Chris Matthews Goes on Anti-Romney Bender: 'Very Anti-Scientific'; 'Kn

MSNBC's Chris Matthews didn't even wait for the balloons and the confetti to stop falling before laying into Mitt Romney. Moments after the former Massachusetts governor finished his Thursday night speech at the Republican National Convention, Matthews slammed the supposedly "very dark, very jingoistic, very anti-scientific, and, really, Know-Nothing" elements of the address. The left-wing…
Matthew Balan
August 31st, 2012 12:51 AM

NBC Does It Again: Runs Commercials Instead of First Three Minutes of

NBC news, during its live Thursday night coverage of the RNC,  skipped the first two-minutes and 50 seconds of Marco Rubio’s speech, as they joined the Florida Senator’s speech in progress after a commercial break. Viewers of NBC missed Rubio’s call for “prayers that soon freedom and liberty” will arrive in Cuba and recalling his grandfather’s inspiring message that: “There was no limit in how…
Geoffrey Dickens
August 31st, 2012 12:18 AM

Scott Walker Schools Piers Morgan Trying to Fact-Check Ryan Speech

CNN's Piers Morgan fell on his face Thursday trying to fact-check Paul Ryan's RNC speech from the previous night. He was proven wrong not only by CNN's own report, but also by his guest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Challenging Ryan's point that a GM plant closed under Obama after he said it would stay open for years if it cooperated with the government, Morgan said the plant "closed down…
Matt Hadro
August 30th, 2012 11:49 PM

Dear Clint: Here's How Obama Answered An Unemployed Obama Backer

Clint Eastwood asked from the convention stage on Thursday night how Obama answers someone who wants answers about why he can't solve the unemployment problem. The answer came Wednesday in Obama's online chat with Reddit, as The Atlantic posted. A student lamented that "we worked for you, we campaigned for you," and now can't find work:
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2012 10:23 PM

Leftist Radio Host Mike Malloy Agrees With Chalian That Republicans Ca

The David Chalian Thesis -- that Republicans can easily party while black people drown -- has been endorsed now not only by the Daily Kos, but by leftist radio host Mike Malloy. On Wednesday night's show, he proclaimed: "You see how that works see how that works? You know in your gut, if you're a normal person, you know that what Chalian said was abso-goddamn-lutely true! You know it was true…
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2012 9:51 PM

Chuck Todd: ‘Technically Factual’ Ryan ‘Distorted the Truth

NBC News demonstrated again Thursday night it has become little more than the more-watched broadcast arm of MSNBC, advancing the same left-wing attacks on conservatives as first trotted out on the cable side. While ABC and CBS managed to refrain from airing entire stories and interviews aimed to discredit Paul Ryan, NBC did not. In packaging Obama campaign talking points, however, Chuck Todd…
Brent Baker
August 30th, 2012 9:27 PM

Live Chat: RNC Day Three

Live chat with NB members about the RNC, day three. Please click through below the fold
NB Staff
August 30th, 2012 8:46 PM

Piers Morgan Says Todd Akin Controversy Supports Narrative That GOP Is

Piers Morgan said on Thursday that the Todd Akin controversy supports "the argument that the Republican Party is anti-women," playing into the Democratic playbook. "I suppose the problem is what it does is it lends again succor to the argument that the Republican Party is anti-women," he stated after bringing up Akin's remarks in an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his wife…
Matt Hadro
August 30th, 2012 7:50 PM

NBC News's Mark Murray More Nuanced On Janesville GM Plant Closing Tha

While the Obama acolytes at MSNBC are insisting that the Janesville, Wisconsin, GM plant was "closed" in December 2008 on President Bush's watch, NBC News senior political editor Mark Murray was more nuanced in an appearance with Thomas Roberts on MSNBC shortly after 2:30 p.m. Eastern today. Even so, Murray's reporting was misleading and is easily negated by a Web search turning up reporting by…
Ken Shepherd
August 30th, 2012 6:18 PM

Ari Fleischer: David Chalian Comments Reflective of Larger Media Probl

Speaking with NewsBusters at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer reacted strongly to the offensive joke made by ousted Yahoo News Washington bureau chief David Chalian that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and his wife Ann. "It baffles me that somebody like that could even be hired in the first place," Fleischer said.
Matthew Sheffield
August 30th, 2012 6:14 PM

In New York Times, Adam Nagourney Ponders Whether Paul Ryan's Speech C

Leave it to former New York Times political correspondent (now Los Angeles bureau chief) Adam Nagourney to find bad news for Romney in his running mate's Paul Ryan's rapturously received convention speech. "With Speech, Ryan May Have Helped Himself More Than Romney," Nagourney nagged in a Thursday afternoon "Caucus" post. By every measure – the cheers in the hall, the praise from commentators…
Clay Waters
August 30th, 2012 4:59 PM

Stewart, Colbert Have the Favorite Shows of 'Super Democrats

Today's Washington Post reports a firm called Experian Marketing Services has labored to find out how the political parties can locate their most loyal voters. For their category of “Super Democrats,” that list starts with  -- shocker --  Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. “The segments we will focus on in this post include the Super Democrats and Ultra Conservatives segments, which represent…
Tim Graham
August 30th, 2012 4:56 PM

WaPo Furthers Liberal Media’s ‘Racist’ Narrative at RNC: ‘Rep

The liberal media can’t seem to help themselves. While counter-arguments are occasionally acknowledged, most journalists of the progressive persuasion are not interested in fair and balanced coverage of politics. Facts and figures are seemingly subjective in the whole scheme of things. Severely limited studies and polls seem to provide them with all the information they need. Oh, and almost…
Ryan Robertson
August 30th, 2012 4:39 PM

NBC's Lauer Frets: Is 'Conservative' GOP Convention Reaching Moderates

In an interview with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer worried that the Republican National Convention was not appealing to a broad audience: "When you talk about the conservatives and we talk about the gender gap and how important women are...do you think this convention is reaching out to the people who are going to decide this election, independents,…
Kyle Drennen
August 30th, 2012 4:25 PM