Gumbel on Gang Violence: 'Why's Nobody Talking Gun Control
April 25th, 2009 7:57 PM
Bryant Gumbel is still around, popping up monthly on HBO, which provides him with a platform to continue forwarding liberal nostrums unrelated to reality. On this month's edition of Real Sports, the sports news magazine he anchors, Gumbel decided the answer to inner-city gang violence is...more gun control! Following a story on a rash of seven shootings with five deaths of high school athletes in…
WACO: The War Against Conservative Opinion
April 9th, 2009 10:27 AM
The War Against Conservative Opinion (WACO) took an interesting turn on Saturday when liberal bloggers blamed right-leaning media members -- in particular, Fox News's Glenn Beck -- for the shooting deaths of three police officers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Since then, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and David Shuster have echoed this insanity on the air, as has CNN's Rick Sanchez who also pointed…
MRC’s Notable Quotables: Drooling Over Obama’s European Vacation
April 1st, 2009 9:52 AM
[UPDATE, 6:45PM ET: For those who only lightly skimmed or otherwise did not notice earlier, this is an April Fools Day edition of Notable Quotables. All of the quotes were made up by various MRC staffers. I hope you enjoyed the parody.] For those of you who enjoy reading MRC’s Notable Quotables newsletter, featuring the most outrageous (and sometimes humorous) quotes in the liberal media, our…
Maher: Glenn Beck Increasing Chance of 'Horrible Action' on Obama
March 21st, 2009 12:38 PM
Fox New's Glenn Beck is increasing "the chance for people to take horrible action" on President Obama.So said HBO's Bill Maher Friday evening in a lengthy discussion about FNC's new primetime star.I guess Maher missed the hypocrisy concerning his disturbingly caustic views of the Bush administration while they were in power, in particular his expression of regret that the March 2007 assassination…
Big War Over 'Big Love
March 16th, 2009 2:19 PM
CBS merely brushed off the controversy that upset many members of the Mormon Church when interviewing HBO’s “Big Love” star Bill Paxton on March 16, 2009.The TV series about a Mormon polygamist has not surprisingly gotten plenty of attention in its three years on air. This time, however, “Big Love” is causing trouble because the March 15 episode showed a highly sacred Mormon temple ceremony. CBS’…
Breitbart: We Can't Win Political War Without Taking On Media
March 16th, 2009 11:25 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, conservative Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart went into the belly of the liberal beast Friday evening by appearing on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."Although he was treated abysmally by the host, his co-panelist, and the audience, Breitbart stated in Monday's Washington Times column that he had the time of his life.More importantly, he strongly made…
Late Night Weekend Video Treat: Liberal Media Bias Ballad
March 15th, 2009 1:49 AM
Alexandra Pelosi's HBO documentary, Right America: Feeling Wronged -- Some Voices from the Campaign Trail, certainly caricatured McCain-Palin voters as a bunch of redneck racists, but it also showed how conservatives see the media as the enemy, and featured a short clip of a fun Hank Williams Jr. song take-off against the “left wing liberal media.” In the 45-minute production, which will re-run…
Alexandra Pelosi Oozes Elitism in Interview About Her 'Angry Conservat
February 17th, 2009 9:30 AM
The Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of Nancy) documentary, "Right America: Feeling Wronged," premiered on HBO last night. One word perfectly describes it: "tedious." Over and over and over again, Pelosi tries to hammer home the point that conservatives are angry because they just don't know what is best for them. And what is best is Obama...at least in Pelosi's opinion. Overall, her documentary offers…
Top 100: Actors, Bands and Singers Converge to Celebrate Obama
January 18th, 2009 3:45 PM
With HBO now showing “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial” (to be re-run from 7-9 PM EST/PST tonight and again at 11:30 PM EST/PST), featuring a “who's who” of artists, I thought I'd provide my list of one hundred celebrities planning to celebrate Obama's inauguration over the next few days in DC.I've collated the list of people and groups -- those scheduled to…
Obama-Loving HBO, Will Ferrell Team Up to Bash Bush on Broadway
January 18th, 2009 12:42 PM
HBO not only bought the rights to broadcast Obama-hallowing Inauguration events. Patrick Healy of The New York Times reported on Wednesday it’s also bankrolling Will Ferrell’s one-man Broadway stage show mocking George W. Bush called "You’re Welcome, America" over the next few months. (They’ll also air it on HBO in March.) Ferrell talked to the Times about Bush’s election in 2000: "It was just…
HBO to Air Sunday's Star-studded Inaugural Event, Passed on Bush's
January 13th, 2009 11:03 AM
HBO will air the star-studded inaugural event from the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday which includes such headliners as Beyonce, U2, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Usher, Shakira, and Sheryl Crow.Although this cable network is only available for a monthly fee to subscribers, Sunday's celebration will be free to anyone that wants to watch. HBO also aired this event in 1993 when President Bill…
A Last Look at the Worst Notable Quotables of
December 31st, 2008 8:55 AM
It's the end of another year, but before 2008 is finally consigned to the ash heap of history, let's spend just a few more minutes reviewing some of the goofiest media moments of the past 12 months.
A great deal has already been written here at NewsBusters about the Media Research Center's Best Notable Quotables of 2008, with much mocking of "Quote of the Year" winner Chris Matthews for the…