Sam Donaldson: Many on Right 'Like Limbaugh' Oppose Obama 'Not for His

The mainstream media's response to Barack Obama being interrupted by a Daily Caller reporter during a Rose Garden press conference Friday is getting more preposterous with each passing second. ABC's former White House correspondent Sam Donaldson told the Huffington Post Saturday, "Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there – they oppose him not for his polices […
Noel Sheppard
June 16th, 2012 7:16 PM

MSNBC's Bashir Bashes Romney as a 'Vacuous Candidate Who Doesn't Have

Setting aside any pretense of objectivity, MSNBC host Martin Bashir and guests ferociously attacked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a segment of Thursday's program.  In a discussion with Professors James Peterson and Michael Eric Dyson, Bashir bemoaned the pernicious impact of money in politics, particularly money raised by Romney. (video here) Bashir: Professor Dyson, isn't…
Mike Bates
June 16th, 2012 5:57 PM

Flashback: Showtime Showcased Barbara Bush’s Abortion of Son George

The revelation HBO’s Game of Thrones had a scene with George W. Bush’s severed head on a spike, for which HBO has apologized and maintained was “not a political statement,” reminded me of how five years ago CBS’s Showtime cable network very deliberately portrayed  George W. Bush being aborted. The L Word drama about lesbian friends in Los Angeles, back on Sunday, January 28, 2007, featured…
Brent Baker
June 16th, 2012 3:31 PM

Associated Press, 1987: 'Why Do Grown Men And Women Shout At President

You'd think from the reaction to Daily Caller White House Correspondent Neal Munro's shouted question during President Obama's announcement of de facto amnesty for 30-and-under illegal aliens at the Rose Garden yesterday that it's the first time any reporter has ever shouted a question at a U.S. president out of turn. Friday afternoon, the Daily Caller, Munro's employer, carried his explanation…
Tom Blumer
June 16th, 2012 3:03 PM

CNN's Burnett: Obama 'Makes an MVP-like Political Move That Leaves Rep

On Friday's edition of CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront, the host was upfront in her enthusiasm for President Obama's immigration announcement, even including sound effects and grimacing when she spoke of "Republicans hissing like an angry cat cornered by the neighborhood dog." (video here): ERIN BURNETT, CNN HOST: OUTFRONT next, the president makes an MVP-like political move that leaves…
Mike Bates
June 16th, 2012 2:42 PM

Mort Zuckerman Smacks Down Eleanor Clift: 'I Know About Bain Capital S

U.S. News and World Report's Mort Zuckerman deliciously smacked down the perilously liberal and unwarrantedly arrogant Newsweek columnist Eleanor Clift on this weekend's edition of PBS's The McLaughlin Group. When Clift ignorantly said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn't create jobs at Bain Capital, Zuckerman quickly dismissed her saying, "I’m not going to argue. I know about…
Noel Sheppard
June 16th, 2012 12:58 PM

NBC's Harry Smith Dredges Up Dan Quayle's 'Attack' on 'Murphy Brown' a

In an interview with actress Candice Bergen for Thursday's NBC Rock Center, correspondent Harry Smith brought up Bergen's long-running 90's sitcom, proclaiming: "Well you can't talk about Murphy Brown and not also say Dan Quayle....What Vice President Quayle said in a 1992 speech was an attack on the character Murphy Brown for glorifying single motherhood." A portion of the speech played,…
Kyle Drennen
June 16th, 2012 12:00 PM

HBO Pulls 'Game of Thrones' Episode With Bush Severed Head, Halts DVD

As NewsBusters reported Thursday, the season finale of HBO's hit series Game of Thrones included a gruesome image of former President George W. Bush's severed head impaled on a stake. In the wake of heat from conservative critics including us, the New York Daily News reports the cable network has taken action to rectify its egregious error:
Noel Sheppard
June 16th, 2012 10:50 AM

Sarah Palin Speaks at Right Online

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave the keynote address Friday night at the Right Online conference in Las Vegas. Full video courtesy Right Scoop follows.
Noel Sheppard
June 16th, 2012 9:14 AM

All Purpose Weekend Open Thread

So much to talk about, so little time.
NB Staff
June 16th, 2012 9:12 AM

Politico Reporter Suggests Racism Explains Munro's Questioning Of Obam

A Politico reporter has suggested that racism was behind Neil Munro's questioning of President Obama at the White House yesterday.  Saying "it's very, very difficult to place race outside of this context," the Politico's Joe Williams claimed racially-motivated direspect of PBO is part of a pattern among conservatives, citing Rep. Joe Wilson, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, and the Tea Party.…
Mark Finkelstein
June 16th, 2012 8:45 AM

Bozell Column: Hollywood Still Hates Bush-Cheney

Barack Obama keeps desperately pounding the entertainment industry’s ATMs in Hollywood and Manhattan while our manufacturers of make-believe have absolutely refuse to expel their vicious hatred of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. You wonder if on any level Obama is upset, or chagrined, or even embarrassed. Two examples have shown their ugly heads – one of them severed. HBO – whose Bill Maher…
Brent Bozell
June 16th, 2012 8:16 AM

Krauthammer Tells 'Inside Washington' Moderator 'That’s a Clown Ques

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer demonstrated surprising internet and Twitter savvy on PBS's Inside Washington Friday. In response to a query from host Gordon Peterson, Krauthammer channeled his best Bryce Harper and said, "That’s a clown question, bro" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 16th, 2012 1:41 AM

Bill Maher and Nobel Prize Winning Liberal Economist Can't Figure Out

CAUTION: Remove all food, fluids, and flammables from proximity of your computer before proceeding. You've been warned. HBO's Bill Maher and Nobel Prize-winning liberal economist Joseph Stiglitz on Friday actually couldn't calculate between the two of them how much 87 times 5 is (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 16th, 2012 12:13 AM