MSNBC's Shuster Dismisses Fear of ObamaCare Covering Abortion

Reviewing a new NBC poll shortly after 3 p.m. EDT today, MSNBC's David Shuster today dismissed as "false" the fears of 50 percent of respondents that "tax dollars will help pay for abortions." But Shuster's flat denial belies the fact that there is reasonable debate over what exactly Democratic health care proposals before Congress would mean when it comes to financing abortion via the so-called…
Ken Shepherd

CNN Devotes Six Minutes to Health Care 'Rationing' Proponent

Princeton bioethics professor Peter Singer tells 'American Morning' Americans 'already have rationed care.'
Julia A. Seymour

Don Hewitt, RIP: Reprimanded Rather and CBS Over Bush National Guard H

Don Hewitt, the creator and long-time Executive Producer of CBS's 60 Minutes, who passed away this morning (Wednesday) at age 86, had recognized the bias which led Dan Rather to target President George W. Bush with a 2004 story based on forged documents, as he suggested such a flimsy hit piece damaging to the liberal candidate would have earned more scrutiny for accuracy before it ever got onto…
Brent Baker

'Churlish,' 'Pugnacious' Novak Couldn't Always Document Scoops, NYT Ch

According to the New York Times’ Douglas Martin and Jacques Steinberg, the "often churlish," "pugnacious" Robert Novak "could not always document" his scoops. Littered in the August 19 obituary of the conservative journalist are other snide remarks and asides. Discussing the political column that Novak co-wrote for 30 years with Rowland Evans, the reporters worried, "For all its influence, though…
Scott Whitlock

WaPo Hypes 'Boycott Whole Foods' Facebook Group

Hyping how "Whole Foods devotees"  are "lash[ing] out" at CEO John Mackey, Washington Post's Ylan Q. Mui paid particular attention to one "Mark Rosenthal, a playwright living in Massachusetts who founded the Boycott Whole Foods group a few days ago." At time of publication, Rosenthal's group had "nearly 14,000 members." Mackey, you may recall, penned a Wall Street Journal op-ed laying out his…
Ken Shepherd

Looking for a Health Care Scapegoat: Networks Try to Marginalize Talk

Media blame ObamaCare struggles on conservative stations, reminiscent of 2007 immigration reform failure.
Jeff Poor

Looking for a Health Care Scapegoat: Networks Try to Marginalize Talk

BMI Staff

Bonnie Erbe: Open Carry Laws Like Letting Kids Play With 'Live Hand Gr

Not one to disappoint her fans at NewsBusters, PBS "To the Contrary" host and U.S. News & World Report contributing editor Bonnie Erbe again shot from the hip with factually-challenged anti-gun rights bluster in an August 18 blog post.Watching CNN between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday, I was treated to the sight of a young man with an automatic weapon strapped to his back across the street from…
Ken Shepherd

Photo Sharing Website Flickr Takes Down Obama Joker Poster

The popular photo sharing website Flickr has taken down the original version of the now famous Obama Joker poster that's been sweeping the nation.Apparently, management is concerned about a copyright infringement issue due to the appearance of the Time magazine logo in Firas Alkhateeb's parody that ended up being reprinted with the word "Socialism" at the bottom.Oddly, a quick search of Flickr…
Noel Sheppard

CBS Early Show Praises Teen Global Warming Activist

On Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, correspondent Daniel Sieberg reported on a young global warming activist from California: "...everyday citizens of all ages are doing their part to raise awareness of climate change....15-year-old Alec Loorz takes his message across the country, using poles to illustrate the predicted sea level rise if nothing is done to prevent global warning."At one point, Loorz…
Kyle Drennen

The Terrible Cost of Eating the Rich

When government bites the hand that feeds it, the hand just may bite back.
Dan Kennedy

The Peasants Are Revolting

Elites in politics, journalism discover that people have the power and the world is changing.
Dan Gainor

Media Largely Ignore Identity of Obama Joker Poster Artist

Imagine for a moment the person that created the now famous Obama Joker poster was found to be a white conservative that voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin last November.Do you think Obama-loving media outlets would have reported the revelation?Probably 24 hours a day for the next couple of weeks until the episode became a "teachable moment" and the perpetrator was forced to have a beer with…
Noel Sheppard

NBC Push Polling For ObamaCare

Push Poll: technique in which an individual or organization attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll.By that definition, it sure seems that NBC is push polling on behalf of ObamaCare.  On this morning's Today, NBC News Political Director and Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd reported on a new NBC poll that reflected the fact that,…
Mark Finkelstein