Cokie Roberts on Downgrade: 'The Problem That We Have Here Is the Cons

ABC's Cokie Roberts said something on national television Sunday that made her colleague George Will shake his head on camera. During a "This Week" discussion about the recent credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's Roberts said, 'The problem that we have here is the Constitution of the United States of America which actually does require people to come together from different…
Noel Sheppard
August 7th, 2011 1:51 PM

George Will Takes on Former Obama Administration Official for Calling

As NewsBusters previously reported, former Obama administration car czar Steve Rattner last month called Tea Partiers terrorists on national television. On Sunday's "This Week," George Will took Rattner on for making such an inflammatory statement (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 7th, 2011 12:53 PM

Clarence Page: 'Is The Tea Party Over

Want to know just how scared of the Tea Party America's media are? On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page published a column entitled "Is The Tea Party Over?":
Noel Sheppard
August 7th, 2011 11:53 AM

Arianna Huffington Flat Out Lies About Investment Firm's Economic Opin

UPDATE AT END OF POST: AOL HuffPo responds. Joining our growing list of media members willing to flat out lie on national television to advance their political agendas is Arianna Huffington who falsely claimed this week that securities firm JPMorgan warned its clients the debt ceiling agreement "is going to reduce our growth by a point-and-a-half." Such was dishonestly said during a segment…
Noel Sheppard
August 7th, 2011 10:19 AM

ABC Financial Expert Slapping S&P As 'Suspect' Is Undisclosed Obama Fu

The predictable MSM reaction to Standard & Poor's downgrading of the US government's credit rating? Kill the messenger, of course.  Yesterday, we noted how Jeff Glor at CBS' Early Show parroted the Obama line about the downgrade being "political." Today it was ABC's turn.  Good Morning America had on Mellody Hobson, a regular ABC "financial contributor" and former host of her own ABC…
Mark Finkelstein
August 7th, 2011 10:13 AM

Matthews: Everyone Knows Government Creates Jobs

The solution to our raging unemployment rate is so simple, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it before.   Luckily, Chris Matthews did.  The government simply needs to spend more money!  Because, as "everyone knows, as we studied in school," government spending creates jobs! Matthews, just as wacky on the weekend Hardball as he is in his Mon.-Fri. version, went on a two-segment rant this…
Mark Finkelstein
August 7th, 2011 7:59 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Colbert Ridicules Reid Who Mused Over His

Back in late June I introduced a new series of Saturday night humor postings for NewsBusters drawn from the clips Bret Baier runs at the end of FNC’s Special Report which he selects from video montages picked up from the late night comedy shows. Well, vacations and busy news weekends sidetracked me, but here’s a fresh one, my first in about a month. From Baier’s Wednesday night (August 3)…
Brent Baker
August 7th, 2011 12:57 AM

Weekend Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about politics, the economy, sports, or whatever else tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
August 6th, 2011 11:33 PM

Tony Blankley Sarcastically Says to Rude and Dismissive Al Sharpton 'Y

MSNBC's Al Sharpton on Friday was being tremendously rude and dismissive to his guest the always well-mannered Tony Blankley. So discourteous was Sharpton that at the end of the discussion, Blankley sarcastically said, "You are a very polite gentleman" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 6:25 PM

Richard Wolffe Flat Out Lies About Obama's Eight Percent Unemployment

As the prospects for Barack Obama's reelection decline, American media are getting more and more cavalier with the truth when defending the object of their affection. On Friday, MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe not only lied about the adminstration's projection that unemployment wouldn't rise above eight percent if its stimulus package was enacted, he also badly misrepresented the…
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 5:46 PM

Early Show Echoes White House, Dismisses Debt Downgrade As 'Political

Should anything happen to the Obamas' Portugese water dog Bo, perhaps the First Family could adopt Jeff Glor as a pet parrot.  The weekend Early Show weekend co-host proved the perfect White House mimic this morning.  Glor dutifully echoed the Obama admin line, dismissing as "political" Standard & Poor's downgrade of the US government's credit rating. In support of his point, Glor twice…
Mark Finkelstein
August 6th, 2011 4:05 PM

Know What Else Obama Inherited From Bush? A 'AAA' Rating

This marvelously comes from the Republican Party of Sarasota:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 2:17 PM

Hollywood Mogul Katzenberg Rails Against Tea Party’s ‘Extremism

A reminder this week Hollywood moguls aren’t just enthralled with Barack Obama. They are also ideological liberals who have disgust for conservatives and are especially enraged by the Tea Party’s success. Explaining his $2 million donation to a left-wing political action committee, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg told USA Today he was motivated by how “outside Republican spending…
Brent Baker
August 6th, 2011 1:56 PM

Rachel Maddow Apologizes to Rush Limbaugh by Calling Him a Racist

As NewsBusters reported Friday, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh caught MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in a bald-faced lie about him. Later that evening, Maddow apologized for her error but blamed it on- wait for it! - the conservative website World Net Daily and then accused Limbaugh of racism (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2011 1:14 PM