Leno: ‘You Can Tell Fall Is Coming…Leaves Are Changing Faster Than

September 11th, 2013 11:57 AM
Jay Leno was at his comedic best Tuesday evening. The NBC Tonight Show host spent much of his opening monologue lampooning President Obama beginning with, “It's still a little warm, but you can tell fall is coming...The leaves are changing faster than the White House position on Syria” (video and transcript follow):

AP 'Fact Check' Tells Readers 'Obama's Syria Case Still Lacks Proof

September 11th, 2013 10:20 AM
For well over two weeks, the Obama administration has been urging military action against the Assad regime in Syria for its use of chemical weapons. At the Associated Press, in a "Fact Check" item at its "Big Story" site, Calvin Woodward told readers that "President Barack Obama voiced his conviction Tuesday night that Syrian President Bashar Assad was to blame for deadly chemical attacks…

Michael Moore Fact-Checks John Kerry's Selective Memory on Iraq

September 6th, 2013 11:30 PM
Seven words I never thought I'd say -- keep up the good work, Michael Moore. What prompted this was a tweet from the leftist filmmaker after Secretary of State John Kerry's appearance last night on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes" during which Kerry described why military action against the Assad regime in Syria is justified. (Video after the jump)

Taranto: Reporters Look Like 'Obama's Pet Hamsters' In Avoiding His St

September 5th, 2013 10:12 PM
NewsBusters wasn't the only site collecting strange media treatment of Obama's strange denial that he'd ever set a "red line" against Syria's use of chemical weapons. James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal wrote on Thursday that "The fierce watchdogs of the press, confronted with this brazen falsehood, show themselves once again to be Obama's pet hamsters." Take the "fact checkers." Instead…

Wow! Andrea Mitchell Accuses Obama Of 'Bungling' Syria

September 4th, 2013 8:08 AM
Well, there was a Blue Moon just last month, so maybe the time was right for some rare criticism of President Obama by Andrea Mitchell. Mitchell didn't hold back  on today's Morning Joe, accusing the President of "bungling," being "ambivalent," and of undercutting his Secretary of State and Vice-President.  For good measure, Mitchell suggested that in his heart of hearts, fellow panelist and…

Assad in 2010: 'I Trust Senator Kerry...I Met Him Five Times

September 2nd, 2013 3:36 PM
As NewsBusters reported Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry when he was still a Senator dined with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2009. In a 2010 interview, Assad said, "I trust Senator Kerry, and I think he's genuine...I met him five times."

John Kerry Dined With Bashar Assad in 2009, Will Media Report It

September 2nd, 2013 12:50 PM
A day after Secretary of State John Kerry compared Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein, Britain's Daily Mail published a picture of Kerry dining with Assad in February 2009. It's going to be fascinating to see how the Obama-loving press report this (photo courtesy AFP):

Anti-War Protesters Knock on John Kerry's Door in Boston, Media Mostly

September 2nd, 2013 12:27 PM
There was an anti-war protest in Boston on Saturday with some attendees marching to the Beacon Hill home of Secretary of State John Kerry and even knocking on his door. But you likely didn't hear about this, for outside of local papers and the Associated Press, American media didn't care.

John Kerry Clears State Dept. Officials Over Benghazi; ABC, NBC Yawn

August 20th, 2013 1:28 PM
Tuesday's CBS This Morning stood out as the only Big Three network morning newscast to cover the latest development in the controversy surrounding the September 11, 2012 Islamist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya. Gayle King gave a 26-second news brief to Secretary of State John Kerry clearing four mid-level diplomats to return to duty, after they were placed on leave by his…

AP Updates White House/Egypt Situation With No Mention of 'Muslim Brot

July 6th, 2013 9:50 PM
You've got to hand it to the folks at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press. No news organization on earth is as consistently effective at burying the substance of a story while appearing to cover it. Take this evening's unbylined coverage of the Obama administration's noncommittal, substance-free positioning on the situation in Egypt. It takes a special talent to get through a…

Liberal Journos Alex Witt and Patricia Murphy Blast Romneys For Resurf

June 6th, 2013 4:21 PM
It seems that the media cannot resist spitting on the Romneys when they are down. On last Saturday’s Weekends with Alex Witt, Ms. Witt decided to cover Ann Romney’s recent interview with CBS This Morning as part of her end-of-show The Big 3 segment. Witt played a clip from that interview in which Romney bemoaned Americans’ lack of trust in their government due to the current scandals. After…

NPR's Weekend News Shows Skipped Any Journalism on Obama Scandals -- B

May 13th, 2013 2:07 PM
How enthusiastic can NPR be in avoiding the emerging Obama scandals? Try this: So-called “All Things Considered” aired no features on Benghazi or the IRS on Saturday or Sunday. (This excludes on-the-hour news updates.) But they found time for six minutes on the trade in rhino horns. It was more ridiculous on “Weekend Edition” Saturday and Sunday – they also skipped both. NPR correspondent…

NPR Host Presses Jake Tapper to Describe Horror of 'So Many Lies' by S

March 23rd, 2013 2:12 PM
Pardon the age of this item, but it's on an issue of campaign history. On March 13, NPR Fresh Air host Terry Gross interviewed new CNN host Jake Tapper about politics and journalism, and whether there was blowback from presidents and candidates over tough questions. But Gross felt compelled to bring up the "lies" told about John Kerry during the 2004 presidential campaign -- without expressing…

McCain Deserved Torture as 'Penance' for War Crimes, Spews Mike Malloy

January 31st, 2013 4:46 PM
Yet another example of why I've long referred to Mike Malloy as the Voice of the Guard in the Gulag. Bad enough that this most creepy and vampiric of men can barely let consecutive sentences pass without reference to carnage and bloodshed. On his radio show Tuesday, Malloy slandered Sen. John McCain as a war criminal who murdered civilians during the Vietnam War and was justifiably tortured…