Study: MSNBC and CNN Covered 'Birther' Issue Far More Than Fox News

April 28th, 2011 11:29 AM
President Obama chided the news media Wednesday for continuing to focus national attention on the non-issue of his American citizenship. "Fascinating how many of Obama's birther remarks…were aimed at the media for stoking this," tweeted Howard Kurtz shortly after the speech. The birth certificate issue was a distraction, Obama stated, and the White House decision to release his long-form…

Video: Opening Segment from Hannity’s 'Behind the Bias: The History

April 23rd, 2011 1:20 AM
On Friday night, the Fox News Channel debuted a Hannity special, ‘Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media.’ The promo declared: “Double standards? Groundless attacks? Blatant bias? Sean calls out the mainstream media! Don’t miss Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media.” The Media Research Center made available to Fox News Channel producers video clips from our archive going back…

Tonight on the Fox News Channel: 'Behind the Bias: The History of Libe

April 22nd, 2011 6:28 PM
Tonight (Friday) the Fox News Channel will air a Hannity special, in Sean Hannity's usual time slot, ‘Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media.’ The promo declares: “Double standards? Groundless attacks? Blatant bias? Sean calls out the mainstream media! Don’t miss Behind the Bias: The History of Liberal Media.” It will run for the hour at 9 PM EDT/8 PM CDT/7 PM MDT/6 PM PDT. It will…

Bozell on 'Fox & Friends': Media Blamed Bush for Rising Gas Prices, Fa

April 22nd, 2011 4:30 PM
NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell appeared on the April 22 "Fox & Friends" to discuss the media's double standard on rising gas prices. In short, in 2006, the media blamed then-President Bush, but in 2011, anyone but Obama seems to be at fault as far as the media are concerned. For the full video of the segment, watch the video embed posted after the…

Beck and O'Reilly Defend Breitbart, Wonder How Long MSNBC Can Stay In

April 22nd, 2011 9:23 AM
The outrage over Martin Bashir's absolutely pathetic interview with Andrew Breitbart Wednesday continues. On Thursday's "O'Reilly Factor," the host and his guest Glenn Beck wondered how long MSNBC can stay in business with commentators behaving this way (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Charles Krauthammer: S&P Issued Negative Outlook On Obama's Deficit Re

April 18th, 2011 8:29 PM
Credit ratings agency Standand & Poor's Monday placed a negative outlook on the future of America's AAA debt rating as a result of looming budget deficits as far as the eye can see. Later in the day, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer of Fox News's "Special Report" said this move by S&P was actually a negative review of President Obama's deficit reduction speech last Wednesday (…

MRC's Bozell Hits Media's 'Sky Is Falling' Budget-Cut Bias on April

April 16th, 2011 9:00 AM
What the media like about President Obama's budget proposal over Rep. Paul Ryan's are the former's insistence on tax hikes, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told the audience of Friday's "Fox & Friends." "That's the part of deficit reduction they like" but "anytime anybody proposes any cut of any wasteful spending, the media are the first ones there to talk about the sky falling and…

NYT Praises Obama's Speech: 'The Man America Elected President Has Re

April 14th, 2011 11:18 AM
The New York Times was very excited about President Obama's deficit reduction speech. The Gray Lady's editorial Thursday began, "The man America elected president has re-emerged":

Krauthammer: Obama's Speech 'Was a Disgrace', 'Shallow' and 'Deeply Di

April 13th, 2011 9:54 PM
Charles Krauthammer was less than pleased with Barack Obama's speech Wednesday concerning his plan to bring down the nation's staggering budget deficit. As the panel segment of Fox's "Special Report" began, Krauthammer said, "I thought it was a disgrace. I thought I’ve rarely heard a speech by a president so shallow, so hyper-partisan, and so intellectually dishonest, outside the last couple…

Movement to Move 'Red Eye' to Earlier Time Slot Picks Up Steam

April 13th, 2011 5:19 PM
While we always worry when we find ourselves in agreement with Mediaite, we are happy to see the idea we promoted last week picking up some steam.

CNN’s Kurtz Defends Olbermann & MSNBC from Comparisons to Glenn Beck

April 12th, 2011 8:30 AM
 In spite of former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann’s history of using distortion and even misinformation to attack conservatives, and his infamously recurring conspiracy theory that the Bush administration made terrorism-related announcements to distract from politically embarrassing news, CNN host Howard Kurtz on Sunday’s Reliable Sources defended Olbermann’s Countdown show and MSNBC generally…

SNL Bashes ‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts as Dumb, Fear-Spreading Racists

April 10th, 2011 11:16 AM
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” went after the Fox News Channel again, this time depicting the hosts of the network's morning show as dumb, fear-mongering racists. Saturday’s sketch began with an announcer stating, “You’re watching ‘Fox & Friends’ – coffee, smiles, fear and terror” (video follows with commentary):

NPR's Media Reporter Studies Months of Bret Baier Show to Expose Fox's

April 9th, 2011 7:45 AM
You would think after the Juan Williams debacle, NPR would keep away from bashing Fox News again. But even as NPR's liberal bias remains controversial in Congress, NPR is still waging war on Fox. It's apparently the only national news outlet worth questioning. On Thursday night's All Things Considered, NPR media reporter David Folkenflik profiled Bret Baier, but delighted liberals by announcing…

O'Reilly to Lauer: Have A 'Telethon on the Today Show' If You Want Fun

April 7th, 2011 5:41 PM
During his Talking Points Memo at the top of Wednesday's O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, host Bill O'Reilly called out NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer for denouncing Republican efforts to cut spending on things like "climate control": "Are you kidding me, Lauer? Funding for climate control? Nobody can control the climate but God. So give a little extra at mass or services." As NewsBusters reported…