Barbara Walters on Obama: ‘We Thought He Was Going To Be The Next Me
December 17th, 2013 9:33 PM
Yes, she really said it.
On CNN’s Piers Morgan Live Tuesday, in a brief discussion about President Obama, Barbara Walters actually said, “We thought that he was going to be - I shouldn't say this at Christmastime, but - the next messiah” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NBC's 'Nightly News' Avoids Obama in 'Serious Legal Blow' to NSA Spyin
December 17th, 2013 12:54 PM
All three networks on Monday night and Tuesday morning covered the "major blow" a judge delivered by ruling that the National Security Agency's massive data collection is likely unconstitutional. Yet, NBC's Nightly News managed to mention the President only once in passing. Instead, anchor Brian Williams kept the nearly three and a half minute segment politically vague: "Privacy violation:…
ABC Falsely Reports Pope Removed 'Outspoken Critic of Abortion' From V
December 17th, 2013 12:32 PM
Tuesday's Good Morning America simply didn't have its facts straight in their rush to portray Pope Francis as a crypto-liberal. Amy Robach hyped that the pontiff "removed an outspoken critic of abortion and same-sex marriage from a powerful post within the Church. Conservative Cardinal Raymond Burke...was head of the Vatican's highest court." Robach then asserted that "this move is seen as…
ABC's Latest Bad Poll for Obama Gets Spun: 'Opposition to Obamacare De
December 17th, 2013 8:28 AM
The new ABC News-Washington Post poll shows Obama’s approval rating stuck at 43 percent approve, 55 percent disapprove, very close to their last result. The Post headline was “Obama’s approval ratings plummet” – over the year. A year ago, it was 52 percent approve, 44 percent disapprove. Online, it was merely a "year of turmoil." But ABC put a happy spin on it.
The headline on ABCNews.com…
Media’s Top 10 Most Embarrassing Predictions of
December 16th, 2013 3:57 PM
Print, broadcast or web, the media sure aren’t Nostradamus. In spite of their best attempts, the news media have gotten it wrong prediction after prediction on a wide range of business and economic issues in 2013. Just in the past year, reporters warned of “economic doomsday,” thought Healthcare.gov was going to be “easy” just like Amazon.com, and warned of melting polar ice, even as a new…
CBS Highlights '55 of the 62 Elected Sheriffs' Opposing Colorado Gun L
December 16th, 2013 1:11 PM
CBS This Morning stood out on Monday as the only mention so far on the Big Three's morning and evening newscasts of the New York Times' Sunday item about sheriffs in Colorado who are "refusing to enforce" gun control laws passed earlier in 2013, "saying that they are too vague and violate Second Amendment rights. Many more say that enforcement will be 'a very low priority,' as several sheriffs…
Slobbering 'View' Crew Loves Gun-Grabbing Bloomberg: Ban Sodas and Cig
December 16th, 2013 12:56 PM
The liberal hosts of The View on Monday took one last chance to fawn over Michael Bloomberg, touting the "bold" actions the exiting New York City Mayor made against guns, soda and cigarettes. Walters, who has joked about flirting with the billionaire, referenced a skit she appeared in with the left-wing politician: "I would like to point out that you and I got married on the program,…
Gingrich Schools Reich: 'Every Major City Which Is a Poverty Center Is
December 15th, 2013 12:57 PM
ABC This Week viewers were treated to a classic conservative versus liberal debate Sunday.
When former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich tried to blame the increase in poverty in the past five years on Republicans, former Speaker of the House and current CNN host Newt Gingrich called it "baloney" firing back, "Every major city which is a center of poverty is run by Democrats" (video…
Kimmel Presents Fox's 'Version' of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’: ‘M
December 13th, 2013 5:08 PM
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel began his program Thursday evening bashing the Fox News Network.
After mocking Megyn Kelly and contributor Monica Crowley for claiming that the historical figures Santa Claus and Jesus Christ were white, he presented a trailer for a Fox News version of “It’s a Wonderful Life” wherein Henry Potter is the hero trying to preserve Bedford Falls as an example of free market…
Good Morning America: ‘All Sides’ Want Heisman Hopeful Rape Case t
December 12th, 2013 4:07 PM
ABC’s Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos together made a rather bizarre statement at the end of a brief Good Morning America segment Thursday about the newly-released 911 call from the friend of the woman who’s accused Heisman Trophy favorite Jameis Winston of raping her. “They just want this one to go away,” said Stephanopoulos. “Yeah, I think all sides do,” replied Roberts (video…
Networks Rush to Defend Obama Selfie: Refusing Photo Would Have Caused
December 12th, 2013 10:36 AM
All three networks on Wednesday engaged in damage control for the White House following criticism of President Obama's selfie during Tuesday's Mandela memorial service. On CBS This Morning, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante even made this absurd assertion: "The President might have caused a diplomatic incident if he had declined the invitation to be in a photo with two long-time…
ABC Finds the Positive In Obama's Low Approval Numbers; 'He Has Stoppe
December 11th, 2013 12:54 PM
ABC's Good Morning America provided the most positive spin it could from new Obama approval numbers, declaring that "he has stopped the free-fall" and reporting only the two least negative disapproval ratings for the President.
"And meanwhile, the President getting some new polls out this morning that show he may have stopped the bleeding from that botched rollout of the ObamaCare website,"…
Barbara Walters Uses Mandela’s Funeral to Lobby for Ending America
December 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
View journalist Barbara Walters on Tuesday used Nelson Mandela’s funeral as a way to push for normalization of relations with Cuba. Absolutely struck by the fact that Barack Obama shook hands with President Raul Castro, Walters lectured, “The significance is that maybe this may change our relations with Cuba after 50 years, because it seems a little ridiculous to me that we recognize China and…
One Year Later: Networks Remember Newtown with 39 Gun Deaths Week Befo
December 10th, 2013 9:04 AM
Saturday, Dec. 14 marks a year since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. In the run-up to that tragic anniversary, Americans can expect to hear demands for gun control from sanctimonious Hollywood stars, just as they did in the wake of the shooting.
Their demands were hypocritical then, and they’re even more hypocritical now. The entertainment industry makes huge…
