AP Treats Obamacare Contractor's Employees in Three States Doing Almos

A search at 11:00 p.m. ET tonight at the Associated Press's national web site on "Serco," the company with a five-year, $1.25 billion contract to process paper Obamacare enrollment applications, returned no results. That's absolutely pathetic, given that St. Louis TV station KMOV, based on multiple accounts from several current and former employees and contractors, has reported that the company…
Tom Blumer
May 18th, 2014 12:05 AM

NY Times Reporter Says Even Hillary's Fans Are 'Flailing' In Attempt t

Via The Right Scoop, we noticed that young New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore – a veteran of the liberal opinion journal The Washington Monthly – thinks Hillary Clinton has a resume problem on her way to the White House, and it’s not Benghazi, exactly. On MSNBC’s Jansing & Co. Friday, he said “I actually think that the real thing they have to overcome, the question everyone’s…
Tim Graham
May 17th, 2014 11:48 PM

Oprah Network's Michael Sam Reality Show Postponed After Rams Meeting

Michael Sam’s declaration in February that he wanted just to be known as a football player, and not a gay football player, started to unravel with the news that he was working with the Oprah Winfrey Network on a reality show on his "historic" journey. Who was causing the distraction now? Not the “haters.” Sources told ESPN.com that the network's plan was to follow Sam's personal life as he…
Tim Graham
May 17th, 2014 4:38 PM

Politico Ruins GOP Woman's Final Weekend Before Senate Primary With 'S

Politico’s helping the Democrats wage war on women candidates right before the U.S. Senate primary in Oregon. First, John Bresnahan reported “GOP Senate candidate Monica Wehby was accused by her ex-boyfriend last year of ‘stalking’ him, entering his home without his permission and ‘harassing’ his employees, according to a Portland, Oregon police report.” Wehby (pronounced "Webby") led…
Tim Graham
May 17th, 2014 2:23 PM

Savage Hemorrhages Hannity’s Audience: New York’s WABC Loses

It’s the kind of conservative media story only conservatives understand. The latest numbers are out for Michael Savage’s radio show. Recall that Savage was a key player in the battle between Sean Hannity and Cumulus radio. A battle that had an exasperated Hannity finally firing Cumulus, as reported here in NewsBusters at the time.  But not before Savage, whom Cumulus had in the wings to…
Jeffrey Lord
May 17th, 2014 1:22 PM

Pols Worth Hating: Scott Walker Is 'Really Sinister,' While 'Blitherin

When last seen in these parts, the American Prospect's Paul Waldman was forecasting that if Hillary Clinton runs for president, "[s]ome Tea Party congressman is going to indulge his fantasies about torturing and killing her." Waldman posted a somewhat more temperate item on Friday (titled Who Do You Hate?) in which he offered a few thoughts about why political activists loathe certain…
Tom Johnson
May 17th, 2014 9:04 AM

NYT's Weisman Hints at Hypocrisy of Alleged 'Common-Man Conservatives

Reporter Jonathan Weisman looked very hard to find hypocrisy among Tea Party candidates in his Saturday New York Times story "Ivy League Degrees, Elite Consulting Jobs, and Now Tea Party Candidacies." The online subhead hinted at it: "Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Tom Cotton of Arkansas are running for the Senate as common-man conservatives but share high-flying pedigrees." Weisman's article is…
Clay Waters
May 17th, 2014 7:52 AM

ABC Ignores Correspondent Grilling Carney Over VA Scandal; Exalts Walt

Friday's World News on ABC mentioned the ongoing scandal surrounding the Veterans Administration only in passing, despite the fact their own chief White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, hounded Press Secretary Jay Carney at the regular White House press briefing on the issue. Meanwhile, they set aside two full segments totaling seven minutes and 54 seconds of air time to Barbara Walters'…
Matthew Balan
May 16th, 2014 11:15 PM

Limbaugh is Right, Thom Hartmann Admits, Liberal Talk Radio Competes M

Thom Hartmann is a rarity among liberal radio hosts. Not only does he frequently invite conservative guests on his show, and engage them in debate that is often contentious but rarely unpleasant, he did something this week that many liberals are ideologically incapable of doing. Hartmann was speaking with fellow radio talker and author Michael Smerconish on Wednesday about changes in the…
Jack Coleman
May 16th, 2014 7:29 PM

Barbara Walters Fawns Over 'Most Fascinating' Hillary One Last Time on

Barbara Walters gushed over Hillary Clinton, who made a surprise appearance on the ABC personality's last episode of The View on Friday. Walters wasted little time before exclaiming to Clinton, "Why don't you just take my place on the show?" The host later exalted the former first lady as "someone we admire – and, for me, it's more than admiration – it's very deep affection." Co-host Sherri…
Matthew Balan
May 16th, 2014 6:29 PM

MSNBC Guest's Defense of Hillary: Most-Lied About Politician

Continuing with the trend this week, Chuck Todd and his guests looked to protect Hillary Clinton from Karl Rove's remarks regarding her age and health. Former Democratic political consultant Mike Feldman -- husband of NBC journalist Savannah Guthrie -- took protecting Clinton to the next level by simply asserting that, “Nobody has been lied about more by her political opponents in a political…
Jackie Seal
May 16th, 2014 6:15 PM

Was Michael Sam's Draft-Day Smooch Aimed at Reality TV Fireworks

Much has been made in the liberal media about Michael Sam's NFL Draft party smooch with his boyfriend Vito Cammisano. And while there's little doubt about the emotion of the moment, it would be fair to say it was choreographed in no small part for the cameras, and not just those for news outlets.  Apparently well before the draft, Sam was working with Oprah Winfrey's producers on the filming…
Ken Shepherd
May 16th, 2014 5:50 PM

Dem Congressional Campaign Cmte Mocks Iraq Vet As 'Cowardly Lion,' He

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recently portrayed Republican U.S. House candidate Lee Zeldin as a "coward" on its website for refusing to oppose Paul Ryan’s budget. To illustrate this they posted a picture of Zeldin’s face on the body of the cowardly lion from The Wizard of Oz. [Video below. MP3 audio here.] But it just so happens that Zeldin is an Iraq War veteran, hardly…
Paul Bremmer
May 16th, 2014 5:18 PM

Colbert Dismisses Clinton's Injuries: 'Rove Has S**t for Brains

The comedian tapped to take over CBS’s Late Show is showing no signs of diversifying his political comedy to tackle both sides of the aisle, preferring to heavily mock conservatives and Republicans while holding prospective 2016 Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton virtually above reproach.. Take the May 15 edition of the Colbert Report, where host Stephen Colbert devoted a five-…
Laura Flint
May 16th, 2014 4:52 PM