NYT Praises Fox for Leaving Out 'Agitprop' on Election Night, Strains

November 14th, 2012 3:32 PM
In NYT-land, the liberal cable network MSNBC has been "gaining ground" on conservative Fox News for years (without ever actually catching up). Times media reporter Brian Stelter (pictured) filed the latest enthusiastic installment in MSNBC's quest for the white whale of ratings parity with Fox News in "The Anti-Fox Gains Ground." Meanwhile, Stelter's media news colleague David Carr gave…

Krauthammer: White House 'Held Affair Over Petraeus's Head' For Favora

November 13th, 2012 7:50 PM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Tuesday said the White House used David Petraeus’s affair to get the CIA director to give testimony about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that was in line with the administration’s position on the matter. Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Krauthammer said, "The sword was lowered on Election Day" (video follows with…

Liberal Media Still Eager to Offer Conservatives Advice

November 13th, 2012 3:09 PM
With all the gloating the liberal media has been doing since the election, one would think the margin of victory was comparable to that of Ronald Reagan's overwhelming win over Walter Mondale in 1984. From The Atlantic to Politico and various other outlets, there have been an abundance of columns published in the past week urging, as they always do after a rout at the polls, that the GOP must…

Bart Simpson: 'I Will Not Concede the Election Till Karl Rove Gives Me

November 11th, 2012 11:44 PM
The Simpsons took a swipe at Karl Rove and the Fox News Channel Sunday. As Fox's hit animated series began, lead character Bart was in his classroom writing repeatedly on the blackboard "I will not concede the election till Karl Rove gives me permission" (video follows with commentary):

Greta Van Susteren Scolds Katrina Vanden Heuvel for Insulting Fox News

November 11th, 2012 1:10 PM
Greta Van Susteren on ABC's This Week Sunday took exception with a cheap shot at Fox News from Nation magazine's Katrina vanden Heuvel. This came after vanden Heuvel said of former CIA director David Petraeus, "Don't forget that over at your network at Fox, he was your candidate for a while" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Anderson Cooper: 'How Does Dick Morris Still Have a Job

November 10th, 2012 4:53 PM
CNN's Anderson Cooper asked a question on CBS's Late Show Friday that some might consider a bit indelicate. "How does Dick Morris still have a job?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Krauthammer on Petraeus: Now That There's a Sex Scandal Benghazi Will

November 9th, 2012 7:15 PM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said Friday that the revelations concerning CIA Director David Petraeus's affair will now make what happened at our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, back in September "the hottest story around." As Krauthammer noted on Fox News's Special Report, this goes in stark contrast to how the media buried this story before Tuesday's election (video follows with…

Bret Baier Quotes NewsBusters Sheppard on Chris Matthews Applauding Hu

November 8th, 2012 12:53 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, in response to Barack Obama's re-election victory, said Tuesday, "I'm so glad we had that storm last week." Fox News's Bret Baier covered Matthews' pathetic comment on Special Report Wednesday while quoting NewsBusters associate editor Noel Sheppard (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Just in Time, NYT Discovers 'Strident' Anti-Romney Slant at MSNBC

November 6th, 2012 5:36 PM
Just in time, New York Times media reporter Jeremy Peters noticed on Election Day that MSNBC has been rather slanted in its hostility toward Mitt Romney, and that it's starting to reflect badly on its sister network NBC, in "Dueling Bitterness On Cable News." Peters used findings from the Pew Research Center as his launching point to hit both MSNBC and Fox News for partisan stridency, though…

FNC’s Geraldo Rivera Clashes With Own Network Over Libya

November 2nd, 2012 11:14 AM
Unlike the liberal media who are engaging in a full-scale blackout of the scandal in Libya, Friday’s Fox & Friends engaged in a vigorous debate over the attack on our Embassy in Benghazi.  Fox News Channel liberal contributor Geraldo Rivera engaged in a full-out shouting match with conservative-leaning co-hosts Steve Doocy and Eric Bolling.  During the back-and-forth, Geraldo’s main…

Clint Eastwood: 'Romney Is Just a Perfect Guy for the Job

November 2nd, 2012 10:02 AM
Clint Eastwood made quite a splash when he spoke at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this summer. Continuing his ringing endorsement of Mitt Romney on Fox News's Hannity Thursday, the actor/director said, "He is just a perfect guy for the job" (video follows with transcript):

Ex-AccuWeather's Bastardi Slams Gore's 'Stunningly Ignorant' Statement

November 1st, 2012 10:05 PM
Appearing as a guest on FNC's The O'Reilly Factor, meteorologist Joe Bastardi of Weatherbell Analytics -- and formerly of AccuWeather -- debunked a recent statement by Al Gore linking Hurricane Sandy to global warming. Bastardi asserted that the former Vice President's statement is either "stunningly ignorant or stunningly deceptive," and argued that hurricane seasons go through cyclical…

Jonah Goldberg: 'It's Huge Progress Obama Didn’t Blame This Hurrican

October 29th, 2012 7:29 PM
National Review's Jonah Goldberg took a comedic poke at President Obama Monday. Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Goldberg jokingly said, "It’s huge progress that he didn’t blame this hurricane on a video."

Beckel: Network Anchors Overwhelmingly Democrat, But 'Doesn't Make Dif

October 24th, 2012 9:10 PM
Player, please . . . Does liberal pundit Bob Beckel care about his credibility?  Apparently not. Beckel has admitted that the pool of network anchors is "overwhelmingly Democrat," but somehow argues that "it doesn't make a difference at all."  Riiight.   Beckel appeared on this evening's O'Reilly Factor after host Bill had documented chapter and verse that every leading network anchor with…