. They got married in…
Erin R. Brown

Bozell Column: The End of Newsweek

Brent Bozell

CBS Slams Exxon for Not Drilling More

In stunning turn around, CBS laments the fact ExxonMobil is not putting up more oil rigs in scenic Alaska and the Gulf Coast.
Edward Schatz

Too Good To Be True? Obama Iraq Troop Greeting Allegedly Staged

So says MacsMind (via Flopping Aces via Minority Report via Jeff Emanuel at RedState). MacsMind's post is in response to an all-too-predictable gusher delivered by Democratic operative disguised as Associated Press reporter Jennifer Loven on April 7 (bold is mine): Cheered wildly by U.S. troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq on Tuesday and promptly declared it was time for…
Tom Blumer

CBS's Harry Smith Snarks to O'Reilly, 'Couldn't Hold a Job at Any Othe

CBS anchor Harry Smith and Bill O’Reilly traded light blows with each other on Tuesday’s Early Show, as the Fox News Channel host marked his 100th consecutive month at the top of cable news ratings. Smith jabbed his guest about his 12 years on the same network: “Couldn’t hold a job at any other place?...Is this the longest continuous employment you have ever had?” O’Reilly didn’t take it lying…
Matthew Balan

CCP & Red State Blow Up Bill Press's Lame Arguments for Radio 'Fairnes

Sean D. Parnell, the President of the Center for Competitive Politics - a Free Speech Alliance member - today at Red State does a magnificent job dismantling serially failed liberal radio talk show host Bill Press's woefully lame arguments for equal time for Leftists on the airwaves.  Though Press swears no one is calling for the Censorship Doctrine, also mis-known as the "Fairness" Doctrine…
Seton Motley

WaPo Photo Caption Bias in Cuba Embargo Story

Opting to include a photo to supplement the reporting by Michael Shear and Cecilia Kang in their April 14 front-pager "Obama Lifts Broad Set of Sanctions Against Cuba", Washington Post editors made a caption choice that served to skew the story presentation in a way favorable to those who argue for lifting the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba."The president's new policies lift limits on Americans…
Ken Shepherd