Olbermann Claims FNC 'Says Indefensible & Even Racist Things' Like Hel
June 12th, 2010 11:09 AM
On Friday’s Countdown show, after having decided not to include Helen Thomas as a nominee in his "Worst Person" segment for her anti-Semitic declaration that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Germany and Poland, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann included Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace in his "Worst Person" segment for suggesting that it would be "poetic justice" if Fox…
Newsweek Takes Another Shot at Palin on Cover: 'Saint Sarah'; Palin Re
June 12th, 2010 2:13 AM
Not this again. There is obviously not enough going on in the world for Newsweek magazine this week because once again Sarah Palin is on the cover. Palin, the former governor of Alaska and the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee was also on the cover of Newsweek back in November 2009, in running shorts. This time she is featured as "Saint Sarah: What's Palin's appeal to conservative…
Conservative Pundits Strike a Chord as Nation Grows Wary of Liberalism
June 10th, 2010 12:42 PM
On February 19, 2009, Rick Santelli helped create a movement whose political impact has not yet been fully realized. The "Rant Heard 'Round the World," as it has become known, was a profound, if hardly isolated example of the power of conservative pundits to enact political change.That power has grown as Americans have become more sympathetic to the economic conservative argument--both the moral/…
O'Reilly Discusses Comedy Central's 'JC,' MRC's Coalition to Ask Adver
June 10th, 2010 11:01 AM
On last night's "O'Reilly Factor," host Bill O'Reilly and guest analyst Arthel Neville discussed the possibly impending Comedy Central show "JC" - as in Jesus Christ.Given the network's past treatment of Christianity, the portend for this show is hardly positive.Which is why the Media Research Center has put together a coalition to ask advertisers to publicly pledge to not underwrite/support the…
Publisher Provides Disclaimer With U.S. Constitution, Will Media Notic
June 9th, 2010 4:54 PM
Copies of the U.S. Constitution put out by Wilder Publishing and being sold on Amazon.com come with an odd disclaimer on the first page of the pamphlet, in part declaring: "This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today." On Wednesday's America Live on FNC, host Megyn Kelly reported the controversy, will the rest of the media follow? […
Fox News Could Get Helen Thomas's Old Seat
June 9th, 2010 2:47 PM
In what must to the far-left seem like adding insult to injury, Fox News could end up with Helen Thomas's vacated press briefing room seat.What's more, rival network CNN's senior White House correspondent would be perfectly okay with it reports the Huffington Post: At least one competitor is backing Fox News for the newly vacated front-row seat in the White House briefing room: CNN Senior White…
Haley Barbour: Media's Oil Spill Coverage Exaggerating Facts, Harming
June 8th, 2010 3:35 PM
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour claims that the media's coverage of the Gulf oil spill is doing far more damage to his state's economy than the spill itself. "The coast is clear," Barbour quipped on Fox News Sunday. "The truth is we've had virtually no oil." Barbour criticized media coverage generally, and Fox in particular. Shep Smith, whose show airs at 4pm and 7pm on weekdays, has been one…
Behar Guest Robert Klein: No Liberals on FNC Since Alan Colmes Was
June 8th, 2010 8:50 AM
On Monday’s Joy Behar Show, after a segment on long-time journalist Helen Thomas’s recent outburst that Israeli Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and "go home" to Germany and Poland, host Behar held over guest and comedian Robert Klein to talk about his comedy show, titled Robert Klein: Unfair and Unbalanced. After Behar asked if the title was meant to be a jab at Fox News, Klein…
Rove: W.H. Press Assoc. Credentialed 'Homeless' Reporter the Bush Admi
June 7th, 2010 5:50 PM
What is going on within the White House Correspondents' Association? While some can argue they allowed embattled former Hearst Newspapers' columnist Helen Thomas to hold a coveted position in the White House briefing room for far too long after she made some remarks to be considered anti-Semitic, there's some other bizarre stories surfacing. Former Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff Karl…
Fox News 'Forbes on Fox' Panel: Detonate Nukes in Gulf to Stop Oil Spi
June 6th, 2010 12:22 AM
How's this for outside-the-box thinking - use nuclear explosives to stop the BP oil spill that is ravaging the Gulf Coast? According to some of the panelist on Fox News Channel's "Forbes on Fox," using nuclear materials would be a more expeditious way to solve this calamity. "That's right, nuke it." "Forbes on Fox" host David Asman said on the show's June 5 broadcast. "Some scientists do…
Anonymous News Anchor Blasts Network's 'Grotesquely Distorted and Bias
June 3rd, 2010 1:25 PM
Writing anonymously at the Daily Caller, an anchor for a prominent TV news channel called that channel's coverage of the Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla "an abomination" and "grotesquely distorted and biased.""I’m embarrassed by our coverage," the Anchorman concluded in an unsent email to his boss. "I take this job and my reputation seriously. But that’s nearly impossible with coverage like this." He…
Chris Matthews Claims Oil Spill Sews Up Win for Crist Over Rubio for F
June 2nd, 2010 5:18 PM
It was bound to happen and no one can really blame them for doing so, but someone eventually had to determine who the political winners and losers are for the tragic circumstances surrounding the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Looking forward to the upcoming election cycle, MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough determined the time was right to take a stab at it, although reluctantly on his…
CBS Finds ‘Even [Israel’s] Friends Question’ Blockade of Gaza, I
June 2nd, 2010 10:35 AM
While the broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC have all failed to remind viewers that Israel allows regular aid shipments into Gaza over land from its side of the border, on Tuesday’s CBS Evening News correspondent Richard Roth highlighted complaints about the effect of the blockade on Gaza residents, used a soundbite of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to argue that "even [Israel’s] friends…
FNC Notes Gaza-Bound Flotilla’s Links to Terrorists, Mob Chanted
June 2nd, 2010 9:02 AM
On Tuesday’s Special Report with Bret Baier, FNC correspondent Dana Lewis filed a report in which he noted some of those on board the Gaza-bound ships that were boarded by Israel were from a Yemeni group that has "murky links to al-Qaeda," and others from an extreme group in Turkey believed by Israelis to have terrorist links: "But among the hundreds, these three parliamentarians from Yemen's…