Jake Tapper Won’t Dismiss Any 2016 GOP Contenders... Except Joe Scar

CNN anchor Jake Tapper went on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show Tuesday, and naturally the 2016 presidential race came up as a discussion topic. Referring to the battle for the Republican nomination, Tapper proclaimed, “[I]t is a wide-open field, and there is no one, literally no one I would discount.” The veteran political journalist then rattled off a few GOP hopefuls he would not discount – Gov.…
Paul Bremmer
March 12th, 2014 12:58 PM

NBC’s Chuck Todd on CIA Hacking Senate Computers: ‘This Is Not Dar

Earlier this week, Senator Dianne Feinstein revealed that she believed the CIA had hacked into Senate Intelligence Committee computers. After Ms. Feinstein’s shocking revelations, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was met with a barrage of questions from reporters on the subject, but Chuck Todd, NBC’s Chief White House Correspondent had perhaps the most bizarre and unnecessarily partisan…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 12th, 2014 12:37 PM

Uncritical CBS Continues to Gush Over Obama's Fake Interview: 'Bravo t

The journalists at CBS This Morning on Wednesday swooned over Barack Obama's fake interview with an actor/internet chat show host. Offering almost no criticism of the viral video designed to boost ObamaCare enrollment, co-anchor Gayle King lauded, "Humor works. Bravo to Zach [Galifanakis] and bravo to the President!" [See video below MP 3 audio here.] In a follow-up interview with senior…
Scott Whitlock
March 12th, 2014 12:20 PM

On Fox News, Brent Bozell Slams CBS for Burying Benghazi News and Attk

MRC president Brent Bozell appeared Fox News Channel’s “Your World With Neil Cavuto” on Monday to discuss how CBS released reporter Sharyl Attkisson from her contract after burying her reporting on Benghazi and other Obama scandals. Bozell lamented the dearth of TV reporting on the terrorist attack in Benghazi: “But you know, the old adage -- 'If it bleeds, it leads.' This is a story that…
NB Staff
March 12th, 2014 10:57 AM

CNN Plays 'Hide the Story' As GOP Wins Key Fla. House Race

Last night, I noted that the Associated Press had not deigned to consider Republican David Jolly's victory over Democrat Alex Sink in the FL-13 Congressional race a "Top U.S. Story" as of 10:13 p.m. To AP's credit (or perhaps because of yours truly's and others' razzing?), a story about the race was at the Number 6 spot in Top U.S. Stories as of 8:15 this morning. CNN.com, on the other hand (…
Tom Blumer
March 12th, 2014 9:58 AM

Democrat Governor Cuomo Hires MSNBC Republican Susan Del Percio

The New York Daily News reported Tuesday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has hired Republican strategist and MSNBC contributor Susan Del Percio as a “special advisor to the governor, focusing on operations and special projects.” At first glance, it might seem odd that a Democratic governor would hire a GOP strategist, but given Del Percio’s track record on the Lean Forward network, it’s…
Paul Bremmer
March 12th, 2014 9:43 AM

Jimmy Fallon Mocks Sarah Palin For Invoking Dr. Seuss During CPAC Spee

Jimmy Fallon is now the newly minted host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show”, replacing long-time host Jay Leno as the network’s newest late night comedian. Unfortunately for Fallon, the NBC host took an unnecessary swipe at former Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) this week. During his monologue on Monday March 10, Fallon mocked Palin’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) speech, specifically…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 12th, 2014 8:56 AM

NBC Gushes Over 'Sorority House' of Democratic Congresswomen

In fawning puff piece aired on Tuesday's NBC Today, correspondent Craig Melvin was delighted by three Democratic congresswoman – including left-wing bomb-thrower and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz – sharing a Washington D.C. townhouse when Congress is in session: "For Florida's Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Alabama's Terri Sewell, and New York's Carolyn Maloney, it's all business during the day…
Kyle Drennen
March 12th, 2014 8:37 AM

Director: Whatever You Think of ‘Noah’, ‘You’re F***ing Wrong

So who ya gonna believe: Paramount or Director Darren Aronofsky?  Either “Noah” is sure to be a hit with the 86 percent of religious people who are aware of the film (Paramount), or it’s the “least Biblical Biblical film ever made” (Aronofsky). It's all a bit confusing right now for the film whose ending has been reshot and recut, gone one way and another, signalled a Hollywood re-embrace of…
Matt Philbin
March 12th, 2014 8:32 AM

Strange: Mika Spins Steamy Story of Having Been Held 'Hostage' in Sout

As an embarrassed Joe Scarborough said, Mika Brzezinski didn't have her "filter on" this morning. On today's Morning Joe, Brzezinski broke out a lurid tale of how as a young woman she had been held "hostage" by the son of the President of Lebanon, who apparently had hijinks on his mind. Scarborough had just teased Mika with a variation on his running joke of how she vacations in the south of…
Mark Finkelstein
March 12th, 2014 8:06 AM

Ask the DNC: How Much of Obama's Opposition Is Racist

Dan Joseph of MRCTV  attended the DNC's Winter Meeting a few days ago and asked them how much of the opposition to President Obama's agenda is based on honest disagreement with his programs and how much of it is simply racism? He found plenty of suspicion that half or more of Obama's opponents are resisting him primarily because he's African-American, or because they might be a bit…
Tim Graham
March 12th, 2014 6:53 AM

AP Jumps to Downplay David Jolly's Victory in Big-Money U.S. House Rac

We all know that if Democrat Alex Sink had defeated David Jolly in FL-13's special Congressional election tonight, the morning news shows would have been all over the story, crowing that her victory represented a convincing verdict in favor of Obamacare. Well, that didn't happen. David Jolly won, despite being badly outspent and forced to survive a bruising January primary. He also had to…
Tom Blumer
March 11th, 2014 11:17 PM

NewsBusted: You Gotta 'R-E-S-P-E-C-T' the Obama Teleprompter

"During a tribute to singer Aretha Franklin, President Obama misspelled the word RESPECT while reading off his teleprompter. But not to worry --- Obama says the healthcare.gov engineers should have it fixed sometime next year." Watch NewsBusted anchor Jodi Miller sock it to President Obama, global warming alarmists, and her hometown of Los Angeles in today's edition of the NewsBusters…
NB Staff
March 11th, 2014 10:33 PM

Networks Continue Touting White House's Plug for ObamaCare, Ignore Enr

On Tuesday evening, the networks continued relaying the White House's plea to young voters to sign up for ObamaCare, touting President Obama's mock interview with comedian Zach Galifianakis where Obama plugged for his own health care law. ABC's Diane Sawyer called it a "bold move" and both CBS and NBC hailed the interview as a success. CBS's Scott Pelley said, "it worked. The video became the…
Matt Hadro
March 11th, 2014 10:08 PM