NPR Chops Pro-Life Talking Points in Program About Abortion in the Bla

On July 18, NPR refereed a debate between Ryan Bomberger, CEO of www.TheRadianceFoundation.org, and Rev. Carlton Veazey, President and CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. I thought Ryan did great, but he reported afterward he would have scored even more points had NPR not severely edited him. “NPR’s liberal colors shone though as they cut out minutes worth of my responses…
Jill Stanek
July 20th, 2011 11:21 AM

Open Thread: GOP Presidential Hopefuls Break Ranks With Party on Cut

Last night, nine Republicans and five Democrats broke with their parties on the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, which would require a balanced budget amendment if the debt ceiling were to be raised. Two of the Republicans who voted against it were presidential hopefuls: Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Rep. Ron Paul (Texas), both of whom believe the act doesn't goes far enough. Bachmann instead…
NB Staff
July 20th, 2011 11:00 AM

America's Financial Restoration vs. Obama's Ideology

There is an overarching reason we can't move toward a balanced budget, which underscores why we face ongoing stalemates over debt ceilings and continuing resolutions: President Obama doesn't want to balance the budget. I don't say this out of extremism or to be gratuitously controversial or even provocative. It's just that his words and actions lead to the inescapable conclusion that he is…
David Limbaugh
July 20th, 2011 10:51 AM

WaPo's Marcus Worried Bachmann's Religious Beliefs Will Make Her 'Subm

As Michele Bachmann climbs in the polls, Obama-loving media members are working overtime to dig up and/or manufacture dirt on the conservative Congresswoman from Minnesota. One of the new flavors of the day is that her religious beliefs might make her too submissive to be president, a silly concept the Washington Post's Ruth Marcus felt was necessary to share with her readers Wednesday:
Noel Sheppard
July 20th, 2011 10:30 AM

Media Love Anti-bullying Bully Who Wishes Republicans Were 'All F**kin

Dan Savage hates bullying. Make that some bullying. Admirably, Savage hates it when gay teens get bullied. Less admirably, Savage doesn't hesitate to bully, smear and malign those who disagree with him. Savage, a gay sex columnist, has never been shy about expressing his hatred for social conservatives. In his latest attack, appearing on HBO's "Real Time" with Bill Maher July 15, Savage…
Erin R. Brown
July 20th, 2011 9:58 AM

Scarborough, Bashir In MSNBC Bash-up Over Hacking Scandal

Keith Olbermann was infamous for his in-house feuds during his MSNBC tenure.  But Keith's clearing-off has manifestly failed to transform the network into a land of milk and honey.  Witness the nasty little spat on today's Morning Joe between Joe Scarborough and Martin Bashir, host of an MSNBC afternoon show. At hand was the hacking scandal, and in particular Piers Morgan's possible…
Mark Finkelstein
July 20th, 2011 9:38 AM

Obama Should Avoid Vacation with Super-Rich

After all this talk of just soaking millionaire and billionaires with new taxes, is it smart for President Obama to hang with the super-rich on Martha's Vineyard this summer? Liberal Boston Herald columnist Margery Eagan said no on Tuesday: I love my summer vacation. I like President Obama more than most of you. But a new Marist Poll says that for the first time ever a majority of American…
Tim Graham
July 20th, 2011 6:12 AM

CBS Team Amused by Pie Attack on Rupert Murdoch, ‘Getting a Taste of

 Tuesday’s CBS Evening News poked fun at 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch being nearly hit by a pie as the show led with the News Corp founder’s appearance in front of the British parliament to discuss the News of the World phone hacking scandal. During the opening teaser, after playing a clip of Murdoch exclaiming that "This is the most humble day of my life," Schieffer made a quip about "humble pie…
Brad Wilmouth
July 20th, 2011 2:14 AM

Pathetic: CNN Claims Tuesday Stock Market Rise Entirely Due to Obama

In a USA Today email I received 20 minutes after Tuesday's closing bell, I was informed that the exceptionally good day occurred because the stock markets were "buoyed by strong earnings reports by IBM, Coke and others." A visit to the email's linked article also partially attributed the rise to "renewed hopes that U.S. lawmakers would be able to break their stalemate and strike a deficit-…
Tom Blumer
July 20th, 2011 1:39 AM

ABC's Kofman: Rupert Murdoch ‘Infamous for his Ruthlessness and His

 On Tuesday’s World News on ABC, correspondent Jeffrey Kofman asserted that News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch was a "man infamous for his ruthlessness and his arrogance" as he filed a report on Murdoch’s testimony in front of the British parliament. Kofman also seemed to mock the News Corp founder as he remarked that "he's the boss, but the buck does not stop with him, and he is not…
Brad Wilmouth
July 20th, 2011 12:26 AM

Tucker Carlson: 'Very Few People Have Done More To Divide The Country

Tucker Carlson on Tuesday said, "Very few people have done more to divide the country than Chris Matthews." Such occurred on Fox's "Hannity" show as the Great American Panel discussed the "Hardball" host's deplorable interview with Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) earlier in the day (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 19th, 2011 11:33 PM

Matthews Asks GOP Congressman 'Will You Resign' If Not Raising Debt Ce

As NewsBusters previously reported, Chris Matthews had quite a heated debate with Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) on Tuesday's "Hardball." Amidst a series of ridiculous questions asked of the Congressman, possibly the most absurd was, "If we have a crisis in August [as a result of not raising the debt ceiling], will you resign?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 19th, 2011 9:13 PM

At Philly Church Presser, AP Shows Its Distaste for the Catholic Churc

If anyone still has any doubt about the utter distaste that many in the media have for the Catholic Church, one does not need to look any further than the "question and answer" session during the press conference in Philadelphia today (Tue. 9/19/11) welcoming the region's new Archbishop Charles Chaput.
Dave Pierre
July 19th, 2011 8:42 PM

Sharpton: Obama Sounds More Like Reagan Than Tea Partiers

If MSNBC's goal is to give air time to the least-attached to reality of the left, then perhaps the network's doing the right thing by reportedly dallying with replacing Cenk Uygur with Al Sharpton. For in the 6 o'clock time slot this evening the Reverend Al actually asserted that Barack Obama sounds more like Ronald Reagan than Tea Party freshmen members of Congress.  I kid you not. Video…
Mark Finkelstein
July 19th, 2011 8:23 PM