Notable Quotables: GOP = 'Far-Right' 'Hardline' Hostage Takers

This week, weighing in on the race for a new Speaker, journalists sneer at the "far-right," "hardline" House members who have created "a hostage crisis within the Republican Party," even as they cheer Hillary Clinton for a "flawless," "perfect" and "extraordinary" performance at the Democrats' debate. Plus, the media set the stage for Hillary's Benghazi testimony by vilifying the committee as…
Scott Whitlock and Rich Noyes
October 26th, 2015 9:05 AM

'Quantico' Blames IDF for Atrocities in Gaza

In last night’s episode, “Found,” the Quantico recruits finally get an evening away from the Academy. Elias, the intelligent, gay analyst-in-training, has spent the entire series trying to dig up dirt on Simon Asher (Tate Ellington) after he turned down Elias’ advances during earlier training exercises. As the recruits invade a local business convention to test their undercover abilities, Elias…
Erik Soderstrom
October 26th, 2015 1:44 AM

NBC’s ‘Undateable’ Takes Random Shot at Abstinence Only Education

The latest episode of Undateable, ‘A Truth Hug Walks Into a Bar,’ has Shelly (Ron Funches) living in a room above the bar. As Shelly is saying goodnight to all and announcing last call, he is met with a random rant on teen pregnancy from Danny. Perhaps it was brought on by Shelly’s mention of condoms but it seems like an unnecessary swipe at abstinence education.
Karen Townsend
October 26th, 2015 1:16 AM

MSNBC Guest: Steinle Killing 'Equally Tragic' to Scapegoating Illegals

Appearing as a guest on Friday's MSNBC Live with Jose Diaz-Balart, San Francisco Board of Supervisors member David Campos defended his city's decision to keep its sanctuary city policy, and, as he began his defense, he absurdly claimed that, although the killing of Kate Steinle by an illegal immigrant was "tragic," that it is "equally tragic" that people like Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly  "…
Brad Wilmouth
October 26th, 2015 12:29 AM

'Madam Secretary' OK's Taking Classified Documents Home

On Sunday night’s edition of “How Hillary Did Absolutely Nothing Wrong Ever, and Must Be Elected President Like, Yesterday,” aka Madam Secretary, Secretary McCord (Tea Leoni) continues to face the fallout from her ill-conceived plan to condemn millions of Ukrainians to Russian slavery in exchange for “peace,” resulted in the ascension of a radical Russian Nationalist.
Dylan Gwinn
October 26th, 2015 12:27 AM

NYT's Hulse Snidely 'Translates' Doc from 'Hard-Right' Freedom Caucus

The New York Times' continuing hostility toward the GOP's conservative Freedom Caucus got snide in Sunday's news pages. "The Fights That Ryan Will Face as Speaker, In Plain English" was co-written by veteran congressional reporter Carl Hulse, who never hides his Democratic sympathies, certianly not in this snide, cynical "translation" of a Freedom Caucus-issued questionnaire, which converted…
Clay Waters
October 25th, 2015 9:28 PM

Media Turn To Activist Who Called Cops ‘Scumbags’ For Protest Video

Ever wonder why news outlets give such a positive view of lefty protests? Maybe it’s where major media get their images. Saturday’s #RiseUpOctober #BlackLivesMatter protest in New York is an excellent example of how journalists spin the news by relying on liberals for their video.
Dan Gainor
October 25th, 2015 9:17 PM

Hillary's Cure for Inept VA Bureaucracy: Hire More Bureaucrats

During Rachel Maddow's live but actually not interview with Hillary Clinton on Friday night, Maddow asked Clinton if she had any "new ideas" on improving health care for veterans provided by the notoriously schlerotic Veterans Affairs department. Considering that Maddow put this to a paleo-Dem whose politics have remained static since her undergrad days at Wellesley, Clinton's answer to Maddow…
Jack Coleman
October 25th, 2015 8:10 PM

Bozell Mocks Media Hyping Hillary Performance, Not Substance of Lying

On Friday morning, Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney brought on MRC president Brent Bozell to discuss the overnight TV coverage of the big Benghazi hearing with Hillary Clinton. Bozell said just ABC barely mentioned "Jim Jordan had uncovered the e-mail that shows unequivocally that Hillary Clinton lied to the American people! And she’s been lying about her denial about the video!"
NB Staff
October 25th, 2015 4:31 PM

MSNBC Touts 'Live' Interview with Hillary - That Wasn't, Uh, Live

Liberals often proclaim their devotion to "free" health care and "free" college, thereby demonstrating their flimsy grasp of the word "free." The word "illegal" is also a challenge for them as shown by their unwillingness to utter the dreaded term "illegal immigrant."  
Jack Coleman
October 25th, 2015 4:28 PM

Salon Writer: GOP Has Made MSM a ‘Tacit Ally’ of Righty Extremism

As most NewsBusters readers know, conservatives argue that reporters tend to be liberal, and that their liberalism influences their reporting. A common lefty counterpart, which Paul Rosenberg expressed in a Saturday article, isn’t that most journalists are conservative, but rather that Republicans have manipulated them into ignoring (and thereby facilitating) right-wing extremism. “For quite…
Tom Johnson
October 25th, 2015 3:17 PM

Kirsten Powers Attacks GOP’s ‘Pathetic’ Handling of Benghazi Hearing

During an appearance on Sunday’s MediaBuzz, liberal Fox News contributor Kirsten Powers attacked the Republicans for their handling of Hillary Clinton’s testimony before the House Benghazi committee. After the Powers touted several conservative commentators who thought that Clinton’s testimony didn’t reveal any new information about the 2012 terrorist attack she argued that “the obsession with…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 25th, 2015 2:39 PM

What Had to Be Ignored For Media to Cry 'Triumph' for Hillary?

In case you didn't get enough of the Hillary-boosting after the "marathon" Thursday Benghazi committee hearing, other conservative media experts have rounded up their own samples of liberal-media wagon-circling. There's "something rotten" in the Washington media, agreed James Taranto at The Wall Street Journal and Noah Rothman at Commentary.
Tim Graham
October 25th, 2015 2:10 PM

CBS’s Dickerson Desperately Tries to Defend ‘Black Lives Matter’

During an interview with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson rushed to defend the Black Lives Matter movement after the Republican presidential candidate criticized the group for calling for the murder of police officers. After Christie said Black Lives Matter should not be “justified” over their anti-police rhetoric, the CBS anchor tried to defend the…
Jeffrey Meyer
October 25th, 2015 1:11 PM