CBS Early Show Hits Obama From Left on Gay Rights March

October 12th, 2009 1:26 PM
On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez declared: “Washington’s largest gay rights rally in a decade puts pressure on President Obama.” Co-host Harry Smith later introduced the story: “An issue that was on the back burner for President Obama suddenly got turned up to high over the weekend. Thanks to a group that is normally supportive of the President, gay rights activists.” The…

NBC Highlights Critique of Obama on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' ABC Minim

October 12th, 2009 1:11 PM

Limbaugh Transcends 'Today' Attempt to Discredit Him

October 12th, 2009 11:19 AM
“Lord, thank you for my enemies.”Thus began El Rushbo’s interview with NBC national correspondent Jamie Gangel.  It is remarkable that, even when the media sit down with Limbaugh, they still find a way to be biased.  To be fair, Gangel did not conduct the interview like Keith Olbermann might have.  But there were a few points of interest which must be noted – and some even pointed out by Rush…

NBC Reporter Waves the White Flag: 'Time to Start Leaving' Afghanistan

October 12th, 2009 7:53 AM

Suze Orman Warns Against Investing In Marriage

October 9th, 2009 4:34 PM
Did you think that marriage was about love and selflessness and sharing? Not anymore. Marriage is about getting what's yours. At least according to Suze Orman, the personal finance expert known for saying "I told you so" when the economy crashed. On Oct. 9 Orman advised "Today" show listeners not to invest in their marriage, saying, "Just to have everything [all your money] together allows you…

NBC’s Williams Derides Blogosphere as ‘Comic Element of Our Societ

October 9th, 2009 12:11 PM
Moments after President Obama’s remarks in the Rose Garden this morning, NBC anchor Brian Williams took a weird shot at the blogosphere as the “comic element of our society,” suggesting perhaps that Obama or the Nobel committee would face three days of mockery over what Williams in the same broadcast himself termed the “bizarre” selection of Obama as this year’s Peace Prize Winner.In his…

NBC's Lauer: Not to Be Rude, But Obama Hasn't Done Anything

October 9th, 2009 10:37 AM
Even Barack Obama’s fan club on NBC’s Today were stunned at the President’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize. Co-host Matt Lauer found it baffling: “We’re less than a year into the first term of this president and there are no -- I'm not trying to be, you know, rude here -- no major foreign policy achievements, to date.”Meet the Press moderator David Gregory felt the need to point out the “left-…

CBS Skips Any Mention of Massive Deficit Numbers Under Obama

October 8th, 2009 2:14 PM
Wednesday’s CBS Evening News With Katie Couric and Thursday’s Early show completely ignored any mention of the fact that the deficit has risen to a staggering $1.4 trillion, triple what it was a year ago. The Early Show, however, did find time to report the incredibly important news that Levi Johnston will be posing for Playgirl. Just one year ago, on October 7, 2008, Katie Couric made sure to…

Media Outlets Neglect to Mention that Doctor Photo-Op Was Staged

October 6th, 2009 11:27 AM
In his latest push for a health care overhaul bill, President Obama spoke to doctors in the White House Rose Garden yesterday. Painting a nice picture of the event were many media outlets that neglected to mention the White House's doctoring (forgive the pun) of the audience in an attempt at a powerful photo-op.Doctors attending the event were instructed to show up in white lab coats to give…

SNL Skewers Obama: So Far I've Accomplished Nothing! Nada

October 4th, 2009 10:28 AM
On September 25, NewsBusters asked, "Will SNL take off the gloves and set its sights on the suddenly stumbling, bumbling President?"On October 3, we got our answer, for on the most recent installment of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," the opening sketch absolutely skewered Barack Obama for having accomplished absolutely nothing since Inauguration Day.In fact, according to actor Fred Armisen…

Leno Bashes Letterman: I've Never Had Sex With a Staff Member

October 3rd, 2009 12:24 PM
Jay Leno went after his former late night rival on Friday using some of his opening monologue to poke fun at David Letterman's recently disclosed sexual escapades with staffers.As Friday's program began, Leno quipped, "If you came here tonight for sex with a talk-show host, you’ve got the wrong studio."But that was only the beginning (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Mediaite):

Huffington Says Copenhagen Trip a Mistake: Obama Got 'His Clock Cleane

October 2nd, 2009 11:34 PM
It's not too often where both a prominent conservative and a prominent liberal would deviate from their ideological consensus on a particular issue. However, the news of the day - Chicago being beaten out by Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games is one such instance. MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough, who identifies himself as a conservative, said he was glad President Barack…

Networks Allow Letterman to Play ‘Victim

October 2nd, 2009 12:57 PM
Just contrast the current David Letterman sex scandal against the 2004 Bill O'Reilly sex scandal. Last night, left-leaning CBS Late Show Host David Letterman announced on his program that he had sex with female staffers. Letterman's announcement was spurred by the plot of a CBS producer to force the host to pay $2 million in exchange for his silence on the matter. ABC, CBS and NBC largely…

BMI’s Seymour: Networks Coverage of Unemployment ‘13 Times More Ne

October 1st, 2009 3:30 PM
BMI's Julia A. Seymour appeared on today's Fox Business Live with Stuart Varney to discuss the discrepancy in media coverage of unemployment under Presidents Reagan and Obama. Author of BMI's latest study, "Networks Flip-Flop on Jobs," Seymour explained her findings: We looked specifically at seven months of coverage in 1982 and again in 2009 that had very similar periods of unemployment…