When Right and Left Ads Use Same Stock Video Footage

July 1st, 2011 2:52 PM
The left wing PAC Priorities USA Action and Republican Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty, who both appear to be using the same stock footage, can teach us a thing or two about image manipulation. The following image was used in January for a web ad promoting Pawlenty's book Courage to Stand. Watch the full video here.

Mika: 'Morning Joe' Being Pressured To Invite More Pro-Obama Flacks

July 1st, 2011 7:30 AM
  Jay Carney admits calling MSNBC yesterday to complain about Mark Halperin's crack [that we were first to report] that the President, at his Wednesday press conference, acted like a "d--k."  Did the White House press secretary take the opportunity of his call to pressure the show to bring on more pro-Obama flacks? The question arises because on today's show, Mika Brzezinski revealed that…

ABC Highlights Bachmann’s Miscarriage and Its Effect on Her Pro-Life

July 1st, 2011 2:15 AM

 On Thursday evening, uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC’s World News featured a report on GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s recent revelation that her pro-life views were influenced by a miscarriage she once endured. ABC correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi also informed viewers of the Minnesota Congresswoman’s history of giving care to foster children with her…

CNN's Warm Welcome to Bachmann's Candidacy: 'Firebrand,' Gaffe-Prone

June 30th, 2011 6:44 PM
Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) declared her candidacy for president Monday, and CNN provided plenty of snarky commentary with which to welcome her. The network repeatedly took aim at her past gaffes and suggested that she has little chance to win the Republican nomination for president. In addition, CNN's Anderson Cooper led his regular news cast for two nights in a row…

Rush Limbaugh: MSNBC's Response Different If Halperin Defamed George W

June 30th, 2011 5:29 PM
As NewsBusters reported Thursday, MSNBC has put Mark Halperin on indefinite suspension for making an intemperate remark about President Obama on "Morning Joe." Just a few hours later, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh told his audience the network's response would have been much different if Halperin had said this about George W. Bush when he was president (video follows with…

NY Times Again Strikes at Conservative Fla. Gov. Rick Scott, 'Remote a

June 30th, 2011 3:53 PM
The New York Times once again checks in with a hostile peek at Florida’s conservative Gov. Rick Scott. Don Van Natta Jr. and Gary Fineout reported from Miami on Scott’s poll travails, even suggesting his current low standing could cost the Republicans the state in the 2012 presidential election, a mere 16 months away: “Sinking Poll Numbers May Put Florida in Play – Strategists Sy the Governor’s…

Media Mash: Bashing Michele Bachmann Edition

June 30th, 2011 11:18 AM
While the media have been using fact-checker PolitiFact to bash Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for her gaffes and misstatements of fact, the MSM have been silent about the same organization counting 39 "barely true" statements from Barack Obama and 49 that were outright "false." "In 29 months, you know how many network stories have been done on Barack Obama and his falsehoods?" NewsBusters…

Jon Stewart to Harry Reid: 'If [GOP] Were Living in a Fantasy World Wo

June 30th, 2011 10:46 AM
Jon Stewart Wednesday finally stopped responding to the aftermath of his performance on "Fox News Sunday" and tried to make amends with a somewhat bipartisan segment bashing the President for his budget solutions as well as both parties for not getting anything done. Toward the end of the opening "Daily Show" sketch, after a video clip of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saying, "My…

Open Thread: Will Grassroots Work Again for Obama

June 30th, 2011 10:32 AM
With a poll earlier this month showing that an unnamed Republican candidate could beat President Barack Obama by a narrow margin if the election were held today, Obama's advisers are scrambling to find ways to win his reelection in 2012 amid a $14 trillion debt and three wars. Obama's dismal poll numbers are leaving his nostalgic advisers grappling to assemble an astroturf campaign…

Halperin On Obama Presser: 'I Think He Was Kind Of a D--k

June 30th, 2011 7:24 AM
  When Mark Halperin asked if the seven-second delay was working prior to offering his observation on President Obama's performance at his press conference of yesterday, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski seemed to assume he was joking, and invited the normally mild-mannered pundit to proceed.  But it immediately became obvious that the joke was on the Morning Joe hosts, because when he…

NBC Nightly News Mentions Jet Tax Loophole Twice, Ignores It Was Part

June 30th, 2011 12:33 AM
The "NBC Nightly News" mentioned the corporate jet tax loophole twice in its report concerning Barack Obama's press conference Wednesday. Unfortunately, Brian Williams and Chuck Todd neglected to inform viewers that this loophole was part of the President's stimulus package in 2009 (video follows with commentary):

Bachmann: Media Trying to Provoke 'Mud Wrestling Fight' Between Her an

June 29th, 2011 11:32 PM
Rep. Michele Bachmann told potential voters on Wednesday that the media "want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight. And I’m not going to give it to ‘em," referring to the media's treatment of herself and her possible 2012 opponent, former Gov. Sarah Palin. With Bachmann's entry into the race this week, there are already a number of comparisons being drawn between…

Oops: Time.com Makes a Few Errors in Feature Recounting Politicians' H

June 29th, 2011 4:40 PM
In a feature entitled "Don’t Know Much About History: Epically Wrong Politician Accounts of Yesteryear," Time magazine's Swampland blog crew promised to break down "nine egregious examples of the type of revisionist flub you can expect in 2012," starting with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) arguing John Quincy Adams was a Founding Father. Time made sure to toss in President Obama and Vice…

Rachel Maddow on NBC's Today: 'Embarrassing' and 'Rude' Christie 'Scre

June 29th, 2011 4:02 PM
Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, left-wing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow slammed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: "...his brand at this point is, 'I'm the guy who screams at my own constituents'....his brand is 'I will be rude.' And rudeness is actually what he's trying to sell as a form of political authenticity." Co-host Ann Curry mentioned Christie criticizing President Obama for being…