O'Donnell: Thou Shalt Not Interrupt The Messiah
March 17th, 2010 9:47 PM
When did Larry O'Donnell rip the "Question Authority" bumper sticker off his old Volkswagen van?Liberals normally love to celebrate those who "speak truth to power." But Larry O'Donnell is bent out of shape that Fox News' Bret Baier had the chutzpah to challenge and, yes, interrupt, Pres. Obama when interviewing him today about ObamaCare. Larry displayed his sudden deference to high-office on…
FNC’s Baier Corrects Washington Post’s Claim Obama ‘Rare’ Prod
February 5th, 2010 12:18 AM
File under: you read it here first. “The Washington Post ignored a few historical facts when it proclaimed in a front page article Wednesday that President Obama is quote, ‘a rare President who comes from the middle class,’” FNC’s Bret Baier pointed out during his Thursday “Grapevine” segment. Baier explained what escaped Post reporter Eli Saslow:There have actually been many Presidents who…
CNN Finds Air Force Academy's Pagans 'Today's Most Intriguing,' NBC No
February 4th, 2010 3:31 PM
On Sunday, I noted the U.S. Air Force Academy was making a public space for pagan worship, and wondered if the media would notice. Fox’s Special Report noted it on Monday, quoting a Catholic priest who disapproved. CNN and NBC noticed it briefly on Wednesday. CNN’s Rick Sanchez found its promoter "Today’s most intriguing" person. NBC’s Brian Williams relayed there had already been a "desecration…
Study: Only Fox News Offered Obama Historically Normal Scrutiny in
January 26th, 2010 3:44 PM
The Washington Times’s Jennifer Harper picked up on a new study from the non-partisan Center for Media and Public Affairs showing President Obama getting much more flattering news coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC (46% positive vs. 54% negative) during his first year in office than did Presidents Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush, all of whom received roughly three times more bad press than good…
UN Apology for Himalayan Glacier Melt Error Largely Ignored
January 23rd, 2010 2:18 PM
Last Sunday, NewsBusters reported that the United Nations might be about to retract a claim its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made back in 2007 concerning Himalayan glaciers being completely gone by 2035 as a result of global warming.On Wednesday, the IPCC issued a statement concerning the matter: It has, however, recently come to our attention that a paragraph in the 938-page Working…
Krauthammer Quips: 'Best Week I've Had Since Spring Break in Medical S
January 22nd, 2010 8:03 PM
Quip of the day, from columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday's (January 22) Special Report with Bret Baier on FNC. Baier wondered: “Conservatives, pretty good week?” Krauthammer affirmed:You know, this is an amazing week. Massachusetts goes Republican, health care dies and the Supreme Court unshackles the First Amendment. It's the best week I've had since spring break in medical school -- and I…
Flashback: Nets Repeated Charges of Israeli War Crimes in Gaza, Less A
January 14th, 2010 4:31 AM
It was a year ago this weekend that the Israeli military halted its three-week campaign, Operation Cast Lead, against Hamas militants in Gaza, during which Israel had responded to thousands of rockets and mortars launched from Gaza over several years. During Israel’s military campaign, on a number of major stories, many American television newscasts were more inclined to report accusations made…
Media Reported UN Accusation Israelis Killed Truck Driver, Ignored Isr
January 8th, 2010 11:44 PM
A year ago today, when U.N. officials accused the Israeli military of killing the driver of a vehicle delivering relief aid to Gaza during the Israeli campaign against Hamas, all the broadcast and news networks reported the accusation on January 8, 2009, noting the U.N.'s resulting cessation of relief aid deliveries. But, after the Israeli military conducted an investigation and charged that…
Brit Hume: ClimateGate Suggests Global Warming May Be A Fraud
November 30th, 2009 10:53 PM
Fox News's Brit Hume Monday said the growing ClimateGate scandal suggests manmade global warming may be a fraud. As NewsBusters has been reporting since e-mail messages from the British Climatic Research Unit were first revealed ten days ago, the only television news network that has been regularly informing viewers about this matter has been the Fox News Channel.On Monday, Fox's "Special Report…
FNC Reports Plight of Navy SEAL Heroes Charged with Prisoner Abuse
November 29th, 2009 7:25 AM
In the past several days, FNC has given attention to the plight of three Navy SEALs who helped capture one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq – a man named Ahmed Hashim Abed who is believed to have planned the savage murder of four Blackwater security guards in Fallujah in 2004. Due to accusations of prisoner abuse by Abed, these American troops are now facing the possibility of court-martial…
WhiteHouse.gov Plays Media Critic: Calls Krauthammer’s Washington Po
November 28th, 2009 2:17 AM
Well, it's not quite as bad as Paul Krugman critiquing the Fox Business Network, but a little troubling because tax dollars are being spent to undertake such an effort. A Nov. 27 post by incoming White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer on the The White House Blog attempted to fact check a Nov. 27 column by Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, proving the left-wing noise…
