Michael Barone: If Bush Were a Dictator, New York Times Editor Would B
October 30th, 2008 5:18 PM
If President Bush is exhibiting dictatorial behaviors, the editor and publisher of The New York Times would be facing criminal prosecution. That hypothesis come from pundit and "U.S. News" columnist Michael Barone. Appearing on the October 30 edition of "Fox and Friends," Barone laughed off outrageous charges of a Bush dictatorship. He then noted that the true anti-civil libertarian measures are…
NBA's Charles Barkley Calls Fox News 'F***ed Up,' Prefers CNN
October 29th, 2008 2:42 PM
Former NBA star Charles Barkley followed up Monday's idiotic assertion that John McCain can only win the White House if he uses the race card by offering a rather vulgar opinion of Fox News Channel.According to Broadcasting & Cable, Barkley said, “I watch CNN, they’re not f***ed up like Fox.”A Fox spokesman shot back, "Charles is a shill for a Turner owned network."Honestly, folks, you can't…
Monday Night Fights: FNC's Megyn Kelly vs. Obama's Bill Burton
October 27th, 2008 7:04 PM
In response to the Sunday evening revelations concerning the socialist, wealth redistribution views expressed by Barack Obama in 2001, the Obama campaign issued a statement blaming "the all too common alliance of Fox News, the Drudge Report and John McCain."This didn't sit very well with Fox News's Megyn Kelly who on Monday invited Obama's national press secretary Bill Burton on "America's…
Bernie Goldberg Blasts Obama's Orlando Station Boycott
October 27th, 2008 4:10 PM
Discussing the Obama campaign’s recent feud with a local Orlando station, best selling author and former CBS correspondent Bernard Goldberg appeared on the October 27 edition of "Fox and Friends" to offer his analysis. Goldberg appeared puzzled as to the campaign’s response to what he found respectful questions.The former CBS insider, agreed with co-host Gretchen Carlson’s point that the campaign…
Fox News Watch Bashes Non-coverage of Biden's Crisis Prediction
October 26th, 2008 6:48 PM
One of the finest examples of media bias this campaign season occurred last Sunday when Democrat vice presidential candidate Joe Biden guaranteed an international crisis would befall our nation in six months if Obama is in the White House, and the American press almost completely ignored his warning. To give you an idea of just how absurd the lack of coverage concerning this event was, the entire…
Jeri Thompson Slams Alan Colmes Over Media Hyping Palin Wardrobe Expen
October 24th, 2008 12:48 PM
The wife of former GOP presidential aspirant Fred Thompson took on Alan Colmes on the October 23 broadcast. Jeri Thompson, who heads up Team Sarah, a campaign effort to get out the vote for the McCain/Palin ticket, went toe-to-toe with the liberal co-host of "Hannity & Colmes" on the matter of the media's hyping the non-scandal of the RNC's wardrobe expenses for the Alaska governor.Mrs.…
Limbaugh: NYT is the PR Department for Obama and Democrat Party
October 24th, 2008 11:09 AM
Rush Limbaugh on Friday called the New York Times "the public relations department for the Barack Obama campaign and the Democrat Party."Speaking by phone with the folks on "Fox & Friends," the conservative radio talk show host depicted the media's coverage of Obama during this presidential campaign as "the most irresponsible journalistic exhibition I have seen in my life." Limbaugh also…
Gingrich: Media Attacks On Palin 'Like Watching Pravda
October 23rd, 2008 4:02 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting since we were at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has been a strongly outspoken critic of how the mainstream media have covered Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin since she was first announced as John McCain's runningmate.On Wednesday, appearing on Fox News's "On the Record," Gingrich called recent press reports…
'National Review's' Byron York Responds to CNN's Misquote
October 23rd, 2008 1:07 PM
As NewsBusters reported, CNN, in a recent interview with Sarah Palin, misquoted "The National Review’s" Byron York. In response, York appeared on the October 22 edition of "The O’Reilly Factor." Host Bill O’Reilly began the interview in charging CNN told him (or his staff) that they will not issue a correction to their misleading question. In addressing Governor Palin's question over which "…
MRC/NB's Motley on FNC to Discuss the Media's Silence on Sen. Biden's
October 22nd, 2008 12:02 PM
The Media Research Center's Director of Communications and NewsBusters.org Contributing Editor Seton Motley appeared on the Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends this morning to discuss the media's stone silence on Delaware Democratic Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden's alarming comments on Sunday: "... (M)ark my words, within the next, first six months of this administration if we…
Fla.-16 Update: Nets Ignore Mahoney Scandal; Update: Foley Denies Obam
October 21st, 2008 1:31 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, the same broadcast networks that two years ago could not get enough of the Mark Foley scandal, are offering little to no coverage of Foley’s successor, Tim Mahoney, now embroiled in a sex scandal of his own. The networks on October 21 completely ignored the news that Congressman Mahoney’s wife is now filing for divorce. Fox News’ "Fox and Friends" only provided…
