HuffPo Hypes F-Word Celebrity Campaign

When you’re faced with bullying, then clearly you should be obscene and crass. That’s what HuffPo suggested in their coverage of an anti-bullying campaign called “The New F Word,” a photo campaign using pictures of celebrities flipping the bird in response to bullying. HuffPo’s “Gay Voices” hailed the obscene photo campaign as “groundbreaking,” and gave a sample slideshow and links to support…
Lauren Enk
June 12th, 2013 2:25 PM

MSNBC's Hayes: 'Shameless' Marco Rubio 'Showing Both Faces' on Immigra

On Tuesday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes accused Republican Senator Marco Rubio of "showing both faces" in trying to make additions to his immigration reform plan, as he found fault with the Florida Senator for trying to add border security and an English language proficiency requirement to the bill. Hayes complained:
Brad Wilmouth
June 12th, 2013 2:23 PM

NBA Chief David Stern Slams Bryant Gumbel For Calling Him a 'Plantatio

Outgoing NBA commissioner David Stern granted an interview to Lee Hawkins of the Wall Street Journal on June 7, and Hawkins asked him about Bryant Gumbel’s characterization of Stern as a “plantation overseer” during the most recent contract negotiations with the NBA players union in 2011. He actually said Stern "always seemed eager to be viewed as some kind of modern plantation overseer…
Tim Graham
June 12th, 2013 1:56 PM

HGTV Apologizes for Telling Viewers to Use American Flag as Tablecloth

HGTV, the cable channel devoted to home remodeling and interior design, apologized today for a feature on its website that recommended the use of an American flag as a tablecloth for Independence Day celebrations. “Drape a large American flag over the table as a bright and festive table runner,” HGTV advised. “Use a nylon flag so spills can be easily wiped off and the flag can later be hung…
Matthew Sheffield
June 12th, 2013 1:26 PM

MSNBC's Harris-Perry: 'We Want to Politicize' Newtown, Calls for Paren

Governor Dan Malloy (D-Conn.) recently signed a bill preventing photos and videos of the Sandy Hook shooting victims from being released to the public. The bill had broad support from the victims’s families, and was the subject of a petition on change.org that gained over 100,000 signatures. But MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry and her Sunday panel’s desire for gun control apparently trumps…
Andrew Lautz
June 12th, 2013 12:54 PM

NY Times Hypes NAACP Protests Against GOP-Led N.C. Legislature

You can tell that members of the liberal media are uncomfortable that a southern state legislature is finally reflecting the conservative values of its electorate. For the first time in over a century, the GOP in North Carolina controls both chambers of the state legislature as well as the governorship, a feat that has the left-leaning staff at The New York Times extremely nervous and…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 12th, 2013 12:33 PM

Piers Morgan Asks Robert Zimmerman If He Regrets His Brother Carried a

CNN's Piers Morgan will use any and every tragedy to bolster his crusade for gun control in the U.S. On his Tuesday night show he hounded George Zimmerman's brother Robert, Jr. over George carrying a gun the night Trayvon Martin died. Morgan also pushed for an age 25-and-under gun ban. "Obviously, if George had not had a gun on him that night, the distinct likelihood is that Trayvon Martin…
Matt Hadro
June 12th, 2013 12:31 PM

Networks Skip Audio of IRS Official Lecturing Pro-Life Group: Don't 'F

  A pro-life legal group on Monday released audio footage of an Internal Revenue Service agent telling them, "You cannot force your religion or force your beliefs on someone else." Yet, ABC, NBC and CBS all have ignored the story so far. In the audio, IRS agent Sherry Wan lectured, "...You have to know your boundaries." Alliance Defending Freedom, a Arizona-based group, is a non-profit legal…
Scott Whitlock
June 12th, 2013 12:14 PM

Liberals Join Forces: Soledad O'Brien Signed for 'Real Sports with Bry

HBO picked up deposed CNN morning host Soledad O’Brien for its monthly show “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.” Sports? Soledad? As AP reported, “O'Brien played college rugby, but her experience covering sports is limited.” Apparently, HBO can’t find enough arrogant liberalism, from Gumbel to Bill Maher. In a statement posted at TVNewser, HBO Sports president Ken Hershman said O’Brien was a “…
Tim Graham
June 12th, 2013 11:58 AM

O'Reilly: Even 'Most Fervent Obama News Agency' NBC Having Trouble Def

On Tuesday night's O'Reilly Factor, mentioning his appearance on NBC's Today that morning, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly observed that the Peacock Network was having a difficult time covering the scandals plaguing the Obama administration: "Look, even when I was at the Today show this morning, NBC News, okay? I would say the most fervent Obama news agency in the country....Even them, they're…
Kyle Drennen
June 12th, 2013 11:30 AM

ABC ‘World News’ Silent on Morning-After Pill for Kids

America’s daughters will now be able to buy the “morning after” abortion pill with their Justin Bieber fan-zines and “Twilight” novels. To many people, that’s important news. But ABC didn’t think it was worth noting on “World News with Diane Sawyer.” Perhaps ABC felt it was already covering an important health story and couldn’t fit another in the broadcast. And really, a segment on women…
Matt Philbin
June 12th, 2013 11:18 AM

Mika Brzezinski: ‘Snowden Is Not a Whistleblower

As NewsBusters has been reporting, it's been a hoot watching typically anti-surveillance liberal media members support the President's program of having the National Security Agency look into everyone's phone records. Count MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski amongst them, for on Wednesday's Morning Joe, the co-host struck back at any suggestion that leaker Edward Snowden was a whistleblower (video…
Noel Sheppard
June 12th, 2013 11:03 AM

Yawn: Robert Redford Blames Isolated Weather Events on Global Warming

Another day, another limousine liberal making ignorant pronouncements about global warming. This time, it's long-time actor Robert Redford in an op-ed for USA Today claiming that "our weather is out of whack." Redford (or his ghostwriter) wrote the piece as part of a campaign with the National Resources Defense Council to place television ads in the Washington, DC, area in the hopes of…
Matthew Sheffield
June 12th, 2013 10:42 AM

Open Thread Wednesday

For general discussion and comment about the news. Of note today: Our comedy show NewsBusted has a new episode, please check it out.
NB Staff
June 12th, 2013 10:25 AM