Ed Schultz Touts Obamacare Snafus as ... 'the Free Market Working

On average, Ed Schultz is good for at least one belly laugh per week, though this number drops steeply when measured among the turgid types who flock to MSNBC and aren't in on the joke. Schultz hit his quota early this week while hyperventilating about the health exchanges mandated by Obamacare. Pay no attention to those many glitches and long waits for callers that accompanied rollout of the…
Jack Coleman
October 3rd, 2013 12:35 PM

RNC Chairman Schools MSNBC Host on Shutdown: 'Just Apply for a Job in

 Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Thursday fired back at the liberal, Obama-friendly talking points from MSNBC host Thomas Roberts. At one point, a disgusted Priebus, appearing to discuss the shutdown, slammed MSNBC, attacking, "This is a joke. I think you ought to just apply for a job in the Obama administration or the communications department of the DNC." [See video…
Scott Whitlock
October 3rd, 2013 12:08 PM

Scarborough Insults Viewers, Republicans: 'A Lot Of People Aren't Real

In one insulting swoop, Joe Scarborough managed this morning to impugn the intelligence of his viewers and of Republicans. According to Scarborough: "I know a lot of people aren't really smart out there."  As for Republicans, Scarborough said he felt sorry for them "because they should have paid more attention in school. They wouldn't be so easily confused by 140-character statements."  All…
Mark Finkelstein
October 3rd, 2013 12:03 PM

Harry Reid Slams CNN Reporter as ‘Irresponsible’ and ‘Reckless

It's only three days into the federal government shutdown, and Senate majority leader Harry Reid is already showing signs of stress. That was especially apparent on Wednesday, when he was asked by Cable News Network reporter Dana Bash if the Senate would vote to pass a resolution if it was already approved by the House to restore funding for the National Institutes of Health, which among other…
Randy Hall
October 3rd, 2013 11:53 AM

WashPost Relishes Cuccinelli Attacks on Front Page of Metro; Rebuttal

The Washington Post kept up its crusade to attack Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli in Thursday’s paper. In a story covering a debate between the two candidates vying to succeed Cuccinelli as attorney general, reporters Frederick Kunkle and Michael Laris put only one candidate’s quote on the front page: the Democrat attacking Cuccinelli as an extremist and abuser of power.…
Tim Graham
October 3rd, 2013 11:52 AM

Dr. Ben Carson Targeted by IRS, Big Three Networks Censor

On October 1 the Washington Times reported that Dr. Ben Carson revealed he had his first ever encounter with the IRS after he delivered a speech critical of public policy in front of Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast back in February. So far ABC, CBS and NBC have yet to report on this stunning revelation. In fact they’ve stopped reporting on the IRS scandal altogether. It’s been…
Geoffrey Dickens
October 3rd, 2013 11:48 AM

AP Howler, Easily Disproven: Obamacare Enrollment Mess Demonstrates 'S

Early Thursday morning, swallowing an Obama administration fallback talking point hook, line, and sinker, Juliet Williams and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, described the horrible problems users have had during the past two days in even accessing the Obamacare exchanges, including "overloaded websites and jammed phone lines," as proof of "strong…
Tom Blumer
October 3rd, 2013 11:48 AM

Gingrich Schools Leno on Double Standards

Jay Leno picked the wrong guy to complain about how Barack Obama is being treated by his opponents. After doing so to Newt Gingrich on NBC’s Tonight Show Wednesday, the host got a lesson in how conservatives are attacked by the media (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 3rd, 2013 11:27 AM

Open Thread Thursday

Discuss the news of the day or anything else you'd like...
NB Staff
October 3rd, 2013 11:15 AM

Leno Holds Up Sign Reading ‘F U Politicians

Jay Leno clearly isn’t pleased with the government shutdown. On Wednesday’s Tonight Show, the host spent most of his opening monologue railing against the President and Congress concluding with him holding a sign up that read “F U Politicians” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 3rd, 2013 10:13 AM

Bad Math: CNN's David Frum Encourages Republicans to Mimic Losing Brit

According to CNN contributor David Frum on Tuesday, the best way for Republicans to win is to mimic the actions of the British Conservative Party. Frum's Daily Beast article is bizarrely titled, "Where the Right Is Winning." Except, the right isn't winning in the United Kingdom. As the Wall Street Journal reported on September 30, "The Conservative Party has lagged behind the center-left Labour…
Scott Whitlock
October 3rd, 2013 9:44 AM

Media Protection Racket Alert: Politico's Byers Defends Reid 'Cancer

Politico's Dylan Byers is determined to tell us that we didn't see and hear what we really saw and heard, and that Matt Drudge is a filthy liar (Update, 8:20 a.m., Oct. 3: as well as Real Clear Politics —"Reid To CNN's Dana Bash: 'Why Would We Want To' Help One Kid With Cancer?") for relaying what CNN's Dana Bash saw and heard — and reported. Today, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid…
Tom Blumer
October 2nd, 2013 11:58 PM

Modern Family: From Art to Propaganda

Modern Family becomes a full-blown propaganda work.
Evan Mantel
October 2nd, 2013 11:34 PM

As With CNN Email This Afternoon, AP's Rothwell Also Makes a Market De

As I noted in a previous previous post today (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), a CNNMoney.com email tried to spin a 0.4% decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and tiny drops of less than 0.1% in the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ into proof that the government shutdown and the "looming U.S. default" were having awful effects on investors. Given that the ADP Employment Report today was a…
Tom Blumer
October 2nd, 2013 9:48 PM