Leno on CNN Reporter Robbed in Atlanta: ‘It Was on CNN So There Were

May 8th, 2013 11:11 AM
Jay Leno took a humorous swipe at the so-called most trusted name in news Tuesday. Commenting about CNN anchor Carol Costello recently getting robbed of her iPhone while walking down the street in Atlanta, the Tonight Show host quipped, “Unfortunately, it was on CNN so there weren't any witnesses" (video follows with commentary):

Tea Party to Protest NBC and MSNBC at Comcast Shareholder Meeting

May 8th, 2013 10:16 AM
Comcast is holding a shareholder meeting in Philadelphia next week, and the Tea Party is planning a protest of the company's so-called news outlets NBC and MSNBC. FreedomWorks recently sent the following email message out to 60,000 Tea Partiers around Philadelphia (published with permission):

NBC's Guthrie: Obama 'Deeply Disappointed' By Gun Bill Failure, But At

May 7th, 2013 5:10 PM
Appearing on Monday's Tonight Show, NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie told Jay Leno that President Obama was "deeply disappointed" by gun control legislation being voted down, prompting the late night host to complain: "Why do you think he's not able to close a deal? This seems to happen a lot....how come Obama hits this wall sometimes?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump…

NBC: 'Obvious Political Undercurrent' to New Benghazi Testimony, GOP T

May 7th, 2013 12:35 PM
Wrapping up a report on Monday's NBC Nightly News about a fresh round of congressional hearings on the Benghazi terrorist attack, correspondent Andrea Mitchell dismissed the development as political posturing by the House GOP: "There is an obvious political undercurrent. Republicans are taking direct aim at Hillary Clinton, the country's most popular Democrat and a possible presidential…

NBC Uses Sandy Hook Principal’s Daughter as Prop, Complains Critics

May 7th, 2013 12:18 PM
The air was thick with disingenuousness on Saturday’s Today show as NBC conducted a long-distance interview with the daughter of the slain Sandy Hook Elementary School principal. Co-anchor Erica Hill brought up the charge that Erica Lafferty has been used as a prop by the gun control crowd. Of course, in the process, NBC was using Lafferty as a prop during that very interview. Lafferty was…

NBC's Gregory Lobs Softballs to Obama-Backing Google Exec

May 6th, 2013 5:22 PM
During an interview with Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt for the Meet the Press web-based feature Press Pass on Sunday, NBC's David Gregory eagerly asked Schmidt about working for President Obama's 2012 campaign: "...what did you discover, what did you learn, what did you actually help to bring to the campaign that changes politics, that changes a politician's ability to say, 'Who is it…

CBS Devotes Two Straight Days of Coverage to 'Possible Cover-Up' on Be

May 6th, 2013 4:53 PM
CBS used its Sunday evening and Monday morning newscasts to keep the spotlight on the question of a "possible cover-up" surrounding the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Jeff Glor led CBS Evening News with the scoop from earlier in the day on Face the Nation – that a "career U.S. diplomat is raising new questions" about the Obama administration's claim that the attack…

After Dismissing Benghazi as 'Fox News's Super-Story,' WaPo's Ignatius

May 6th, 2013 12:24 PM
Appearing on NBC's Chris Matthews Show on Sunday, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius initially dismissed the Benghazi terrorist attack as being "Fox News's super-story," with left-wing host Matthews agreeing: "This is a big Fox story." Fellow Post columnist Kathleen Parker called out Ignatius: "I know Fox has been covering it, but, you know, that doesn't mean it's wrong." Ignatius…

Matthews on Friday's Jobs Report: Will Democrats and Hillary Clinton H

May 5th, 2013 6:07 PM
It really is amazing how excited liberal media members can get when the economy produces 165,000 jobs and a 7.5 percent unemployment rate under a Democratic president. So enthralled was Chris Matthews that he actually asked guests on the syndicated program bearing his name Sunday if this will give Democrats including Hillary Clinton "bragging rights" in 2016 (video follows with transcript and…

'Meet the Press' Spends 8 1/2 Minutes on Gay NBA Player, 2 1/2 on Gosn

May 5th, 2013 2:44 PM
NBC truly showed what its priorities are on Sunday's Meet the Press. The outing of NBA player Jason Collins and the topic of same-sex marriage got a full 8 1/2 minutes while the murder trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell received a whopping 2 1/2 minutes (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Dan Rather: Obama's Opponents 'Want to Cut His Heart Out and Throw His

May 5th, 2013 11:28 AM
Dan Rather on Sunday once again made a comment about President Obama's opponents that some might find a bit over the top. Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Rather said, "These people politically want to cut his heart out and throw his liver to the dogs" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CBS Notices Senate Dem's 'Train Wreck' Label of ObamaCare; ABC, NBC Ig

May 3rd, 2013 4:44 PM
Jan Crawford touted how ObamaCare going into full effect in early 2014 is "causing all kinds of concern and anxiety, especially with...small business owners" on Friday's CBS This Morning. Crawford also pointed out Senator Max Baucus' April 17, 2013 "train wreck" label of the upcoming implementation of the health care law. This was the first time that a Big Three morning or evening newscast…

NBC's Curry: U.S. to Blame for 'Toxic Legacy' of Oil Drilling in the A

May 3rd, 2013 2:54 PM
Previewing an upcoming story for NBC's Rock Center on Friday's Today, correspondent Ann Curry warned that tribes of the Amazon rain forest "are sharpening their spears and preparing their blow guns to fight Ecuador's new plan to auction as much as 8 million acres of the rain forest for oil drilling." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] She then cited Boston University…

NBC: NRA Convention Comes 'In the Middle of a National Gun Fight

May 3rd, 2013 11:02 AM
On Friday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah noted start of the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston, Texas by declaring that it "gets under way as the country engages in a heated gun control debate." In the report that followed, correspondent Gabe Gutierrez described the event as "a nine-acre gun show in the middle of a national gun fight." Gutierrez acknowledged the recent "major…