Politico’s Roger Simon: Journolist Sullies 'Holy Calling' of Reporti

Roger Simon's Wednesday morning column ("Journolist veers out of bounds"), an item Rush brought up on his show this afternoon, may be one of the most delusional items ever written by a journalist attempting to defend his profession. Rich Noyes at NewsBusters covered one aspect of Simon's column on Wednesday, namely the deliciously hypocritical outrage of NBC/MSNBC reporter Chuck Todd over how…
Tom Blumer

NYT Columnist Collins Mocks State Legislatures Spouting 'They're Horri

The Arizona immigration law on Thursday was the repeated subject of snide and belittling remarks by MSNBC’s “Morning Joe" panel. So, naturally, while discussing Wednesday's federal court ruling, New York Time's columnist Gail Collins continued the narrative. Collins championed the federal government and sneered "You do not want state legislatures ruling these things," because basically, "They're…
Rachel Burnett

Why Does Robert Redford Keep Making Stuff Up to Kill Working-Class Job

On June 24, 2010, I had a post on BigHollywood that examined Robert Redford’s asinine statements about the Gulf Oil Spill. From his support of a drilling moratorium to the fact that he literally blamed the spill on Dick Cheney to the way he expected George W. Bush to respond instantly to Katrina, while making excuses for President Obama’s slow response to the BP disaster, his words were…
AWR Hawkins

NewsBusters 5th Anniversary: A Look Back at Some of Our Top Posts on M

NB Staff

ABC's Bill Weir on AZ Immigration Ruling: 'From Rage to Relief,' Hits

Good Morning America's Bill Weir on Thursday touted a court ruling that removed key portions of Arizona's immigration law. He announced the judge's decision as one spanning "from rage to relief." He derided the possible implementation of the legislation as "the day when reasonable suspicion would take on a whole new meaning." Weir, who will soon take over as the new co-host of Nightline, chided…
Scott Whitlock

CNN's Larry King Still Doesn't Understand Arizona's Anti-Illegal Immig

It's been more than three months since Governor Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) signed SB-1070 into law, but Larry King continues to misrepresent both the spirit and letter of the popular anti-illegal immigration measure. On his eponymous program yesterday, the CNN host asked a guest if the law codifies racial profiling and empowers police officers to arbitrarily question and detain those suspected of being…
Alex Fitzsimmons

CBS's Plante: Obama's 'View' Appearance An Example of Reaching 'Beyond

On Thursday's CBS Early Show, senior White House correspondent Bill Plante praised President Obama taping an appearance on ABC's 'The View' on Wednesday: "...the President is trying to reach people who may not normally pay attention to politics....It's not the first time [he] has reached out to audiences beyond the Washington Beltway." Plante went further, explaining: "...it is the beginning of…
Kyle Drennen

Fortune.com Touts Liberal-Authored Paper as Evidence of Stimulus Succe

Being a liberal economis means never having to say you were wrong.
Kyle Gillis

Video: Unemployment Fight Shows Media Will Help Liberals Protect Their

Journalists criticize GOP for obstructing 'relief' bill, despite pay-as-you-go promises from Dems.
Julia A. Seymour

NBC's Curry Hits Biden from the Left on Afghanistan War Funding

NBC's Ann Curry, in an exclusive interview with Vice President Joe Biden aired on Thursday's Today show, pushed Biden from the left on war funding for Afghanistan as she exclaimed "boy there was some reluctance" in the House and pressed: "How long can we keep paying for this war?" The bill actually passed by a vote of 308 to 114 but Curry claimed the "reluctance" was significant as she recited…
Geoffrey Dickens

Schultz’s Confused Logic: Rips Bachmann’s Public Visibility; Featu

Perhaps it's the proximity of North Dakota, Ed Schultz's home state, to Minnesota but the MSNBC host has an identifiable fixation on a certain conservative Republican congresswoman from Minnesota. On his July 29 program "The ED Show," Schultz once again attacked Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. This time this wizard of smart attacked her for loving to get "her mug out there." But if that's a…
Jeff Poor

The View Puts Obama In a Snooki Situation

Melissa Lopez

View Co-Hosts Fawn Over Obama With Questions on 'Right-Wing' Fox News

Barack Obama on Thursday mostly breezed through an appearance on The View, enjoying questions about his iPod, Lindsay Lohan and the Jersey Shore. Liberal co-host Joy Behar railed against Fox News and "the right-wing." She complained, "...They seem to be hijacking the narrative. Where, on your side, is the narrative?" [MP3 audio here.]The comedienne seriously asserted, "Where is your attack dog to…
Scott Whitlock

Free Enterprise - Not Government Oversight - Key to GM Turnaround, Say

Free enterprise and the American marketplace – not the guiding hand of government – have revitalized the beleaguered automaker General Motors, which expects to announce another profitable quarter, according to GM officials.  President Barack Obama plans to visit a GM plant in Hamtramk, Michigan on July 30, and his administration is linking GM’s return to profitability with the bailout of the…
Matt Cover