Ed Schultz Unintentionally Bolsters Case for New Benghazi Probe

Ed Schultz has once again demonstrated his unerring penchant for opening mouth and inserting feet, this time on his radio show while talking with Rep. Adam Schiff, Democrat of California and a member of the House Intelligence Committee. Schultz and Schiff were in vigorous agreement on Tuesday that the new House committee investigating the deadly attack in Benghazi in September 2012 is…
Jack Coleman
May 9th, 2014 9:05 PM

On The Kelly File: Donate to a Non-Profit Conservative Group and Your

On Thursday’s edition of The Kelly File, host Megyn Kelly invited on attorney Cleta Mitchell, who represents groups targeted by the IRS, to talk about a new House Republican report that found 10 percent of tea party donors were audited by the IRS. So far ABC, CBS and NBC have failed to cover the new report. After Kelly played a clip of Republican Congressman Charles Boutsany revealing the…
Geoffrey Dickens
May 9th, 2014 5:53 PM

Christian Twins Lose HGTV Pilot Because Their Faith Is Too Controversi

Twins David and Jason Benham were working on a pilot for a series to be called Flip It Forward in which they would assist families in building dream homes and fixing up run-down houses when the Home & Garden Television cable channel abruptly canceled the project when the producers learned that the brothers have a history of preaching against homosexuality, abortion and divorce. As you…
Randy Hall
May 9th, 2014 5:18 PM

The Big Bang Theory Says "Check Your Privilege

Check your privilege gets checked out in the case of the English against Indian culture
Evan Mantel
May 9th, 2014 4:54 PM

NewsBusted: The Washington Post and Southern-fried Liberal Bias

"The Washington Post is calling liberal Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor a quote 'moderate.'  Well, to be fair, to the Washington Post, 'moderate' means that he opposes putting Republicans in jail for their views." Watch Jodi Miller zing the liberal media and liberal politicians in the latest edition of NewsBusted, embedded below the page break. Sign up for NewsBusted in your email here.…
NB Staff
May 9th, 2014 4:11 PM

Indiana Professor: 'Professional Norms and Values' Keep Liberal Report

One of the Indiana University professors who recently found that almost four times as many journalists self-identify as Democrats than as Republicans doesn't believe that that imbalance causes biased reporting. IU's Lars Willnat remarked to Salon magazine that "we don’t think that our findings reflect a ‘liberal media bias’...Journalists’ political preferences don’t usually translate into…
Tom Johnson
May 9th, 2014 2:40 PM

Networks Hype Good Jobs News 15 Times More Than Bad Economic News

Desperate to prop up the Obama recovery, ABC, CBS and NBC hyped the good and shunned the bad amidst two contrasting economic reports. The broadcast networks embraced discussing the economy after strong job creation numbers were released on May 2. They weren’t as keen on covering the bad news when horrible growth data was released just two days earlier showing GDP had dropped from 2.6 percent…
Sean Long
May 9th, 2014 2:19 PM

Couric Finally Admits She’s ‘An Activist,’ While Attacking Food

Another day, another anti-business documentary pushed by the media. Katie Couric, former ABC, CBS and NBC anchor, partnered with Laurie David, one of the climate alarmists behind “An Inconvenient Truth,” to attack the food industry in the new documentary “Fed Up.” In a recent Time magazine article, Couric admitted her own activism and personal passion over the issue of childhood obesity…
Sean Long
May 9th, 2014 2:02 PM

CNN Guest Admits Panel Is Playing Into Democratic Hands

On Friday's New Day, the CNN panel was discussing whether or not Republicans are politicizing the Benghazi tragedy and The Atlantic's Molly Ball admitted the subject matter was playing right into Democratic hands. "This is exactly the story that Democrats would like us to be talking about, right?" she asserted. "Instead of talking about the facts, instead of talking about an investigation…
Matt Hadro
May 9th, 2014 1:23 PM

On CBS, Michael Smerconish Slams Talk Radio's 'Horrific Impact on Pola

Appearing on Friday's CBS This Morning, Sirius XM radio and CNN host Michael Smerconish hocked his new fictional novel about the talk radio business entitled Talk, and denounced the industry: "I think it's entertainment masked as news and I wanted to expose it because I think it's had a horrific impact on polarization and incivility in the country." [Listen to the audio or watch the video after…
Kyle Drennen
May 9th, 2014 1:11 PM

PBS Decries GOP Benghazi Fundraising, Had No Problem With Obama Fundra

On Thursday’s NewsHour, PBS ran a full-length segment on the new special committee created by House Republicans to investigate the September 2012 Benghazi attacks. However, anchor Judy Woodruff and her guest, Robert Costa from The Washington Post -- formerly of the National Review --  pushed the idea that Republicans are exploiting the tragedy by fundraising off of it. The thing is, the network…
Paul Bremmer
May 9th, 2014 12:47 PM

Benghazi Watch for Friday: NBC Skips New Investigation; ABC Offers

The House on Thursday voted to create a select committee to investigate Benghazi, but NBC's Today, a four hour program, on Friday totally ignored the story. In contrast, the show spent two minutes on the topic of how many times a week should people shower. ABC's Good Morning America allowed a mere 12 seconds for the latest details. News reader Amy Robach emphasized, "Republicans on Capitol Hill…
Scott Whitlock
May 9th, 2014 12:32 PM

Gosnell Movie Reaches Goal; Vows to Build ‘Army

Here’s a story for the nightly news: a plucky upstart overcomes establishment hostility to reach a seemingly impossible goal. The problem is that the nightly news is the establishment, and the Gosnell Movie project, which just reached its initial crowd-funding goal, deals with something they don’t want to talk about. Headed by producer Phelim McAleer and wife Ann McElhinney, the Gosnell Movie…
Matt Philbin
May 9th, 2014 11:53 AM

Harry Reid Slams 'Tit for Tat' Media: Press Should Just Blame GOP for

During an interview with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday's MSNBC Daily Rundown, NBC political director Chuck Todd challenged Reid's suggestion that Republicans were solely to blame for legislation not getting through Congress: "You don't believe Democrats play any role in this? It feels like a tit-for-tat game....you don't belief there's any tit-for-tat going on here…
Kyle Drennen
May 9th, 2014 10:05 AM