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CNN Glosses Over ObamaCare Failings Amidst Debt Ceiling Coverage
Lost in the midst of CNN's debt ceiling coverage was its own list of ObamaCare's shortcomings. Investigative correspondent Drew Griffin authored a report on "ObamaCare woes" that aired only three times on Monday and Tuesday.
Griffin reported trouble with ObamaCare's website, cited a March GAO report on missed deadlines for the system's construction, and quoted a consultant who said that…
October 16th, 2013 4:33 PM
ABC's Jon Karl Blames: 'After Bringing Economy to the Brink,' 'Conserv
As the government shutdown neared its end, ABC's Jon Karl put the blame totally on House Republicans and allowed Barack Obama to escape responsibility. According to Karl on Tuesday night's World News, "...After bringing the economy to the brink, the Republicans, the conservatives who drove this, will have nothing to show for it." [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
On Wednesday's Good Morning…
October 16th, 2013 4:17 PM
NBC: After Shutdown 'Led by House Republicans,' GOP Has 'Nothing to Sh
Eager to declare Republican defeat in the budget showdown on Wednesday's NBC Today, White House correspondent Peter Alexander proclaimed: "As John McCain said, Republicans have to understand, 'We lost this battle.' Let's put this very simply, after a shutdown that lasted 16 days, a shutdown led by House Republicans who wanted to undermine the President's new health care law, by the end of today,…
October 16th, 2013 2:53 PM
Liberal Pollsters at Huff-Po: Shutdown Blame Polls Like NBC's Are 'Lea
Brent Bozell isn’t the only conservative opinion leader to focus on how the latest NBC-Wall Street Journal poll was used by NBC as “absolutely devastating to Republicans.” Rush Limbaugh found “it just dispirited every Republican who heard about it. And it ignited and made joyously happy every Democrat and every media person who heard about it.”
But at The Huffington Post, liberal pollsters Mark…
October 16th, 2013 2:46 PM
DNC Chair Accuses GOP of Sinister Shutdown Motive on HuffPost Live
You know you’ve gone off the deep end when liberal Huffington Post takes a more moderate view. HuffPost Live’s Marc Lamont Hill showed how weird that could be when he interviewed Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on Oct. 15. Schultz was promoting her new book “For the Next Generation,” but spent most of the time bashing “extremist” Tea Party Republicans…
October 16th, 2013 2:16 PM
MSNBC's Taylor Suggests DeMint Wears 'Clown Pajamas
On Tuesday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor accused the Heritage Foundation of "strapping dynamite to the bridge" in trying to influence the agreement to end the government shutdown, and went on to mock Heritage President Jim DeMint as wearing "clown pajamas."
After host Al Sharpton griped about DeMint being a "far, far right" influence on congressional members, Taylor…
October 16th, 2013 2:07 PM
Daily Beast's Tomasky: 'Clavern of Sociopaths' Eager to Make 'Black Gu
Tea Party conservative Republicans like Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Ted Cruz (Texas) are nothing more than a racist "clavern of sociopaths" who are eager to saddle the country's first black president with a default on the nation's debt. That was the latest foaming-at-the-mouth bile from ultra-liberal Daily Beast's contributor Michael Tomasky this morning.
"Clavern," of course, is not a real…
October 16th, 2013 1:35 PM
Bette Midler: 'House GOP Are as Bad as the Taliban
As NewsBusters readers are well aware, Bette Midler has said some dumb things in her life.
However, I think this is clearly the most absurd thing she has tweeted...at least in the past 24 hours:
October 16th, 2013 1:19 PM
CBS's Crawford: Launch of ObamaCare Website A 'Complete Disaster
On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, Jan Crawford repeatedly underlined that the launch of HealthCare.gov has been a fiasco. After Norah O'Donnell noted the "rough start to ObamaCare", Crawford blunted stated that "'rough start' could be the understatement of the year. It has been a complete disaster." She pointed out that "we can't even find anyone who's enrolled. The Miami Herald is now calling…
October 16th, 2013 12:59 PM
Unhinged Ed Schultz: GOP Committing 'Economic Terrorism,' 'Coup d'Etat
For the second time in one day, an MSNBC anchor accused Republicans of betraying the United States. According to Ed Schultz on Tuesday, House GOP members who won't agree to all of Barack Obama's demands on the government shutdown are committing "economic terrorism" and plotting a "coup d'etat" against the President.
Schultz brought on Democratic Congressman Joseph Crowley to discuss whether…
October 16th, 2013 12:40 PM
Robert Redford on CNN: Some Republicans Wanted to 'Destroy' Obama
CNN gave liberal actor Robert Redford a podium to bash Republicans with on Wednesday's New Day. Redford accused some Republicans of wanting to "destroy" President Obama.
"I think that no matter what you would propose they would go against it because their determination was to destroy this person," Redford said of the "minority faction" in Washington versus President Obama. [Video below the…
October 16th, 2013 12:07 PM
GOP Congressman Duffy Strikes Again, Tells Mika Brzezinski 'You’re P
Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.) became an internet sensation last week when he decimated MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell for her “pathetic news reporting.”
For the Congressman’s second act, he took on MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Wednesday telling the Morning Joe co-host, “You’re part of the problem” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
October 16th, 2013 11:41 AM
Networks Hype Threat of Default, But Were Wrong about ‘Fiscal Cliff
Between the government shut down and the debt ceiling limit about to be crossed Oct. 17, the news media is screaming like the house is on fire. The Obama administration has also warned of dangers. Of course, that’s nothing new.
In many cases following the Obama administration’s reports and threats, the networks were hysterical in their coverage of the “fiscal cliff” and the sequester in late…
October 16th, 2013 11:18 AM
58% of Network Stories Claim Default Inevitable by Oct. 17; Experts Di
If you watch ABC, NBC and CBS, you might think that the debt default is inevitable. Market experts aren’t so sure. While the debt ceiling will be reached on Oct. 16 without Congress intervening, the jury is out on what would actually happen. Many experts, including Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week and Moody’s Corp., have argued that the default would actually hit weeks later, if at all.
Since…
October 16th, 2013 10:48 AM