SFist Adopts Language of Westboro Baptist Church to Mock Death of Chic

July 30th, 2012 3:01 PM
San Francisco media outlet SFist has adopted the language of the Westboro Baptist Church to bash Chick-fil-A, referencing the death of Chick-fil-A spokesman Donald Perry with the question “God Hates Flacks?” A July 27 article about the death of Chick-fil-A PR Vice President Donald Perry was titled “God Hates Flacks? Chick-fil-A Spokesman Dies of Heart Attack.” The headline references the…

Sorkin's 'Newsroom' Attacks Women, Gay Republicans

July 30th, 2012 12:05 PM
Last night's episode of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom was hilariously titled, "Bullies." Unfortunately for HBO, the humor was due to the program's seemingly endless hypocrisy and not because there was anything remotely funny in the dialogue of the episode itself. Lauded as a ground-breaking show by much of the liberal media, The Newsroom really jumped the shark this week by trying to paint…

Lower Ed: MTV Teaches Savage Sex to Adolescents

July 11th, 2012 3:32 PM
He’s a guy that spews hate against Christians, Republicans, and even other gay people who think differently than he. He’s asserted that “monogamy is ridiculous” and “unnatural.” He’s remarked that the vagina is a “hole that sh**ts babies.” And MTV thinks he’s the ideal person to teach adolescents about sex.

AP 'Analysis' Fails to Recognize the Declaration-Constitution Linkage

July 4th, 2012 7:02 PM
In an analysis piece which, based on its title ("In divided era, what does July 4th mean?"), was as predictable as heat in July, Ted Anthony, who is tasked with writing "about American culture" at the Associated Press, attempted to explain, 236 years in, where what he claims is "the only nation in the world that was built solely upon an idea" stands. (Communism as an idea is what originally…

'True Blood': God Is a Vampire

June 18th, 2012 3:16 PM
If the audacious amount of gory violence and bloody sex in “True Blood” doesn’t do it for you, what about malevolent vampire “Christians?” Apparently “True Blood” vampires have a sacred text, and HBO writers admitted it’s a slanderous take on the Bible and separation of church and state. A faction of vampires called the “Sanguinistas” functioned as a demeaning allegory for traditional…

Santorum Schools CNN's Crowley on What 'Moderate' and 'Willing to Work

June 17th, 2012 11:17 AM
Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) on Sunday gave CNN's Candy Crowley a much-needed education on what "moderate" and "willing to work with the other side" mean in Washington today. Appearing on State of the Union, Santorum correctly informed his host that the kind of Republican she wants in office "means doing what the other side wants only doing it slower instead of doing what is necessary…

Martin Short Hits 'Crazy Catholic' Santorum, 'Taliban'-like Bachmann

June 5th, 2012 8:19 AM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, actor and comedian Martin Short lambasted several of the GOP presidential candidates, as he called Rick Santorum a "crazy Catholic," compared Michele Bachmann to the Taliban while questioning her intelligence, and suggested that Mitt Romney has sent jobs to other countries.

Jake Tapper Talked Jimmy Kimmel Out of Santorum-Stillborn Joke

May 17th, 2012 12:02 PM
Jim Romenesko.com reports that at least one joke ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel planned for the White House Correspondents Dinner was deemed unacceptable for the political elite. In an interview on Howard Stern’s satellite radio show, Kimmel said he ran jokes by ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper and other reporters. Tapper & Co. flagged a joke about Newt Gingrich’s campaign…

Donny Deutsch Lauds Obama on Gay Marriage Vs. Romney 'Bullying

May 15th, 2012 8:07 AM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Tonight Show on NBC, advertising executive and former CNBC host Donny Deutsch praised President Obama for voicing support for same-sex marriage, and predicted that voters will prefer Obama as a person, in contrast with Mitt Romney, as Deutsch raised the story of Romney allegedly "bullying" a fellow classmate in high school. When host Jay Leno showed…

Maher Attacks Santorum: 'I Worried He’d Dress Up as His Mother and K

April 28th, 2012 1:43 PM
Bill Maher on Friday took a disgusting shot at former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. In his final bit on HBO's Real Time, the perilously liberal host said of the former Pennsylvania Senator, "I never worried Rick would have an affair. I worried he’d dress up as his mother and kill women in a motel" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Sean Penn: Rick Santorum Is 'Anti-American' - 'Did Not Read the Consti

April 23rd, 2012 10:14 PM
Sean Penn on Monday said former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is "anti-American" and "did not read the Constitution." Rather hysterically, the Oscar-winning actor also told CNN's Piers Morgan, "I am very pro-American in the sense of a Constitutional America" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Don't Believe It: The Media Aren't Beating Up on Barack Obama

April 23rd, 2012 11:43 AM
Six months ago, Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) came out with a report claiming that the GOP candidates received more positive press coverage than President Obama. This morning, the group came out with another installment from the same ongoing study. Their press release claims: "The President’s media coverage in 2012 has been consistently negative while his Republican…

Jay Leno: Republicans 'Laugh at Themselves More' Than Democrats

April 22nd, 2012 5:36 PM
A very common media contention is that liberals have a far greater sense of humor than conservatives. Tonight Show host Jay Leno dispelled this myth this week in a Press Pass interview with NBC's David Gregory wherein he told the Meet the Press moderator, "Democrats and Republicans are interesting because Republicans really laugh at themselves more" (video follows with transcript and…

Saturday Night Live Again Begins Show Trashing Romney, Makes Disgustin

April 15th, 2012 10:51 AM
As NewsBusters reported last week, now that Mitt Romney appears set to win the Republican presidential nomination, Saturday Night Live is going to do its darnedest to trash him every week through Election Day. This pattern continued Saturday as for the second week in a row the program began with a segment attacking the former Massachusetts governor while also taking shots at all the other…