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'60 Minutes' Accused of Anti-Semitism at CBS Shareholders Meeting
May 24th, 2013 9:38 AM
A pro-Israel media watchdog accused "60 Minutes" of anti-Semitism at CBS's shareholders meeting Thursday.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the complaint stemmed from a segment aired April 22, 2012, called "Christians of the Holy Land" (video follows with partial transcript and commentary).
CBS's Scott Pelley at Quinnipiac Luncheon: 'We Are Getting Big Stories
May 12th, 2013 12:03 PM
Scott Pelley deserves grudging credit for recognizing something obvious at a Friday luncheon in New York. Readers tempted to go beyond that point would be advised to visit the archive of Pelley-related posts at NewsBusters on his brand of so-called journalism, a few of which will be identified later in this post.
At said luncheon, Pelley received the 20th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment…

Lesley Stahl: ‘We're All Going To End Up Wearing Burqas
April 21st, 2013 2:52 PM
CBS’s Lesley Stahl made a comment Sunday that in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing might give many Americans chills.
During a discussion about that horrific event on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Stahl said, “We're all going to end up wearing burqas” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

'60 Minutes' and '48 Hours' Twitter Accounts Hacked, Sent Anti-Obama M
April 21st, 2013 11:52 AM
The Twitter accounts of CBS's 60 Minutes and 48 Hours have been hacked and suspended.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, before the suspension, anti-Obama messages were sent:
CBS Promotes 'Rock Star' Dissenting Catholic Nuns; Hypes 'Inquisition
March 18th, 2013 4:28 PM
On Sunday's 60 Minutes, CBS ran to the aid of dissident Catholic sisters in the U.S. and recycled many of its talking points from their sympathetic coverage of the sisters' "Nuns on the Bus" tour in 2012. Bob Simon trumpeted the supposed "rock star" status of the leader of the sisters' coalition and tossed mostly softball questions at her. He also repeatedly used the loaded term "Inquisition"…

War on Women? Matthews, Olbermann Forced Pregnant Norah O’Donnell to
March 8th, 2013 3:58 PM
Being that March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day, what better time to showcase a prominent female journalist being treated poorly by her male colleagues, particularly ones from the "war on women" network itself, MSNBC.
Speaking with the liberal Huffington Post, CBS This Morning co-host Norah O’Donnell describes a not-so-pleasant experience with former NBC…

Cal Thomas Column: '60 Minutes'' Missed Opportunity
January 31st, 2013 6:30 PM
In the days of the late Mike Wallace, "60 Minutes" was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the powerful accountable.
The Jan. 27 program on which Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama (at his request, no less) and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fell far short of that high standard. It was the kind of softball…

Letterman: ‘You, Al Gore, Are Doing Business With Country That's Ena
January 30th, 2013 7:21 AM
A truly shocking thing happened on the CBS Late Show Tuesday.
Host David Letterman actually challenged guest Al Gore about his recent sale of Current TV to al Jazeera saying, “So you, Al Gore, are doing business with this country that's enabling your ultimate foe of climate change” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Fox's Bret Baier Quotes NB's Sheppard on Why Obama Loves Going on 60 M
January 30th, 2013 12:03 AM
As NewsBusters reported, CBS's Steve Kroft told CNN's Piers Morgan Monday that President Obama likes going on 60 Minutes because "he knows that we're not going to play gotcha with him."
On Tuesday, Fox News's Bret Baier quoted NewsBusters associate editor Noel Sheppard's opinion on this matter (video follows with transcript):

Bozell Column: No 'Playing Gotcha' With Obama
January 29th, 2013 10:00 PM
Did you see that hard-hitting report on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, the one that charged that one of our nation's most famous leaders and role models is a shameless liar, a ruthless intimidator and even “incinerator” of enemies, a man who operates like the Mafia?
No, that wasn’t the interview with Barack Obama, alongside Hillary Clinton. It was an interview later in the same show about the drug-…
CBS's Kroft on Why Obama Does 60 Minutes: 'He Knows We're Not Going To
January 28th, 2013 11:56 PM
CBS's Steve Kroft made a statement Monday that totally epitomizes liberal media bias in the modern era.
Speaking to CNN's Piers Morgan about his interview with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the previous evening's 60 Minutes, Kroft said the President likes doing his show because "he knows that we're not going to play gotcha with him" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

AP's Bauder Gives CBS's Kroft an Excuse Platform for Softball Obama-Cl
January 28th, 2013 7:13 PM
Steve Kroft at CBS News is apparently feeling the heat over his powder-puff interview of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It has fallen to television writer David Bauder at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press (HT Dylan Byers at the Politico) to try and help put out the fire.
You see, according to Kroft (my paraphrase), "This whole interview thing…

Brit Hume: Theme of Obama-Clinton 60 Minutes Interview - 'Just How Gre
January 28th, 2013 7:06 PM
Brit Hume on Monday made some strong comments about Barack Obama's recent attacks on Fox News as well as the gooey interview CBS's 60 Minutes did with the President and Hillary Clinton the previous evening.
Of the latter, he said the theme was “Just How Great Is the Relationship Between You Two?” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

Kirsten Powers on Obama-Clinton 60 Minutes Interview: 'Something You'd
January 28th, 2013 5:49 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting all day, CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday gave a gushing and fawning interview to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that should be an embarrassment to the network.
On Fox News's America's Newsroom Monday, left-leaning contributor Kirsten Powers said of this fiasco, "It really was something you would expect from like the state-run media...60…