NYT: Is Glenn Beck the New Oprah
November 5th, 2009 9:34 AM
"Virtually every novelist in America fantasizes about being picked to appear on Oprah Winfrey's talk show. But now an increasing number of writers have discovered a new champion: Glenn Beck."Hold onto your seats, for that's not a quote from the National Review or the Weekly Standard.It's actually the opening paragraph of an absolutely glowing piece about Beck's impact on the book industry…
Keith Olbermann Tells Glenn Beck and 9-12ers 'Go To Hell
November 4th, 2009 11:14 AM
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Tuesday told Fox News's Glenn Beck to "Go to hell!"Even worse, he did the same to members of Beck's 9-12 Project, an organization "designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001" when we were "united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created."Apparently, Olbermann doesn't want Americans as united as they were the…
Despite 'Truce,' White House Continues to Peddle Misinformation About
November 2nd, 2009 4:11 PM
It seems that the moratorium on appearances by White House officers on the Fox News Channel has ended. But high-ranking Democratic officials continue to peddle false information about the cable network, leveling unsupported charges of bias and political favoritism against it.Noel Sheppard reported last week that Fox Senior Vice President Michael Clemente and White House Press Secretary Robert…
White House's Media Attacks Part of a Troubling Trend
November 1st, 2009 4:36 PM
The White House is taking it upon itself to police the news media. The trend started of course with the Fox News Channel, but the administration has moved on to bash other organizations, most recently the Associated Press and car site Edmunds.com. It seems to believe that any criticism of its policies is worth attacking.The White House claims, in the words of Valerie Jarret, that it will go…
Schultz [16% Of O'Reilly Audience] Mocks Dennis Miller's Ratings
October 30th, 2009 8:10 PM
If you were a cable TV host whose audience size is obliterated by O'Reilly's, buried by Beck's, hammered by Hannity's and slam-dunked by Susteren's, would you really go around mocking someone else's ratings?Appparently yes, if you're Ed Schultz. The host of the miniscule MSNBC program went out of his way this evening to belittle the ratings of Dennis Miller's radio show . . .Schultz's snide…
Gaffe Video: FNC's Rivera Confuses Most-wanted Terrorist with Commande
October 30th, 2009 12:39 PM
No bias, just a Joe Biden moment. FNC's Geraldo Rivera inadvertently called Barack Obama "President Osama bin Laden" on the October 30 "Fox & Friends" program. The video's embedded below the page break. Enjoy (h/t NB commenter Blonde):
NewsBuster Finkelstein On Joe-Mika Radio Show Spars On Fat Tax, Fox Ne
October 29th, 2009 1:19 PM
Earlier today, the Joe Scarborough radio show, with Mika Brzezinski, aired a wide-ranging interview with this NewsBuster. Highlights:Mika justified her nanny-state proposal of a tax on fatty foods by saying eating habits are not a matter of personal choice because others must bear the health care cost. Finkelstein's response: kill two birds with one stone by getting government out of the health…
CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shot Fired at Home, Wife
October 29th, 2009 2:50 AM
Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding that alarm. But what has gone unsaid by those same voices has been the possibility of violence against those who might take a position antithetical to…
Have Fox and the White House Declared a Truce
October 28th, 2009 11:48 PM
Numerous sources are reporting a meeting occurred Wednesday between high-ranking officials at the White House and the Fox News Channel to try and reach an end to hostilities between the Administration and the nation's leading cable news network.With Fox's ratings soaring as a result of the incursion, and the White House looking more and more foolish, one has to wonder what the Adminstration could…
Imus Rants About His Fox Critics; Calls Obama 'A Whiny Little Titty Ba
October 28th, 2009 5:01 PM
Ever since long-time radio talker Don Imus inked a deal with the Fox Business Network to simulcast his morning radio program, he said he has been getting pushback from several acquaintances. And as he explained and showed on his Oct. 28 program, he's not particularly pleased with the reaction about his deal with Fox News. "I get this email and the e-mail says, ‘Sorry to see you've sold out to…
Krauthammer: It's Disgusting How Obama Can't Stop Attacking Bush
October 28th, 2009 12:47 PM
Almost six years since he coined the phrase Bush Derangement Syndrome, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer is accusing Barack Obama of having the same malady.On Fox News's "Special Report" Tuesday, Krauthammer called out the President's constant negative references to his predecessor saying, "There is something truly disgusting about the way he cannot refrain from attacking Bush when he is…
The Obsession Continues: Olbermann Condemns George Will’s Praise of
October 28th, 2009 1:14 AM
Want to be noticed by any one of the hosts that have a primetime show on MSNBC's weeknight lineup? Just figure out a way to make Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. the subject matter, and there's an excellent chance either Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow will take a shot at it, or her, during their shows. In the Oct. 25 Washington Post, George Will penned a column about…
Obama Advisor Tells CNN Fox Is Biased, Won't Comment On MSNBC
October 27th, 2009 10:50 PM
A senior White House advisor on Tuesday told Campbell Brown that Fox News is biased, but refused to comment when the CNN host asked her, "Well, then do you also think that MSNBC is biased?"During a taped interview at the Woman's Conference in California later broadcast on CNN's "Campbell Brown," Valerie Jarrett sidestepped this marvelous question and instead haplessly said, "I don't want to…
