In Left-wing Panel on ABC, Former Cheers Star Kirstie Alley Speaks Up

A mostly left-wing panel on Friday's Good Morning America forced former Cheers star Kirstie Alley into the role of speaking for the right. Liberal journalist George Stephanopoulos moderated a health care discussion with Democratic operative Donna Brazile and People magazine editor Larry Hackett. Alley surprised the group by opposing Barack Obama's plan for government-run health care. [Video…
Scott Whitlock

George Stephanopoulos Repeatedly Lobbies Stupak: What Will It Take to

Adopting the tone of an anxious car salesman, Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Friday yet again pressed pro-life Democrat Bart Stupak on what it would take to get him to vote yes on health care. Over the course of two interviews, Stephanopoulos has offered eight questions designed to figure out what the Representative needs to support the legislation. Speaking of a brief chat…
Scott Whitlock

CNN's Velshi Asks: 'Do You Love the Stimulus?,' Then Catches Himself

For a moment on yesterday's CNN Newsroom, it looked like anchor Ali Velshi was again expressing his deep affection for President Barack Obama's stimulus plan.  Velshi, who last month sang "Happy birthday, dear stimulus," asked correspondent Josh Levs "Do you love the stimulus bill?"  But then Ali thought better and backed up:VELSHI: You have, after weeks and weeks of working on this, do you have…
Mike Bates

Rosie O’Donnell Cites NewsBusters and CMI ‘Crazy Woman’ Colleen

NB Staff

Pot Smoker Cheech Marin Beats Anderson Cooper on Jeopardy

Although he did far better than his colleagues Wolf Blitzer and Soledad O'Brien, CNN's Anderson Cooper actually lost to famed pot smoker Cheech Marin on Celebrity Jeopardy Thursday. "That's right, I lost to Cheech Marin," Cooper told his 360 viewers last night. "Cheech of 'Cheech and Chong' fame, pot-smoking star of blunt-burning films like 'Up in Smoke,' 'Next Smoke' and 'Still Smoking,'"…
Noel Sheppard

Cramer: Health Care Passage 'Will Topple the Stock Market

'Mad Money' host predicts health care passage will embolden Congress and White House to pass amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Jeff Poor

'Mad Money' Cramer: Health Care Passage 'Will Topple the Stock Market

While a vote on health care reform legislation appears to be imminent, should it pass it could have broader economic implications, even if the bill itself won't take effect for some time. As CNBC "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer predicted - if it passes, get ready to see a sell-off on Wall Street. Cramer appeared on CNBC's March 18 "The Kudlow Report," with his former broadcast partner Larry Kudlow.…
Jeff Poor

Kathy Griffin Calls Bachmann 'Bigot,' Behar: 'I Love It

On Thursday’s Joy Behar Show on CNN Headline News, host Behar cheered on guest Kathy Griffin as she recounted confronting Representative Michele Bachmann and calling the Minnesota Republican a "bigot" as the left-wing actress and comedian recently lobbied Congress for an end to the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy on gays in the military. After Griffin repeated a story about storming out of a hearing…
Brad Wilmouth

Breaking News on NBC: Michelle Obama Is Not Anti-Twinkie

It's gooey enough that Newsweek awarded Michelle Obama its cover story this week, titled "Feed Your Children Well: My Fight Against Childhood Obesity." On Wednesday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams added to the popularity-boosting effort by determining that she is not anti-Twinkie:  BRIAN WILLIAMS: On the same subject, first lady Michelle Obama today continued her campaign against…
Tim Graham

CBS as 'Giddy' as Democrats Over 'Certified Price Tag' from 'Trusted

“Democrats used the word 'giddy' to describe their reaction when they got the cost estimates from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO),” NBC's Kelly O'Donnell relayed Thursday night, but she could have been talking about CBS's Katie Couric and Nancy Cordes who  shared the giddiness in touting the CBO numbers, favorable to Democratic spin on the health bill, without any caveats or…
Brent Baker

Cheerleaders for ObamaCare: A Year of Slanted Media Coverage

As the Media Research Center's latest Media Reality Check details, over the past year, the media have served as cheerleaders for ObamaCare, praising the proposed legislation, while continually slamming its critics. As Congress moves closer to a final vote on the bill in the coming days, it's a good time to take a look back at the friendly spin that has dominated the airwaves in support of it, as…
Kyle Drennen

ABC Replaces Clinton Operative with the Wife of a Clinton Operative as

In a bizarre choice, ABC News President David Westin has decided to make Christiane Amanpour, CNN's New York City-based international affairs correspondent, the host of ABC's Washington, DC-based This Week -- thus passing over many qualified ABC journalists in favor of replacing a Bill Clinton operative with the wife of an operative for both Bill and Hillary Clinton. Amanpour is married to Jamie…
Brent Baker

Suspicion Verified: Bachmann Says Conservative Women Face Bias from Me

Is there a conscious effort to give female conservatives a rough time in the mainstream media, especially in this highly politicized environment? Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says there is. Bachmann, in an interview with the White House Brief Channel, was asked if conservative women have a tougher go at it when comes to dealing with the press. "I only know from my own experience that that's…
Jeff Poor

HuffPo Blogger: ‘Our Close [Gay] Friends Might be Forced to Leave th

Huffington Post blogger Tamara McClintock Greenberg gave one more reason in support of same-sex marriage - without it, her friends "might be forced to leave the country." Greenberg lamented her friends' situation: "As same-sex partners, not only do they lack the basic rights of any couple in love to marry, since one person is an immigrant on a student visa, they may have to move to another…
Colleen Raezler