Newsweek's Fineman Cites Awkward Truth: Obama Paying Now for 'Playing
Law of averages being what it is, only a matter of time before a moment of candor eluded the thought police on left-wing radio.Appearing on Ed Schultz's top-rated liberal radio show this past Monday, Newsweek chief political correspondent Howard Fineman provided an example of this when he traced Obama's difficulties in overhauling health care to his vague promises about reform during the '08…
Schultz, Huffington: Obama Should Use Kennedy Death to Promote Left-Wi
The announcement of Sen. Ted Kennedy's death came at 2 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 26 and a little over 15 hours later, two prominent liberal voices were scheming as to how the president and other Democratic leaders could use his passing to advance a political agenda. Huffington Post editor Arianna Huffington appeared on MSNBC host Ed Schultz's Aug. 26 program and was asked by Schultz if it somehow…
If ObamaCare Goes Down in Flames, Will Calls for the Fairness Doctrine
As each day passes and President Barack Obama's health care proposal faces more and more opposition, some of the talking heads that appear on the cable news networks are looking for a "boogeyman" to blame for allegedly ginning up backlash. And that "boogeyman" has been conservative talk radio. However, if recent history is any indication, there could be an effort to take silence conservative…
Ed Schultz Hated Sen. DeMint's 'Waterloo' Comment in July, Now Singing
All of weeks ago, Ed Schultz reacted with disgust on his radio show to news that Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., told other Republicans that Obama's attempt to enact massive health reform could be the president's "Waterloo."Here's Schultz on July 21, responding to DeMint's remark while interviewing Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. (click here for audio) --SCHULTZ: So, Jim DeMint basically is showing where the…
MRC-TV Alert: Motley On Glenn Beck Program Discussing FCC Diversity Cz
Media Research Center Director of Communications and NewsBusters contributor Seton Motley is scheduled to appear on today's Glenn Beck program on Fox News Channel. His segment should air around 5:45 p.m. EDT.Motley will discuss the views of FCC's new "chief diversity officer" Mark Lloyd and how his influence on regulatory policy could prove detrimental to free speech on America's radio airwaves.…
CNBC Host Blames 'Overpaying' Howard Stern for XM Sirius Woes
Times have been tough financially for media companies across the board and satellite radio has been no exception. On Aug. 6, Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) posted a second-quarter loss and the company hasn't lived up to expectations after Sirius and XM completed a merger a little over a year ago. According to "CNBC Reports" host Dennis Kneale, part of the satellite radio's problem is shock jock…
Alleged Racial Healer Sharpton Alarmed by Potential Reconciliation Bet
This from a man of the cloth, no less.That Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., police sergeant James Crowley may attend a baseball game together has the Rev. Al Sharpton concerned.Sharpton had this to say on his radio show on Monday while talking with Gates' lawyer Charles Ogletree, who also teaches at Harvard (click here for audio) --SHARPTON: Let me start out by…
Another Bad Sign for Obama: Apologist Ed Schultz Wonders if Obama Will
First it was Jon Stewart going wobbly. Now this.Ominous enough for Obama that a left-wing propagandist like Stewart should turn on him, as Stewart did in skewering Obama's initial response to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.All of a day later, on Friday, liberal radio and MSNBC host Ed Schultz said this on his radio show about Obama's lackluster performance at his July 22…
Does Ed Schultz Know Difference Between Constitution and Declaration o
Looks like it might be time for summer school instruction in American history for left-wing radio and MSNBC host Ed Schultz.Here's what a caller said on Schultz's radio show July 16 and Schultz's oblivious response (click here for audio) --CALLER: This gentleman who called previously, asking where in the Constitution does it say that health care should be provided? And I know where it says. It…
Minority Broadcasters Seek Bailout
Managing Editor's Note: What follows was originally published at Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood blog on July 20, 2009. Well if we can spend millions to protect the salt marsh mouse in San Francisco Bay, we can surely shell out billions to bail out minority broadcasters. It’s good for the economy and after all Congress is on record as saying it needs to save our nation’s newspapers, too. So,…
Aspiring Kommissar Ed Schultz Pushing for Show Trials if Obama Doesn't
Among those most overwrought about alleged illegality by the Bush White House in not informing Congress of a covert CIA effort to kill al Qaeda operatives is liberal radio host and MSNBC pundit Ed Schultz.The implications of such rank criminality are profound, Schultz told his radio listeners on Tuesday (click here for audio) --SCHULTZ: I was absolutely astounded today listening to Liz Cheney on…
