Howard Fineman: 'Tea Party People Are Not Here To Legislate. They're H

January 13th, 2013 2:41 PM
The media's hatred of the Tea Party knows no bounds. On Sunday's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman said, "The Tea Party people are not here to legislate. They're here to demonstrate" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Andrea Mitchell: Women On Obama's Staff 'Are Not Happy' With His White

January 13th, 2013 1:21 PM
At roughly the same time CNN's Candy Crowley was asking her guests if it matters that President Obama is appointing exclusively white men to fill vacancies in his cabinet, NBC's Andrea Mitchell was saying it clearly does. Appearing on Sunday's Meet the Press, Mitchell said that women that she's talked to on Obama's staff "are not happy" about this (video follows with transcript and commentary…

David Gregory Will Not Be Prosecuted for Gun Violation

January 11th, 2013 10:33 PM
It's now official: David Gregory is above the law. Just two days after the DC attorney general's office received the case of NBC star's deliberate exibition of a high-capacity bullet magazine, the agency decided it would not prosecute. The decision is interesting and disturbing for two reasons: 1) the prosecutors believe that Gregory (and his producers) were guilty of the crime, and 2) they…

CBS Actually Covers Gun Self-Defense Case Promoted By NRA; ABC, NBC Pu

January 11th, 2013 4:20 PM
On Friday's CBS This Morning, Bill Plante refreshingly spotlighted how firearms are used to protect the lives of ordinary Americans. Plante noted how the National Rifle Association "Tweeted a story...about Melinda Herman, a Georgia woman who shot an intruder in self-defense as she waited with her two children in a closet....She fired at the man multiple times with a .38 caliber handgun." The…

NBC's Lauer Grills NRA President: Has 'Monumental' Power of Gun Rights

January 11th, 2013 11:37 AM
In an interview with National Rifle Association president David Keene on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered: "Do you have the support in Congress to block any federal ban on assault weapons in the coming year?...How close do you think Congress can get on that?" He then speculated: "People talk about the power of the NRA. They look at it almost, you know, in monumental terms. Do you…

NBC Panel Discusses Biden Reality Show: 'The Most Entertaining Man in

January 10th, 2013 5:56 PM
During a panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Willie Geist touted an online White House petition to get Vice President Joe Biden his own reality show. Panelist and left-wing MSNBC host Alex Wagner raved: "Incredible idea, can I be the cameraman?...he's the most entertaining man in politics." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Wagner continued to gush over…

Networks Slam Obama From the Left, Demand More Female Nominations

January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
ABC and CBS on Thursday hit Barack Obama from the left, fretting about a lack of diversity for his second term cabinet picks. The two network morning shows ignored substantiative criticism about Treasury Secretary choice Jack Lew, but highlighted the cutesy story of his messy handwriting. Correspondent Jon Karl chided, "Well, some critics are looking at that emerging second-term cabinet and…

Networks Eagerly Promote How Christie 'Blasted' and 'Spanked' House GO

January 9th, 2013 12:58 PM
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared on all three network morning shows on Wednesday and was greeted in each interview by the host seizing on his harsh words for congressional Republicans over a delayed vote on Hurricane Sandy relief. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] On NBC's Today, co-host Matt Lauer proclaimed: "You're not happy, it seems, with the course of…

ABC Hypes High Temperatures in U.S. to Push for Climate Change 'Action

January 9th, 2013 12:07 PM
All three evening newscasts on Tuesday hyped a report that 2012 was the hottest on record for the United States. NBC actually mislead viewers into thinking the data relates to the entire planet and not just one country.  On ABC, Dan Harris blamed the study's results on Congress for failing to take "action" over global warming. World News reporter Dan Harris lamented, "Many cities had record…

DC Police Complete Investigation Into David Gregory’s Possession of

January 9th, 2013 12:04 PM
The police department of the District of Columbia has completed an investigation into NBC television host David Gregory’s possession and exhibition of a high-capacity gun magazine on the Dec. 23 edition of the show “Meet the Press.” Under DC law, it is illegal for anyone to possess a magazine able to hold 10 or more bullets, even if it is empty. Now that the investigation is complete, the…

Brian Williams: Al Roker's Accident 'Hasn't Happened in the West Wing

January 9th, 2013 9:17 AM
NBC's Al Roker revealed Sunday that back in 2002, he had an embarrassing accident in the White House as a result of getting his stomach stapled. On CBS's Late Show Tuesday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said, "That kind of thing that happened to Al hasn't happened in the West Wing since Nixon discovered the tapes” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Martin Bashir: Maybe Donald Trump ‘Really Is the Son of a Big, Fat

January 8th, 2013 5:07 PM
As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Bill Maher on NBC’s Tonight Show offered Donald Trump $5 million to prove that he wasn’t “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.” Later in the day, MSNBC’s Martin Bashir actually echoed Maher’s contention challenging Trump to come out and disprove it (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NBCer Okay With Publishing Gun Owner Addresses: 'We're Not Outing Chil

January 8th, 2013 4:48 PM
During a panel discussion on Tuesday's NBC Today, chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman voiced her support for a New York newspaper, The Journal News, publishing a list of addresses of local gun owners: "You have these sort of blind assumptions that when your child goes over to play with another kid, he or she is going to be safe. And I think that has been now negated. So I have no problem....we…

JWoww on Tonight Show: ‘I Like To Masturbate’ While Watching ‘Da

January 8th, 2013 11:10 AM
Jennifer ‘JWoww’ Farley of Jersey Shore fame sure is one classy gal. After bragging to NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno about her engagement to Roger Mathews, Farley discussed how she’s “a little obsessed” with the Bane character in the film “The Dark Knight Rises” and likes to masturbate to the video (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):