Obama's Latest Moves to Close Gitmo A Mere Blip On Networks' Radar
October 10th, 2013 3:50 PM
Charlie Rose's 18-second news brief on Thursday's CBS This Morning is the sole Big Three network mention so far of the Obama administration's decision to review the cases of dozens of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay in preparation for the possible release. Both ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today ignored this latest development in the ongoing controversy over the Islamist detainees at…
Networks Tout Fed Nominee Yellen’s ‘Brilliance
October 10th, 2013 3:47 PM
President Obama nominated Janet Yellen, Fed vice chair, to head the Federal Reserve on Oct. 9. If confirmed, she will take on Ben Bernanke’s role as chairman and be the first woman in that role. Networks lauded her nomination that evening, after having paid little attention to her liberal policies in recent months.
Broadcast network evening and morning shows were giddy at the nomination of…
IRS Official May Have Traded Confidential Taxpayer Info with White Hou
October 10th, 2013 12:35 PM
On October 9 The Blaze reported the following: “Sarah Hall Ingram, the Internal Revenue Service official who used to head the office directly involved in the targeting of conservative groups, may have shared confidential taxpayer information with White House officials, according to 2012 emails uncovered by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Ingram, who now heads the IRS’s…
Networks Look the Other Way on Fast and Furious Whistleblower
October 9th, 2013 5:54 PM
[UPDATED BELOW] CNN aired an exclusive interview with a Fast and Furious whistleblower on Monday morning, but NBC, CBS, and ABC all ignored the story and failed to interview the whistleblower, ATF agent John Dodson. The government is blocking publication of Dodson's new book, his insider account of the failed gun sting Operation Fast and Furious.
In addition, CNN dropped its own interview…
Miss America More Important to Media than Fed Nominee
October 9th, 2013 2:22 PM
The next Federal Reserve Chairman will be Janet Yellen. President Barack Obama plans to nominate her on Oct. 9. Ahead of the announcement, Yellen, the liberal Fed vice chairman, was considered the most likely candidate to replace Ben Bernanke ever since Larry Summers, her chief rival for the nomination, bowed out of the race on Sept. 16.
She was a frontrunner even before Summers’ withdrawal.…
NBC Laments 'Tea Party' Being 'Dug In' on Shutdown, Hopes for GOP 'Dro
October 9th, 2013 12:56 PM
On Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer wrung his hands over Congress, particularly Republicans, not yet reaching a budget deal to end the government shutdown: "...the Tea Party seems very much dug in here. Both sides seem dug in." Chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd responded by removing the criticism of "both sides": "You're right, the Tea Party side of this is dug in." [Watch the…
NBC Delighted By SNL Mocking GOP Over Government Shutdown
October 7th, 2013 3:53 PM
On Monday, the hosts of NBC's Today eagerly played clips of Saturday Night Live bashing Republicans over the government shutdown. In the morning show's 7 a.m. ET half hour, fill-in co-host Tamron Hall played a clip of SNL host Miley Cyrus doing a parody music video blaming the GOP for the shutdown and gushed: "I think she [Cyrus] might become a member of the five-timers club. You know, the group…
What a Twerk: Al Roker Applauds Kids Skipping School for ‘Education
October 7th, 2013 3:12 PM
According to NBC’s Al Roker, there’s at least one good reason to skip school, and her name is Miley Cyrus. All twerk and no play, eh, Al?
After the shameless VMAs and SNL skits, NBC’s “Today” wanted a piece of Cyrus too, and hosted a concert for the former Disney darling. Co-host Al Roker introduced the event, noting the audience: “A lot of these kids are missing school right now, but they're…
NBC Sports Ends Sponsorship of Nation's Largest Gun Show
October 7th, 2013 1:25 PM
NBC Sports' relationship with the nation's largest gun show is apparently over.
According to Variety, the network will not be a sponsor of January's Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas.
NBC Touts Obama 'Sticking to His Guns' on Budget While His Minions Bas
October 7th, 2013 12:36 PM
In a dramatically one-sided report on Monday's NBC Today about the government shutdown, White House correspondent Peter Alexander declared: "President Obama is sticking to his guns, demanding Republicans end the shutdown by passing a so-called 'clean C.R.,' a budget extension without any changes to the President's health care law." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]…
Leno Airs Mock Video of MSNBC Anchor Destroying Computer After Trying
October 5th, 2013 12:53 PM
As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, MSNBC's Mara Schiavocampo had a tough time signing up for ObamaCare the first day the exchanges went live.
As if that wasn't funny enough, the folks at NBC's Tonight Show took that video and added a surprise ending where Schiavocampo is so frustrated she destroyed her computer (video follows with commentary):
NBC Broadcasts More 'Dear Congress' Attack Tweets, But Tweeters Also S
October 4th, 2013 8:26 PM
On Friday night's NBC Nightly News, reporter Kelly O’Donnell and producer Shawna Thomas brought out more tweets addressed to its “Dear Congress” hashtag. It’s a little fun now to see what other tweets these Twitter correspondents are posting.
A “MrKristoff” was quoted for tweeting “@johnboehner Enough already. Stop claiming to speak for American people & start Listening. #DearCongress”.…
NBC Shutdown Story Ignores Harry Reid Rejecting GOP Plan to Fund Cance
October 4th, 2013 6:03 PM
On Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams introduced a full report on cancer research at the National Institutes of Health being stopped under the government shutdown: "And there are the millions who are feeling the impact of this shutdown very close to home and across this country, including some for whom this standoff feels very much like a matter of life and death for them."
In…
Poor Obama: Nets Fret Over Shutdown That Left Obama With 'No Choice' o
October 4th, 2013 12:30 PM
The three network morning shows on Friday worried about President Obama and the fact that he had "no choice" but to cancel an Asian summit as the government shutdown drags on. On ABC's Good Morning America, Jon Karl lamented, "These were two significant summits in Brunei and Indonesia. The White House says he could legally have gone, but he needs to be here to push for reopening the government…