Oops! CNN Commentator Falsely Accuses Okla. State Rep While Trying to

Liberal comic Dean Obeidallah, a regular CNN commentator, flubbed the facts on Tuesday trying to expose an Oklahoma state representative for not wanting to mandate tornado shelters in schools because it would be "government interference." An outraged Obeidallah hit Rep. Mark McBride (R) for hypocrisy, and tossed in his liberal tidbit on guns: "Shocking to hear elected official in Okl say…
Matt Hadro
May 21st, 2013 2:19 PM

Which Way Is It? ‘Scandals Threaten Obama’s Agenda’ Or Obama

Contrasting headlines, over different polls taken by the two newspapers, on the front pages of Tuesday’s USA Today and Washington Post. USA Today -- “Poll: Scandals threaten Obama’s agenda” Washington Post – “Poll: President holds firm amid controversies” Images after the jump.
Brent Baker
May 21st, 2013 2:01 PM

NB ToonsDay: The Buck Never Got Here Edition

This week's batch of cartoons for the NB ToonsDay feature continues to look at President Obama's trifecta of scandals and his buck-never-got-here defense, particularly on the IRS investigation. Also tackled, the Obama/Holder DOJ's attack on freedom of the press vis-a-vis their investigation of the Associated Press and Fox News reporter Jim Rosen.
NB Staff
May 21st, 2013 1:37 PM

Veteran Journalist Brit Hume Condemns FBI Investigation Of Fox’s Jam

Following a Washington Post report showing that the Obama administration under the Justice Department had singled out Fox News’ James Rosen, including secretly reading his personal emails, FNC’s Brit Hume took the Obama administration to task for its actions. Appearing on Special Report w/ Bret Baier on May 20, the veteran Washington journalist described the actions by the Justice Department…
Jeffrey Meyer
May 21st, 2013 1:00 PM

WashPost's Pincus Steadfastly Defends Obama/Holder DOJ's Handling of A

At this point it's become abundantly clear that the Obama/Holder Justice Department went overboard in its overzealous, subpoena-happy probe of Associated Press journalists. We also know from the Washington Post's reporting, that the administration was peeved about the timing of the AP story in question, not so much the content, and that the AP's president is on record slamming the  DOJ for an "…
Ken Shepherd
May 21st, 2013 12:31 PM

After Terrible Storm, ABC Devotes 10 Minutes to Crime, Botox and Enter

Despite the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday, ABC's Good Morning America still found time to devote several segments to stunningly superficial topics, including getting Botox injections at age 20 and Matt Damon's gay love scenes with Michael Douglas in a new movie. Additionally, the network morning show offered yet another segment to the tabloid details of the Jodi Arias…
Scott Whitlock
May 21st, 2013 12:10 PM

Politico: Benghazi-focused CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson's 'Computers

Dylan Byers of Politico reports “Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy-award winning CBS News investigative reporter, says that her personal and work computers have been compromised and are under investigation.” "I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for some months. But I'm not prepared to make an allegation against a specific entity today as I've…
Tim Graham
May 21st, 2013 12:07 PM

ABC and CBS Ignore Obama Administration Investigating FNC's James Rose

While much of the news coverage Monday evening and Tuesday morning was dominated by coverage of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday's NBC Today did manage to provide two news briefs, totaling a minute and fourteen seconds, to the stunning revelation that the Obama administration searched through the private emails of Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen,…
Kyle Drennen
May 21st, 2013 11:57 AM

MSNBC's Ratings Fall to Seven Year Lows

As NewsBusters has been reporting, Americans are tiring of MSNBC. Deadline reported Monday the liberal so-called "news" network's ratings last week dropped to levels not seen since 2006:
Noel Sheppard
May 21st, 2013 11:00 AM

CNN Anchor Hits Tom Coburn for Wanting Offsetting Cuts to Emergency Ai

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) wants any federal disaster relief sent to his tornado-ravaged state to be offset by other spending cuts, but CNN's Carol Costello thinks his stand to be either "extreme" or very untimely. "This is either extreme fiscal responsibility or a raging case of 'this is not the time,'" Costello mocked on Facebook and Twitter. The Senator is sticking to his fiscal principles…
Matt Hadro
May 21st, 2013 10:29 AM

Open Thread Tuesday

Discuss the news of the day and anything else you'd like.
NB Staff
May 21st, 2013 10:24 AM

Mediaite Writer Furthers MSNBC Spin On IRS Scandal: 'They Have To Pin

You just knew this was bound to happen. Some on the left are trying to blame George W. Bush for Obama's IRS fiasco.  Take for example Mediaite's resident Obama apologist Tommy Christopher, who wrote a much ado about nothing post on May 16 insinuating that this egregious abuse of government power stems from former Bush appointed IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman – and that credit for clearing…
Matt Vespa
May 21st, 2013 10:13 AM

Sen. Whitehouse Blames GOP For Okla. Tornado, Storms, Rising Seas, Etc

In remarks which will more than likely be ignored by the establishment press, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in essence blamed yesterday's deadly tornado which struck Moore, Oklahoma on Republicans who have "run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings." Whitehouse was intensely upset because, in his view these red state ignoramuses who are allowing ever more intense,…
Tom Blumer
May 21st, 2013 10:08 AM

HuffPo Live: Gender Bending a ‘Benefit’ for Children

Panel decries gender ‘myths.’
Lauren Enk
May 21st, 2013 10:06 AM