BMI's Gainor on 'Fox and Friends': Why Won't Media Ask Tough Questions
January 12th, 2009 3:32 PM
Business & Media Institute's Dan Gainor appeared on "Fox & Friends," Jan. 12 to discuss why, with trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, and the future of our economic system on the line, the mainstream media won't ask Obama tough questions on his stimulus plan.Given the media favoritism for Barack Obama during the campaign, Gainor said, "So, it's no surprise that they're not asking him…
Brit Hume Discusses Leaks and Tell-all Books With Presidents Bush
January 11th, 2009 11:01 PM
"Fox News Sunday" featured a fabulous interview with Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush today demonstrating that regardless of their political leaning, these are two fine gentlemen who deeply love their country and have the utmost respect for the office they held.What was particularly fascinating was how they both had nothing but positive things to say about president-elect Barack Obama,…
Coulter and Huckabee Discuss Media, Palin and Conservatism
January 11th, 2009 6:28 PM
Conservative author Ann Coulter was Mike Huckabee's guest on Fox News Saturday, and the pair had a very interesting and entertaining discussion about the media's coverage of Sarah Palin as well as differences of opinion between the two of them during last year's Republican primaries.As Coulter fans are aware, she was not a Huckabee supporter during the 2008 campaign. Far from it, she was one of…
MRC's/NB's Motley on Fox & Friends to Ponder the Media's 'Culture(s) o
January 7th, 2009 9:03 AM
Media Research Center Director of Communications and NewsBusters.org Contributing Editor Seton Motley appeared on this morning's Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel to discuss the egregious media double standard when it comes to Republicans and Democrats misbehaving. Motley pointed to the media's incessant chant in 2006, the "Republican Culture of Corruption," and noted that no such…
Ann Coulter: Media Wanted To Have Sex With Obama
January 6th, 2009 2:12 PM
Conservative author Ann Coulter believes that media during last year's presidential campaign behaved as if they wanted to have sex with Barack Obama.Such was revealed during Monday's "Hannity & Colmes" as were her views about NBC's sudden cancellation of her appearance on Tuesday's "Today Show."In the end, she believes "the whole thing was a charade and a setup" so that she wouldn't be able…
GMAC Continues Sponsorship of Bowl Game Despite $5 Billion Taxpayer Ba
January 2nd, 2009 5:39 PM
GMAC may be in financial trouble, but that isn't stopping the auto lender-turned-bank holding company from maintaining its corporate sponsorships. The question is - will anyone notice? In October, GMAC (NYSE:GKM) changed its legal status so that it would be eligible for TARP funds passed by Congress. Late last month, GMAC was approved to receive a $5 billion lifeline from the U.S. government.…
Balance AWOL in WaPo, MSNBC Coverage of Atheists’ Inauguration Suit
December 31st, 2008 2:44 PM
Well-known atheist Michael Newdow is old news. Few mainstream media outlets are covering the suit he filed Dec. 30 in U.S. District Court to strip prayer and any mention of God from the inaugural ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama. Of those that are reporting on the suit, however, the Washington Post and MSNBC gave Newdow and his fellow litigants a largely unchallenged platform to argue…
Bill O'Reilly's 'Shut Up' Conservatism of Silent Obedience
December 31st, 2008 7:12 AM
As 2008 comes to a close, Bill O'Reilly had another successful year as king of the cable-news mountain. But he really brings out the superiority complex in liberals and leftists. On Alternet, writer John Dolan attempts to review his latest book, but mostly congratulates himself that he's interested in thought and discussion, unlike those moronic O'Reilly fans. He starts with outrage at O'Reilly's…
In ChiCom Tank: 'Fox News Watch' Rips NBC's Olympics Coverage
December 27th, 2008 8:41 PM
Chinese divers won a record seven gold medals during the 2008 Olympics. But even they didn't leap as headlong into the Beijing tank as did NBC. That's how you might describe the collective verdict of the Fox News Watch panel this evening on NBC's regime-friendly coverage. The subject arose as part of the show's Year in Review, and began with a clip of Matt Lauer unctuously questioning a ChiCom…
Leno: Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Offered Show on MSNBC, Letterman: Offered Sh
December 19th, 2008 4:11 PM
During this week, NBC’s Tonight Show host Jay Leno took a couple of noteworthy jabs at the anti-Bush mainstream media in America, on Monday joking that the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush was "offered his own show on MSNBC," and on Tuesday quipping that "he was so anti-Bush, at first people just assumed he was an American journalist."By contrast, CBS’s Late Show host David…
O'Reilly and Kelly Debate Atheist Sign In WA State Capitol Round Two
December 18th, 2008 11:16 AM
Two weeks ago, Fox News's Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly debated the Washington state Governor's decision to allow an atheist display in the Capitol building positioned near a nativity scene.Since then, Gov. Chris Gregoire has allowed other offerings to be placed in the building, but supposedly due to spacial contraints has decided to not permit any more.With this in mind, O'Reilly invited Kelly…
Turner Admits He Ignored Slaughter by Khmer Rouge Communists, Praises
December 15th, 2008 1:27 PM
Tuesday’s The O’Reilly Factor on FNC showed a pre-recorded interview with CNN founder Ted Turner, in which O’Reilly got Turner to admit that he and Jane Fonda, who both opposed America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, had ignored the slaughter of millions by the Khmer Rouge communists in Southeast Asia after America’s withdrawal from the region. Turner: "You got me. I didn’t really think about…
