MSNBC’s Alex Witt told a whopper on Sunday’s Weekends with Alex Witt while chatting with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The senator was on to discuss the gun control bill that he and Sen. Pat…
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April 17th, 2013 1:02 PM | Paul Bremmer
April 17th, 2013 9:43 AM | Jeffrey Meyer
The media’s irresponsible speculation regarding the perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Boston seems to continue on MSNBC. Appearing on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir on April 16, fill-in host Thomas…
April 17th, 2013 12:05 AM | Noel Sheppard
If you’re looking for someone to come on your program and bash conservatives – especially in the wake of an incident such as Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing – the Southern Poverty Law Center’s…
April 16th, 2013 7:20 PM | Jack Coleman
That month-long hiatus enjoyed by Ed Schultz since MSNBC put "The Ed Show" on hold has made him unusually perceptive, if only momentarily.
On his radio show Friday, Schultz made a…
April 16th, 2013 5:02 PM | Scott Whitlock
MSNBC featured author Adam Lankford on Tuesday to wonder about the "message" of the Boston bomber. Was it to "complain about abortion, about taxes?" The guest, labeled a "MSNBC analyst," guessed…
April 16th, 2013 3:11 PM | Jeffrey Meyer
It seems as though The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel should take her own advice in saying that tragic events like the terrorist attack in Boston on April 15 should not be politicized. …
April 16th, 2013 2:26 PM | Paul Bremmer
Former congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) went on MSNBC this morning to react to yesterday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon. In a shameless moment of advocacy, Frank used the tragedy to make a…
April 16th, 2013 12:59 PM | Matt Hadro
Former Democratic congressman Barney Frank shamelessly used the Boston Marathon atrocity to promote his liberal political agenda on CNN and MSNBC on Tuesday morning, yet only MSNBC called him…
April 16th, 2013 7:03 AM | Tim Graham
Washington Post TV reporter Lisa de Moraes joked in Tuesday's paper: “CNN may have figured its way out of its ratings problem. Dump news.” The debut of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s show “…
April 15th, 2013 11:22 PM | Noel Sheppard
With all the buzz surrounding Jeff Zucker taking over the reins at CNN, it appears to be sister station HLN making a ratings move.
In the week ended April 12, HLN - formerly known as…
April 15th, 2013 6:46 PM | Noel Sheppard
As NewsBusters reported earlier, MSNBC's Chris Matthews seems hell-bent on trying to blame the Boston Marathon bombing on a domestic terrorist, preferrably a conservative one.
After…
April 15th, 2013 4:44 PM | Scott Whitlock
Never let a tragedy go to waste. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Monday quickly used the explosions in Boston for political gain, linking the Republican Party to the horrific act.…
April 15th, 2013 3:59 PM | Julia A. Seymour
Several years ago, CBS’s “60 Minutes,” CNN and The New York Times tarred Chevron with biased reporting about a lawsuit between the oil company and an “eco-radical” group called Amazon…
April 15th, 2013 3:58 PM | Matt Philbin
You can’t get anything past those intrepid newshounds at CNN. CBS, MSNBC and The Washington Post, too. A month into the trial of Kermit Gosnell for the alleged murders of seven infants and one…
April 15th, 2013 12:43 PM | Scott Whitlock
ABC has aggressively pushed Barack Obama's gun control scheme in recent weeks. But on Sunday and Monday, the network resorted to playing clips of a rival channel's comedy show, Saturday Night…
April 15th, 2013 10:52 AM | Kyle Drennen
Update: On its First Read blog Monday morning, NBCNews.com claims "Gosnell case gets more and more attention."
While NBC News continued to ignore the trial of Philadelphia abortionist…
April 15th, 2013 9:00 AM | Tim Graham
Monday’s Style section of the Washington Post was topped by a surprising story: “An abortion provider is on trial: Where’s the media coverage?” Sadly, what followed was a denial that there's any…
April 14th, 2013 5:07 PM | Noel Sheppard
Many media observers were wondering if CNN's Howard Kurtz was going to expose on his Reliable Sources program Sunday the press's horrible coverage of the Kermit Gosnell murder trial.
As…
April 13th, 2013 9:44 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Do you oppose President Obama's gun control proposals? Well then, you must not be against gun violence. So suggested a guest this morning on the new MSNBC show, Up With Steve Kornacki. Leah…
April 12th, 2013 5:32 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Thursday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, host O'Donnell ranted against Republicans who have argued that the proposed new gun laws would not have prevented recent high-profile…
April 12th, 2013 3:53 PM | Jeffrey Meyer
One of the most blatant and disgusting blackouts of the Kermit Gosnell murder trial occurred on MSNBC on April 11. Appearing on Jansing & Co. on Friday morning, former Governor Ed Rendell (…
April 12th, 2013 1:14 PM | Ken Shepherd
Last November I noted an excellent post by Trevin Wax of the Gospel Coalition entitled "10 Questions a Pro-choice Candidate Is Never Asked by the Media." Well, Wax has hit the nail on the head…
April 12th, 2013 11:20 AM | Ken Shepherd
"CNN and MSNBC, as we can see with the gun control debate are openly promoting not just gun control but the president's gun control agenda and calling it news," NewsBusters publisher Brent…
April 12th, 2013 1:10 AM | Noel Sheppard
There comes a point when one has to wonder if Bill Maher is willing to say anything, no matter how disgusting or controversial, to attract viewers to his HBO program.
On Thursday, Maher…
April 11th, 2013 8:04 PM | NB Staff
Were you aware of a parallel universe, one where Rush Limbaugh is unsuccessful and jealous of fellow broadcasters? Neither were we.
Luckily, Geraldo Rivera lives in this strange place…