Chris Matthews Smells Racism in Declining Number of Whites Supporting

August 28th, 2011 6:32 PM
It appears that unless every white person in this country votes for Barack Obama next November, Chris Matthews will believe it's because they're racist. On this weekend's syndicated program bearing his name, the host smelled racism in the declining number of whites supporting the President (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Surprise: Comcast Employees Are Obama's Biggest Donors

August 27th, 2011 8:00 AM
The employees of the company that is a part-owner of NBC and MSNBC are the biggest donors to President Obama's reelection campaign. Chris Moody of Yahoo News reported Friday:
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NBC: Dick Cheney 'One of the Most Controversial Figures of Our Time

August 25th, 2011 1:00 PM

Thursday's NBC Today previewed an upcoming Dateline interview with Dick Cheney about his new memoir and labeled the former Vice President "controversial" three times in less than a minute. Co-host Ann Curry proclaimed him to be "one of the most controversial figures of our time." Turning to correspondent Jamie Gangel, who conducted the interview, Curry noted: "I understand that you…

NBC Avoids Crediting Marco Rubio With Saving Nancy Reagan From Fall

August 24th, 2011 12:30 PM
While both ABC's Good Morning America and CBS's Early Show on Tuesday gave due credit to Senator Marco Rubio for catching former First Lady Nancy Reagan as she tripped at Reagan Library event, NBC's Today strangely avoided making any mention of the Florida Republican being present, even as video footage clearly showed him holding Reagan's arm. [Audio available here; Video follows page break]

NBC, CBS Skip Poll Showing Obama Tied or Losing to Republicans

August 23rd, 2011 4:15 PM
The morning shows on NBC and CBS skipped a new Gallup poll finding Barack Obama either behind or tied with his Republican challengers. Only ABC's Good Morning America mentioned the stark numbers. In an otherwise unrelated story on Sarah Palin, George Stephanopoulos briefly mentioned, "We're going to switch gears now to politics and there is a brand-new Gallup poll showing that the four top…

NBC: People 'Excited to Share Vacation' With Obama

August 22nd, 2011 5:32 PM
On Saturday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Kristen Welker fawned over President Obama's 10-day excursion to Martha's Vineyard, declaring: "...his first public outing...A bookstore in Vineyard Haven where he, Malia, and Sasha bought eight books." A crowd outside the store could be heard chanting: "Four more years! Four more years!" Welker noted how "no cameras were allowed when the…

NBC Skips Obama's Major Shift on Immigration, Covers 500 Pound Pig

August 22nd, 2011 5:04 PM
NBC has yet to cover a major shift by the Obama administration that would halt deportation of illegal immigrants who have not committed a crime. According to the Washington Times, up to 300,000 cases could be impacted by this decision. Despite ignoring the development, NBC did find time to cover the story of Boris, the 550 pound pig. Natalie Morales explained, "His owners have him on a diet…

Hypocritical Matthews Slams 'Nasty' Perry's Attacks on Obama

August 22nd, 2011 12:22 PM
On his syndicated program, Sunday, Chris Matthews slammed Rick Perry for being too "nasty" to Barack Obama. The liberal host also wondered if the fact that Perry is not a Mormon gives southerners a "permission slip" to like him. Speculating on the Texas Governor's popularity, Matthews theorized, "Do you think part of this southern appeal of this guy, who is to most of us this guy, Rick Perry…

NBC's Guthrie Urges Obama 'Go For Broke' With New Stimulus

August 22nd, 2011 11:46 AM
In an interview with former press secretary and current Obama campaign advisor Robert Gibbs on Sunday's Meet the Press, substitute host Savannah Guthrie pushed the President from the left: "If the President thinks more should be done, if he thinks there should be more stimulus, why doesn't he just go for broke? Why doesn't he go out there and ask for it, make a case for it?" Guthrie worried…

Networks Hardly Criticize Obama Green Jobs Flop

August 22nd, 2011 10:46 AM
While campaigning President Obama promised to create 5 million “green” jobs, and shortly into his term he announced a “task force” to do just that. His stimulus package included tax credits for renewable energy companies, allotted funds for weatherization and more. Now with the economy once again on shaky ground the President may pivot back to jobs in September, specifically of the “green”…

New Fall TV Heavy on Sex

August 22nd, 2011 10:37 AM
Fall means back to school, end of summer vacations, and exciting new television for those bored with "The Bachelor" and "Survivor." But among this year's crop of brand new television series, a rather "sex"y pattern has emerged. Shows about horny high school geeks, the 1960s' playboy bunnies, and navigating the pitfalls of a one-night-stand with your coworker, are themes slated to appear on…

MRC's Notable Quotables: Slashing Rick Perry, 'the Human Tornado

August 22nd, 2011 9:21 AM
Like clockwork, as soon as Rick Perry joined the GOP presidential field, the liberal media started slashing at the Texas Governor, impugning him as a “name-calling,” “human tornado,” “anti-science” racist —just “Bull Connor with a smile,” according to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews. Plus, Perry’s best-in-the-nation record on job creation is really a myth — not a “Texas miracle” but a “Texas tragedy,”…

Tweet Read on 'Meet the Press': 'We're Angry at Obama, But We're Not S

August 21st, 2011 5:23 PM
Savannah Guthrie actually did a pretty good job filling in for David Gregory on "Meet the Press" Sunday. Unfortunately, her biases came out near the end of the program when she chose to read a viewer's tweet that was quite hostile to Republicans (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews Connects 9/11 To Bush's August 2001 Vacation

August 21st, 2011 12:19 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, Obama-loving media have been working overtime excusing the President for taking a vacation at Martha's Vineyard as average Americans struggle in a down economy. Perhaps the most disgusting example yet came on this weekend's "The Chris Matthews Show" when the host actually connected the attacks on 9/11 to former President George W. Bush's vacation in August…