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Olbermann Incorrectly Cites MRC’s Bozell & Lumps w/ ‘Racists in Ri
On Thursday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann mixed up NewsBusters parent organization the Media Research Center with the group Accuracy in Media, as he linked MRC Founder and President Brent Bozell to an article written by AIM’s Roger Aronoff. In the article, titled "Olbermann’s Fuzzy Math on Race," Aronoff had responded to Olbermann’s Monday "Special Comment" in which he asserted…
Surprise: NY Times Finds Racial Stereotyping at Conservative Conventio
The New York Times suggests racist appeals were afoot at the Conservative Political Action Conference that kicked off Thursday morning in Washington. Reporter Kate Zernike filed on the paper's "Caucus" blog Thursday to chide as offensive "some" CPAC speakers, by which she evidently meant one in particular, young conservative author Jason Mattera: "CPAC Speaker Bashes Obama, in Racial Tones." The…
CNN's Sanchez and Velshi Omit Stack's Communist Sympathies
A trend is beginning to develop in the media reports concerning Joe Stack, the man who allegedly smashed a plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas: his disgust for capitalism and support of communism must be ignored at all cost.As NewsBusters previously reported, both Time.com and a blog posting at the Washington Post have conveniently skipped two crucial sentences at the end of Stack's…
CBS Contends Democrats Victims of 'Incumbent Backlash,' Not Anti-Big G
Though polls and recent election results illustrate public antipathy to big government deficit spending and a preference for right-leaning Republicans, Thursday’s CBS Evening News foresaw an “incumbent backlash” in which Democrats are only more vulnerable because more of them hold national office. Katie Couric asserted “a lot of incumbents are in trouble” before reporter Chip Reid declared it’s “…
Olbermann Honored By NewsBusters Mats With His Face On Them
A second MSNBC host on Thursday commented about the NewsBusters doormats featuring the faces of America's most disgraceful cable news network.As NewsBusters reported moments ago, Rachel Maddow did a segment on her show Thursday evening about her visit to our booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.Not to be outdone, her partner in disinformation, Keith Olbermann,…
Rachel Maddow Reports on CPAC and Her NewsBusters Booth Visit
As NewsBusters reported Thursday, Rachel Maddow visited our booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference taking place in Washington, D.C.Showing herself to be a really good sport, Maddow discussed her CPAC visit on the MSNBC program bearing her name.In particular, she was very pleased with our Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann doormats, although she was offended we didn't have one for…
At CPAC, Breitbart Calls NY Times Reporter who Alleged Racism 'Despica
Web entrepreneur and publisher of BigGovernment.com blasts Times' Kate Zernike for alleging racism at conservative event and explains the 'social justice' mentality.
Elton John Says Jesus Christ Was Gay
He's made some crazy statements in the past, but pop singer Elton John now claims Jesus Christ was gay.In an interview scheduled to be published by Parade magazine this Sunday, John says, "I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems."This of course seems absurd coming from a man who in 2006 said, “I think religion has always tried to turn hatred…
NY Mag Jumps on Liberal Bandwagon, Ties Joe Stack to Tea Parties
The liberal press is determined, it seems, to tie Joe Stack's apparent suicide in Austin today to the Tea Party movement. NewsBusters has reported on three such attempts, and now New York Magazine has thrown its hat in the ring.Like Time Magazine, MSNBC, and the Washington Post, New York Magazine cherry-picked portions of Stack's apparent suicide note, which he posted online, in order to support…
Matthews' Southern Poverty Guest Ties Stack To 'Radical Right
Liberal TV show host? Want to guarantee that the post-Stack finger will be pointed at conservatives? Choose as your sole guest on the subject someone from the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center. That's precisely what Chris Matthews did this evening, with utterly predictable results. Right on script, SPLC director Mark Potok twice associated Austin plane-bomber Andrew Stack with "the radical…
WaPo's Capehart: Austin Suicide Pilot's 'Alienation Similar To Extreme
The media push to connect apparent suicide victim Joe Stack to the Tea Party movement is clearly in full swing.As NewsBusters reported moments ago, Time.com made two links to the man who crashed a plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, Thursday and the conservative movement.At about the same time, the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart wrote at the Post Partisan blog, "There's no…
Time Magazine Links Austin Suicide Pilot To Tea Party Movement
In an article about Thursday's apparent suicide by a pilot in Austin, Texas, the folks at Time.com made two seemingly intentional links to the Tea Party movement.First, the piece began:The long, rambling rant posted on a website eerily reflected the angry populist sentiments that have swept the country in the past year. In it, a Joe Stack inveighed against intrusive Big Brother government,…
BBC News Anchor Arrested After Broadcasting He Euthanized Gay Lover
Here we see a classic case of an aging newscaster feeling delusions of grandeur. This guy grew to think he was a media god and untouchable. Wrong. Hope the ratings were worth it. According to the Examiner, February 17: Veteran BBC broadcast journalist Ray Gosling was arrested today after admitting on his show that he killed his gay lover. The 70-year-old confessed to smothering his former lover…