NBC Touts Hillary’s ‘Preemptive Strike’ Against GOP Before Debate

After covering the upcoming Republican presidential debate on Tuesday, NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer promoted Hillary Clinton preparing to attack her GOP rivals: “Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is planning a preemptive strike against the barrage of criticism that she's expecting from her Republican rivals on that stage tonight. So today she’ll make her case on how she’d take on the ISIS…
Kyle Drennen
December 15th, 2015 11:50 AM

Smerconish: Opposing Climate Change Will Damage the GOP 'Brand'

On two occasions during CNN’s live coverage Monday night previewing the sixth Republican presidential debate, CNN political commentator Michael Smerconish attempted to paint the issue of climate change and the deal reached in Paris as posing a “down ballot concern” for the GOP and causing “brand damage” since the party has largely rejected the ideal and declined to embrace the issue as a whole.
Curtis Houck
December 15th, 2015 8:47 AM

Purged! Morning Joe Drops Ted Cruz from Vegas Debate Image

UPDATE: Scarborough just discussed blooper on air, mentioning NB and this NewsBusters. Video clip below! ---------------------------------------------------- Ted Cruz: MSNBC's modern-day version of Nikolai Yezhov! Yezhov was the head of Stalin's secret police who fell into disfavor and was executed during a purge. A photo of him standing next to Stalin was famously airbrushed to remove his…
Mark Finkelstein
December 15th, 2015 7:18 AM

‘Nightly Show’ Smears ‘Creepy’ Cruz; Will ‘Do Everything the KKK Does'

In what may be the worst series of attacks by the liberal media on Ted Cruz, Monday’s Nightly Show on Comedy Central featured host Larry Wilmore declaring that the “creepy” Cruz may be mentally disturbed with guest Aida Rodriguez firmly asserting that, if elected, Cruz’s agenda would be to “do everything the KKK does.” 
Curtis Houck
December 15th, 2015 2:50 AM

CBS, NBC Use Newtown Anniversary to Lament Lack of Gun Control

With Monday marking the third anniversary of the horrifying murders of 20 children and their teachers in Newtown, Connecticut, the CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News used the somber occasion to lament the lack of gun control passed by the GOP Congress and compared the need for gun control to seat belts and passing a driving test to obtain a driver’s license.
Curtis Houck
December 14th, 2015 11:53 PM

CNN Touts CAIR Accusing GOPers of Inciting Attacks Against Muslims

On Monday's Erin Burnett OutFront, CNN National Correspondent Jason Carroll delivered a heavily one-sided report highlighting charges by the Council on American-Islamic Relations that GOP presidential candidates -- specifically naming Ben Carson, Chris Christie and Donald Trump -- have been partly to blame for inspiring a recent spate of attacks against Muslims in the U.S.
Brad Wilmouth
December 14th, 2015 11:35 PM

Bob Costas Says Football Is the Problem with Football

Bob Costas thinks that football has a bigger problem than any supposed “war on football,” or any behavior/disciplinary issues off the field. He thinks the problem is the game itself.
Dylan Gwinn
December 14th, 2015 10:48 PM

Matthews Offended That Chris Christie Calls ISIS Jihadis 'Animals'

MSNBC host Chris Matthews seems to have a problem with those who would call the torturers, rapists, and murderers who populate the ranks of ISIS as "animals."
Ken Shepherd
December 14th, 2015 9:48 PM

CNN Knows Just What America Needs: A ‘Muslim Jorge Ramos’

On the first Sunday after the San Bernardino attacks, CNN Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter ignored that in favor of a one-hour program focused on Donald Trump. Then on December 13, Stelter talked to al-Jazeera host (and former CNN anchor) Ali Velshi, and again he skipped over the murders of San Bernardino. Syed Farook? Tashfeen Malik? Stelter's only villain worth discussing was Trump. Stelter…
Tim Graham
December 14th, 2015 9:23 PM

Nets Tout Obama Pentagon Visit; Forced to 'Reassure an Anxious Nation'

The “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC all prominently touted on Monday night President Barack Obama’s visit to the Pentagon to discuss the fight against ISIS, but skimped on reporting any criticism of the administration’s strategy but instead lamenting that he’s had to try once “again to reassure an anxious nation” despite polls showing Americans are concerned about the growing threat of terrorism…
Curtis Houck
December 14th, 2015 9:20 PM

Matthews Stunned to Learn Obama Hamstrung Screening of S.B. Terrorist

On tonight's Tell Me Something I Don't Know"" segment wherein Hardball host Chris Matthews challenged his roundtable panelists to break some news, panelist Michelle Bernard succeeded when she informed the MSNBC anchor that Obama administration policy forbade visa-application screeners from looking at social media accounts for applicants like Tashfeen Malik, the female jihadi in the San Bernardino…
Ken Shepherd
December 14th, 2015 8:51 PM

Amanpour Blames Blair for Terrorism; ‘Do You Feel Responsibility?'

On her eponymous CNN show on Thursday night, Christiane Amanpour verbally harassed former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair over his involvement in the Iraq War and specifically whether he and former U.S. President George W. Bush “feel pain” and “a sense of responsibility” for the war having supposedly caused recent Islamic terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.
Curtis Houck
December 14th, 2015 7:47 PM

Clinton 'Going Hollywood' to Win Young Voters Back From Sanders

Even though Hillary Clinton has been the front-runner for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential race since she declared her candidacy in April, the former U.S. secretary of state is embarking on a swing of fund-raising events this week that will be hosted by such famous stars as actress Drew Barrymore and Sting, the popular musician. This move is taking place after a recent NBC News…
Randy Hall
December 14th, 2015 7:02 PM

MSNBC Likens Paris Climate Deal to 'NASA Moonshot Kind of Moment'

MSNBC's Tony Dokoupil acted more like a left-wing environmentalist than a journalist on Saturday's Weekends With Alex Witt, as he reported on the Paris climate change talks. Dokoupil trumpeted how "it's really like a Mars lander kind of moment — a NASA moonshot moment." The correspondent later touted how "history will be made" if the talks conclude successfully, and added, "I can't wait to see…
Matthew Balan
December 14th, 2015 6:33 PM