'They're Blaming Chris Matthews

January 9th, 2008 8:18 AM
See Bonus Coverage at foot: "Clinton campaign spent 24 hours slicing and dicing each other."Could the great irony be that the strong woman won because . . . people felt sorry for her? That's not just some right-wing media critic talking. It's a view emerging from left-wing circles. Apparently the libs are angry that the MSM was too biased towards Obama, so much so that it drove people to Hillary…

'Now That She's Tanking

January 7th, 2008 4:50 PM
This one could leave a mark.As MSMers go, A.B. Stoddard has been one of my favorites during this campaign season for her grown-up, no-nonsense style. The Associate Editor of The Hill is not someone given to flights of overblown rhetoric. That's why I was so struck by the brutal assessment of Hillary's predicament Stoddard just offered on MSNBC. The topic was Clinton's 11th-hour openness,…

Matthews on Obama Victory: 'Rebuke' for Bush

January 4th, 2008 1:19 AM

Hillary Will Be at the Laff Shack All Week

January 3rd, 2008 11:40 AM
If things don't work out for Hillary with this presidential thing, she can always do stand-up out in LA. Or not. If you didn't catch her side-splitter on last night's Letterman, you can view it here, as rebroadcast on MSNBC this morning.For those taking nitrates who might not want to risk a sudden drop in blood pressure by watching the clip, here's the text of Hillary's rib tickler:Dave has been…

NBC 'Correspondent': Vote for Environmentalist Candidates

November 5th, 2007 12:04 PM
Not that there was any doubt about the ulterior motives behind NBC's "Green Week," but we didn't expect the Peacock Network to be quite this brazen. This morning on MSNBC, an NBC environmental "correspondent," who as you'll see has an impressive resume as a left-wing activist, openly urged viewers [on the eve of Election Day] to vote for politicians with an environmentalist agenda.Video (2:18):…

Would Norah Dare Get as Personal With Hillary as She Did With Mrs. Kuc

October 30th, 2007 5:12 PM
What's a good-looking young girl like you doing with a weird old guy like him? And what's up with the tongue-ring?Norah O'Donnell all but asked the first question of Elizabeth Kucinich this afternoon, and did ask the second one.View video here.

AP, Not DNC, Describes Dem Tax Hike as 'Asking' Rich to Pay More

October 25th, 2007 4:32 PM
Notice Norah O'Donnell glancing down? Although the screen graphic refers to the Lewinsky scandal, the MSNBC anchor was at that moment discussing the Democrats's $1 trillion tax proposal with Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY). As Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rangel is the key mover behind the tax plan.O'Donnell, obviously reading from a document, described the proposal as a plan "to…

Tamron Tackles Garamendi on National Guard Gaffe

October 24th, 2007 5:45 PM
See Update at Foot -- FEMA Administrator flatly debunks GaramendiGood on Tamron Hall. On the one hand, as I've noted here and here, Hall let her liberal leanings show more than once when serving as a "Morning Joe" panelist. But the MSNBC anchor is also the daughter of a career Army man, and clearly knows and respects the military.When Dem John Garamendi, the California Lt. Gov., appeared on…

CNN: Forest Fire Rehash More Important Than Medal of Honor Ceremony

October 22nd, 2007 3:25 PM
CNN decided to not to break away from its almost non-stop coverage of the California wildfires as President Bush formally awarded a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan the Medal of Honor, as its competitors Fox News and MSNBC aired the ceremony at the White House live. The Medal of Honor went to Lt. Michael Murphy of Patchogue, New York, who died in the line of duty in 2005 during operations against…

MSNBC's Abrams Hits FNC 'Attack Team,' Defends Matthews

October 9th, 2007 2:10 AM
On Monday's "MSNBC Live with Dan Abrams," host and former MSNBC General Manager Abrams used the show's regular "Beat the Press" segment to respond to criticism by some Fox News personalities of recent anti-Bush comments made by MSNBC's Chris Matthews, and their questioning of whether Matthews is too partisan to host the latest Republican debate. Abrams: "The attack team over at Fox News is trying…

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 22 to

September 29th, 2007 9:21 AM
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R-Iran) This week, Alan Colmes proved, yet again, that Fox News has its own liberals willing to say crazy things. The host asserted that right-wingers should have embraced the visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad because the dictator is a "conservative" like them. Those Hateful RepublicansSpeaking of angry liberals, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has claimed that the…

Show After Show, MSNBC Smears Limbaugh with 'Phony Soldiers' Distorti

September 28th, 2007 10:56 PM
All day Friday, even after Rush Limbaugh corrected the misinformation, MSNBC promoted a story fed to them by the far-left Media Matters about how Rush Limbaugh had called military personnel who served in Iraq and oppose the war “phony soldiers.” Limbaugh opened his noon EDT radio show on Friday by explaining how he was referring not to any real soldier but a phony one, notably Jesse MacBeth, who…

MSNBC Graphic Smears O’Reilly: ‘Anchor’s Racist Comments

September 26th, 2007 2:04 PM
On Wednesday, a MSNBC graphic flat-out accused Bill O’Reilly of being a racist. It read: "Anchor’s Racist Comments" and there was no accompanying question mark to at least add the benefit of the doubt. During the 11am hour of "MSNBC News Live," anchor Contessa Brewer discussed a liberal group’s attack over O’Reilly's comments about eating at a black restaurant. A second graphic, below the host,…

MSNBC Ignores 'Suck It, Jesus' Quote From Griffin in News Blurb

September 11th, 2007 6:16 PM