This May Day: Media Fail to Acknowledge Any Downside of Socialism
May 1st, 2013 9:56 AM
Philosopher George Santayana once said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” In regards to socialism, the media has turned a blind eye to the more than 100 million victims of the ideology. In fact, May 1 actually marks a socialist holiday – International Workers’ Day, or May Day.
“Socialist” is a word often used in conjunction with President Obama, but seldom…
Leno Tells Obama How to Close Gitmo: 'Declare it a Small Business and
May 1st, 2013 9:05 AM
Barack Obama during his Tuesday press conference said once again that he wants to close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay.
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno offered the President some advice Tuesday saying, "He should do what he always does: declare it a small business and tax it out of existence":
After Praising Gay NBA Player as 'Towering Figure,' NBC Dismisses Tebo
April 30th, 2013 5:24 PM
While Tuesday's NBC Today began by heralding gay NBA player Jason Collins as "a towering figure on the court" and in "sports history," later in the 7 a.m. ET hour, correspondent Craig Melvin regarded NFL quarterback Tim Tebow as an athlete who's "play never really matched the hype" and someone who became "spoof-worthy" due to his "well-publicized faith."
A clip played of Late Night host…
Nets Take 300 Hours to Notice Dem Prediction: ObamaCare Will Be a 'Tra
April 30th, 2013 5:12 PM
During live coverage of Barack Obama's Tuesday press conference Chuck Todd surprisingly pressed the President about Democratic Senator Max Baucus calling ObamaCare a "train wreck." It was surprising because his own network has yet to report on the almost two-week old warning that the Montana senator made to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius during an April 17 hearing.…
NBC Brings On Liberal Columnist to Hail Gay NBA Player, Demand Supreme
April 30th, 2013 2:37 PM
Amid the celebration on Tuesday's NBC Today over the "groundbreaking" "game changer" announcement by NBA player Jason Collins that he is gay, co-host Matt Lauer brought on liberal New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica, who ranted: "I hope that the league of old men and women on the Supreme Court are paying attention to this....Because same-sex marriage and the constitutionality is now going…
NBC Applauds 'Comedian-in-Chief' Obama, Raves Over His 'Terrific' Perf
April 29th, 2013 5:30 PM
At the top of Sunday's NBC Today, co-host Erica Hill cheered President Obama's performance at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner as she announced: "Comedian-in-chief....President Obama gets lots of laughs at the White House Correspondents' Dinner." Moments later, fellow co-host Lester Holt gushed that Obama was "very, very funny...very loose." Hill agreed, suggesting the President "…
Chuck Todd: Obama Didn't Want To Go Public With Syrian Chemical Weapon
April 28th, 2013 1:53 PM
NBC's Chuck Todd made some stunning statements Sunday about recent revelations concerning Syria's use of chemical weapons on its people.
Appearing on Meet the Press, Todd first said the Administration regrets President Obama's claim that this would be a "red line" adding "They didn't want to go public last week that they had this early evidence" and only did so because "they knew Congress was…
Chuck Todd: Obama 'Hates' 'Internet Media and Social Media
April 28th, 2013 1:10 PM
NBC's Chuck Todd told an inconvenient truth about Barack Obama on Sunday's Meet the Press.
"The rise of the internet media and social media and all that stuff - he hates it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Chelsea Clinton Interviews...The GEICO Gecko
April 27th, 2013 1:39 PM
As NewsBusters readers know, TV critics have not been impressed with Chelsea Clinton’s reporting skills at NBC.
This certainly won’t change after Friday’s Rock Center wherein the former presidential daughter actually interviewed – wait for it! – the GEICO gecko (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CBS Spotlights Video Footage of Attempted Terror Attack on Conservativ
April 26th, 2013 1:35 PM
CBS This Morning stood out on Friday for devoting a 18-second news brief to the newly-released security camera footage of Floyd Corkins II's attempted mass shooting at the Family Research Council in August 2012. Charlie Rose identified Corkins as a "domestic terrorist" who targeted the social conservative organization for "being anti-gay" [audio available here; video below the jump].
The…
NBC Hosts Fret Over Children and Seniors Being 'Silent Victims' of Seq
April 26th, 2013 12:18 PM
As news of a deal in Congress to end FAA furloughs of air traffic controllers broke Friday morning, a panel of NBC hosts on Today immediately fretted over other government programs affected by the sequester, with Willie Geist touting Obama administration fearmongering: "...some of the other things that are hurt by the sequester, namely Head Start, preschool for low-income families....By the…
Brokaw on White House Correspondents Dinner: 'There Was More Dignity a
April 26th, 2013 10:44 AM
Former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw made some serious waves last year when he spoke critically about the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
Brokaw's at it again this year telling Politico, "[T]here was more dignity at my daughter’s junior prom."
Eleven More Seconds of Gosnell Trial Coverage on CBS; More Crickets Fr
April 25th, 2013 6:21 PM
CBS is putting its Big Three competitors to shame in actually covering the capital murder trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, but that's not saying much, as Thursday's CBS This Morning devoted a paltry 11 seconds to the latest development in the case. Norah O'Donnell highlighted that the abortionist's defense attorney rested his case without calling his client or any other witness to testify. [audio…
Fisker Fail: Another Obama Green Jobs Company Tanks, ABC & NBC Ignore
April 25th, 2013 3:16 PM
The Obama administration has flushed almost $200 million of the American taxpayer's money down the drain on another green company failure but ABC and NBC have yet to report on it. On Monday, the electric car company Fisker Automotive failed to make a $10 million payment on a $192 million federal government loan, bringing it closer to bankruptcy. Only CBS, on Thursday's This Morning, mentioned…