Peggy Noonan on Latest ObamaCare Delay: ‘Is There Still An ObamaCare

ABC’s This Week w/ George Stephanopoulos was the only Sunday show that bothered to cover the latest ObamaCare delay and with it came some interesting insight from the panel of political experts. Appearing on Sunday’s program, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan mocked the latest delay and hilariously asked her fellow panelists if “there still a law? Is there still an ObamaCare law? It'…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 9th, 2014 3:08 PM

George Will: Obama Donor Investigating IRS Scandal ‘Kind Of A Sham

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, conservative columnist George Will had some harsh words for the Obama Administration’s handling of the IRS scandal. In response to a question from host Chris Wallace about how little is known about the IRS scandal, Will observed that Obama’s “appointed an employee of his who is also a donor of his to investigate him and before the thing starts he says, oh, by the…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 9th, 2014 1:50 PM

ABC’s Jonathan Karl Mocks Ted Cruz, Calls Repealing ObamaCare A ‘B

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) sat down for an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl following his speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and from the beginning was met with a barrage of questions over his outspoken criticism of President Obama. The interview, which aired on Sunday’s This Week w/ George Stephanopoulos, featured a myriad of topics including…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 9th, 2014 11:37 AM

SNL: Bad Guys Shut Down Planned Parenthood Clinics

Saturday Night Live this week included a skit that portrayed people who shut down Planned Parenthood Clinics as bad men who had their heart broken by some girl when they were 18 and never got over it. During the skit, protesting against Planned Parenthood was used as an example of how out of touch a dorky guy was. The actor, with slicked down hair and an emphasized nasal voice, argued that…
Mike Ciandella
March 9th, 2014 1:28 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: ‘Lie Witness News,’ Oscars Edition

In a fun feature on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, “Lie Witness News,” he sends a camera crew out onto the streets of Los Angeles to ask pedestrians about events that have not happened. But the people are too embarrassed or ill-informed to realize the fake-out and offer their opinions on the non-existent premise. Monday’s (March 3) Special Report with Bret Baier ended with an excerpt from an “…
Brent Baker
March 9th, 2014 12:48 AM

Newsweek 'Back From the Dead,' Causes Furor Over Bitcoin Founder's Ide

Newsweek, the weekly magazine with a penchant for controversial covers, reappeared in retail outlets across the country on Friday after more than a year as a subscription-only digital periodical. According to the Daily Beast, the publication's online partner, “a historic title is back from the dead." As has often happened in the past, the new magazine's cover story has generated a…
Randy Hall
March 8th, 2014 9:15 PM

Juan Williams Calls Out 'Disgraceful Double Standard' as Rutgers Facul

Few have defended the Obama administration, and especially Obamacare, as vocally and in my view often unreasonably, as Fox News's Juan Williams. He has gone so far as to call Republican Party opposition to Obamacare its "original sin," and absurdly claimed that "massive opposition" from Republicans is what forced HealthCare.gov's rushed rollout. One blind spot Williams does not have involves…
Tom Blumer
March 8th, 2014 8:25 PM

Rush Limbaugh on Ronan Farrow: 'He's Never Done Anything; He's Never G

Rush Limbaugh on Thursday mocked new MSNBC host Ronan Farrow, dismissing the 26-year-old, saying, "He's never done anything. He's never gotten good at anything." MSNBC President Phil Griffen explained to the New York Times how he was originally wowed by Farrow, who is either the son of Woody Allen or Frank Sinatra: "Within 20 minutes, I wanted to hire him...He got it."  Limbaugh translated, "…
Scott Whitlock
March 8th, 2014 6:04 PM

NYT Launches Coverage of 'Strident' CPAC 'Conundrum' With Usual Loaded

The New York Times covered the latest annual gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with its usual mix of suspicion, overloaded labeling bias, and anti-GOP doomsaying. The paper's skeptical coverage of the three-day conservative confab, held this year at National Harbor on the Potomac, opened with two stories in Friday's edition, one on the organizers's attempts to put…
Clay Waters
March 8th, 2014 5:23 PM

NBC, CBS Cover Obama Spelling Flub; ABC Out to Lunch

Viewers of ABC's morning and evening newscasts on Friday would have been left unaware of President Obama's gaffe of elementary proportions during a White House concert on Thursday evening. Both Good Morning America and World News omitted how the Democrat left out the first "E" in the title of Aretha Franklin's most famous song: "When Aretha first told us what R-S-P-E-C-T meant to her." By…
Matthew Balan
March 8th, 2014 2:46 PM

Once Upon a Time In Wonderland: Jafar's Daddy Issues

Jafar and his father's relationship are examined.
Meredith Mantel
March 8th, 2014 12:35 AM

NewsBusted: What MSNBC's Ronan Farrow, Barack Obama Have in Common

"Ronan Farrow received a Cronkite broadcasting award after only three days on the air at MSNBC.  When reached for comment, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Barack Obama said: 'I hate when people get awards they're not qualified for.'" Besides ol' Blue Eyes Jr., NewsBusted's Jodi Miller rips on Hillary Clinton, director Spike Lee, and actress Jenny McCarthy -- we know, sounds like a set-up for a…
NB Staff
March 7th, 2014 10:28 PM

NBC Hypes Spat Between McCain and 'One of the Tea Party's Most Provoca

Friday's NBC Nightly News played up the latest dust-up between Senators John McCain and Ted Cruz over the latter's criticism of three of the Republican Party's presidential candidates, including Bob Dole. Brian Williams underlined the apparent "genuine and palpable tension today in Washington," after Senator Cruz criticized Dole, McCain, and Mitt Romney's campaigns during a speech at CPAC: "…
Matthew Balan
March 7th, 2014 10:04 PM

ThinkProgress Blogger: White House Pressured Us to Stop Whacking Obama

  Former ThinkProgress blogger Zaid Jilani has written that during his time at the Center for American Progress blog,  senior staff of the Center were "berated" for being too critical of President Obama on the war in Afghanistan. He compared the pressure to shut up as similar to the Russia Today cable channel. He asserted that phone calls came in to CAP from the White House complaining about…
Tim Graham
March 7th, 2014 9:48 PM