'Odd Timing' of Sherrod Lawsuit Against Breitbart Questioned From Unli
February 16th, 2011 10:07 AM
Perhaps AOL acquiring The Huffington Post isn't such a bad thing after all.
Liberal filmmaker, writer and photographer Lee Stranahan did something one doesn't often see at the left-wing news aggregator -- he broke from the pack to defend "the notorious Andrew Breitbart," publisher of Breitbart.com and a slew of similar sites where he basks in skewering liberals.
In his HuffPo article,…
CNN's Malveaux Finds 'Very Good Point' in Reporter Pressing Obama Abou
February 15th, 2011 6:21 PM
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux complimented a media colleague on Tuesday's Newsroom who hit President Obama from the left that morning. April Ryan cited the liberal Congressional Black Caucus's criticism of Obama's proposed budget, that "rebuilding our economy on the backs of the most vulnerable Americans is something that is...not acceptable." Malveaux stated that Ryan "brought up a very good point…
Leftist Blogger Dismisses Black Conservative, CPAC Speaker Herman Cain
February 15th, 2011 4:18 PM
The far-left's racially-tinged paranoia and hatred of black conservatives rears its ugly head from time to time, often without the notice let alone disapproval of the liberal mainstream media.
Herman Cain is just the latest target.
The businessman, radio host, and potential 2012 presidential aspirant was the "minstrel show" entertainment of CPAC 2011, according to Alternet's Chauncey DeVega…
WaPo, Boston Globe, Others Laughably Trumpet Obama Budget's 'Deep' Cut
February 15th, 2011 3:35 PM
With the unveiling of Obama's 2012 budget today, some newspapers around the country framed the $3.7 trillion proposal as a serious attempt to slash the federal deficit.
The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Daily Herald, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the DC Express, couched the administration's massive budget as a fiscally responsible plan that makes "deep" and "big" cuts to "rein in…
FNC's O'Reilly Calls Out ABC and NBC for 'Big Omission' of Planned Par
February 15th, 2011 12:17 PM
Update: Video and audio added
On Friday's O'Reilly Factor, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly held ABC and NBC News to account for failing to cover the recent Planned Parenthood video stings conducted by the pro-life organization Live Action: "Fox News and CNN covered the...tapes extensively and CBS News did as well...However NBC and ABC News both ignored the situation....it was a pretty big…
'Name That Party' Business As Usual: AP Report Fails to Tag Bell, Cal
February 14th, 2011 11:35 PM
Back in August and September, Lachlan Markay at NewsBusters did roundups of media infamy in connection with the exposure and subsequent arrests of eight officials and politicians associated with Bell, California. The cases involve abusively excessive salaries and benefits paid and allegedly kept secret from the city's residents.
During the August episode of media malfeasance when the story…
Time's Joe Klein Bashes CPAC, Praises Teach for America Conference
February 14th, 2011 11:21 AM
Yesterday afternoon veteran Time reporter Joe Klein hacked out a three-paragraph blog post that practically complained that young conservatives at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) are selfish spoiled brats, at least in contrast to altruistic veterans of the Teach for America (TFA) program.
Noting that the annual TFA alumni conference was going on across town in Washington,…
Networks Continue Chris Lee Scandal Coverage, Gave Little to Disgraced
February 11th, 2011 4:35 PM
While NBC, ABC, and CBS all pushed the scandal involving New York Republican Congressman Christopher Lee into a second day of coverage, the networks made little or no mention of Florida Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney admitting to numerous affairs in 2008.
The scant coverage of Mahoney was particularly stunning given that he replaced Republican Mark Foley, who was caught sending…
John Avlon Rips 'Far Right' Social Conservatives Over CPAC on CNN.com
February 9th, 2011 6:51 PM
CNN contributor John Avlon took yet another shot at mainstream conservatives in a Wednesday column on CNN.com. Avlon blasted the "far right" Family Research Council and other conservative groups for their opposition to GOProud's sponsorship of CPAC, and accused conservatives of being on "the wrong side of history" with homosexuals, just as they supposedly were with the "last great civil right…
MSNBC's Cenk Uygur Wants to Put Fox News 'Back in the Cave They Came F
February 9th, 2011 4:53 PM
In an interview with AlterNet's Don Hazen on Tuesday, MSNBC host Cenk Uygur slammed Fox News and bragged how he would take them on in the ratings: "For so long, they have controlled the national conversation....I want to drain them of that power. I want to put them back in the cave they came from....I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."
Uygur, who also hosts the…
CBS 'Evening News' Finally Covers Planned Parenthood Sting, NBC and AB
February 9th, 2011 12:33 PM
On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reported on the video sting operation conducted by the pro-life group Live Action: "The videos are troubling....showing Planned Parenthood staffers all too eager to help reported teenage sex workers get abortions and contraception." ABC and NBC have been silent on the controversy since the video was released on February 1…
CBS 'Early Show' Touts Obama's 'Olive Branch' to Business, Ignores Adm
February 8th, 2011 1:39 PM
At the top of Tuesday's CBS Early Show, co-host Erica Hill cheered President Obama's supposedly pro-business move of speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday: "Obama's olive branch. The President reaches out into hostile territory and meets with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, urging the private sector to start hiring."
Introducing the later report on the speech, co-host Chris Wragge…
Media Paint Retiring Liberal Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) As Centrist
February 8th, 2011 1:10 PM
Say you're a journalist and you're writing a story on the retirement of an 9-term congresswoman with:
CNN: Tiny Pro-Illegal Immigrant Rally Gets More Coverage Than March Fo
February 7th, 2011 6:31 PM
CNN devoted three and a half minutes of coverage on Monday's Newsroom to a protest by "two dozen, maybe three dozen" people who were against two proposed laws targeting illegal immigration in Arizona. The network showed live and taped footage of this liberal protest. By contrast, CNN spent a mere 11 seconds to the March for Life in January and showed no footage from the pro-life demonstration…