New NYT 'Agenda' Section, Same Old Bias: John Broder Bashes 'Simplisti

August 7th, 2012 3:11 PM
New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane on July 29 introduced The Agenda, a special online campaign section that promises to put the "big issues" on the table and "outline potential solutions." Brisbane hoped the special online section would "elevate debate" on substantive issues, but so far it's functioning as an excuse for reporters to call for liberal solutions to imagined problems like…

Former NYT Editor in Chief Bill Keller Hits at Mitt, 'Far Right' Talki

August 7th, 2012 12:19 PM
In his Monday online column, "The Leak Police," former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller worked in a cheap shot against Mitt Romney while arguing that the Obama administration "without really setting out to do so, already surpassed all previous administrations in its prosecution of leakers, has begun new investigations into disclosures by The Times, Newsweek, The Associated Press and…

Open Thread: ‘You Didn’t Build That’ Harming Other Democrats

August 7th, 2012 10:42 AM
Even though President Obama's remark that business entrepreneurs "didn't build" their own successes was made weeks ago, it is still continuing to harm him among voters. Now, it is also starting to harm other Democrats besides Obama:

ABC's Klein: GOP 'Taking the Bait' After Reid's 'Wildly Unsubstantiate

August 7th, 2012 12:44 AM
On Sunday's World News, ABC's senior Washington editor, Rick Klein, found it to be a "wildly unsubstantiated" and "irresponsible" claim for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to accuse Mitt Romney of not paying taxes for 10 years. He also asserted that Republicans are "taking the bait" by responding, suggesting that there is a "big risk" for the GOP in doing so.

Kochs Counter Galifianakis: 'Laughable to Take Guidance From Guy Who M

August 6th, 2012 7:54 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, actor Zach Galifianakis on Monday attacked the Koch brothers saying "They are creepy" and 'It’s not freedom what they are doing." Philip Ellender, President of Government and Public Affairs, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, responded to this nonsense via email moments ago:

Zach Galifianakis Attacks the Koch Brothers: 'They Are Creepy' - 'It

August 6th, 2012 4:53 PM
Following in the footsteps of HBO's The Newsroom and virtually all liberal media members, actor Zach Galifianakis attacked the Koch brothers Monday. As reported by the New York Daily News:

NYTimes Report on Kansas GOP Infighting Contains Staggering 36 'Conser

August 6th, 2012 2:25 PM
New York Times reporter John Eligon filed a "conservative"-loaded story from Topeka on Monday on the battle between conservatives and moderates in the Midwest: "In Kansas, Conservatives Vilify Fellow Republicans." Eligon's story could be the paper's all-time winner as far as labeling density, with a staggering 33 uses of the word "conservative" in non-quoted material within the 1,367-word…

Howard Kurtz: Shouting Reporters a 'Model of Decorum' Compared to Curs

August 6th, 2012 1:03 PM
CNN's media critic Howard Kurtz made the ludicrous assertion that reporters shouting loaded questions outside of a sacred site in Poland were still a "model of decorum" compared to Mitt Romney aide who cursed at them to "show some respect" for the place. "So, the press doesn't look so great there in Poland, but the reporters were a model of decorum compared to Rick Gorka, the Romney…

NBC's Lauer Urges UK Prime Minister to Hit Romney Over Olympic Comment

August 6th, 2012 11:44 AM
In an unaired portion of an interview with British Prime Minister David Cameron meant to be featured on Friday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer pressed Cameron to compare the London Olympics with the winter games run by Mitt Romney: "Do you think that Mitt Romney, the challenges he faced in 2002 in Salt Lake City, compared at all to what you faced here in London?" [View video after the jump]…

WashPost Muffles Its Own Scoop: Top Obama Aide Plouffe Paid $100,000 f

August 6th, 2012 8:54 AM
The Washington Post has an investigative piece below the fold on the front page Monday: “Obama Associate Got $100,000 Fee From Affiliate Of Firm Doing Business With Iran.” Actually, that’s the online headline. The newspaper headline is more boring, without a dollar figure: “Firm with ties to Iran paid Obama associate for talks.” There's also no photograph. The “associate” is David Plouffe,…

Glee's Jane Lynch: 'F--k Chick-fil-A

August 5th, 2012 9:43 PM
Glee star Jane Lynch made quite a statement during Saturday's taping of Comedy Central's Roseanne Barr Roast to be aired later this month. According to the Huffington Post, Lynch acting as Roast Master told those in attendance, "This show is serving up more old spoiled hens than a Chick-fil-A. Oh, that reminds me...F--k Chick-fil-A."

John McLaughlin: New Solyndra Revelations 'Will Become Damaging to Oba

August 5th, 2012 8:32 PM
PBS's John McLaughlin this weekend predicted that new revelations about failed solar panel manufacturer Solyndra "will become damaging to Barack Obama's reelection" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Rich Lowry: After Chick-fil-A 'Bullying of Opponents of Gay Marriage I

August 5th, 2012 7:54 PM
National Review editor Rich Lowry made a tremendously pessimistic prediction on PBS's McLaughlin Group this weekend. "Despite the heartening support for Chick-fil-A – we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the restaurants - private sector and government bullying of opponents of gay marriage is the wave of the future" (video follows with commentary):

Eleanor Clift Shocker: 'Sarah Palin Will Be a Force at the Republican

August 5th, 2012 7:18 PM
Make that two mainstream media members singing former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's praises this weekend. After ABC's Jonathan Karl commended the former vice presidential nominee for her perfect record of endorsing winners in senate primaries this year, Newsweek's Eleanor Clift echoed those sentiments on PBS's McLaughlin Group adding, "She will be a force at the Republican Convention whether…