Pinkerton: MSNBC Backs Obama, Gets $139 Billion Gov Guarantee
November 15th, 2008 7:47 PM
Is MSNBC being rewarded for having backed Obama? That's what Jim Pinkerton suggests. On this evening's Fox News Watch, the columnist and New America Foundation fellow cited the news that GE Capital, a subsidiary of MSNBC's parent company GE, has received a $139 billion government loan guarantee.Host Jon Scott opened this evening's show opened with a clip of Chris Matthews [in a story that NB…
Kalb Suggests Wartime President Bush ‘Avoided Military Service,’ F
November 12th, 2008 8:24 AM
On Tuesday’s The O’Reilly Factor, FNC host Bill O’Reilly showed clips from the Kalb Report show in which moderator Marvin Kalb, a veteran of both CBS and NBC News, interviewed O’Reilly. During the interview, which was recorded on September 27, O’Reilly managed to embarrass Kalb as the liberal host seemed to criticize President Bush for ordering American troops into war after the President himself…
O'Reilly and Van Susteren Heatedly Debate Cameron's Palin Story
November 11th, 2008 10:31 AM
Fox News personalities Bill O'Reilly and Greta Van Susteren got into a heated debate on the former's radio program Monday concerning whether or not Carl Cameron should have reported gossip about Sarah Palin last Wednesday that emanated from unnamed McCain campaign staffers. Van Susteren felt that since these sources refused to be named or stand up and make their accusations in front of the camera…
Sarah Palin Leaker Outs Himself...and Turns Out to Be a Hoaxer
November 10th, 2008 5:35 PM
(Check out the update below. Apparently this "leaker" is actually a hoaxer. Did Carl Cameron get scammed with completely false information? I have now added video of the person who claims to be "Martin Eisenstadt" that was uploaded to YouTube on October 28. Why do I have the feeling that this person is a leftwing Democrat engaging in Web guerilla warfare?)The leaker who "revealed" to Carl Cameron…
BMI’s Gainor: Fairness Doctrine? More Like Censorship Doctrine
November 10th, 2008 10:00 AM
The term “Fairness Doctrine” – applied to liberals’ efforts to require talk radio to offer balanced views – harkens to Soviet propaganda, according to Business & Media Institute Vice President Dan Gainor. “It’s one of the great misnomers of our time. It’s, you know, ‘Fairness Doctrine,’ almost like a Soviet term,” Gainor said on “Fox & Friends Weekend” Nov. 9. “It should be Censorship…
MRC/NB's Motley on Fox News Discussing the Fairness Doctrine
November 7th, 2008 7:30 PM
Media Research Center Director of Communications and NewsBusters.org Contributing Editor Seton Motley appeared on today's Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel to discuss radical leftist Henry Rivera, President-elect Barack Obama's appointee to oversee the Administration's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) transition process, and its implications for the future of free speech…
MRC/NB's Bozell on FNC Discussing Oprah and Palin
November 7th, 2008 4:33 PM
MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared during two segments on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" Friday morning to discuss the "O effect," or Oprah Winfrey's impact on the election of Barack Obama, and how the media has helped spread rumors about Sarah Palin from anonymous McCain campaign consultants. Bozell repeatedly called these nameless sources for the rumors "…
Schumer: Talk Radio Needs to be Regulated Like Pornography
November 4th, 2008 2:34 PM
Did you know that talk radio needs to be limited on the airwaves just like pornography?According to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) it does.I kid you not. At least, that's what he said on Fox News Tuesday morning when asked his position on the Fairness Doctrine (video embedded right):
CNN Caller: Where's Your Report On Black Panther Voter Intimidation in
November 4th, 2008 1:33 PM
A man called in to CNN's Helpline on Tuesday wondering why the network hasn't reported the Black Panthers who were seen standing in front of a Philadelphia polling station this morning, one of them carrying a billy club.According to the caller (audio available here), he was going to vote for Obama until a friend told him about this incident. The caller said, "Now Fox has broadcast this, and I…
No Doubt About It: All But Fox News Tipping Obama’s Way
November 1st, 2008 11:51 AM
Yes, the media are rooting for Barack Obama. Two studies out in the past couple of days show that it’s not just conservatives who see a strong tilt by journalists in favor of the Democrats: A nonpartisan media monitoring group and a liberal-leaning research organization both confirm the pro-Obama, anti-McCain bias of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC.In reports this week, the Center for Media and…
Coulter and Rivera Debate Campaign Issues on 'Fox & Friends
October 31st, 2008 2:14 PM
"Fox & Friends" viewers were treated to quite an entertaining discussion Halloween morning when Ann Coulter (pictured right in file photo) and Geraldo Rivera squared off on the state of the presidential campaign.At issue were such things as the Los Angeles Times' refusal to share the controversial videotape of an encounter with Barack Obama and former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi, McCain's…
