David Frum Bashes Fox News Viewers: End Up 'Knowing A Lot Less About I

Faux-Republican David Frum took a shot at Fox News viewers on Sunday when he told CNN's Howard Kurtz that "people who watch a lot of Fox come away knowing a lot less about important world events." Frum's interview aired during the bottom half of the 11 a.m. hour of Reliable Sources. Even Kurtz, who has worked for the liberal media for three decades, challenged Frum's hard-line criticism of…
Matt Hadro
December 12th, 2011 11:36 AM

Open Thread: Barack Obama's College Roommate Claims Obama Was 'Ardent

After President Obama's free market "doesn't work" and "has never worked" speech in Kansas last week, well-received by the media as Teddy Roosevelt-esque, Rush Limbaugh described Obama as channeling someone else, with Obama putting to the forefront "in no uncertain terms that he is a socialist, if not a Marxist." In fact, one of Obama's peers from Occidental College, John Drew, described…
NB Staff
December 12th, 2011 10:37 AM

Chris Christie Texts Scarborough: Who's Next on Morning Joe to Discuss

Chris Christie on Monday perfectly illustrated the beef conservatives have with MSNBC's Morning Joe and its host. Apparently fed up with the show's parade of liberal guests, New Jersey's Republican governor texted Joe Scarborough in the middle of the program, "Who's next this morning on Morning Joe to talk about the GOP race - George Soros?" (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 12th, 2011 9:45 AM

Lost Composure at Holder House Hearing Highlights Overlooked Dramatic

Paging Tonya Reiman! She is the Fox News Channel body language expert who frequently appears on The O'Reilly Factor. Reiman would have a field day analyzing  the bizarre body, facial, and hand twitchings of Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich who sat behind Attorney General Eric Holder as he was being grilled by Representative Sandy Adams about personal emails that Holder might have sent…
P.J. Gladnick
December 12th, 2011 9:17 AM

Kroft Avoids Scandal with Obama, Presses Him to Respond to Liberal Dis

CBS’s Steve Kroft challenged President Barack Obama a few times during the two-part 60 Minutes interview aired Sunday night, but managed to ignore the scandals (Solyndra, Fast & Furious and collapse of MF Global run by ally Jon Corzine) while mostly cuing up Obama to knock down criticism of him or pressing him with complaints from the left that he hasn’t done or gone far enough: “They…
Brent Baker
December 12th, 2011 8:44 AM

ABC's Amanpour Paints Gingrich as Extreme on Israel, Ignores Anti-Jew

On Sunday's Good Morning America, This Week host Christiane Amanpour portrayed Newt Gingrich as trying to appeal to a "narrow group" because the GOP presidential candidate characterized the Palestinians as "an invented people" being used to undermine the Jewish claim to Israel, and took exception with the former House Speaker because he pointed out that the Palestinian Authority incites hatred…
Brad Wilmouth
December 12th, 2011 8:29 AM

NPR Favors 'Pepper-Spraying the Holidays' and Krampus the 'Christmas D

The counter-culture folks at National Public Radio are a natural stomping ground for Christmas, and stomp they have. NPR aired a story last week headlined "Pepper-Spraying the Holidays," and on Saturday morning's Weekend Edition, they were charmed by the old tradition of Krampus the Christmas demon in a story headlined "Horror for the Holidays: Meet the Anti-Santa." What NPR won't air later…
Tim Graham
December 12th, 2011 8:07 AM

Morning Joe: Obama Sees Our Democracy As 'Stumbling Block To His Great

Morning Joe remains the home of the overwhelming ratio of liberal to conservative guests.  Even so, in recent weeks a narrative unflattering to Barack Obama has emerged around the table: Obama doesn't like his job. He doesn't particularly like people and is in the wrong line of work. An even more damning appraisal was offered today: Obama doesn't think he has failed America. He thinks…
Mark Finkelstein
December 12th, 2011 7:33 AM

ABC Highlights Attacks on Gingrich from Republicans Without Labeling M

On Sunday's World News on ABC, correspondent David Kerley filed a report highlighting anti-Newt Gingrich comments from a number of Republicans who used to serve in the House of Representatives with the former Speaker, and, although at least half the members cited as criticizing Gingrich have a history of being moderate Republicans, Kerley did not inform his viewers of this aspect of their…
Brad Wilmouth
December 12th, 2011 6:40 AM

Obama Tells 60 Minutes 'Damaging Behavior on Wall Street' Was Legal, W

There was an astonishingly revealing moment on Sunday's 60 Minutes when President Obama said, "Some of the most damaging behavior on Wall Street, in some cases, some of the least ethical behavior on Wall Street, wasn't illegal." For what should be obvious reasons, CBS's Steve Kroft didn't bother asking his guest who created, voted for or signed the pieces of legislation that allowed this "…
Noel Sheppard
December 11th, 2011 10:06 PM

Daily Kos Week in Review: The Stupid Shock-Jock Party

Four years ago, Democrats had just begun what would become several months of fierce infighting to determine their 2008 nominee. Barack! Hillary! Fairy tales! 3 a.m. phone calls! PUMAs! These days, with President Obama getting what amounts to a first-round bye, the left, including the Daily Kos gang, is free to train its fire on Republicans and their presidential candidates. As usual, each…
Tom Johnson
December 11th, 2011 8:30 PM

Amanpour Despairs ‘Sanest’ Huntsman with ‘Eminently Sensible Pos

ABC’s Christiane Amanpour just can’t comprehend why Jon Huntsman, with his “eminently sensible” anti-conservative positions, could be losing to Newt Gingrich who is full of “bombast” and “does say some pretty alarming things, some might say outrageous things.” More upsetting, Hunstman is supposedly “reversing” himself on those “eminently sensible positions.”  Interviewing Huntsman, who…
Brent Baker
December 11th, 2011 3:21 PM

Chris Wallace Denies Joe Scarborough's Claim He 'Loathes Mitt Romney

Joe Scarborough on MSNBC's Morning Joe last week claimed that Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace "loathes Mitt Romney." On Fox & Friends Sunday, Wallace denied this (transcript and commentary follow with video courtesy Johnny Dollar, relevant section at 2:45):
Noel Sheppard
December 11th, 2011 1:58 PM

Chris Matthews: Newt Gingrich's Popularity Due to Time on Fox News

Chris Matthews has a theory as to why Newt Gingrich is suddenly soaring in the Republican presidential polls. As he discussed with his panelists on the syndicated program bearing his name this weekend, it's all because of the former House Speaker's time as a contributor to Fox News (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 11th, 2011 1:18 PM