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NBC Calls Debate for Hillary: 'She Proved She Can Take a Punch
NBC’s Today called the Democratic debate a "Vegas slugfest" at the beginning of the Friday morning show, but the story that followed by NBC reporter and Hillary pal Andrea Mitchell made it look like a TKO for Hillary. "She proved she can take a punch," oozed Mitchell, and "she denied playing the gender card." Mitchell noted her husband did, but she made no attempt to rebut the falsehood that…
ABC Gushes Over Hillary; She 'Simplified' Her Immigration Stand
Liberal journalists George Stephanopoulos and Kate Snow spun ABC's coverage of Thursday's Democratic debate as a roaring comeback for Hillary Clinton and charitably described the 2008 contender's shifting position on the issue of driver's licenses for illegal immigrants. Reporting on Friday's "Good Morning America," Snow slyly claimed that Clinton has "simplified her opinion" on the matter and…
MSNBC President Admits: Lineup Tilts Leftward
Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC has finally admitted what everyone knew to be the case: his network's talk lineup tilts leftward. This type of admission is quite rare in media circles. Usually when high-level media types are confronted with evidence their product is biased, they issue silly blanket denials that anyone can see through as mere corporate shillery.Griffin's admission came in a…
Virginia Store Calls Whites 'Gringos', Media Yawns
Is it acceptable for stores catering to Hispanics to use racial epithets when referring to Caucasian residents of the United States? Apparently so. According to the Washington Times online edition, a furniture store located in Alexandria, Va., has posted a sign calling Americans 'gringos'. The Times reports that, A sign outside the store at the intersection of North Beauregard and King streets…
Was Former Journalism Professor Fired for Plagiarism or Sexism
On Monday, NewsBusters reported the ironic occurrence of a Missouri newspaper firing a former journalism professor for plagiarism. At the time, I wrote, "I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry."Well, new information suggests the latter, as the piece which started the brouhaha, a November 3 column by professor emeritus John Merrill, was critical of a new department for women's and gender studies at…
CNN 'Fit Nation' Force Feeds Big Helping of Government
Dr. Sanjay Gupta promotes Los Angeles 'health' zoning that would prohibit new fast-food restaurants.
CNN Misleads on Catholic Bishops’ Abortion Views, Quotes Only Libera
CNN, during a report on Thursday’s "The Situation Room," mislead its viewers by reporting that a new document issued by the Catholic bishops on voting stated that "the candidate who supports abortion rights shouldn't necessarily be counted out for your vote." Besides this misrepresentation, the report also highlighted the issue of denying pro-abortion politicians Communion. CNN correspondent Mary…
Wolf Lets Hillary Walk Away From Driver's Licenses
Rush Limbaugh has often indicated that he has no beef with Wolf Blizter. And I must say that I've generally found Blitzer to be a straight shooter who has rarely-if-ever provided grist for my NewsBusting mill. All of which makes that much more perplexing Blitzer's bail-out at arguably the key moment last night's debate. The CNN anchor's failure to follow up on Hillary's monosyllabic answer on…
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Who Branded Barack 'Fool' and 'Sucker
Which prominent pundit has called Barack Obama a "sucker" and a "fool"?A. Rush LimbaughB. Ann CoulterC. Michelle MalkinD. Mark LevinE. Laura IngrahamJeopardy theme-music playing . . .
Olbermann Hits Bozell as 'Worst' for Suspecting Hillary in Filegate
MSNBC "Countdown" host and Media Matters marionette Keith Olbermann handed MRC founder Brent Bozell his whimsical Worst Person in the World honors on Wednesday night for having the bad manners to assert on FNC’s "Hannity & Colmes" that Hillary Clinton was at the center of the FBI files scandal. Using the same argument and same verbiage as Media Matters – without mentioning them by name or…
Is Chivalry Dead in Hollywood? MSNBC Makes Fun of a Gentleman
On its Tabloid Tidbits blog page, MSNBC is taking potshots at both one time pinup boy Fabio and current left-wing, heartthrob George Clooney in a Hollywood smack 'em up two fer. Now, I'm as unconcerned over the entertainment media beating up the denizens of Hollyweird as anyone else -- especially when one of them is the uncouth, surly, leftist Clooney -- but this one strikes me as interesting for…
NewsBusted Comedy Webcast, Episode
It's Friday which means another episode of our political comedy show "NewsBusted" has arrived! Topics in this edition: Democrats' Iraq policy, Hillary Clinton, AOL and more.I'm pleased to announce that yesterday we hit 1,000 YouTube subscribers in just over two months' time, a record for original political programming. Help us continue to build our numbers by subscribing to "NewsBusted."