Ron Paul: Bachmann 'Hates Muslims,' Santorum Only Talks About Gays and

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on NBC's Tonight Show Friday took some cheap shots at his opponents. After saying Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) "hates Muslims," Paul said former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum only talks about "gay people and Muslims" (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 17th, 2011 9:48 AM

Ron Paul Gets Standing Ovation on NBC's Tonight Show

As the polls reflect, the appeal of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is sweeping the nation. No better was that exemplified than on NBC's Tonight Show Friday when the Texas Congressman received a standing ovation as he walked onto the stage to meet host Jay Leno (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
December 17th, 2011 9:19 AM

Flashback: Hitchens Gives Finger to Maher’s Studio Audience for ‘F

The passing Thursday of Christopher Hitchens, at age 62 from cancer, reminded me of one of his finest moments, which occurred on a Friday night five-and-a-half years ago when he gave the finger to the pretentious, left-wing Los Angeles studio audience of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. As he laid out the case for how it’s Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who wants World War Three, not…
Brent Baker
December 17th, 2011 12:38 AM

60 Minutes Broadcast Edits Out Laughable Obama Claim as 4th Best Presi

George Washington was the father of our country. Eh! No big deal. Barack Obama is better...at least in his own mind. Such was the laughably absurd claim of President Obama on 60 Minutes last Sunday. What? You didn't see it? That was because 60 Minutes conveniently left it out of its broadcast. If you want to see Obama engage in this latest bit of over the top braggadocio you can only see it…
P.J. Gladnick
December 16th, 2011 7:24 PM

Netanyahu Refuses to Write Op-Ed for New York Times Due to Paper's Ant

The New York Times learned Thursday that its biases have consequences. In a letter from his senior adviser Ron Dermer obtained by the Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scornfully declined the Gray Lady's offer to write an op-ed due to the paper's long history of anti-Israel sentiments:
Noel Sheppard
December 16th, 2011 5:47 PM

Howard Stern Responds to Parents Television Council's Condemnation of

After the Parents Television Council (PTC) denounced NBC's appointment of shock jock Howard Stern as a judge on "America's Got Talent," Stern issued his response on Thursday's Piers Morgan Tonight. "I guess they get their printer out and they make a letterhead and they start to complain that I'm some sort of weird pervert who's going to convert Americans into some kind of zombie sex fiends…
Matt Hadro
December 16th, 2011 5:01 PM

The Mystery of the Disenfranchised Voter

There's almost nothing you can do without a photo ID. Except vote.
Dan Kennedy
December 16th, 2011 3:04 PM

TLC's Islam vs. 'Christmas the Aggressor Nation

While liberals mock Fox News for reporting the annual school and government-office Christmas bans (the “war on Christmas”), the liberal media never tire of blowing up any tiny story into America’s “War on Muslims.” The Lowe’s home-improvement chain  pulled their ads from the TLC reality show “All-American Muslim.” All three networks piled on Lowe’s for pulling out. Jon Stewart mocked the show…
Tim Graham
December 16th, 2011 12:29 PM

A Warm Memory: Chris Hitchens Flips Off Maher's Audience: 'None of You

The death of Christopher Hitchens hits like the 2008 death of Tim Russert. Both were men you really wanted to hear from during a looming presidential election. The word being tossed about in reference to the passing of Hitchens is “contrarian,” and that strikes me as a little unfair. Hitchens could be infuriating and even wrong, but there was nothing dishonest or insincere about the man.…
John Nolte
December 16th, 2011 12:04 PM

Planned Parenthood Urges 'Talking Turkey' on Abortion Over the Holiday

Planned Parenthood’s New York City affiliate has posted an article telling visitors to its Web site how to successfully discuss abortion around the “holiday table.” The article, “Talking Turkey: 8 Easy Steps for Discussing Reproductive Health and Justice at the Holiday Table,” also includes a quiz to help people prepare for “touchy questions about your politics over the dinner table.”
Penny Starr
December 16th, 2011 11:34 AM

As U.S. Leaves Iraq, NBC Proclaims: 'No Victory Celebrations, No Thank

At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams sadly declared: "At a ceremony in Baghdad today, the Americans lowered the flag and it was a quiet ending to a war that went bad not long after its spectacular start." While Williams stressed the "high cost" of the war, citing figures of dead and wounded, the report that followed ignored accomplishments in the conflict. Chief…
Kyle Drennen
December 16th, 2011 11:34 AM

Such a Double Standard: Tea Party Was 'Extremist' But OWS 'Protester

Americans need only to open the daily newspaper or turn on the nightly news in order to see the media’s double standard. Each day we continue to hear the Occupy Wall Street movement’s hijacked the slogan of "the 99 percent" which has been forced it into our lexicon and the media’s daily lingo. And almost comically, Time magazine has decided that "The Protester" is 2011's Person of the Year.…
Lamar Smith
December 16th, 2011 11:31 AM

ABC and NBC Tout Attacks on 'Bully' Joe Arpaio for 'Bigotry' and Racis

Both NBC and ABC's newscasts on Thursday highlighted outrage at the "accusations of abuse and bigotry" from "bully" sheriff Joe Arpaio.  Faced with new claims from Barack Obama's Justice Department, the two networks played up dramatic attacks from critics. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams flatly declared, "Tonight, the U.S. Justice Department says the…
Scott Whitlock
December 16th, 2011 11:17 AM

Texas Congressman Takes on Media's Occupy Wall Street Tea Party Double

For months NewsBusters has been reporting the absurd double standard regarding media's coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement versus the Tea Party. On Friday, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Tx.) wrote an op-ed for Accuracy in Media concerning this matter asking, "Why have the mainstream media vilified the peaceful Tea Party all the while praising and celebrating Occupy Wall Street despite…
Noel Sheppard
December 16th, 2011 10:50 AM