Tuesday's Countdown show on MSNBC showed a portion of Keith Olbermann's interview with Barack Obama in which the Countdown host ridiculously claimed that Obama was "just about 100 percent on the…
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September 10th, 2008 3:38 PM | Brad Wilmouth
September 10th, 2008 10:02 AM | Brad Wilmouth
Monday night featured MSNBC hosts Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow finding fault with Sarah Palin's religious beliefs and some of the teachings of her former church in Wasilla, Alaska, as the two…
September 9th, 2008 8:28 PM | Mark Finkelstein
As everyone knows, conservatives are a distinctly disagreeable bunch. Mean-spirited knuckle-draggers, pretty much. It's therefore a shock to come across one who's actually likeable. At least if…
September 9th, 2008 1:18 PM | NB Staff
"The idea to make these guys [Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews] news anchors, I don't know who came up with this idea. It's sort of like people who believe if you add water you get sea monkeys.…
September 9th, 2008 12:35 PM | Noel Sheppard
On Monday, Fox News's John Gibson gave credit to NewsBusters for the demotions of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann from their positions as co-anchors of MSNBC's election and debate coverage.…
September 9th, 2008 11:27 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Monday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann tagged conservative talk radio hosts Mark Levin and Sean Hannity as "lunatic right-wing" hosts, and Hannity as "not-so-smart." Responding to…
September 9th, 2008 5:05 AM | Tim Graham
Eric Alterman's book What Liberal Media? really set off a competition on the loony left to see who could more energetically deny obvious reality. Check this out:
I'll just add, for the…
September 9th, 2008 12:00 AM | Jan LaRue, Esq.
Where in blazes is Global Al Gore when the planet really needs him? The CO2 emissions emanating from some major gasbags in response to Gov. Sarah Palin's nomination are off the charts. If the heat…
September 8th, 2008 10:25 PM | Tim Graham
On Monday, The Boston Globe greeted the debut of hard-left Air America host Rachel Maddow’s new show on MSNBC with a bouquet of praise. She’s not only "a key face of the new, feisty, ratings-…
September 8th, 2008 5:19 PM | NB Staff
MRC President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared on FNC's "Live Desk" at 2:55 p.m. EDT, reacting to MSNBC shelving Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann from covering the presidential…
September 8th, 2008 2:44 PM | Noel Sheppard
Last week was a fabulous one for all those fighting liberal media bias.
On Wednesday, the crowd at the Republican National Convention spontaneously chanted "NBC, NBC" when vice presidential…
September 8th, 2008 1:12 PM | NB Staff
Spreading the Word
NewsBusters.org's parent company, the Media Research Center, today released the following statement from President L. Brent Bozell, III.:
Arch-liberal MSNBC has finally…
September 8th, 2008 2:46 AM | Kerry Picket
The MTV Video Music Awards show was as predictable as watching Keith Olbermann or Chris Matthews do their broadcast. Other than celebrating its 25th anniversary and giving Britney Spears a…
September 8th, 2008 1:59 AM | Noel Sheppard
In case you missed it, MSNBC has decided to replace its election coverage co-anchors Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann with David Gregory.
Having followed Matthews career since his days…
September 7th, 2008 10:21 PM | Noel Sheppard
In today's "Better Late Than Never" moment, MSNBC has just announced that Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann will no longer act as anchors of the network's election coverage.
Let me be the…
September 7th, 2008 10:25 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Friday's Countdown show, liberal Air America host Rachel Maddow, substitute hosting for Keith Olbermann, characterized Condoleezza Rice's talks with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as a scandal…
September 6th, 2008 1:18 PM | Noel Sheppard
On Friday evening, HBO's Bill Maher announced to the world what certainly won't come as a shock to many: "You know who's putting country first? I am by supporting Obama."
With this coming a…
September 5th, 2008 2:52 AM | Matthew Balan
Just after the bottom half of the 8 pm Eastern hour of CNN’s coverage of the Republican convention, as Oklahoma Congresswoman Mary Fallin began an introduction of a video presentation about…
September 5th, 2008 2:29 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
Apparently fed up of hearing what they believe was a phony line being delivered by GOP spokesmen – that women across the country were offended by the media questioning Sarah Palin's fitness as a…
September 4th, 2008 8:55 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Just moments after MSNBC aired the Republican convention's video tribute to victims of 9/11, shown at about 8:40pm EDT Thursday night (September 4), Keith Olbermann offered this angry rebuke of…
September 4th, 2008 11:56 AM | Matthew Sheffield
About a year into MSNBC's strategy of refashioning itself into the network for Bush haters, some consequences are starting to emerge for the cable channel and its corporate parent NBC.
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September 4th, 2008 8:08 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Subtract the subdued demeanor and the good tailoring, and how much difference is there between Brian Williams and Keith Olbermann? Take Williams' post-Palin speech analysis. Was the Nightly News…
September 4th, 2008 3:08 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
During MSNBC's Wednesday night live coverage of the Republican National Convention Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Tom Brokaw and others scoffed at the idea they had an anti-Sarah Palin agenda.…
September 3rd, 2008 8:28 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Be grateful for small things. Ann Curry didn't call Bristol Palin's baby "illegitimate" or a "bastard." She settled for "out-of-wedlock." Now in fairness, NBC's Curry was in theory listing things…
September 3rd, 2008 5:14 PM | NB Staff
ST. PAUL, Minn.-- Walking around the convention area this afternoon, NewsBusters caught up with Fox News contributor and former Hillary Clinton campaign communications director Howard Wolfson.…