Bozell Column: Airing Anti-Palin Bilge at NBC

Twenty years ago, NBC’s “Today” devoted three days of interviews to the insufferable Kitty Kelley, who unspooled baseless allegations against Nancy Reagan, like her supposed love affair with Frank Sinatra. That kind of tabloid bilge belched back up the garbage disposal on September 16, when “Today” promoted the new Palin-bashing book “The Rogue,” by leftist author Joe McGinniss. NBC doesn’t…
Brent Bozell
September 20th, 2011 10:05 PM

Scarborough Scolds Brzezinski: 'She Didn't Cross-examine Ron [Suskind

Mika Brzezinski gave quite a cold shoulder to author Ron Suskind Tuesday whose new book "Confidence Men" paints an unflattering picture of the Obama White House. Doing her best Clarence Darrow, Brzezinski grilled her "Morning Joe" guest leading Joe Scarborough to smartly observe, "She didn't cross-examine Ron when he wrote books about Bush like this" (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
September 20th, 2011 7:23 PM

Rachael Ray and Joy Behar Gush Over Bill Clinton: 'Charming,' 'Brillia

HLN's Joy Behar and guest Rachael Ray fawned over former President Bill Clinton on Monday. "They don't just hand out those Rhodes scholarships for presidencies," remarked the Food Network's Ray, who also called Clinton "incredibly charming" and "so honest with people." Behar was especially enamored with Clinton. "I find him extremely sexy, don't you?" the HLN host asked Ray, adding that…
Matt Hadro
September 20th, 2011 5:44 PM

NBC Attacks Suskind Book Critical of Obama But Promoted Bush-Bashing B

While co-host Ann Curry on Tuesday's NBC "Today" wondered if Ron Suskind's "Confidence Men" was "fact or fiction," on August 5, 2008, then-co-host Meredith Vieira touted Suskind's claim in "Way of the World" that the Bush administration's case for the Iraq war was "worse than Watergate." Speaking of Suskind's latest work on Tuesday, Curry described how Obama administration "top officials are…
Kyle Drennen
September 20th, 2011 5:18 PM

MSNBC's Bashir Suggests Founding Fathers Would Favor Obama's Push for

British-born MSNBC afternoon anchor Martin Bashir devoted his September 20 "Clear the Air" commentary to clouding the issue of raising taxes by citing the clause in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution's that bans Congress from granting titles of nobility (video follows page break):
Ken Shepherd
September 20th, 2011 5:12 PM

Public Wins Kudos of NYT Ed. Board (But Why Don't Folks Love Obama Mor

In Sunday’s lead editorial, New York Times editors express their frustration over why the public doesn’t realize how much it truly agrees with President Obama on things like taxes and stimulus and compromise: “Leadership Crisis – Americans agree with Mr. Obama on a great deal. Why don’t they know it?” At least the public can be comforted in knowing it has met with the approval of the…
Clay Waters
September 20th, 2011 5:08 PM

CMI VP Gainor Appeared on Nightline to Discuss Chaz Bono Dancing Contr

Disney-owned ABC selected Dan Gainor as one of the dissenting voices.
Erin Brown
September 20th, 2011 4:59 PM

Liberal Atlanta Paper Mangles Genders for GLAAD

On Monday, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Clear English -- oops, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) -- touted how they had corrected "transphobic" language in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The original version, they claimed, "unfortunately used outdated and inaccurate pronouns." Here's what makes it complicated. The center of the story, 7-year-old "D," insists she…
Tim Graham
September 20th, 2011 4:27 PM

Buttressing Buffett: For 10 Years, the Liberal Media Championed Billio

President Barack Obama's nicknaming his new tax increases on the wealthy the "Warren Buffett rule" is fitting since the billionaire has spent a decade campaigning for a tax hike, a campaign his friends in the liberal media have been more than willing to join. For over 10 years the media promoted Buffett's complaint that the wealthy in America don't pay enough in taxes, spurred on by a Buffett's…
Geoffrey Dickens
September 20th, 2011 3:52 PM

CNN Gives Platform to Anti-Palin Author McGinniss, Who Blames Palins f

On Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight, author Joe McGinniss blamed Sarah Palin and her family for inciting the death threats made against him. After he moved in next door to the Palins, something he called a "non-issue from the start," he claimed that Sarah Palin "incited that hatred" of death threats made against him for writing a critical book of her. "The Palins march right up to the border of…
Matt Hadro
September 20th, 2011 3:37 PM

If Israel Disappears

The world -- or at least the large part of it that hates Israel and wishes it would go away -- moves a step nearer that goal this week when the United Nations votes on whether to recognize a Palestinian state. The vote violates the Declaration of Principles signed by the PLO in 1993, which committed the terrorist group and precursor to the Palestinian Authority to direct negotiations with…
Cal Thomas
September 20th, 2011 3:15 PM

No Critics Allowed: Big Three Nets Trumpet 'Historic' End to 'Don't As

The Big Three networks unequivocally celebrated the end of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy as a "historic moment" on their Tuesday morning programs. CBS's "Early Show" turned to a discharged Air Force major who pushed for further recognition of same-sex couples by the military. NBC's "Today" brought on a homosexual playwright to promote his one-man movie on the policy. ABC's "GMA…
Matthew Balan
September 20th, 2011 2:53 PM

NBC's Curry Tries to Discredit Suskind Book With White House Lines of

Update: Video added after the jump. Working hard to run defense for the Obama administration on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry interrogated journalist Ron Suskind on his new book critical of the White House and announced she wanted to go through unflattering parts of the book "one by one," while using Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney-approved talking points to discredit it. [Audio…
Kyle Drennen
September 20th, 2011 1:43 PM

CMI VP Gainor on ‘Nightline’ to Discuss Chaz Bono Controversy

For more than a month now, the nation has buzzed with controversy about the first transgender “star” to appear on “Dancing With the Stars,” Chaz Bono. ABC’s “Nightline” ran a segment on Chaz Bono on September 19, also the same night as the Season 13 premiere of DWTS, highlighting the controversy and featuring commentary from MRC’s Culture and Media Institute Vice President, Dan Gainor. Video…
Erin R. Brown
September 20th, 2011 1:18 PM