Bill Maher Says Alec Baldwin is 'Going to be a Hero' for Abusive Voice

Don’t you love it when childless, single, media elites offer opinions about how parents should raise their children?Such an obvious hypocrisy was on display Friday evening as HBO’s Bill Maher not only came to Alec Baldwin’s defense concerning the actor's disgraceful voicemail to his daughter, but actually said, “I think he’s going to be a hero for this.” I kid you not.As the discussion of this…
Noel Sheppard

'Daily Show' Mocks Hypocrite Celebs

Matthew Sheffield

Saturday Open Thread

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NB Staff

Will Media Report Carbon Credits in Europe Crashing Like Dotcom Stocks

As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, England’s fabulous paper the Financial Times has been doing an extraordinary job exposing the scam that is carbon credits, exhibiting an honesty which America’s media sorely lack.On Friday, FT published another article about this travesty (h/t Glenn Reynolds) which is also almost guaranteed to be ignored by U.S. press outlets far more concerned with glorifying…
Noel Sheppard

The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: April 21 to

MSNBC: Fair and BalancedAccording to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani committed "terrorism" when he suggested that the country would be "playing defense" if a Democrat was elected president in 2008. And this is the network that’s hosting a Republican presidential debate? Americans Making Lots of Money: Good or Bad? On Monday, an ABC graphic provided a shining example…
Scott Whitlock

Senate Democrats Send Letter to WaPo Contesting Broder’s Column Abou

Better secure your computer from all combustibles, potables, and sharp objects, sports fans, for the Washington Post published a Letter to the Editor on Friday that is guaranteed to elicit uncontrollable fits of laughter.Are you ready? Good.In response to David Broder’s Thursday column about the horrible job Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is doing as Majority Leader – a sentiment likely an…
Noel Sheppard

TV In The Toilet -- Literally

Tim Graham

Globe: MIT Dean Who Lied on Resume 'Straightforward, Brave, Commendabl

Mark Finkelstein

ABC's Sam Donaldson to Host Brady Campaign Gun Control Fundraiser

Tim Graham

'Access Hollywood' Speculates About NBC Hiring Rosie O'Donnell for the

Brent Baker

NBC's Brokaw Distorts 'Slam Dunk' Usage by Conservatives

Brad Wilmouth

More Good Stem Cell News That Old Media Has No Use For (You Know Why

It becomes more evident as time goes by that if a stem-cell development isn't based on embryonic research, it probably won't get the attention of the Formerly Mainstream Media. The announcement early last week by Cellerant Therapeutics appears to involve a company more interested in advancing human health than in generating unsupported hype. Because it represents real progress, Cellerant's…
Tom Blumer

Paul Begala Calls WaPo's Liberal Broder a 'Venomous' 'Gasbag

One of the most marvelous aspects of today’s liberal media is how members of “the club” better not say or write anything bad about another member or risk excommunication.Such is clearly the mantra of CNN’s Paul Begala, who published a scathing rebuke of the Washington Post’s David Broder on Thursday. In it, he referred to the clearly left-of-center columnist as “a gasbag,” “the Hindenburg of…
Noel Sheppard

20 Questions, One Bias: CBS's Couric Fires Anti-Gun Slant In Online In

Ken Shepherd