Notable Quotables: Pundits Mock Libya Story as 'Utterly Contrived,' 'O

October 29th, 2012 10:21 AM
The Media Research Center is out with the latest edition of our Notable Quotables newsletter, a compilation of the most outrageous, sometimes humorous, quotes from the liberal meda. This week's lowlights: Liberal pundits insist that the unfolding details of Obama's incompetent handling of the September 11 attack in Benghazi is an "utterly contrived" story, an "October Mirage." The ever-wacky…

David Brooks and Carly Fiorina School E.J. Dionne and Rachel Maddow on

October 28th, 2012 4:40 PM
Meet the Press viewers got to see a classic Left-Right debate Sunday. In a discussion about which presidential candidate is the most trustworthy, New York Times columnist David Brooks surprisingly teamed up with former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina to school the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (video follows with NBCNews.com transcript and commentary):

Leno's Halloween Costume Idea: ‘Wear a Re-elect Obama Button - Go As

October 27th, 2012 9:49 AM
Jay Leno had a great idea Friday night for an inexpensive Halloween costume. Early in his Tonight Show monologue on NBC, the host said, “Wear a re-elect Obama button and go out as a journalist” (video follows with commentary):

Bozell Column: The 'New Normal' Christianity

October 27th, 2012 8:24 AM
NBC’s sitcom “The New Normal” isn’t just trying to remake society for the Gay Left. It’s trying to remake Christianity, which is to say, destroy it. For its October 22 episode “The Godparent Trap,” NBC ran promos with the gay character Brian in the confessional, and the priest sneering, “If you’re not going to take this seriously, I’m going to go back to playing Angry Birds.” As the plot…

NBC's Todd Hypes 'Speed Bumps' for Romney: Mourdock and 'Eyebrow-Raisi

October 26th, 2012 3:40 PM
On Friday's NBC Today, political director Chuck Todd described how "both sides are dealing with some unexpected political speed bumps on the trail" and began by detailing the supposed obstacles for the Romney campaign: ...it's Indiana's Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, who made controversial comments about abortion and rape on Tuesday...another unforced error for Team Romney and…

Libya Takes Backseat to Fluff in NBC Obama Infomercial

October 26th, 2012 10:31 AM
During a 20-minute interview with President Obama aired on Thursday's NBC Rock Center, host Brian Williams devoted a total of 1 minute 36 seconds to the subject of the terrorist attack in Libya. At the same time, four segments of soft coverage of the President's re-election campaign received a combined total of 2 minutes 19 seconds. The promotional fluff included the President stopping by a…

Day 2 of MSNBC’s Blackout on Libya

October 25th, 2012 4:48 PM
It appears as though MSNBC has gone into overdrive covering up for the Obama administration over the terrorist attack on our consulate in Libya.  Following emails uncovered by CBS News late Tuesday evening showing the White House knew within two hours that the attack was terrorist related, MSNBC has run a grand total of two stories on these shocking developments.  Unlike yesterday, NBC's…

NBC: Romney 'Dealing With a New Controversy' After Mourdock Abortion C

October 25th, 2012 3:25 PM
Continuing to hype Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's opposition to abortion as some kind of scandal for Mitt Romney, on Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Peter Alexander proclaimed: "...the Romney campaign is also dealing with a new controversy, trying to distance itself from this comment..." After playing a sound bite of Mourdock explaining in a Tuesday senatorial debate…

Leno Asks Obama ‘What Is the Cure for Romnesia

October 25th, 2012 12:02 PM
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno actually asked guest Barack Obama Wednesday evening, "What is the cure for Romnesia?" This came as one of the questions posed via Facebook and from members of the studio audience (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

NBC's Williams Can't Understand Why Obama Isn't Winning by a Landslide

October 25th, 2012 10:41 AM
In an interview with President Obama on Wednesday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams lobbed this softball: "How is it that with – what, 13 days to go, you're fighting for your life in a 47/47 race?... So after the excitement of '08, given the power of incumbency, you got Bin Laden, you did not expect to be sitting on a more substantial race than we are as we sit here today?" [Listen to the…

Snooki, Vacuum Inventor Interviews Get More Air Time Than Benghazi

October 24th, 2012 5:27 PM
NBC's Today on Wednesday glossed over the State Department e-mails showing that the Obama administration knew that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya was carried out by terrorists. Their colleagues at ABC and CBS also minimized their coverage of this latest development, as they boosted the latest slam on Republicans from David Axelrod and the President's reelection campaign…

NBC Claims Romney 'Taking Positions He Has Not Taken Before' on Foreig

October 24th, 2012 3:50 PM
In a continued effort to tag Mitt Romney with a flip-flopper label, on Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed that Romney's performance in the final presidential debate "seemed to be a move to the center" on foreign policy issues and asserted that the Governor was "taking positions he has not taken before." In the report that followed, correspondent Andrea Mitchell…

NBC News Ignores Emails Showing White House Knew Libya Attack Was Terr

October 24th, 2012 2:23 PM
**UPDATE** At 2:30 p.m. EDT, MSNBC mentioned the damaging emails for the first time, coupling it with breaking news of an arrest in the attack on our Libyan consulate.    Following in the footsteps of its sister broadcast network, MSNBC has continued to ignore the shocking revelation that the White House knew on September 11 that the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was under a well-coordinated…

Libya E-mails Break; Morning Shows Minimize Pressure on Team Obama

October 24th, 2012 12:37 PM
On Tuesday evening, CBS broke wide open a story on State Department e-mails showing the White House knew on September 11 that the consulate in Benghazi was subjected to a terrorist attack, and that terrorists took credit on Facebook and Twitter. But by Wednesday, the three network morning shows weren't leaping to follow up. ABC and CBS combined devoted just over a minute to the story, while NBC…