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Notable Quotables: Exposing Rubio’s Notorious Criminal Past

By Rich Noyes | June 15, 2015, 9:05 AM EDT

Now online: the June 15 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week, the New York Times sinks its investigative teeth into Marco Rubio, and makes the bombshell discovery that th ...

Al Hunt: 'I Have No Idea What Bob Schieffer's Politics Are'

By Mark Finkelstein | June 1, 2015, 8:34 AM EDT

Is Al Hunt the most oblivious man in Washington, or was he just not telling the truth? On today's Morning Joe, lauding Bob Schieffer upon his retirement, Hunt actually said "I have no idea what Bob Schieffer's politics are." No idea?  ...

Bob Schieffer: ‘Whole Political World Was Struck’ by Obama’s Candidacy

By Jeffrey Meyer | May 31, 2015, 10:38 PM EDT

Retiring Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer sat down with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz on Sunday’s MediaBuzz and did his best to excuse the media’s soft treatment of President Obama since he first ran for president. Schieffer argued that “the whole politic ...

Schieffer: Lack of Collegiality a Greater Danger Than Terrorism

By Tom Blumer | May 31, 2015, 10:36 AM EDT

Friday morning, Kyle Drennen at NewsBusters covered retiring Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer's appearance on CBS This Morning. Schieffer went into the same predictable whines seemingly every retiring establishment press reporter does as they' ...

Schieffer: Most Info People Have is ‘Wrong’; Slams Money in Politics

By Kyle Drennen | May 29, 2015, 10:48 AM EDT

As CBS This Morning gave retiring Bob Schieffer a glowing send-off on Friday, the longtime Face the Nation moderator ripped the current media landscape: “Well, it's been turned upside down.... we now don't know where people get their news, but w ...

Frank Rich on 2016: ‘Neophyte’ GOP Versus ‘3:00 In The Morning’ Hillary

By Jeffrey Meyer | May 18, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT

Liberal New York magazine essayist Frank Rich appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday and repeatedly blasted the GOP’s foreign policy views when stacked up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.  Speaking to retiring moderator Bob Schieffer, the ...

MRC's Notable Quotables: Hooray for Hillary, 'One of America’s Greatest Creations'

By Rich Noyes | May 4, 2015, 1:44 PM EDT

Now online: the May 4 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week even as her scandals compound, Time prints a ridiculous, over-the-top tribute to Hillary Clinton: "She is ...

Conservatives Rally Behind Tony Perkins and Blast CBS's Bob Schieffer

By NB Staff | May 1, 2015, 6:09 PM EDT

Under the auspices of the Conservative Action Project (CAP), more than 40 conservative leaders sent a letter to David Rhodes, president of CBS News. The letter slammed Bob Schieffer for his recent bigoted and biased remarks and put forward conservative su ...

Bob Schieffer to Tony Perkins: I Was ‘Inundated’ by People to Disinvite You

By Jeffrey Meyer | April 27, 2015, 8:48 AM EDT

On Sunday’s Face the Nation, CBS’s Bob Schieffer interviewed Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and told him “[w]e have been inundated by people who say we should not even let you appear because in their view, 'you don't speak for Ch ...

NewsBusted: Lean Forward Into Retirement, Bob Schieffer

By NB Staff | April 22, 2015, 6:20 PM EDT

" Face the Nation  anchor Bob Schieffer announced he will retire this summer. And he plans to stay out of the public eye – by getting his own show on MSNBC."-- NewsBusted 's Jodi Miller. To subscribe to NewsBusted, go to their  YouTube chan ...

Milbank Suggests Schieffer Should Seek Dem Nomination

By Mark Finkelstein | April 19, 2015, 1:51 PM EDT

Sure, it was tongue in cheek. But still, it revealed an underlying truth... On today's Face the Nation, when Bob Schieffer wondered why the Dems have fielded only one presidential candidate, the Washington Post 's Dana Milbank responded by sugge ...

John Dickerson to Replace Bob Schieffer on CBS’s Face the Nation

By Jeffrey Meyer | April 12, 2015, 2:25 PM EDT

On Sunday, Bob Schieffer announced that John Dickerson, CBS News Political Director and Slate Magazine Chief Political Correspondent, will succeed him as moderator of Face the Nation when he retires this summer.  To honor his retirement, NewsBusters liste ...

Bob Schieffer to Rand Paul: Do Some In GOP Not Want to Be More Inclusive?

By Jeffrey Meyer | April 13, 2015, 8:39 AM EDT

Newly declared Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul sat down with CBS’s Bob Schieffer on Sunday’s  Face the Nation  and was asked if some in the Republican Party do not want to be inclusive. The soon-to-be retired Schieffer asked Paul: “Do you thin ...

ABC Skips Hillary’s Scandals; Gushes Over Book’s New Epilogue, Chelsea on Cover of Elle

By Curtis Houck | April 29, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT

For the second straight news cycle, ABC News failed to mention any of Hillary Clinton’s scandals on Friday night as she’s expected to announce her second presidential campaign on Sunday as World News Tonight instead gushed over a new epilogue to her lates ...

CBS Oozes ‘Giant of Journalism,’ 'Amazing' Bob Schieffer Retiring

By Jeffrey Meyer | April 9, 2015, 2:11 PM EDT

At most companies, when someone who's worked for the company for 46 years retires, they get a nice speech and a nice watch. But at a TV news network, the audience is subjected to the most extreme fawning, complete with the bizarre notion that no one ...