'Levin Surge' of Talk Radio Listeners Goads NRSC Into Supporting Joe M

On Thursday, conservative talk-radio host Mark Levin asked his listeners to call the office of Sen. John Cornyn (who leads the National Republican Senatorial Committee)  and ask "why he is not sending money and lawyers to Alaska to help Joe Miller in the counting of write-in votes,” and insisted  "The test for the NRSC is what it does for Joe Miller in Alaska — this is the key fight.” In…
Tim Graham
November 5th, 2010 5:34 PM

Maureen Dowd: Gullible Voters Are the Problem, Not Obama

  So true to character, Maureen Dowd weighed in on the election, and got it wrong. See, she believes the vote wasn’t about Obama, it was about gullible voters.
Greg Gutfeld
November 5th, 2010 5:32 PM

Brent Bozell Reacts to Keith Olbermann's Suspension from MSNBC

Editor's Note: MRC President Brent Bozell issued the following statement in reaction to news that MSNBC had suspended Countdown host Keith Olbermann "indefinitely" for donating to three Democratic candidates in violation of NBC's policy. In October, Olbermann had blasted political donations from Fox News owner News Corp, slamming Fox as "a media outlet that has now put its money where everybody…
Brent Bozell
November 5th, 2010 4:33 PM

Newsweek's Campo-Flores Rushes to Predict Long-term Decline of GOP Due

"Did Hispanics Save Harry Reid?" Newsweek's Arian Campo-Flores asked in a November 3 The Gaggle blog post. Campo-Flores answered in the affirmative,  noting that Reid enjoyed anywhere from 68 to 90 percent support from Hispanic voters, depending on the exit polling model: According to election-eve polling and analysis by Latino Decisions, a surveying firm, Hispanics chose Reid over Angle…
Ken Shepherd
November 5th, 2010 4:25 PM

VIDEO: Olbermann Blasted Fox News...for Making Political Donations

For the record and public amusement, we have the video of Keith Olbermann's October 7 grandstanding on the need for national legislation to restrain a "national cable-news outlet" for donating to federal candidates. Two of his questions to Congressman Jim Clyburn now look even stranger in the light of Olbermann's donations. OLBERMANN:  What is the Democratic strategy, the political strategy,…
Tim Graham
November 5th, 2010 4:00 PM

MSNBC Suspends Keith Olbermann Indefinitely for Secret Democrat Donati

Updates abound. Check below the fold for much, much more. MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann indefinitely today after news broke that he had given the maximum allowable contribution to three Democrats without disclosing it to his viewers. CBS News reported on the suspension about 20 minutes ago, with a more detailed statement from MSNBC brass: "I became aware of Keith's political…
Lachlan Markay
November 5th, 2010 2:10 PM

O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly Slam WaPo's Dana Milbank for Litany of Falsehood

Fox News Channel hosts Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly blasted far-left Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank yesterday for his apparent dishonesty in criticizing Fox's election night coverage. "I think you and I should go beat him up," O'Reilly jested. Later in the segment, as Kelly preceeded criticism of Milbank by saying "with all due respect," O'Reilly interjected to say "you don't have to…
Lachlan Markay
November 5th, 2010 2:02 PM

Arianna Replies: It Was ABC's Matthew Dowd Who Said Rubio Looked Like

Andrew Breitbart at Big Hollywood joined NewsBusters in raising questions about Arianna Huffington's strange Election Night tweet suggesting Marco Rubio resembled a Central American dictator: "On nightline set matthew dowd on sen elect rubio surrounded by flags looking like a central american dictator." A glance at ABC's on-air content at 3 am on Wednesday morning showed neither Dowd nor…
Tim Graham
November 5th, 2010 12:51 PM

Karl Rove Goes Toe-to-Toe with Matt Lauer on Today

  When NBC's Matt Lauer threw out the tired, overused, standard media line, on Friday's Today show, that the public is tired of all the "vitriol" and wants the Republicans to just work with Barack Obama and the Democrats, his guest, Karl Rove, threw Obama's words back in Lauer's face as he pointed out it was the President who called Republicans "enemies." When Lauer asked if the GOP could …
Geoffrey Dickens
November 5th, 2010 12:30 PM

All Liberal Panel on ABC Trashes Conservatives, Stephanopoulos Minimiz

Good Morning America on Friday featured an all liberal "Morning Mix" panel to bash conservatives, tout liberal talking points about the midterm elections and the stupidity of Sarah Palin. Additionally, host George Stephanopoulos dismissed the Republican gains, claiming, "...We see, now, every two years, the country just says throw everybody out. Again, it's happened all the time." Actually,…
Scott Whitlock
November 5th, 2010 12:15 PM

Sneak Peek: CBS's Kroft Sympathizes With Obama in Soft '60 Minutes' In

In a preview of President Obama's upcoming 60 Minutes interview on Friday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Steve Kroft is shown commiserating with the commander-in-chief over midterm election losses: "People have made the argument you lost control of the narrative, you've let other people define you, that you haven't sold your successes well enough." Kroft was understanding as he lamented…
Kyle Drennen
November 5th, 2010 11:47 AM

Open Thread: Boehner Doubles Down on ObamaCare Repeal

Republicans will "do everything we can to stop this bill from being implemented," incoming Speaker John Boehner told Fox News's Bret Baier in an interview yesterday. "There's a lot of tricks up our sleeve in terms of how we can dent this, kick it, slow it down, to make sure it never happens," Boehner said. "Trust me, I want to make sure this health care bill never, ever, ever is implemented."
NB Staff
November 5th, 2010 11:43 AM

'Media Mash': Post-Election Edition

The historic "shellacking" that Democrats suffered on Tuesday night brought out the worst in Obama's acolytes in the mainstream media, giving NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell plenty to talk about on Sean Hannity's eponymous November 4 program. Appearing via satellite for the popular recurring "Media Mash" segment, Bozell and Hannity first tackled who else but Chris Matthews. Clearly…
NB Staff
November 5th, 2010 11:25 AM

Lawrence O'Donnell: 'I Am A Socialist'

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell admitted on national television Friday that he's a socialist. In the middle of a heated debate with Salon's Glenn Greenwald on "Morning Joe," O'Donnell said, "I am a socialist. I live to the extreme left, the extreme left of you mere liberals" (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):

Noel Sheppard
November 5th, 2010 11:12 AM