NBC Skips Supreme Court Ruling Freeing Thousands of Criminals and Scal

May 24th, 2011 12:37 PM
NBC's Nightly News on Monday and the Today show on Tuesday ignored a controversial, ideologically divided Supreme Court ruling that ordered California to release at least 38,000 prisoners. ABC, over two days, allowed a scant 11 seconds. Only CBS provided a full report. In a blistering dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warned that "terrible things are sure to happen" if the action is…

NBC's Mitchell Admonishes 'Really Rude' Netanyahu Treating Obama 'Like

May 23rd, 2011 4:35 PM
At the end of Sunday's Meet the Press, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell scolded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for daring to criticize President Obama's call for Israel to return to 1967 borders: "...he criticized the President, and in such a fashion! He lectured him in the Oval Office....basically treating him like a school boy." Mitchell went on to declare…

Even Ann Curry's Friends in the Liberal Media Make Fun of Her

May 23rd, 2011 1:18 PM
What does it say about incoming Today show co-anchor Ann Curry that even her friends in the liberal media make fun of her? Time's managing editor Richard Stengel, did just that, in his Saturday speech to students at Wheaton College when he poked fun at Curry's confused commencement speech at that same college last year. Fans of Newsbusters will recall the geographically challenged Curry got…

NBC Gushes Over Obama's 'Irish Roots,' Claims His Ancestors Were 'Comm

May 23rd, 2011 1:00 PM

On Monday's Today on NBC, correspondent Norah O'Donnell excitedly touted President Obama's stop in Ireland on his latest European trip as she proclaimed: "The Irish eyes are smiling today as this country welcomes President Obama. And I can tell you that the people here in Moneygall are overjoyed that Obama has Irish roots." The report opened with a musical rendition of 'There's no one…

Mort Zuckerman: For First Time Since Their State's Founding Israelis F

May 22nd, 2011 6:18 PM
Contrary to what NBC's David Gregory said Friday, U.S. News & World Report editor Mort Zuckerman believes that in the wake of President Obama's Mideast speech, "The Israelis do not feel they have the Americans at their back for the first time since the founding of the state of Israel." Such was said during a heated debate about the subject on PBS's "McLaughlin Group" (video follows with…

Ryan Schools Gregory: 'I Don't Consult Polls to Tell Me What My Princi

May 22nd, 2011 1:20 PM
NBC's David Gregory must have thought he had performed another gotcha on a prominent Republican Sunday when he cited a poll to his "Meet the Press" guest Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) finding people aren't interested in reducing Medicare spending in order to balance the budget. Without skipping a beat, Ryan marvelously educated his host saying, "I don't consult polls to tell me what my…

Poll: Asked Who They Trust For Political News, Plurality Say 'Not Sure

May 20th, 2011 1:19 PM
Update: Reaction from NB publisher Brent Bozell below the break. For some time now, it's been painfully obvious that objectivity in political reporting is a farce. So it should come as little surprise that when asked who they trust most for political reporting, many Americans draw a blank. That, at least, is what pollsters at Suffolk University have discovered. A 36 percent plurality of…

David Gregory Says 'Prominent Views Within Israel' Support Obama's Spe

May 20th, 2011 10:19 AM
"Meet the Press" host David Gregory said Friday there are "prominent views within Israel" that support President Obama's controversial Mideast peace ideas expressed the day before. When asked by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, "What major Israeli public figures have come out supporting the President's speech," Gregory couldn't name one (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Awkward Alert! Brian Williams Fails to Report on His New Comcast Colle

May 19th, 2011 6:15 PM
Normally the announcement that a government official is leaving a post to join a company they had oversight of would invoke cries of crony capitalism from the likes of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, but when that person is joining your company it makes for quite the awkward news brief. Williams, to date, has expressed no outrage at the fact that FCC commissioner Meredith Baker is…

Shh! Networks Don't Want to Talk About Obamacare Waivers for Wealthy P

May 19th, 2011 12:41 PM
According to the three major networks, the granting of numerous waivers to Barack Obama's health care law, including 38 in April alone to wealthy, entertainment businesses in Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district, isn't of much interest. ABC and CBS have completely ignored waivers, while NBC only included a general mention from a Republican senator. As the Daily Caller's Matthew Boyle…

NBC's Lauer Asks if L.A. Times 'Vindicated' in Smears Against Schwarze

May 19th, 2011 11:26 AM
Talking to Los Angeles Times reporter Robin Abcarian about the Arnold Schwarznegger scandal on Thursday, NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer wondered if the liberal paper was now justified in accusing the Republican of groping women as he ran for governor of California in 2003: "In some ways, eight years later, do you and other folks at the paper feel vindicated?"     Abcarian argued: "We don't…

Mark Levin: 'David Gregory Should Not Get Off The Hook For His Race Ba

May 19th, 2011 10:06 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin on Monday accused NBC News of racism and promoting racial division in this country. On Wednesday, Levin ratcheted the discussion up a bit telling Fox News's Neil Cavuto, "David Gregory should not get off the hook for his race baiting" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

Big Three Nets Trumpet Homosexual Activist's Glitter Attack on Gingric

May 18th, 2011 6:11 PM
On Wednesday, all three major broadcast networks' morning shows played up a homosexual activist throwing glitter at Newt Gingrich during a book signing in Minneapolis. Both CBS's Early Show and NBC's Today show played footage of the attack on the Republican presidential hopeful at the top of their programs, while ABC's Good Morning initially failed to mention the left wing cause of the…

Now Indifferent to Congress Wasting Time, Media Give Harry Reid a Pass

May 18th, 2011 9:16 AM
Since last year's elections, the GOP has spearheaded a number of efforts derided by various reporters as wastes of time or distracting political gimmicks. None of the reporters so concerned about Congress's valuable time, however, seemed too concerned when Harry Reid brought bill to the Senate floor Tuesday evening fully aware that it could not gain congressional approval for the simple reason…