Atlantic Magazine Might Sue McCain-Smearing Photographer
September 15th, 2008 3:46 PM
The photographer that viciously smeared John McCain at her website might be facing a lawsuit for violating the terms of agreement in her contract with The Atlantic magazine.As NewsBusters reported Saturday, Jill Greenberg not only admitted to taking a rather sinister picture of the Republican presidential candidate that she hoped The Atlantic would use on its October cover, but she also generated…
'Fox & Friends' Covers NewsBusters' 'NYT Palin Panic' Piece
September 15th, 2008 11:23 AM
The good folks at "Fox & Friends" Monday morning credited NewsBusters for exposing the four hit pieces the New York Times published Sunday about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.With the words "Palin Panic? NYT Puts Out 4 Hit Pieces In One Day" on the screen, co-host Gretchen Carlson teased (video embedded right):In the meantime, we should talk a little New York Times, and…
Greta Says Media a No-Show in Wasilla, 'Where is Everybody
September 15th, 2008 10:35 AM
One would assume that the Old Media would have a phalanx of intrepid mushing, journos swarming about Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin's hometown. One would think that every single person that lives within 100 miles of Wasilla would have been contacted by at least one journalist by now. That the media's due diligence would have been dilagenced to death at this point. I mean, it's been two weeks! Well…
Friday Funnies: Geraldo Rivera Gets Knocked Over By Hurricane Ike
September 12th, 2008 2:38 PM
Moments ago, Geraldo Rivera, reporting live from Galveston, Texas, was knocked over by the storm surge ahead of Hurricane Ike. This delicious example of poetic justice needs no further introduction (h/t Johnny Dollar):
O’Reilly: Michelle Obama Is ‘Patriot,’ Hasselbeck May Be ‘Pinh
September 12th, 2008 12:02 PM
While FNC’s The O’Reilly Factor this week has been featuring portions of Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Barack Obama which stands out as being more challenging to the Democratic candidate than those interviews conducted by the more liberal mainstream media, it is noteworthy that on Tuesday’s show, during the "Pinheads and Patriots" segment, O’Reilly awarded Michelle Obama the "Patriot"…
Hume Credits NewsBusters for Exposing Fake Trig Palin eBay Listing
September 11th, 2008 5:49 PM
On Tuesday's "Special Report," Fox News's Brit Hume credited NewsBusters for exposing a fake eBay listing auctioning off Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's baby Trig.As my colleague Warner Todd Huston wrote earlier that morning: Apparently, a poster at the radical nutroot site, DemocraticUnderground, created a fake listing for someone pretending to sell baby Trig on ebay. The faux…
MRC's Graham On MSNBC Pulling Olbermann, Matthews As Campaign Anchors
September 9th, 2008 1:18 PM
"The idea to make these guys [Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews] news anchors, I don't know who came up with this idea. It's sort of like people who believe if you add water you get sea monkeys. It just doesn't make any sense that you can add water and make an objective news anchor," NewsBusters Senior Editor Tim Graham quipped on the September 9 "Fox & Friends" program. [audio version here…
Gibson Credits NewsBusters For Matthews/Olbermann Demotions
September 9th, 2008 12:35 PM
On Monday, Fox News's John Gibson gave credit to NewsBusters for the demotions of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann from their positions as co-anchors of MSNBC's election and debate coverage.On Sunday, MSNBC announced that NBC's David Gregory would be replacing them in this role, and that they would continue as on-air analysts.The following day, Gibson, who is a staunch detractor of Matthews and…
NBTV Alert: Bozell on Fox News Discussing Olbermann/Matthews Developme
September 8th, 2008 5:19 PM
MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared on FNC's "Live Desk" at 2:55 p.m. EDT, reacting to MSNBC shelving Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann from covering the presidential election. [audio available here]BRENT BOZELL: I'm not surprised, Martha.... Simply because what you heard was this giant sound of America turning off its TV sets with these two left-wing activists posing…
Cramer Calls WSJ the ‘Fox Street Journal’; Refers to Democratic Pa
September 8th, 2008 3:08 PM
On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" September 8, Jim Cramer took a shot at owner of The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, in the midst of talking about the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac takeover: I read The Wall Street Journal, sorry, The Fox Street Journal. When is Murdoch going to put his positive right wing implant on left wing journalists? ... When is Murdoch going to broom the Spartacus workers…
Jon Voight: Hollywood Conservatives 'Thoughtful...Have Some Guts
September 8th, 2008 2:42 PM
Movie star Jon Voight described to "The View’s" Elisabeth Hasselbeck his thoughts on fellow Hollywood conservatives. On the September 8 "View," Hasselbeck offered a behind the scenes look at the Republican Convention. Whe show’s sole Republican asked one of the few outspoken Hollywood conservatives why many actors who "lean toward the right" remain in the closet, Voight replied that Hollywood…
Sarah Palin Whacked as 'Wacko Right-Winger' by Kondracke on FNC
September 7th, 2008 1:04 AM
A major media denigration of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin as a “wacko right-winger” didn't come on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN or even MSNBC, but on FNC from a regular contributor to the network: Morton Kondrake, who was hostile all last week to Palin in his appearances on Special Report with Brit Hume. Wrapping up the “Ups and Downs” segment on FNC's Beltway Boys this weekend with an “Up” for…
MRC/NB's Bozell on FNC Discussing Palin Bias
September 4th, 2008 11:12 AM
MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends" Thursday morning to discuss the outrageous media bias against Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Regarding the attacks on Palin's experience, Bozell claimed: For two years Republicans, conservatives, have been saying that Barack Obama was perhaps the arguably…