MSNBC: GOP Old Miss Race 'Really Nasty,' But Rangel's 'One of the Grea

Ronan Farrow opened his MSNBC program Tuesday with these words: "Who can steal Magnolia State voters?" The opening words on the screen behind him were: "Mississippi Mud," followed by a chyron reading "Stealing the Magnolia State." Farrow's reporting quickly emphasized, several times, that the primary was a Republican one, and that it had gotten "nasty."   Several minutes followed, with NBC's…
Quin Hillyer
June 24th, 2014 5:30 PM

IRS Pays $50,000 in Damages for Leaking Conservative Group's Tax Retur

The Daily Signal's Ken McIntyre broke the news on Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service conceded that it illegally released the tax return and donor list of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). McIntyre reported that the IRS, which has been under fire for months over its targeting of conservative groups during the 2012 presidential race, "agreed to pay $50,000 in damages" to NOM…
Matthew Balan
June 24th, 2014 5:13 PM

'Today' Host Applauds 'Good Talk' at White House Summit; 'Way Past Tim

Acting as a cheerleader for the White House "Summit on Working Families" on Tuesday's NBC Today, 9 a.m. ET hour co-host Natalie Morales hailed: "A lot of good talk at the White House yesterday. You know, the whole conversation about managing work-life balance." She teed up a clip of President Obama speaking at the event: "He spoke about the importance...of having that balance in his own life…
Kyle Drennen
June 24th, 2014 4:45 PM

ABC, NBC Ignore Biden's Savings Account Fib, While CBS Hosts Dismiss I

It turns out that Vice President Joe Biden’s claim that he’s not wealthy and does not own any stocks, bonds, or a savings account isn’t entirely true. Unfortunately, only one network did the work to debunk his statement from a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families yesterday. CBS This Morning was the only broadcast network show on Monday evening or Tuesday morning that looked…
Curtis Houck
June 24th, 2014 4:30 PM

Without the Media Filter: Marriage Marchers Speak Out

Tired of the media  misrepresenting conservative Christians? Supporters of traditional marriage? We are too.  The Media Research Center covered the recent March for Marriage in Washington, D.C. and asked attendees to explain – in their own words – why they define marriage as between one man and one woman. Continues after video.
Katie Yoder
June 24th, 2014 4:08 PM

Conservative Star Gary Oldman Denounces Liberal Hollywood, Hillary Cli

Dark Knight star Gary Oldman excoriated liberal Hollywood in an interview with Playboy. The actor slammed the Obama administration, complaining, "I feel we need some real leadership, and it’s nowhere in sight. Look at what’s happening right now. John Kerry going off to China to talk about North Korea? What’s that going to do? The ludicrousness of it." The actor also went on a profanity-laced…
Scott Whitlock
June 24th, 2014 4:05 PM

AP's Dynamic Econ Duo: Don't Worry About Tomorrow's Awful GDP Report

Sounding a familiar theme at the Associated Press ahead of awful economic news, Christopher Rugaber and Martin Crutsinger prepared a column in advance of tomorrow's final report on the economy's first-quarter economic contraction reminding us, with far more certainy than is justified, that "A GRIM US ECONOMIC PICTURE IS BRIGHTENING." Guys, before you "brighten," you first have to step out of…
Tom Blumer
June 24th, 2014 3:52 PM

Senate Takeover? Could Be Bad News for GOP, Says New York Times' Carl

Even if the Republicans win the Senate this year, it's still bad news, according to New York Times congressional reporter Carl Hulse. Hulse, whose reporting reliably supports Democratic wishful thinking, found a potential dark cloud for Republicans if they take over the Senate in 2014 in Tuesday's "Congressional Memo, "Mavericks Could Fracture a G.O.P. Senate Majority." Hulse's favorite type…
Clay Waters
June 24th, 2014 3:24 PM

Networks Cover Koch Funding 9 Times More Than Top Liberals

When it comes to big money in politics, there’s only one name the broadcast networks dwell on – the Koch brothers. Billionaires David and Charles Koch are major contributors to both conservative and Republican causes. Democrats are “placing them at the center of their midterm election strategy,” according to Daniel Schulman, a senior editor at the George-Soros funded Mother Jones.
Dan Gainor
June 24th, 2014 3:18 PM

Slate Bemoans 'Appallingly Macabre' Violence in Decades-Old Looney Tun

Slate's Mark Joseph Stern could have been mistaken for the mother from A Christmas Story, after slamming the classic Looney Tunes cartoon franchise on Tuesday for its comedic gun violence. Stern hyped that "the antics of Bugs Bunny and co. were a lot more brutal than you remember," and bewailed the shorts' "blasé approach to gun suicide." The liberal website boosted the writer's article with…
Matthew Balan
June 24th, 2014 3:08 PM

Networks Cover Kochs 9 Times More Than Top Liberals

Media feed into liberal Koch addiction by repeating Democrat talking points.
Dan Gainor
June 24th, 2014 2:25 PM

NewsBusted: The ABCs of VA Scandal Bias

"ABC News gave the latest developments in the VA scandal just 14 seconds of coverage. Which is exactly 14 seconds more than the Obama administration spent trying to fix the problem." To subscribe to NewsBusted via email, sign up here. To watch the Tuesday, June 24 edition, click play on the embed below the page break. To subscribe at YouTube, visit the NewsBusted channel here.
NB Staff
June 24th, 2014 1:40 PM

Jon Stewart Features Angry Atheist Bill Maher Mocking 'God-Fearing' Ch

Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart took a break from spouting his left-wing version of the news to interview Bill Maher, HBO’s favorite atheist talk show host. When the host of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart asked Maher if he ever felt he had affected real change in the political world, he replied that the “needle has moved” away from religion and towards legalization of drugs, two of Maher’s pet…
Laura Flint
June 24th, 2014 12:40 PM

Robin Roberts Shills for Obama, Touts 'Presidential Push for Working M

Robin Roberts, the co-host of Good Morning America, is a favorite pick of top Democrats to host fawning, content-free interviews and panel discussions. On Tuesday's GMA, she showcased an exclusive one-on-one interview with Michelle Obama. As though she were reading talking points, the journalist touted, "Now, to the big all-day White House summit on working families. President Obama making a…
Scott Whitlock
June 24th, 2014 12:25 PM