On Wednesday's Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann attacked Jesse Helms as a "homophobe," and suggested naming a "gay-bashing organization" after the recently deceased former Republican…
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July 17th, 2008 12:47 AM | Brad Wilmouth
July 16th, 2008 6:12 PM | Terry Ann Rendon
According to Variety, Chris Wallace, anchor of "Fox News Sunday," differentiated Fox News's coverage of the '08 election and MSNBC's while speaking to reporters at the Television Critics…
July 16th, 2008 2:29 PM | Lyndsi Thomas
During the 9:00 a.m. hour of the July 16 "MSNBC News Live," Richard Pompelio, a lawyer with the New Jersey Crime Victims' LawCenter, appeared as a guest for a segment on a New…
July 15th, 2008 6:31 PM | Kyle Drennen
On Tuesday’s CBS "Early Show," left-wing comedian and CBS commentator Nancy Giles, upset over the Barack Obama New Yorker cover, remarked to co-host Harry Smith: "So is the New Yorker at some…
July 15th, 2008 1:11 PM | Lyndsi Thomas
The day after many in the media jumped to Barack Obama’s defense over the satirical cover of the latest New Yorker magazine, MSNBC News Live host Contessa Brewer brought on…
July 14th, 2008 9:58 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Not that she is, but if Michelle Obama were in fact a Black Panther, what's the big deal? So seems to think Michelle Bernard.
Anyone who imagines that Bernard brings conservative balance…
July 14th, 2008 4:30 PM | Scott Whitlock
On Monday's "MSNBC News Live," journalist Andrea Mitchell and Washington Post editorial writer Jonathan Capehart discussed whether Americans are not "sophisticated" enough to understand the…
July 11th, 2008 5:13 PM | Peter Sasso
MSNBC has recently taken their negativity to a whole new level of fear mongering with a promotional ad peddling their election coverage. The ad features reporter Andrea Mitchell narrating the…
July 11th, 2008 4:23 PM | Lyndsi Thomas
Appearing as a guest during the 10 a.m. hour of the July 11 “MSNBC News Live,” Chicago Tribune managing editor James Warren compared McCain adviser Phil Gramm’s recent…
July 11th, 2008 4:23 PM | Jeff Poor
Is government the answer to curbing the economic downturn? CNBC’s Jim Cramer advised government intervention in a big way on the July 11 “Today” show on NBC.
“It is – we need…
July 10th, 2008 5:02 PM | Paul Detrick
On “MSNBC Live” July 9 host Tamron Hall gave a report on the quality of commercial airline travel, calling price increases “nickel-and-dime fees.” But Hall forgot to mention the effect high…
July 9th, 2008 12:43 PM | Mark Koldys
The hiring of Howard Wolfson as a political contributor to Fox News has resulted in the ritual outrage from blue blogs and Fox haters. When they aren't smearing Wolfson ("sell-out", "right-wing…
July 9th, 2008 10:34 AM | Lyndsi Thomas
During the noon hour of the July 8 "MSNBC News Live," host Tamron Hall discussed McCain's new TV ad with Chicago Tribune's Jill Zuckman and Washington Post’s Kevin Merida. The ad…
July 8th, 2008 9:36 PM | Mark Finkelstein
You'd think Chris Matthews might wish Howard Wolfson well on the news that the former top aide to Hillary Clinton has joined Fox News as a Dem analyst. Think again. The Hardball host has…
July 8th, 2008 3:18 AM | Matthew Sheffield
Howard Wolfson has become the latest prominent Democrat to join forces with Fox News Channel during the general election, hailing it for its "comprehensive and fair and evenhanded" coverage during…
July 7th, 2008 5:34 PM | Peter Sasso
Last week at NewsBusters we noted how conservative commentator Pat Buchanan on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" summed up global warming hysterias as just another "neo-Marxist idea for the…
July 7th, 2008 7:27 AM | Tom Blumer
This post builds on Noel Sheppard's NewsBusters entry earlier this morning.
Noel covered portions of Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha's Thursday interview with Pittsburgh TV Station…
July 5th, 2008 12:26 PM | Mike Bates
Today's Chicago Tribune carries a front page story on the late Jesse Helms, "5-time senator 'great patriot' who held fast to his beliefs." The piece's author, Los Angeles Times staff writer Johanna…
July 5th, 2008 6:13 AM | Brent Baker
When far-left former Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum passed away in March, the NBC Nightly News didn't identify his party or apply any ideological label as fill-in anchor Ann Curry hailed his…
July 4th, 2008 12:28 PM | Matthew Sheffield
You've heard of Bush Derangement Syndrome, now it seems as though McCain Derangement Syndrome is starting to appear.
As you might expect, the first outbreak was on MSNBC where liberal…
July 4th, 2008 6:51 AM | Mark Finkelstein
New chapter in the lack-of-love fest between Joe Scarborough and Rachel Maddow. As noted here and here, the pair have clashed in the past. The GOP-congressman-turned-MSNBC-host and the Air…
July 3rd, 2008 3:31 PM | Matthew Balan
Thursday’s "Today Show" gave yet another demonstration that the mainstream media can’t get over the success of Rush Limbaugh. NBC correspondent Michael Okwu, reporting on Limbaugh’s new contract,…
July 3rd, 2008 1:32 PM | Matthew Sheffield
In the years since he began working at FNC as host of its "Fox News Sunday" program, Chris Wallace has come to realize he was wrong for earlier thinking that the elite media are politically…
July 3rd, 2008 11:40 AM | Peter Sasso
While guest hosting Wednesday’s "Morning Joe", former General Electric CEO Jack Welch condemned global warming, the very theory MSNBC has been peddling for years. GE, of course, owns MSNBC; the…
July 3rd, 2008 10:52 AM | D. S. Hube
What do you do when you just can't win your ratings time slot? Answer: Cook the books. That's what MSNBC tried to do regarding "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and the 5:00pm slot:
CNN and Fox…