AP Churns Out 24-Graf Story Promoting Tell-all Book by Bitter Ex-Palin

May 23rd, 2011 4:26 PM
The Associated Press today offered readers a 24-paragraph exclusive that practically promoted Frank Bailey's anti-Palin tell-all book that hits bookstores on May 24. While the AP noted that "Palin’s attorney did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story," it appears the news wire made no further attempt to provide balance to its May 23 story, which chiefly conveys the former…

Open Thread: GOP 2012 Roundup

May 23rd, 2011 9:48 AM
With official announcements from Herman Cain on Saturday and Tim Pawlenty this morning, and news of Sarah Palin buying a new house surmised to be potential campaign headquarters in Arizona, do you think a GOP frontrunner will emerge from the pool of candidates any time soon? Check out a roundup of this weekend's GOP announcements and speculation below, and give us your thoughts in the…

Rachel Maddow Predicts GOP Presidential Candidate Refusing All Mainstr

May 22nd, 2011 3:27 PM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow this weekend predicted that there is going to be a Republican presidential candidate that will refuse to do any interviews with the mainstream media. She told her fellow panelists on the syndicated "Chris Matthews Show" that it could be Sarah Palin (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Roger Ailes: It's Truly Pathetic That I Gave Chris Matthews His Start

May 21st, 2011 10:24 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews said Thursday, "It’s so pathetic that Roger Ailes has put Sarah Palin on television." According to TVNewser, Ailes struck back Friday:

Couric’s Review of Her CBS Years Finds New Way to Embarrass Palin, L

May 20th, 2011 12:43 AM
Ending her final night as anchor of the CBS Evening News with a “five years in five minutes” video retrospective, Katie Couric went out in sync with how she conducted herself since 2006 – challenging and discrediting conservatives while providing a platform to liberals to disparage conservatives.  Her Thursday night highlight package began with Couric pressing President George W. Bush in…

Matthews Bashes Gingrich Citing Wrong Marx Brother: 'Who You Gonna Bel

May 19th, 2011 7:52 PM
During his umpteenth day in a row bashing Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, MSNBC's Chris Matthews began a lengthy segment Thursday by referencing the famous Marx Brother line "Who you gonna believe - me or your own eyes?" Problem is the high and mighty "Hardball" host, despite playing a clip from "Duck Soup" clearly identifying the distinctive voice and accent of the speaker,…

Couric Fails at CBS, But Liberals Defend Her 'Gravitas' With...Palin-B

May 18th, 2011 7:23 AM
In surveying the wreckage of the Katie Couric experiment at CBS – $75 million flushed away for a distant third-place finish each week – the liberal journalists are blaming elderly viewers for not accepting Sunny Katie. Here’s James Rainey in the Los Angeles Times: A change-averse viewership doubtless greeted the initial formatting changes for Couric's "Evening News" as confirmation that "…

Chris Matthews: 'Sarah Palin Has Proven Herself To Be Profoundly Stupi

May 17th, 2011 6:41 PM
When MSNBC's Chris Matthews isn't calling a potential Republican presidential candidate racist, he's calling them idiots. On Tuesday's "Hardball," after one of his guests said, "We shouldn’t forget Sarah Palin" as a possible candidate, the host arrogantly shot back, "I think she’s proven herself to be profoundly stupid" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chris Matthews: Tina Fey's Sarah Palin 'The Greatest Impression Ever

May 10th, 2011 12:01 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, NBC's Tina Fey once again impersonated former Alaska governor Sarah Palin while guest hosting this weekend's "Saturday Night Live." The Palin-hating media were as usual enthralled by Fey's performance, with MSNBC's Chris Matthews actually saying on Monday's "Hardball," "This has got to be the greatest impression ever" (video follows with transcript and…

Tina Fey As Palin: 'We Finally Vanquished One of the World's Great Vil

May 8th, 2011 8:06 AM
NBC's Tina Fey guest-hosted "Saturday Night Live" last evening, and viewers could hardly be surprised her network took the opportunity to once again use her to bash former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. In a mock Republican presidential candidates debate, before depicting Palin as an idiot that doesn't fully understand English, Fey did manage to take a humorous swipe at the soon to be exiting…

Behar: ‘Illiterate’ Palin Returns ‘Like Jock Itch,’ Guest Accu

April 29th, 2011 8:12 AM
 On Thursday’s Joy Behar Show on HLN, host Behar quipped that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has returned "like jock itch," after playing a clip of Palin on Fox News Channel making fun of CBS anchor Katie Couric. Behar: "I give Sarah Palin credit. She's out of favor. She's out of the limelight. And then, suddenly, she's back like jock itch, and just as snarky as ever." After commentary…

Michael Steele Exposes Chris Matthews' Hypocrisy On GOP Presidential C

April 26th, 2011 8:52 PM
For weeks MSNBC's Chris Matthews has been complaining about the lack of declared GOP presidential candidates. On Tuesday's "Hardball," former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele exposed Matthews' hypocrisy concerning this matter marvelously demonstrating that once any of the possible candidates formally enters the race, the avowed liberal commentator is just going to trash…

LA Times Columnist Calls Sarah Palin a 'Special-Needs Case

April 25th, 2011 9:32 AM
A day before the liberal website Wonkette posted a truly disgraceful piece about Sarah Palin's Down's syndrome son Trig, the Los Angeles Times published an article calling the former Alaska governor a "special-needs case." Columnist Meghan Daum's "Why Sarah Palin Doesn't Get What She Deserves" was just another in a long line of hit pieces on the woman from Wasilla the elite media love to hate…

'Trig Truther' Andrew Sullivan Disappointed Advertisers Dumped Palin-B

April 23rd, 2011 7:16 PM
As NewsBusters reported Thursday, the liberal website Wonkette has lost a significant number of advertisers following its disgraceful article about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's handicapped son Trig. The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, who for years has claimed like so many Trig Truthers that Bristol Palin is the child's real mother, expressed disappointment Saturday that companies…