The View's Joy Behar Gets Own Show on CNN Headline News
See? It really does pay to be a Bush-hating conspiracy theorist.Just ask The View's Joy Behar who just landed herself a job as the host of her own program on HLN, the network formerly known as CNN Headline News.Even though this is clearly a joke, I kid you not.Just try to keep a straight face as you read the following Associated Press report (h/t Big Hollywood):
George Will Answers Critics Concerning Call to Leave Afghanistan
As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, syndicated columnist and ABC News contributor George Will created quite a firestorm last week with his call for American troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan.Readers are encouraged to review the article in question as well as the criticisms here. On Sunday, at the beginning of the panel segment of ABC's "This Week," Will took on his critics by reading a letter…
Reliable Sources Gushes Over Sawyer, No Mention of GMA's Ratings
Howard Kurtz opened Sunday's "Reliable Sources" with a lovefest for the promotion of ABC's Diane Sawyer to replace Charles Gibson on "World News Tonight."Mysteriously, there was absolutely no discussion about how Sawyer's "Good Morning America" is constantly second in the ratings to NBC's "Today" show, nor was there mention of how Katie Couric regularly bested Sawyer in the morning but has been a…
All Three Morning Shows Skip Any Reference to Radical Obama Czar and
All three morning shows on Friday skipped any reference to the developing controversy over Obama administration Green Jobs Czar Van Jones and his connection to the 9/11 Truther movement. CBS’s Early Show, NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America totally ignored the story, although ABC’s Jake Tapper did file an online report over the subject. And although Fox News on Thursday covered the…
UAW Has Reason to Celebrate This Labor Day
The Labor Day holiday is almost upon us and the networks are likely to spend it talking about vacation, barbequing and holiday sales instead of examining the 2009 victories of the labor unions. In fact, all year they avoided talking about the many recent blessings organized labor has enjoyed. The United Auto Workers (UAW), which donated more than 99 percent of its $25.4 million to Democratic…
Tom DeLay Quick to Dance, But Bill Clinton Was ABC's Dream Dance Partn
Time’s Belinda Luscombe has the skinny on how hard it was for ABC’s "Dancing with the Stars" to land former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay: "When [casting director Deena] Katz reached out to former Texas Congressman Tom DeLay via his book agent, she didn't soften up the ground in advance. ‘It was a Hail Mary pass,’ she admits. Twenty minutes later, DeLay was in."They’ve tried to hard to cast a…
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Attacks: Obama Must 'Intimidate Republic
Former Democratic strategist turned journalist George Stephanopoulos appeared on Thursday’s Good Morning America to declare that President Obama’s address to Congress on September 9 must "intimidate Republicans a little bit." Stephanopoulos, who was a top aide to Bill Clinton, added that the White House should force the GOP to "make sure they understand the consequences of failure." The This Week…
CBS: Levi Johnston Claims May ‘Shatter’ Palin’s ‘Conservative
Teasing an upcoming segment on Thursday’s CBS Early Show about new attacks on Sarah Palin by the father of her grandson, Levi Johnston, co-host Maggie Rodriguez exclaimed: "And shocking allegations that could shatter former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s conservative family image. If she chooses to believe what Levi Johnston is saying." In the later report on Johnston’s Vanity Fair rant against…
Only ABC Highlights the Scope of How Fast Obama’s Poll Numbers Are F
Of the three morning shows, only ABC’s Good Morning America on Wednesday highlighted just how quickly and severely Barack Obama’s approval ratings have fallen. In a report on the subject, correspondent Jake Tapper bluntly explained, "Since taking office, President Obama's approval ratings have fallen more steeply than any other newly-elected president in modern history." In contrast, CBS’s Early…
New ABC World News Anchor Diane Sawyer: A Profile in Bias
ABC News has just announced that Good Morning America co-anchor Diane Sawyer is taking over as the anchor of World News when the current anchor, Charlie Gibson, retires in January. Coincidentally, the MRC has just finished a new report, “Good Morning, Bias,” on the liberal spin Sawyer brought to Good Morning America (and previously as co-anchor of the network’s 20/20 and Primetime Live…
ABC Glamorizes German City With No Cars; Model for America
On Saturday's Good Morning America, ABC touted a German city that has rid itself of all cars. Complimenting the citizens of Vauban, reporter Jim Sciutto cheered, "And residents don't mind one bit." GMA weekend co-host Bill Weir wistfully introduced the segment by musing, "What if you could start everything over? Making over, not just your home, but your entire town?" Describing Vauban, which…
On Anniversary of Katrina, ABC’s Bill Weir Hits Bush for ‘Tainted
On Sunday’s "Good Morning America," weekend host Bill Weir highlighted the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and insisted that the storm "really tainted the Bush legacy." The GMA anchor talked to liberal author Jason Berry and asked if there was an intentional effort to not rebuild poor neighborhoods in New Orleans. "Is that a deliberate political move," he asked. Attempting to draw a…
Liz Cheney Takes On Sam Donaldson, TV Critic Calls Her 'Rude
Liz Cheney fans got to see quite a faceoff between her and Sam Donaldson on Sunday's "This Week."As the panel discussion turned to Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to investigate the terrorist interrogation procedures of the CIA, Cheney and Donaldson predictably shared opposing views.Despite both parties being guilty of interrupting and stepping on one another, television critic Tom Shales…
