Will Media Report Increase in NYC Shootings Since OWS Protests Began

October 24th, 2011 9:42 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, a number of Obama-loving media members were enthralled with Vice President Joe Biden's claim that failure to enact the President's jobs bill would cause a rise in murder and rape throughout the nation. Of potentially more immediate consequence, the New York Post reported Saturday that as a direct result of police forces being diverted to monitor Occupy Wall…

Warren 'Raise My Taxes' Buffett's Company May Owe IRS $1 Billion

August 30th, 2011 5:29 PM
As NewsBusters reported Monday, American media almost completely ignored a report that Warren "Raise My Taxes" Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway has been fighting with the IRS for almost a decade over taxes it owes. On Tuesday, the organization digging into Berkshire Hathaway's numbers, Americans for Limited Government, estimated the total could be as much as $1 billion:

Warren Buffett's Company Hasn't Paid All Taxes Owed In Years, Media Mu

August 29th, 2011 5:28 PM
Two weeks ago, when billionaire Warren Buffett called for higher taxes on rich people like him, the liberal media predictably gushed and fawned. Yet when Americans for Limited Government revealed last week that Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway has been in an almost decade-long dispute with the IRS over how much taxes it owes, these same press members couldn't care less:

Obama's $1.1 Million Tour Bus Made in Canada

August 17th, 2011 10:29 AM
President Obama: Saving or creating manufacturing jobs... in Canada? The New York Post reported this morning about the custom-made campaign bus, er official government vehicle, that:

Media Lauded Meghan McCain's 'Saucy' Memoir but Call Bristol's Book 'T

July 1st, 2011 10:23 AM
There were two candidates on the GOP ticket in 2008, John McCain and Sarah Palin. Both had young daughters involved in the campaign. Both have written books about the experience. Guess which book was celebrated and which was savaged? The media's character assassination of Sarah Palin knows no bounds, as she's been smeared as everything from "evil" to "unintelligent." But "Palin Derangement…

Bill Maher Ups Ante on Vulgar Palin Attacks

March 29th, 2011 9:48 AM
After comedian Bill Maher referred to Sarah Palin as a derogatory term for a vagina a little over week a ago, NewsBusters asked, "Can the dreaded C-word be far behind?" According to the Dallas Voice, this happened on Sunday while Maher was "performing" at the Winspear Opera House (photo courtesy Reuters):

Keith Olbermann: Too Far Left for Gore's Current TV

February 22nd, 2011 6:50 PM
Just how far left is MSNBC? According to the New York Post, Keith Olbermann's new employer, Current TV, suggested he "veer a little to the middle politically." That's right: MSNBC's former prime time star was too far left for the writers and producers at Al Gore's television network. Says a lot about the true blue cable channel, doesn't it?

Daily Mail: Lara Logan Stripped, Punched and Whipped With Flag Poles

February 21st, 2011 10:06 AM
British newspapers are reporting some truly shocking details about what happened to CBS's Lara Logan when she was attacked in Egypt after President Hosni Mubarak resigned. Originally revealed by the Sunday Times (subscription required), the following appeared in Monday's Daily Mail:

NYC Sanitation Workers Absenteeism Double the Norm, As Union Head Says

January 2nd, 2011 6:17 PM
From the New York Times on Thursday, in an item put together with the help of a half-dozen Times reporters ("Inaction and Delays by New York as Storm Bore Down"; bold is mine): ... Harry Nespoli, president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, said the problems late Sunday (during the initial stages of the Northeast's post-Christmas snowstorm -- Ed.) underscored how the city could…

As NY Post Builds on Snow Removal Slowdown Story, NYT Calls It All 'Ru

December 31st, 2010 7:07 PM
The dictionary says that a rumor is: - a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts. - gossip; hearsay The dictionaries in use at the offices of the New York Times must include the following backup definition: "Any set of facts and/or allegations reported by the New York Post." After yesterday's blockbuster report ("Sanitation Department's slow…

Kathleen Parker Angry at Eliot Spitzer, Threatening to Leave Show

December 1st, 2010 11:11 AM
Kathleen Parker is apparently very angry at CNN co-host Eliot Spitzer and is threatening to leave the show. According to the New York Post, Parker feels Spitzer is continually upstaging her:

GZM Developer, Imam Have Tax, Financial Issues; Will National Media Ca

August 30th, 2010 12:40 AM
This past weekend, intrepid journalists at the New York Post and NorthJersey.com released information they unearthed about proposed Ground Zero Mosque "organizer" Sharif El-Gamal and frontman Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, respectively, that the wire services, the New York Times and the national TV networks would likely have run with by now had the items related to a major church or synagogue. But…

Imam to FBI (2003): ‘U.S. Response to 9/11 Could Be Considered Jiha

August 29th, 2010 11:34 PM
Defenders of controversial imam Feisal Abdul Rauf have been touting his past efforts in offering counterterrorism advice to the FBI as a way to illustrate his bridge-building intentions.  Much like other reports, they tend to gloss over the more controversial aspects of Rauf's statements.  But, as is typical with the Ground Zero mosque imam, it can be demonstrated that he is frequently speaking…

Frank Rich Blames Ground Zero Mosque Opinion On Rupert Murdoch's 'Isla

August 22nd, 2010 11:16 PM
New York Times columnist Frank Rich on Sunday blamed America's opinion of the Ground Zero mosque on the "Islamophobia command center" of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.As readers are likely aware, its properties include Fox News, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal, all witting accomplices to a devious plot to stoke anti-Muslim sentiment according to Rich.Never mind that public…