A Tale of Two Planned Parenthood Controversies: Wall-to-Wall Komen vs

May 31st, 2012 2:09 PM
When cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure prepared to withdraw less than a million dollars of funding per year from Planned Parenthood, the three broadcast networks went ballistic, devoting a host of stories to the “explosion of anger” against Komen. But when videos allegedly showing Planned Parenthood’s complicity in sex-selection abortions were released by a pro-life group, the major…

After Spiking Catholic Lawsuit Against Obama, Networks Unleash Avalanc

May 31st, 2012 11:43 AM
While the networks largely ignored 43 Catholic institutions suing the Obama administration over the ObamaCare contraception mandate, since news broke on May 25 of the Pope's butler leaking classified Vatican documents, those same networks saw fit to provide 13 stories in 5 days proclaiming "another black eye for the Vatican" and supposed "corruption at some of the highest levels." [Listen to…

Surprise! Broadcast Networks Ignore Abortion Investigation

May 31st, 2012 9:10 AM
There is nothing more predictable than networks burying negative news about Planned Parenthood. Pro-life organization Live Action recently came out with a disturbing video showing a Planned Parenthood staffer in Texas assisting a Live Action actor to obtain a sex-selection abortion. That practice is where a fetus is aborted if the child is discovered to be of a certain gender (usually…

NBC's Mitchell Contradicts Herself on Romney's Criticism of Obama's Sy

May 31st, 2012 8:03 AM
On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, a piece by correspondent Andrea Mitchell incorrectly claimed that Mitt Romney "doesn't say how" he believes the Obama administration should assist rebels who are fighting against Bashar Assad's rule of Syria, giving the impression that the GOP presidential candidate was criticizing President Obama without offering constructive ideas. She even hinted that Romney…

NBC's Today Interviews Mexican Actor Who Stars in Religious-Liberty Fi

May 30th, 2012 10:56 PM
NBC's Today on Monday featured an interview in its fourth hour with Mexican actor Eduardo Verastegui, a star in the film "For Greater Glory" which chronicles Mexico's persecution of Catholics in the 1920s. Brent Bozell has urged people to see it when it debuts this weekend. Verastegui, who also starred in the pro-life film "Bella," explained “This film is an action epic film about the men and…

NBC Decides Trump Has 'Overshadowed' Romney Clinching GOP Nomination

May 30th, 2012 12:59 PM
At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer worked to tarnish Mitt Romney officially becoming the GOP Nominee: "Mitt Romney secures the Republican presidential nomination....But will his ongoing relationship with Donald Trump overshadow his big moment? As Trump plays the birther card once again." Moments later, Lauer continued to rain on Romney's achievement: "...even as he basks…

NBC Worried About Romney Hanging Around With NBC Star Donald Trump

May 29th, 2012 4:09 PM
In an astonishing display of hypocrisy, NBC News repeatedly decried Mitt Romney using celebrity businessman Donald Trump to fundraise for his campaign. This is the same Donald Trump who hosts NBC reality shows The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice and who routinely appears on the Today show to promote those programs, including just last week. On Tuesday's Today, correspondent Peter…

NBC 'Today' Panel Rips Chris Hayes: 'He Looks Like a Weenie' After Ant

May 29th, 2012 10:55 AM
During a panel on Tuesday's NBC Today, liberal pundits Star Jones, Donny Deutsch and Nancy Snyderman condemned left-wing MSNBC host Chris Hayes for suggesting fallen U.S. troops are not heroes. Deutsch was the strongest in denouncing Hayes: "I hope that he doesn't get more viewers as a result of this...this guy is like a – if you've seen him...he looks like a weenie." [Listen to the audio or…

Liberal FNC Analyst Powers Calls Out Media Bias After Catholic Lawsuit

May 28th, 2012 5:14 PM
Appearing as a guest just past 9:30 a.m. on FNC's America's Newsroom on Monday, liberal FNC analyst Kirsten Powers, as already recounted by Mediaite, observed that "obviously, there's a bias behind" the broadcast networks giving so little attention to the lawsuit against the Obama administration that was recently filed by numerous Catholic institutions challenging the requirement that employers…

NBC's Guthrie Hits Obama Admin from Right on Withdrawing from Afghanis

May 28th, 2012 3:02 PM
When Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, appeared as a guest on Monday's Today show on NBC for the Memorial Day occasion, substitute co-anchor Savannah Guthrie raised concerns from the right about whether announcing the timeline of a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan might benefit Taliban insurgents tactically. Guthrie:

Joe Klein: 'Community Organizer Is a Code Word for Organizing Poor Peo

May 27th, 2012 3:15 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting for months, the goal of the liberal media as it shamelessly campaigns for the reelection of President Obama is to paint everything opponent Mitt Romney says as racist, elitist, or both. On this weekend's syndicated Chris Matthews Show, Time magazine's Joe Klein said that Romney referring to Obama's experience as a "community organizer is a code word for…

NYT White House Correspondent: Obama 'Hates' Camp David Because There

May 27th, 2012 12:00 PM
UPDATE AT END OF POST: There actually is golf at Camp David. Camp David has been an historic presidential retreat since World War II, but according to New York Times White House correspondent Helene Cooper, Barack Obama "hates it" because there isn't any golf. Such was revealed on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show this weekend (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Colin Powell Blames Media and 'Especially' Cable TV for Nasty Tone in

May 26th, 2012 10:04 AM
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday blamed the media and "especially" cable television for the nasty tone in politics today. Such occurred during a discussion with Jay Leno on NBC's Tonight Show (video follows with transcript and commentary):

On and On It Goes: Networks Cover 'Predator Priests' As They Stay Sile

May 25th, 2012 1:22 PM
The broadcast networks stubbornly pushed ahead, logging another 24 hours -- now we're at four straight days --  ignoring the Catholic lawsuits against the Obama administration. And once again on Thursday night, instead of covering this historic lawsuit championing religious freedom,  the CBS Evening News offered another two and a half minutes to a “massive coverup” of Catholic sex abuse in…