Police Investigating Beheading of Illegal Immigrant; Don't Expect the

In early September, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) was raked over the coals by her Democratic opponent Terry Goddard and by the mainstream media for a statement she had made about decapitated bodies found in the Arizona desert due to illegal immigration. "It's a good bill. We cannot afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with it, and the kidnappings and the extortion and…
Ken Shepherd
November 1st, 2010 4:28 PM

CNN Leads Tea Party Special With Racism Charge; Castle a 'Conservative

CNN led their hour-long documentary "Boiling Point: Inside the Tea Party," which aired on Saturday and Sunday, with the regular accusation from liberals that racism is "running rampant" in the Tea Party movement. Host Shannon Travis highlighted the NAACP's resolution, disgraced former Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams's self-described "foolish satire," and played up two racially-charged…
Matthew Balan
November 1st, 2010 3:51 PM

America Is Not Losing Its Religion

Christine O'Donnell may have had to deny being a witch, but she wasn't the only election-year Halloween bogeyman for Democrats to trick voters with this year. Did you hear the one about how Republican candidate fill-in-the-blank, fill-in-the-district, wants to privatize Social Security? Even former president George W. Bush got thrown into that mix, for regretting his inability to get his Social…
Kathryn Jean Lopez
November 1st, 2010 3:41 PM

Laura Ingraham Takes On Politico's Allen For Palin Hit Piece

Laura Ingraham took on Mike Allen Monday for his most recent Sarah Palin hit piece published at Politico Sunday. Somewhat surprisingly, Allen actually defended himself claiming, "This is helpful to Sarah Palin" (YouTube audio follows with partial transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 1st, 2010 3:34 PM

CNBC Finally Embraces Santelli's Tea Party Rant

One day before what many say will be an historic election; CNBC appears to finally be embracing one of the most famous moments in the network’s history: A Feb. 19, 2009 “rant heard around the world” by CME Group floor reporter Rick Santelli, which is credited by many for igniting the Tea Party movement. Throughout the day on Nov. 1, CNBC aired a 30-second spot encouraging viewers to tune into…
Jeff Poor
November 1st, 2010 3:27 PM

Time's Klein to Keith Olbermann: 'You, Sirrrr, Have Gotten a Bit Too F

Although the Rally to Restore Sanity definitely had a decidedly liberal tinge to it, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart did his level best to ensure his official message was that of "a pox on both your houses" to raised voices on the Right and Left in cable news media. Of course the thin-skinned host of MSNBC's "Countdown"  won't have any of it, leaving liberal fans of both Stewart and Olbermann…
Ken Shepherd
November 1st, 2010 3:10 PM

The NY Times, Charmed by Jon Stewart's Shtick on the Mall, Skips Incon

The New York Times was clearly enchanted by Comedy Central host Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” held on the National Mall on Saturday afternoon. Brian Stelter and Sabrina Tavernise reported the story on Sunday, “At Washington Rally by Two Satirists, Thousands -- Billions? -- Respond.” While Stelter and Tavernise nailed the political tone as "overwhelmingly liberal," the…
Clay Waters
November 1st, 2010 2:13 PM

'Early Show' Ignores Reporters at CBS Alaska Affiliate Smearing Miller

On Monday, while both ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today covered the scandal involving reporters at CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA caught on tape discussing ways to attack Republican Joe Miller's senate campaign, CBS's Early Show failed to make any mention of the incident. On Good Morning America, White House correspondent Jake Tapper reported: "In Alaska, some reporters with the local…
Kyle Drennen
November 1st, 2010 1:02 PM

George Stephanopoulos Pushes Steele to Agree that Midterms Won't 'Vali

 Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Monday cajoled Republican National Committee Chairman into agreeing that a GOP victory on Tuesday wouldn't be validation for the Republican Party, using half of a "startling" quote by Jeb Bush as proof. Stephanopoulos began, "...The Republican Party, even though they do seem poised for pretty big gains, is no more popular than the Democrat…
Scott Whitlock
November 1st, 2010 12:35 PM

MRC's Bozell Addresses Media's Closing Campaign Pitch: Bashing the Tea

NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell appeared on last night's special Sunday edition of "Hannity" to address what's easily become the liberal media's closing campaign tactic for liberal Democrats: attempting to discredit the Tea Party movement and its candidates. For example, in an October 26 interview with former president Jimmy Carter, Chris Matthews…
NB Staff
November 1st, 2010 12:09 PM

Palin and Van Susteren Slam Politico's Newest Sarah Hit Piece

Politico published another Sarah Palin hit piece on Sunday evening, and much like the last one, authors Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei couldn't find one disparaging source to actually go on the record with his or her negative opinions. Grabbing the article hot off the presses, Fox News's Greta Van Susteren and her guest Palin trashed "all these brave" faceless people as well as the so-called…
Noel Sheppard
November 1st, 2010 11:50 AM

CBS's Smith to Haley Barbour: 1994 GOP Win 'Didn't End So Well

In an interview with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour on Monday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith was already predicting failure if the GOP won control of Congress: "1994 was an important year for Republicans....Some people would say that didn't end so well for the Republicans, especially with the stalemated government. Have you any concerns that that might happen again?" Barbour, who…
Kyle Drennen
November 1st, 2010 11:48 AM

Media Double Standard: Omission Of The Day

The following incident happened Friday. I guess I missed the media coverage of this... Video after page break. LANGUAGE WARNING!
Bob Parks
November 1st, 2010 11:23 AM

'5 Reasons Republicans Could Do Even Better Than Expected

FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver published a New York Times blog Sunday evening guaranteed to scare the heck out of liberal media members:
Noel Sheppard
November 1st, 2010 10:43 AM