NB ToonsDay: Special Memorial Day Edition

To all those who gave their lives for our country, we're forever grateful for their sacrifices which have kept us free. In honor of Memorial Day, here's a special edition of NB ToonsDay, a day early. [see below the fold for cartoons]
NB Staff
May 27th, 2013 12:49 PM

NYT Reporter Bored by Question of Obama's 9/11 Chatter and Whereabout

Radio host Hugh Hewitt's interviews with reporters can be fascinating. On Tuesday, he pressed New York Times reporter Michael Shear about the question of what President Obama was doing on the night of September 11, 2012 as the Benghazi consulate came under a vicious terrorist attack. Shear showed an obvious distaste for digging into this, saying "relevance is in the eye of the beholder" and "I'…
Tim Graham
May 27th, 2013 12:09 PM

Iraq Vets Show Silliness of Biden's 'Safer' Chocolate Ammo Talk

File under the Stupid Things Biden Says a letter he recently wrote to a child about chocolate ammunition: “I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate.” Over at the website Rare.us, they posted a YouTube video from some Iraq veterans that took Biden’s notion and put it on its ear. You’ll want to…
Tim Graham
May 27th, 2013 11:34 AM

Notable Quotables: Special Obama Scandal Edition

Just posted to MRC.org this Memorial Day, the latest edition of MRC's Notable Quotables newsletter, recounting the most outrageous quotes from the liberal media. This week: the media warn that "voters will punish" Republicans if they "overplay their hand" and actually investigate the multiple scandals swirling around the Obama administration. At the same time, MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell…
Rich Noyes
May 27th, 2013 11:25 AM

Global Warming Skeptics Rebut Face the Nation Segment on Climate Chang

CBS's Face the Nation Sunday spent fifteen minutes discussing climate change and amongst other things its impact on tornadoes - in particular the EF-5 that hit Moore, Oklahoma, last week. As not one global warming skeptic was invited to participate in the panel, I've taken the liberty of getting opinions from some of the leaders on the realist side of the debate (video follows with commentary…
Noel Sheppard
May 27th, 2013 10:23 AM

Happy Memorial Day from NewsBusters

Happy Memorial Day to all NB readers. We are glad to honor the sacrifice of those who gave the last measure of devotion protecting this country. Please share your Memorial Day tributes on this post. For the general weekend open thread, click here.
NB Staff
May 27th, 2013 6:11 AM

Sorry, Tom Raum: The Economy Is Not 'Clearly' Recovering

In "Go Ahead, Invade Their Phone Records: AP Reports Obama Has 'Alleged Scandals' and 'Alleged Misbehavior,'" Tim Graham at NewsBusters noted how Tom Raum at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, claimed that "Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly…
Tom Blumer
May 27th, 2013 12:14 AM

Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon Considered to Play Hillary Cl

When you see Hillary Clinton, do you think of Scarlett Johansson? Or Reese Witherspoon? According to Britain's Independent, the director of the upcoming 2016 biopic "Rodham" does:
Noel Sheppard
May 26th, 2013 10:59 PM

Grammy Award-Winner Michael Bolton: 'I'd Walk Across the Country to Ge

"If she decides to run, I would walk across the country to get her into office." So said Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Michael Bolton about Hillary Clinton during an interview with HuffPost Live Friday.
Noel Sheppard
May 26th, 2013 10:13 PM

Gosnell Attorney to Fox's Megyn Kelly: 'Things Went a Bit Awry,' Blame

Imagine if Newtown, Connecticut massacre perpetrator Adam Lanza had lived and gone on to get convicted of the 26 murders he committed. Further, imagine, post-conviction, that his attorney claimed that "things went a little awry" that day. There would be no containing the outrage, or the establishment press coverage. Kermit Gosnell attorney Jack McMahon was interviewed on Wednesday by Fox News…
Tom Blumer
May 26th, 2013 6:23 PM

Bob Dole: Obama’s a ‘Great Golfer,’ ‘Lacks Communication Skill

Former United States Senator and Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole had some harsh words for the current White House resident Sunday. During an interview on Fox News Sunday, when host Chris Wallace asked him what he thought of Barack Obama, Dole replied, “Great golfer.”
Noel Sheppard
May 26th, 2013 4:38 PM

Maryland's Gosnells? WashPost Put Woman's Death, 'Life-Threatening Def

On the top of The Washington Post’s front page Saturday was a story by Lena Sun on Maryland “seeks to expand [ahem, price] control of hospitals.” At the bottom of the front page of Metro Saturday was another Lena Sun story: “Md. abortion clinic lapses unrelated to patient death.” Sun omitted the name of the 29-year-old dead woman (Jennifer Morbelli), but politely allowed the state of…
Tim Graham
May 26th, 2013 2:51 PM

Disgusting MTV: Pop Star Drinks Her Own Urine

MTV is always crossing the boundaries of taste to build a “buzz” around their youth-oriented shows. On Tuesday night's episode of their “reality” show "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life," the sleazy pop singer decided to urinate into a plastic bottle in front of her friends on a car trip and take a sip. "It was really gross," this genius concluded. This could just a faked-for-ratings stunt. But…
Tim Graham
May 26th, 2013 2:02 PM

CBS's Bob Schieffer: 'How About Someone Other Than Holder' Investigate

As NewsBusters has been reporting, CBS's Bob Schieffer has been coming down hard on the Obama administration in recent weeks. That continued Sunday when the Face the Nation host delivered a special commentary wherein he said that Attorney General Eric Holder heading the review of his department "so deeply involved" in the leaks investigation scandal "makes no sense to me" (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
May 26th, 2013 1:15 PM