Mika To Hewitt: You're 'Uncomfortable Being Honest' on Debate Format

This NewsBuster is a paid subscriber and regular listener to Hugh Hewitt's podcasts, and believes that Hugh is the ablest conservative interviewer on radio. So it was surprising to see him serve as such a loyal CNN soldier on today's Morning Joe. Hewitt, a member of the CNN panel at Wednesday's GOP debate, refused to complain about the paltry opportunities he was given to question the candidates…
Mark Finkelstein
September 18th, 2015 9:24 AM

Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky: A Democrat Won the GOP Debate

Among the insights: Fiorina "has a notable facility for delivering answers that thrill conservatives but fall apart under close examination"; a discussion of childhood vaccines showed that the party is "fervid, claustrophobic, recklessly insinuating, and, at the same time, utterly timid when it comes to extremism in its own ranks”; and the GOP as a whole is "wedded to the tenets of [George W.]…
Tom Johnson
September 17th, 2015 10:21 PM

NBC Paints Debate as ‘Exposing Disconnects' in the Republican Party

All three Thursday network evening newscasts led off with their respective recaps and analysis of the second Republican presidential debate, but NBC Nightly News stood out in proclaiming that the event “expos[ed] disconnects within the Republican Party” on issues such as Iraq in addition to defending Hillary Clinton from Fiorina’s “fierce attack” against her and Planned Parenthood.
Curtis Houck
September 17th, 2015 10:04 PM

NPR Host, O'Malley Pretend There's One Anti-Planned Parenthood Video

NPR generously donated an hour-long interview on Wednesday on The Diane Rehm Show to former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. (Rehm also gave an hour to former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb in July.) Both Democrats are in Pataki territory in the polls for the Democratic presidential nomination. The strangest part came when Rehm turned to the Republican desire to discontinue federal funding of Planned…
Tim Graham
September 17th, 2015 10:03 PM

It's Time to Shelve the Sideshows, GOP

I wish the presidential debates could focus on what's wrong with the status quo and solutions rather than on what one candidate thinks about another's silly remarks. I don't want to hear Jeb Bush cajoling Donald Trump to apologize to his wife in front of millions of people. I don't want moderators to force a food fight between Trump and other candidates about whether he should have his finger on…
David Limbaugh
September 17th, 2015 9:27 PM

NewsBusted: 'Distrust and Verify'

"In a speech supporting the Iran nuclear deal, Hillary Clinton said her approach will be 'distrust and verify'…  which is the exact same approach Hillary takes with Bill." -- NewsBusted anchor Jodi Miller
NB Staff
September 17th, 2015 9:10 PM

Walsh: Fiorina Lied or Was 'Delusional' About Planned Parenthood Video

Carly Fiorina is "either a liar, or she's delusional" regarding the Planned Parenthood sting videos, Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh snarled on tonight's edition of Hardball.
Ken Shepherd
September 17th, 2015 8:33 PM

MSNBC RINO Parrots Myth of Nixon's 'Secret Plan' to End Vietnam War

It is among the most durable of left-wing delusions, one that refuses to die a worthy death nearly a half-century after liberal propagandists dumped it on the public. The bogus claim made its most recent appearance on -- go figure -- MSNBC during yet another earnestly deceptive broadcast of The Rachel Maddow Show.
Jack Coleman
September 17th, 2015 8:18 PM

'Exciting Time' for MSNBC: Chuck Todd, Kate Snow Named Weekday Hosts

As part of Phil Griffin's ongoing effort to boost the ratings of MSNBC, the cable channel's president announced on Thursday that Chuck Todd -- the 12th moderator of the Meet the Press Sunday morning series and political director for NBC News -- and Kate Snow -- a national correspondent for a number of the network's news programs  – are joining the weekday afternoon slate as part of the cable…
Randy Hall
September 17th, 2015 8:13 PM

Blitzer Lets Hillary Dodge Q's on PP Videos; Barely Discuss E-Mails

In her first live interview of the 2016 campaign via satellite, Hillary Clinton spoke with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer during Thursday's The Situation Room and received a free pass from Blitzer in allowing her to dodge a question about whether she’s viewed the horrifying Planned Parenthood videos. He asked only two questions, in a 14-and-a-half-minute interview, about her e-mail scandal.
Curtis Houck
September 17th, 2015 6:44 PM

CNN Turns to Iranians to Bash GOP Debate Participants

Leave it to CNN to go to the streets of Tehran for commentary on the Republican presidential primary.    
Ken Shepherd
September 17th, 2015 6:18 PM

Former Lethargic Politico Labor Reporter Whines About Work Load

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. No, just make that the worst of times. That is how the vivid imagination of former lethargic Politico labor reporter, Mike Elk, paints his Dickensian visions of working conditions at that organization. Never mind that Elk wrote a grand total of five stores in his ten months at Politico, the last six of which were simply a paid vacation since he…
P.J. Gladnick
September 17th, 2015 4:59 PM

NBC's Latest Attack on Carly: Her Super PAC 'Tests Legal Limits'

"[I]n the current presidential campaign, the lines [between super PACs and candidates] are being blurred even more and no candidate is testing the legal limits more visibly or blatantly than Carly Fiorina, whose performance in Wednesday night’s Republican debate has thrust her candidacy into the spotlight," NBC News's Alexandra Jaffe and Kailani Koenig in a posting today at NBCNews.com's Meet the…
Ken Shepherd
September 17th, 2015 4:49 PM

MSNBC, CNN Ignore Fiorina's Forceful Slam of Planned Parenthood

MSNBC's Morning Joe and CNN's New Day both interviewed Carly Fiorina on Thursday after she did well at the Republican presidential debate. However, the two programs failed to bring up her dare to President Obama and Hillary Clinton to watch the hidden camera videos exposing Planned Parenthood's sale of unborn babies' organs and tissue. CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo largely skirted the…
Matthew Balan
September 17th, 2015 4:35 PM