ABC Features Kids Around the World: Obama Means 'Peace' and 'Yes, We C

January 22nd, 2009 10:09 AM
ABC's World News on Wednesday night used limited news time to feature a silly piece with soundbites from naive kids around the world sputtering beauty pageant-like simplicities about how President Barack Obama will bring “world peace” and inspires them to say “yes, we can!” Reporter Jim Sciutto touted how “we heard children around the world expressing hope and fascination with the new American…

NPR Baghdad Chief: Not a Single Iraqi Grateful For Their Alleged 'Free

January 21st, 2009 5:10 PM

Pulpit Culprits: Mainstream Media Compare Inauguration to 'Spiritual

January 21st, 2009 2:20 PM
The inauguration of the first African-American president is an historic affair, one that should be properly celebrated by all. But when the so-called "objective" network anchors begin comparing a routine political ceremony to a spiritual awakening, have they gone too far? "Sacred." "Majesty." "Sacrament."  "Pilgrimage." These are words loaded with religious and spiritual meaning. And they're…

On Nightline, Obama's Ascension = 'America the Beautiful

January 21st, 2009 12:51 AM

ABC: 'National Pride' Made Cold Feel Warmer as Seagulls 'Awed

January 20th, 2009 9:25 PM
Offering the most hyperbolic take of the night on the crowds who attended President Obama's inauguration, on World News ABC's Bill Weir delighted in wondering “can national pride make a freezing day feel warmer?” He decided it can indeed since “never have so many people shivered so long with such joy” while “from above, even the seagulls must have been awed by the blanket of humanity.” Weir was…

Chris Matthews Gushes: MSNBC 'Has Opened Its Heart to Change

January 20th, 2009 6:19 PM
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, in his latest heart-palpitation over the new era of Barack Obama, inadvertently let the cat out of the bag regarding his network’s transparent to court a left-wing audience. “This is the network that has opened its heart to change -- to change and its possibilities. Let’s be honest about it. These -- these people watch this network out here,” Matthews gushed Tuesday…

'Bush Hurt Mine Safety' Meme Won't Yield to Facts

January 20th, 2009 12:21 PM
2008 was the safest year ever to be an American miner. The combined number of fatalities from all forms of mining was the lowest ever. 2007 (latest information available) also shows the lowest "all-injury" rate for miners on record by far. Yet Ken Ward Jr.'s early-January contribution at the Charleston (WV) Gazette to the spate of final-month Bush-bashing pretended that this data doesn't exist.…

CBS: Liberal Historian Compares Obama to FDR, Bush to Hoover

January 20th, 2009 11:58 AM
During live coverage of Barack Obama’s inauguration at 9:30AM on Tuesday, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric spoke to historian Douglas Brinkley, who observed: "And it reminds me of Franklin Roosevelt in March of 1933 in this regard, I mean the economy was in tatters, Herbert Hoover was an unpopular president, President Bush is not very popular, and he was able to galvanize people with his…

CNN’s Zain Verjee: Obama Inauguration Like Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecc

January 20th, 2009 11:54 AM
CNN correspondent Zain Verjee, in a report posted on CNN.com on January 17, likened the expected large crowds for the inauguration of Barack Obama to the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca: “The coming political pilgrimage to Washington is similar to another grand event in both size and preparation -- the Hajj, the most important religious pilgrimage in the Muslim world.”Verjee has…

While Counseling 'Battered Liberals' to Look Forward, Shrum Won't Let

January 20th, 2009 10:44 AM

HuffPo Commentary Laments the Inadequacy of Cheney in a Wheelchair

January 20th, 2009 10:42 AM
Recently, Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes, and has been relegated to viewing the inauguration ceremonies from a wheelchair.  In an article from the AP Monday, come details of what caused the injury:White House press secretary Dana Perino said Cheney was helping to move into his new home outside Washington in McLean, Va., when he injured his back.Those who…

Inauguration Live Stream and Web Chat

January 20th, 2009 9:31 AM
We have the streaming video feed of the inaugural for you today. This way you can enjoy the feed AND peruse NewBusters.org... your one stop shop! The video is below the fold of this post.We're also running a live chat session for everyone today which you can join by clicking here (note: registration is required).

'Honor of Our Lifetimes' for All Left-Wing MSNBC Anchor Team

January 20th, 2009 1:36 AM
Abandoning any pretense of balance, MSNBC's Inauguration coverage will be quad-anchored by four left-wingers: the network's three night time hosts -- Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow -- plus regular analyst Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post. Plugging the team at the end of the 7 PM EST Hardball on Monday night, Matthews trumpeted how “this is one of the great opportunities…

And Obama Shall Bring Tranquility to the Land

January 19th, 2009 7:59 PM