Greta Van Susteren ‘Delighted’ Sarah Palin Is Returning to Fox Ne

June 14th, 2013 9:20 PM
One of the most outspoken conservatives in the past few years has been Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who was the GOP candidate for vice president alongside Arizona senator John McCain during the 2008 presidential election and a contributor on the Fox News Channel from Jan. 19, 2009, to Jan. 25, 2013, when she withdrew from the network staff to focus on “broadening her message of…

AP's Yost Ignores Mueller's String of Ignorant IRS Scandal Answers at

June 14th, 2013 12:20 PM
Not that it absolves them from blame, but one contributor to the Big Three establishment TV networks' utter failure to report on or keep up with developments in the IRS targeting scandal -- failures which have been noted by Geoffrey Dickens at NewsBusters, as well as by the Media Research Center's Brent Bozell on Sean Hannity's TV show last night -- is the Associated Press. The AP provides…

O'Reilly: Even 'Most Fervent Obama News Agency' NBC Having Trouble Def

June 12th, 2013 11:30 AM
On Tuesday night's O'Reilly Factor, mentioning his appearance on NBC's Today that morning, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly observed that the Peacock Network was having a difficult time covering the scandals plaguing the Obama administration: "Look, even when I was at the Today show this morning, NBC News, okay? I would say the most fervent Obama news agency in the country....Even them, they're…

FNC's Goldberg: 'I Don't Understand' Why Obama 'Doesn't Like the Press

June 11th, 2013 2:40 PM
Appearing on Monday's The O'Reilly Factor, FNC contributor Bernie Goldberg commented on the dominant news media ignoring or downplaying congressional hearings on the Obama administration IRS scandal, and wondered why President Obama is so critical of the media as he asserted that the President's approval rating would be 20 points lower if the media covered Obama scandals "honestly." Goldberg:

Cavuto Cuts Mic on 'Obnoxious' Liberal Guest Echoing White House Talki

June 8th, 2013 4:16 PM
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about. Fox News host Neil Cavuto on Saturday cut the mic of the incredibly "offensive" and "obnoxious" liberal shill Julian Epstein for refusing to have a serious discussion about the current White House scandals and instead insisting on echoing Democrat talking points (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Fox News Boss Ailes Blasts ‘Patently, Provably False’ Stories in J

June 7th, 2013 8:08 AM
It’s hard to pity someone as smarmy and self-righteous as Jonathan Alter. Still, with all the bad luck that the left-wing pundit has faced lately, it almost makes you want to consider it. Well, ok, not really. May has been a tough month for the MSNBC contributor. First, an anecdote from his latest book was proven beyond doubt to be an outright fabrication. Yesterday, he was revealed by radio…

MSNBC Analyst Suggests FNC, O'Reilly Tougher on Obama Because He's 'Bl

June 6th, 2013 5:30 PM
On Wednesday's The Last Word show, MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe -- formerly of Newsweek -- suggested that FNC host Bill O'Reilly was motivated by racism when he recently called it "shady" for President Obama to select Susan Rice as national security advisor to avoid Senate confirmation hearings. A bit after host Lawrence O'Donnell played several clips of O'Reilly using the word "…

Huff Post Reports That Fox Business Would Not Run Ads Calling for Firi

June 4th, 2013 5:03 PM
Laura Bassett at The Huffington Post reported Tuesday that Fox Business would not air a TV advertisement by the feminist group Ultraviolet that called for the termination of Fox contributors Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, and Juan Williams. "Lou Dobbs has a problem," an announcer declares in the ad, over tiny out-of-context clips of the men speaking. "Women are winning the bread. Even his own…

Olbermann: 'Holder Should've Resigned or Been Dismissed' Before Making

June 4th, 2013 1:03 AM
It's thankfully been a long, long time since we've heard from Keith Olbermann. Unfortunately, he came out of the bathtub long enough on Monday to give a Twitter follower his opinion of Attorney General Eric Holder saying, "He should've resigned or been dismissed after the AP overreach. Instead he made a Fox News figure a martyr":

Krauthammer: Issa's Wrong About Carney Being a 'Paid Liar' - He's 'Maj

June 3rd, 2013 7:28 PM
As NewsBusters reported Sunday, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on CNN’s State of the Union called White House press secretary Jay Carney a “paid liar.” On Fox News’s Special Report Monday, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer took issue with Issa saying, “I’ve argued here for months that Carney is majorly underpaid, and I think that really is the problem” (video follows with…

Fox News ‘Mole’ Joe Muto Gets Trash Duty, Book Deal

June 3rd, 2013 1:25 PM
Joe Muto, the former O’Reilly Factor producer who turned into a “mole” for the leftist gossip site Gwker, has resurfaced thanks to an AP report which chronicles how he pled guilty to two separate misdemeanors for passing along outtake footage owned by Fox News Channel. Muto has already begun serving his sentence which includes picking up trash in city parks and also 200 hours of community…

NYT: Is MSNBC 'Being Damaged By Perception It's Not Really a News Chan

June 2nd, 2013 11:08 PM
Since practically its inception, NewsBusters has been informing readers that MSNBC is not a news network. In an article to be published in Monday's New York Times, national media reporter Bill Carter actually asked if MSNBC is "being damaged by a perception that it is not really a news channel anymore."

Brokaw: 'It’s Tough to See How' Holder Keeps His Job

June 2nd, 2013 1:51 PM
The ice seems to be cracking beneath Attorney General Eric Holder's feet. When asked by NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory Sunday if Holder is going to "stay in the job" given the leaks investigation scandal, former NBC Night News host Tom Brokaw replied, "Boy, I think it’s tough to see how he does" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Obama Official Married to NBC News Senior Political Editor

June 1st, 2013 5:18 PM
Last month, media commentator Richard Grenell broke the story about ABC and CBS News directors having siblings in the White House. On Saturday's Fox News Watch, Grenell revealed that NBC News senior political editor Mark Murray is married to an Obama official (video follows with transcript and commentary):