A Day After ABC Highlighted Sarah Palin's Political 'Losing Streak,' H

August 25th, 2010 11:45 AM
A day after highlighting Sarah Palin's political "losing streak," Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Wednesday  acknowledged the stunning turn in Alaska's Senatorial primary race: "But Joe Miller is a Tea Party candidate who had Sarah Palin's support. He, now, is ahead." [MP3 audio here.]Karl on Wednesday didn't mention anything about the former governor's "losing streak" ending. Instead, co-host…

Roger Ebert: Palin Uses 'Coded' Tweets, Employs 'Mein Kampf' Tactics o

August 24th, 2010 5:36 PM
In a passionate and politically-charged post on his blog, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert wrote that Glenn Beck is a "zealot" who makes "daily insinuations" that President Obama is a secret Muslim and that Sarah Palin uses "Mein Kampf" tactics and "coded words" on Twitter."One buried motive for the attacks on Park51 is exploitation of the insane belief of 20% of Americans that…

NewsBusters 5th Anniversary: A Look Back at Some of Our Top Posts of O

August 23rd, 2010 10:18 AM

Frank Rich Blames Ground Zero Mosque Opinion On Rupert Murdoch's 'Isla

August 22nd, 2010 11:16 PM
New York Times columnist Frank Rich on Sunday blamed America's opinion of the Ground Zero mosque on the "Islamophobia command center" of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.As readers are likely aware, its properties include Fox News, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal, all witting accomplices to a devious plot to stoke anti-Muslim sentiment according to Rich.Never mind that public…

Top Five Outrageous Outbursts by Liberal Journalists or Celebrities

August 20th, 2010 4:09 PM
Editor's Note: For the list of NewsBusters T-shirt contest winners, skip to the end of this post. All good things must come to an end, and so it is with Five for Five. In our final installment, we look at the Top Five Outrageous Outbursts by liberal media journalists and/or celebrities over the past five years. We start with an honorable mention we just couldn't let pass without notice: Ted…

Newsweek 'Thought Experiment': Why Not Cut Alaska Loose From the Union

August 19th, 2010 3:42 PM
Back in September 2008, MSNBC's Chris Matthews floated a specious allegation that then-Governor Sarah Palin had ties to an advocate of Alaskan secession named Joe Vogler. Although the charge was roundly discredited, it was one of the many early attempts to smear Palin as a wacky extremist. Two years later, it appears at least one writer for a liberal magazine thinks Alaskan secession would be a…

Sheryl Crow Bashes Sarah Palin: 'Someone Unplug Her Microphone

August 18th, 2010 3:34 PM
Pop-singer Sheryl Crow has always been outspoken about her own political views, but now she's telling former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to zip it. "I saw you ranting on TV today, I heard you tell me to reload. You got a lot of nerve to talk that way, someone unplug the microphone," sings Crow in her new anthem, "Say What You Want," which was released in late July. The angsty…

CNN Lets Pro-Abortion PAC Spout Its Anti-Palin Talking Points

August 17th, 2010 7:20 PM
CNN's Jessica Yellin, a one-time "prominent feminist activist," helped forward the talking points of the pro-abortion lobby by devoting part of a segment on Tuesday's Rick's List to EMILY List's new anti-Sarah Palin ad. Yellin aired their left-wing accusations against the Republican and her endorsed candidates without providing the other side and/or fact-checking them [audio clips available here…

NYT's Charles Blow Defends Sarah Palin from Democrat Death Wishes

August 14th, 2010 1:18 PM
New York Times columnist Charles Blow on Saturday actually defended former governor Sarah Palin from death wish attacks by two Democrat officials in New Hampshire.In case you missed it, on Tuesday Keith Halloran, a Democrat candidate for the New Hampshire House, posted in a Facebook thread about the plane crash that killed former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, "Just wish Sarah and Levy [sic] were on…

Henry Rollins Knows What’s Wrong with American Education – and Gue

August 13th, 2010 11:59 AM
On the heels of a new College Board report that the United States is struggling to compete with other countries when it comes to college completion rates, Vanity Fair's resident straight talker, Henry Rollins, has figured out the problem.  The education system isn't struggling because of possible factors contained within the report, such as: Inadequate funding of preschool programsPoor college…

CMI’s Burchfiel Talks Media Double Standards on Fox & Friends

August 13th, 2010 10:41 AM
Culture and Media Institute Assistant Editor Nathan Burchfiel joined "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy on Aug. 13 to discuss media coverage of Harry Reid and the media double standard on controversial statements made by liberals versus conservatives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told supporters on Aug. 10 that he couldn't understand why "anyone with Hispanic heritage could be…

Jon Stewart Vulgarly Attacks GOP Concerns for Rising Taxes and Deficit

August 12th, 2010 12:41 PM
Comedian Jon Stewart on Wednesday joined the growing liberal chorus attacking Republicans for their concerns about rising taxes and exploding budget deficits. The only thing different about the "Daily Show" host's approach was that he needed vulgarity to make his point. Potentially even worse, Stewart in his opening segment Wednesday actually used CNN's Fareed Zakaria to support his view that…

CBS 'Early Show' Promotes Levi Johnston Pitch for Reality Show

August 10th, 2010 12:43 PM
Teasing an upcoming story in the 7:30AM ET half hour on Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith cheerfully promoted Levi Johnston's pitch for a reality show in Alaska: "He's going to star in a new reality show and it's all about him running for mayor of Wasilla. That's right, he's gunning for his would-have-been mother-in-law's old job."Later, Smith further teased: "Johnston's quest to…

Blogger Unearths Interesting Info on 'Teacher' That Criticized Palin

August 10th, 2010 12:08 PM
While filming a segment for her new TLC program in Homer, Alaska, former governor Sarah Palin was recently accosted by one Kathleen Gustafson, a local bearing a large handwritten banner reading "Worst Governor Ever."Several news agencies and networks have picked up on the story, uncritically relaying that Gustafson is simply a local teacher. But that's not accurate, as MacRanger of the Mac's Mind…