Nets Appear Finished With Gruber Coverage, Morning Shows Silent

Despite ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber being grilled by both Republicans and Democrats in a Tuesday congressional hearing over his infamous remarks that the health care law was passed due to "the stupidity of the American voter," none of the Big Three network morning shows on Wednesday made any mention of the latest development in the controversy.
Kyle Drennen
December 10th, 2014 4:18 PM

Norah O’Donnell Insists CIA Tortured Terrorists

On Wednesday, Michael Morrell, former Deputy Director of the CIA and current CBS News Senior Security Contributor, appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss the Democrat-led Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists. While the former CIA official vehemently rejected the contents of the report, co-host Norah O’Donnell did…
Jeffrey Meyer
December 10th, 2014 3:20 PM

Nothing to See Here: Major Newspapers Sweep Gruber Off Front Page

Three of the nation's major newspapers downgraded ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber's testimony to the U.S. Senate, keeping it off the front page. The New York Times on Wednesday demoted the story to page A-20.
Scott Whitlock
December 10th, 2014 3:14 PM

Tonight Show: Carrie Underwood Sings to (Unborn) Baby

Baby Underwood’s musical training is starting early.  For his Dec. 8 “Tonight Show,” comedian Jimmy Fallon congratulated country star Carrie Underwood on her “little baby on its way.” At Fallon’s prompting, the mom-to-be revealed that she sings for her baby because “he’s listening” and “always in there.”
Katie Yoder
December 10th, 2014 12:44 PM

Jorge Ramos to Obama: Did George W. Bush 'Betray American Values?'

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos scored an exclusive interview with Barack Obama on Tuesday and used the occasion to accuse George W. Bush of "betraying" America. The journalist quizzed the President on the Senate's new report on the CIA and torture. He demanded, "Is this the responsibility of President Bush? Did he betray American values?"
Scott Whitlock
December 10th, 2014 12:12 PM

Hayden Slams NBC on 'Torture Report': 'You're Claiming It To Be News'

Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, former CIA Director Michael Hayden went after the network for hyping the so-called "torture report" released by Senate Democrats on Tuesday. After Hayden denounced the partisan report as something that "reads like a prosecutorial screed rather than an historical document," co-host Savannah Guthrie pressed him on what he disagreed with. Hayden replied: "Well, I…
Kyle Drennen
December 10th, 2014 12:08 PM

After Volokh Critique, Time Pulls Writer's Swipes at Breitbart's Nolte

Yesterday at 4:11 p.m. ET, Eugene Volokh at the Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy blog sharply criticized Time.com's Eliza Berman for not being "quite fair" — i.e., being quite unfair, given the author's penchant for understatement — to Breitbart.com's John Nolte, the reporter who investigated the veracity of Lena Dunham's detailed claims about and descriptions of her alleged Oberlin College…

Tom Blumer
December 10th, 2014 11:58 AM

Jose Diaz-Balart Pushes Obama To Take More Action On Immigration

Jose Diaz-Balart, host of MSNBC’s The Rundown, sat down with President Obama for an exclusive interview that aired during his Wednesday morning broadcast. The discussion touched on several key issues including immigration reform and the liberal MSNBC host pushed the president to expand his executive action to cover more illegal immigrants. Speaking to Obama, Diaz-Balart wondered “about the future…
Jeffrey Meyer
December 10th, 2014 11:54 AM

‘Natural Cycles’ Blamed for California Drought, Not Climate Change

Climate science is “settled” according to the news media, that is, unless scientists conclude climate change is not connected to a specific climate occurrence. That was precisely the conclusion of a team of federal scientists came to when they studied California’s three-year drought. They determined “natural cycles” and “sea surface temperatures” were “main drivers” of that ongoing dry spell.…
Julia A. Seymour
December 10th, 2014 10:46 AM

NY Times Front Page Down on Obama's Insufficient Leftism on Shootings

"Why was he holding back?" The New York Times sniped at President Obama from the left on the front of Tuesday's edition, disappointed by the insufficient fire displayed by the president over the recent incidents of black men being killed by police officers, with no conservative criticism or commentary offered.
Clay Waters
December 10th, 2014 9:20 AM

MRC's Tim Graham Talks About Obama Cussing Out Press on Fox Business

NewsBusters executive editor Tim Graham appeared Tuesday night on “Cavuto” on the Fox Business Channel to discuss former ABC reporter Ann Compton’s revelation that President Obama unleashed angry, even “profanity-laced” tirades at the press in off-the-record briefings. "My guess in this case, it's safe to uncork a profanity laced tirade when you’re off the record,” Graham said. “I would argue…
NB Staff
December 10th, 2014 8:55 AM

'Sober,' Not 'Political': Halperin and Peters Defend Feinstein Report

Who were those guys on Morning Joe today—two Feinstein staffers? Nope, they were Mark Halperin and Jeremy Peters, making like Dem aides in defending the report on the CIA that Dem Senator Diane Feinstein released yesterday. Halperin, head of Bloomberg Politics, had the chutzpah to claim that the report was not "political."  Peters of the New York Times then chimed in to say that in releasing the…
Mark Finkelstein
December 10th, 2014 8:23 AM

Dunham and Dumber: Lena's Campus Rape Story Unravels

Lena Dunham – the 28-year-old writer, actress, director – seems to be getting more attention for the writing in her “memoir” Not That Kind of Girl in the past two months, than she has for the writing that won her two Golden Globe Awards and eight nominations for the Emmy Awards for her HBO series Girls. But this attention isn’t the “good” kind.  As a matter of fact, the amount of negative…
Melissa Mullins
December 10th, 2014 7:21 AM

Williams to Ex-CIA Chief Hayden: 'How Are We Better Than Our Enemies?'

During an exclusive interview with former NSA and CIA Director Michael Hayden on Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams felt that it was worth creating a moral equivalency by asking Hayden to explain “how” the United States is “better than our enemies morally” following the release of a report about the CIA’s use of “torture” following the attacks on September 11, 2001.       Minutes…
Curtis Houck
December 10th, 2014 7:17 AM