Olbermann: Anti-war Soldiers Not 'Phony', Unlike General 'Betray Us
October 4th, 2007 2:24 PM
While MSNBC's Keith Olbermann can hardly contain his glee at smacking around Rush Limbaugh over the taken-out-of-context "phony soldier" remark, it's notable that Olbermann himself essentially smeared Gen. David Petreaus as a phony at best and a traitor at the worst well before the Iraq war commander ever gave his assessment before Congress.Indeed, before MoveOn.org issued the infamously juvenile…
Media Matters: 'Uh, Uh, No,' Hillary Didn't Help Start Us
October 3rd, 2007 8:47 PM
Cat fight on the left? On today's "Tucker," a "Media Matters" representative denied Hillary's claim that she "helped start" the organization. Welcome back, Tucker. Really. While Carlson was away, guest host David Shuster sullied Tucker's name-sake show with the tasteless "gotcha" game he sprang on Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), then compounded matters by leading a liberal love-in.Tucker's…
NewsBusters Making Impact at 'Morning Joe
October 2nd, 2007 7:45 PM
Oh sure, sometimes they love to hate us, but one thing is clear: NewsBusters is must reading for MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.As I noted here, Scarborough and panelist Willie Geist blasted Media Matters on today's "Morning Joe" for using a "phony story" to go after Rush for his "phony soldiers" comment. Joe and Willie recognized the truth of the matter: that Rush had been…
Scarborough: Media Matters Used 'Phony Story' to Go After Rush
October 2nd, 2007 6:55 AM
As Brent Baker of MRC/NB has documented, MSNBC has been among the worst MSM offenders in propagating the falsehood that Rush Limbaugh had accused all anti-war military members of being "phony soldiers." A point of light at that same network this morning, however, as Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist combined to debunk the Media Matters allegation, accusing the organization of using a "phony…
CNNMoney.com E-mail Doesn't Acknowledge Dow Crossing
October 1st, 2007 4:29 PM
Ya gotta love this e-mail from CNNMoney.com: So what level has did the Dow reach, O friendly CNN e-mailer? Could it possibly have been a nice round number? Like, say, 14000? You wouldn't want readers to pick up any unwarranted optimism, would you?
Media Matters Turns From O'Reilly to Taking Rush Out of Context
September 28th, 2007 3:26 PM
Our friend Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer has an excellent run-down of Media Matters (MMA) latest attack on another of its favorite bogeymen: Rush Limbaugh. Earlier this week it was sharpening its knives over Bill O'Reilly: Not content to wait until Bill O'Reilly's hoped- for demise, the George Soros- funded Media Matters / mainstream media smear machine has added a second target: Rush…
'Bloom County' Lampoons Censorship Weeks After WaPo Withheld 'Opus
September 28th, 2007 2:23 PM
On August 26 and September 2, the Washington Post refused to run the weekly "Opus" comic strip by cartoonist Berkeley Breathed out of concerns of insensitivity to Muslims. NewsBusters associate editor wrote about the controversy here and here, and MRC president and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell discussed the Post's double standard on religious sensibilities on Glenn Beck's CNN Headline News…
