NBC's Guthrie Worries: Is Romney Campaign 'Calling the President a Lia

In an interview with Romney campaign advisor Ed Gillespie on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie fretted over Republicans dismantling false Obama campaign attacks that Romney outsourced jobs as head of Bain Capital: "I want to get to a new ad that your campaign is putting out today....are you calling the President a liar?" Gillespie didn't shy away from the charge: "What we're…
Kyle Drennen
July 12th, 2012 12:24 PM

CNN's Foreman: Obama Not 'Champion of Transparency' He Promised He'd B

During Tuesday night's edition of CNN's Outfront, substitute host Tom Foreman departed from the network's usual liberal spin to accuse President Obama of failing to keep his promise of presiding over the most transparent presidential administration ever. After running a clip of the president stating that “We have put in place the toughest ethics laws and toughest transparency rules of any…
Randy Hall
July 12th, 2012 11:56 AM

Jon Karl Misleads: McCain Got 'a Standing Ovation' From the NAACP; But

Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Wednesday hyped the boos Mitt Romney received at Wednesday's NAACP conference as the "most hostile reception Mitt Romney has received from any group during this campaign." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Karl actively misled while comparing John McCain's 2008 reception at the NAACP to Romney's appearance. Karl huffed, "...[McCain] received a standing…

Scott Whitlock
July 12th, 2012 11:29 AM

Wanda Sykes Takes Cheap Shot at Romney, Mormonism and Polygamy

Polygamy was officially banned by the Mormon Church in 1890. Mitt Romney has been married to only one woman for 43 years. But that didn’t stop perilously liberal comedienne Wanda Sykes from taking a polygamist swipe at Romney on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 12th, 2012 10:28 AM

AP Deletes Own Absurd Texas Voter ID Claim

Imagine how much laughter would be induced by a young person who claimed an inability to find work because he or she lacked the time to obtain a Social Security card. Even more laughable would be someone who takes the time to fly from Texas to Washington, D.C. in order to testify at a trial yet claims she can't find the time to obtain a voter identification card. Well, Henry Jackson of the…
P.J. Gladnick
July 12th, 2012 10:26 AM

Jimmie Walker Critiques Obama: 'You Have to Let Him Go When He's Not D

Appearing as a guest in a pre-recorded interview aired on Wednesday's The O'Reilly Factor on FNC, actor Jimmie Walker explained why he believes President Barack Obama "is not the guy" for the job of President and declared that, "You just can't blindly vote for somebody just because they are [your race]. Sometimes, even a brother, you have to let him go when he's not doing the gig."
Brad Wilmouth
July 12th, 2012 8:53 AM

Liberal Media Disdain House Repeal Vote: Undignified, 'Fact-Free' and

The liberal media aren’t hiding their contempt for the House holding another ObamaCare repeal vote. Thursday’s Washington Post published an article headlined: “A House they looked down on: In the visitors’ gallery, health-law repeal vote didn’t look so dignified.” On Wednesday night’s All Things Considered, congressional correspondent Andrea Seabrook dismissed the entire debate as "largely…
Tim Graham
July 12th, 2012 7:50 AM

CBS’s Pelley Upset House’s ObamaCare Repeal Votes Have ‘Cost Tax

Showing a renewed concern for the interests of taxpayers, CBS put “Cost to Taxpayers” on screen Wednesday night as CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley worried not about the cost of ObamaCare, but “how much it cost taxpayers for the House to repeal the law again and again?” Pelley relayed how “the Congressional Research Service tells us that the House of Representatives costs us $24 million a…
Brent Baker
July 12th, 2012 3:42 AM

Huh? Rachel Maddow Claims GOP 'Being Taken Over' by Ron Paul

Rachel Maddow is indignant that more people in media don't share her penchant for elevating minor news to mountainous stories. Last night, for example, Maddow flogged away at one of her favorite hobby horses, her dubious claim that Ron Paul's spectral presence in the presidential campaign portends seismic upheaval within the GOP. (video and audio clips after page break)
Jack Coleman
July 11th, 2012 10:16 PM

NYT's Parker on Black Voters 'Suspicious of Mr. Romney’s Record on C

Republican candidate Mitt Romney received a predictably mixed reception at the NAACP's annual convention in Houston on Wednesday, giving New York Times reporter Ashley Parker an easy target: "To Boos and Polite Applause, Romney Speaks to the N.A.A.C.P." Parker emphasized the "cackles and boos" he received for his criticism of Obama-Care, and even used Romney's father, the late Michigan Gov.…
Clay Waters
July 11th, 2012 10:01 PM

Name That Party: Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Neglects Specifics of Ill

  It's time once again to play America's favorite political game...Name That Party! This time the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel really had me stumped. It was their story about a former Broward (county) Teachers Union president who was arrested for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds. What kept me scratching my head was that the Sun-Sentinel reporters wrote that some of…
P.J. Gladnick
July 11th, 2012 9:23 PM

NewsBusters Interview: Sen. McConnell Strikes Back at the New York Tim

The New York Times on Sunday published an editorial highly critical of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) position on the Disclose Act. McConnell spoke with NewsBusters Wednesday about why he thinks the Times and other liberal media outlets are in favor of this controversial anti-free speech bill.
Noel Sheppard
July 11th, 2012 7:15 PM

CBS Trumpets 'Groundbreaking' Report Linking 'Extreme' Weather to Clim

Wednesday's CBS This Morning hyped a "groundbreaking" new report from federal government scientists that claims "the first-ever statistical connection between extreme weather and man-made climate change." Correspondent Wyatt Andrews spotlighted how the study "found that man-made heat made the Texas drought roughly 20 times more likely." Andrews also hinted a connection between climate change…
Matthew Balan
July 11th, 2012 6:22 PM

Malkin Column: Brad Pitt's Pro-life, Pro-Traditional Marriage Mom Bein

Hollywood and the American left love diversity, except when it offends their "progressive" value system. Witness the reaction to actor Brad Pitt's mother, Jane, who publicly opposed President Obama's re-election. Mrs. Pitt's pro-life, anti-gay marriage statement to her local paper last week enflamed the Tolerance Mob. And her mere expression of dissident political views exposed the glittering…
Michelle Malkin
July 11th, 2012 5:42 PM