Perilously Liberal John Avlon to Host CNN's First Reliable Sources Wit

It appears Jeff Zucker wasn't interested in creating a more fair and balanced Reliable Sources now that former host Howard Kurtz has left CNN for Fox News. Quite the contrary, TVNewser reported Friday that the first host of the program will be the perilously liberal Daily Beast contributor John Avlon.
Noel Sheppard
July 6th, 2013 11:40 AM

Egyptian Military Takes Away CNN Camera During Live Broadcast

CNN senior international correspondent Ben Wedeman had a rather shocking thing happen to him while logging a live report from near Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday. Members of the Egyptian military interrupted his report and took away CNN's camera (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
July 6th, 2013 10:51 AM

Daily Kos Blogger: Liberals Are Just Normal Folks, But Conservatives

Many (though by no means all) liberals don't see liberalism as an ideology, but rather as plain old human decency and common sense. Daily Kos blogger Ed Martin took that viewpoint to an extreme this past Tuesday. Martin doesn't think Republicans are qualified to call him and his ilk liberals. He wonders, "Why should any rational person allow themselves to be defined by people who have been…
Tom Johnson
July 6th, 2013 9:33 AM

ABC's Dan Abrams On Zimmerman: 'I Don't See How A Jury Convicts

No wonder Dan Abrams left MSNBC . . . The former legal analyst at the "Lean Forward" network, now at ABC, expressed an opinion this morning that would surely be unwelcome at his former shop.   Guest-hosting on Good Morning America, Abrams opined that as a legal matter "I don't see how a jury convicts" George Zimmerman of murder or manslaughter.  Abrams sees too much reasonable doubt in the…
Mark Finkelstein
July 6th, 2013 8:10 AM

GOP Governors 'Salivating' Over Rapes in Cairo: Daily Kos Screed

Hard to believe, but there's actually a left-wing media outlet that makes MSNBC appear sane by comparison. If you've never visited Daily Kos, I wish I could say you're in for a treat. Alas, that's unlikely to be true. Instead, you'll probably want to shower after dropping by, lest any of its peculiar odor linger.
Jack Coleman
July 5th, 2013 5:40 PM

MSNBC Audience Cheers Judge Denying Zimmerman Motion for Acquittal

As NewsBusters has been reporting for months, the folks at MSNBC have all but convicted George Zimmerman for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. On Friday, viewers got to see more of MSNBC’s biases regarding this trial when a live audience watching the Ed Show at the Essence Festival in New Orleans broke out in applause as host Ed Schultz announced the judge in the case had denied defense’s…
Noel Sheppard
July 5th, 2013 5:33 PM

Al Sharpton and MSNBC Push ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion

On the Tuesday evening edition of Politics Nation, host Rev. Al Sharpton took a break from his seemingly continual coverage of the George Zimmerman trial to talk about healthcare. He touted the recent decision by the Obama administration to push the to 2015 as implementation of the employee mandate requirement of the Affordable Care Act back the administration’s decision to give “employers more…
Nathan Roush
July 5th, 2013 3:00 PM

Run, Wendy, Run! Media Cheers Wendy Davis to Run for Governor

After touting a Texas legislator's "epic" pro-choice filibuster, the media have turned to hyping her future as a possible Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the state. NewsBusters already documented the adulation that the media showed for Texas Democratic legislator Wendy Davis after she filibustered to stop a pro-life bill from passing the state senate last Wednesday. And after the…
Matt Hadro
July 5th, 2013 11:01 AM

Will Media Report the Poor Quality of Jobs Created in June

It seems a metaphysical certitude the Obama-loving media will be falling over themselves in the next 48 hours to report the better than expected jobs numbers in June. But will they expose the poor quality of those jobs, or just stick with the headline number?
Noel Sheppard
July 5th, 2013 10:33 AM

New York Times' Puff Piece Highlights 'Deficit Lover With a Following

How does a multi-millionaire plutocrat earn good press from the New York Times? Apparently, espousing some of the far-Left's most radical economic theories is a good start. This morning's paper (B-1) carries an adoring profile of Warren Mosler, who reporter Annie Lowrey brands as a "card-carrying member of the 1 percent....But his prescriptions for economic policy make him sound like a…
Rich Noyes
July 5th, 2013 9:42 AM

Liberal Luxury: MSNBC to Broadcast from Pricey Essence Festival, Still

The liberal chorus at MSNBC has made it a relentless mission to attack Republicans as unconcerned about the poor. Evening hosts Chris Matthews and Chris Hayes are just two recent examples, the former claiming the GOP “spent months...trying to keep black people and poor people from voting,” and the latter slamming Republicans for an “anti-food stamp jihad.” The hypocrisy of these attacks may…
Andrew Lautz
July 5th, 2013 9:00 AM

I Like Barack: Obama Reminds Historian Brinkley of Eisenhower

This Fourth of July weekend is turning into an unforseen laff-fest.  Yesterday we had NBC featuring a photo of President Obama making what he might have thought was an assertive hand gesture while discussing the situation in Egypt with his aides. Today treats us to historian Douglas Brinkley, on Morning Joe, claiming that when it comes to foreign policy, President Obama reminds him of, yes,…
Mark Finkelstein
July 5th, 2013 8:18 AM

MSNBC's Ratings Still Dropping While Fox News, CNN, HLN Enjoy Second-Q

The ratings from April through June brought good news for the dominant Fox News Channel, the resurgent Cable News Network and HLN -- which was previously known as the Headline Network -- but that period saw MSNBC deliver its worst quarterly prime-time showing among total viewers and adults from 25 to 54 years of age since 2007. According to a report released by Nielsen Media Research, CNN…
Randy Hall
July 4th, 2013 2:10 PM

Oliver Stone Tells European Audience on Fourth of July 'The World is i

Dontcha just love it when pompous Hollywoodans speak ill of America whilst traveling abroad on national holidays? Take Oliver Stone for example who on the Fourth of July actually said of the United States at a film festival in the Czech Republic, "The world is in danger with our tyranny."
Noel Sheppard
July 4th, 2013 12:44 PM