Tom Brokaw Dissed 'Contract With America' Then, Disses 'Pledge To Amer

 Back in 1994, as the MRC's Brent Baker recalled earlier today with video, Tom Brokaw derided the Contract with America as "long on promises, but short on sound premises." So on the very day that Republican House members were set to announce their Pledge to America, who did NBC's Today show bring on to discuss it? House Minority Leader John Boehner? Rising Republican star Paul Ryan? No, on…
Geoffrey Dickens

MRC's Worst of the Week: Media Ramp Up Anti-Tea Party Venom

Six weeks before what could be a doomsday election for Democrats, the liberal media are taking every opportunity to belittle and discredit the Tea Party movement that’s fueling voter energy this year.Media liberals with zero affection for the Republican establishment are suddenly acting like concerned parents. Ex-Clintonista George Stephanopoulos worried on ABC’s Good Morning America: “Is it a…
Rich Noyes

CEOs Having 'Buyer's Remorse' Over Obama

Investor's Business Daily website says 'more CEOs seeing Obama as bad hire.'
Julia A. Seymour

Jon Stewart to Bill O'Reilly: Fox Has Become So Extreme You're Now Its

Jon Stewart on Wednesday told Bill O'Reilly the Fox News Channel has become so extreme he's now become the network's left wing.Chatting with the host of the "O'Reilly Factor," the Comedy Central star said, "You've been overtaken by a more extreme version of you. You are like Fox 1.0. You are the beta version."The "Daily Show" host continued, "Fox 2.0 has jumped over you to an extent that I don't…
Noel Sheppard

Open Thread: GOP's 'Pledge to America

NB Staff

Elizabeth Warren: First Amendment Right 'Scares Me', Needs 'Dialing Ba

    Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . .the right of the people . . . to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- First Amendment to the ConstitutionRemember the MSM brouhaha when some conservatives suggested reconsidering the automatic granting of citizenship to children born in the US to illegal immigrants? Suddenly, the sanctity of the 14th Amendment became the…
Mark Finkelstein

Behar Guest Mills-Francis: O'Donnell 'Was Whore By Her Own Admission

On Wednesday’s Joy Behar Show on HLN, when a panel discussion turned to the subject of Delaware Republican Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell, panel member Judge Karen Mills-Francis of the Judge Karen’s Court show described O’Donnell as having been a "whore" as she listed some of the Senate candidate's past and recent problems. Mills-Francis: "She’s a real train wreck, and the reason why she said…
Brad Wilmouth

Flashback to 1994: Brokaw Declared Contract with America 'Long on Prom

With House Republicans set today (Thursday) to unveil their “Pledge to America” if they win a majority of seats in November, a look back at how then-NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw derided the Contract with America when it was announced on Tuesday, September 27, 1994. “Today,” Brokaw declared on the newscast he anchored from in front of the White House, “GOP congressional candidates were…
Brent Baker

Olbermann Charges Cheney & ‘Puppet’ Bush ‘Responsible for’ All

On Wednesday’s Countdown show, as he slammed FNC commentator Liz Cheney in his "Worst Person" segment, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann charged that her father – Vice President Cheney – and President Bush were responsible for allowing the 9/11 attacks to occur. After quoting Ms. Cheney’s recent criticism of President Obama, Olbermann began his rant: "Madame, who in the hell do you think you're talking…
Brad Wilmouth

New Book Explains, Defends Palin's Faith

Authors hope to broaden understanding of charismatic evangelical faith amid media scorn.
Nathan Burchfiel

Peacock Plugs Polygamy

Softball Today interview lets polygamists gripe about acceptance.
Krista West

Matthews-Mitchell Admit: Military Doesn't Trust Obama's Political Advi

Of all the revelations in Bob Woodwards's new book, this could be the most devastating . . . On this evening's Hardball, Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell admited that the military people in the Obama administration don't trust Pres. Obama's political advisers.That raises grave concerns for America's security.  In purely political terms, consider the implications given that among Americans, by…
Mark Finkelstein

CBS Affiliate: 'Cuomo Caught Lying About Voting for Bloomberg

Flying Pigs Alert!The gubernatorial campaign of Andrew Cuomo has such a poor credibility problem that even the local New York City CBS affiliate is asking: "Cuomo Caught Lying About Voting for Bloomberg?" And what caused such an aspersion to be cast upon Cuomo's veracity? Check out this video in which Cuomo asserted that he voted for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. However, as the CBS…
P.J. Gladnick

Jack Cafferty Lumps in Christine O'Donnell in New Attack on Palin

On Wednesday's Situation Room, CNN's Jack Cafferty revisited his anti-Sarah Palin obsession and somewhat predictably, grouped U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell with the former Alaska governor, stating it "feels like Sarah Palin all over again....O'Donnell has some big question marks on her resume, just like...Palin."  Most of the viewer e-mails Cafferty read bashed the two politicians…
Matthew Balan