Shuster Asks ‘Can I Vomit?’ When Trump Lets Miss California Keep C
May 12th, 2009 3:41 PM
MSNBC anchor David Shuster continued his outspoken disdain for anyone that supports traditional marriage. Directly after Donald Trump announced Miss California Carrie Prejean could keep her title on May 12, Shuster asked "Can I vomit?" In a typical rant, Shuster repeated his criticism of Prejean: "Can I vomit right now? I mean, literally. Can I vomit?" Shuster said. "Doesn't this represent…
MRC Study: TV Networks Cheer for Barack Obama's Revolution
May 11th, 2009 3:04 PM
During his first 100 days as President, Barack Obama has pushed an audaciously liberal agenda which, if enacted, would have radical consequences for America for decades. With Democrats enjoying monopoly control of the House and Senate, the news media have a professional duty to scrutinize those policies, and give audiences both sides of the story — not just the perspective of a powerful…
'SNL' Producer: Sarah Palin 'Most Confident Person I've Ever Met
May 10th, 2009 6:20 PM
Stop the presses! A member of the mainstream media actually said something nice about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.I kid you not: "Saturday Night Live" senior producer Marci Klein said during an interview last week, "This is the most confident person I've ever met."Certainly not the impression created by CBS's Katie Couric or ABC's Charlie Gibson, wouldn't you agree?Appearing on Julie Menin's "…
ABC's GMA Skips Probe Into Edwards Campaign Cash to Mistress
May 6th, 2009 4:17 PM
Despite running two segments in the last week on Elizabeth Edwards and how she has coped with the extramarital affair of former Senator John Edwards, ABC's "Good Morning America" has yet to feature a single story on the news that a federal probe has been launched into whether the then-presidential candidate paid off the woman he was having a relationship with. This is despite the fact that…
‘The Early Show’ Uses Palin Drama to Bash Abstinence
May 6th, 2009 2:03 PM
CBS "The Early Show" attacked sexual abstinence while Bristol Palin appeared on "Good Morning America" and "Today" to voice her support for it. Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol's child who has told numerous stories to hurt the family, went on CBS in what can only have been an attempt to counter or distract from Palin's message. The daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate…
Chris Matthews Show: 'Trollish' Limbaugh, Cheney & Gingrich Turn Off F
May 4th, 2009 12:40 PM
Chris Matthews asked his panel of reporters, on this weekend's syndicated "The Chris Matthews Show," to offer their prescriptions on how the GOP, in the wake of the Arlen Specter departure, can regain its popularity to which most of the liberal reporters like Joe Klein and Howard Fineman suggested they needed to abandon their "cut taxes, shrink government," message and some of their "trollish"…
Annoy a Labor Union, Submit Jokes to NewsBusted
May 4th, 2009 11:57 AM
Today's Los Angeles Times has a story about freelance comedy writers who get paid for their jokes submitted to late night comics that actually make the cut and air in a monologue. Times staffers Matea Gold and Richard Verrier report that "For some late-night hosts, the laughs come cheap." But alas, it's actually a violation of labor contracts for late night shows to pay freelancers. What's more,…
NBC's Mitchell Hails Hillary Clinton As a 'Foreign Policy Superstar
May 4th, 2009 11:21 AM
In a piece that could've been crafted by Hillary Clinton's PR shop, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, on Monday's "Today" show, gushed on and on about the Secretary of State's new "role of a lifetime," as a "a foreign policy superstar," and cheered Clinton has the "highest approval ratings of any time in her career." Mitchell's theme throughout her story was that the "anger of the primaries," between…
Scarborough: Today's GOP is Not Too Conservative It's Too Radical
May 3rd, 2009 5:12 PM
In the wake of back to back disappointments the past two elections, as well as Arlen Specter's recent defection to the Democrat Party, liberal media members -- and even some not-so liberal media members -- have been blaming the GOP's supposed demise on Republicans being too conservative.On Sunday's "Meet the Press," MSNBC's Joe Scarborough took issue with this popular yet obviously debatable…
CBS's 'Early Show' Skips Follow-up on Air Force One Blunder
April 29th, 2009 1:05 PM
CBS's "Early Show" on Wednesday completely skipped any follow-up on the gaffe of having Air Force One fly over New York City on Monday, terrifying residents. Instead, the program highlighted stories on Barack Obama's first 100 days and still found time for a piece on male celebrities and whether or not they are gaining too much weight. ABC's "Good Morning America" and NBC's "Today" both had…
NBC's Todd Calls Specter Departure 'Devastating' to GOP
April 29th, 2009 12:00 PM
On Wednesday's "Today" show, NBC's Chuck Todd called the decision of Arlen Specter – a Republican senator who has such a liberal voting record and has been such a constant-thorn-in-the-side of his party that he faced probable defeat in his own primary – to leave the GOP, "devastating." In a piece about Barack Obama's first 100 days that trumpeted his own network's new poll showing high ratings…
Today Show Feature: 'There's No Such Thing as Virginity
April 29th, 2009 4:34 AM
Jessica Valenti, founder of the vaguely pornographic sounding Feministing.com, has decided that there is no such thing as virginity in America's young girls and the Today Show is entirely pleased with itself to give her a national TV venue from which to say so. Never mind how silly it all sounds. On April 23 Valenti and Today pushed the idea that sexually active girls should not be thought of as…