Geist: MSM Bias in 'Disgusting' WaPo Cartoon Mocking Cruz Kids

There was surprising consensus on today's Morning Joe concerning the Washington Post cartoon that depicted Ted Cruz as an organ grinder and his youngs girls as monkeys. From Mika Brzezinski to Joe Scarborough to Harold Ford, Jr., there was universal condemnation of Ann Telnaes' foul image.  Willie Geist said it best: "people look for moments of bias in the media. Here's one right here. You can't…
Mark Finkelstein
December 23rd, 2015 7:43 AM

Limbaugh Bashes Rolling Stone for 'Banana Republic' Question to Kerry

It's always encouraging to hear that Rush Limbaugh's outraged by the same leftist media gunk that we've highlighted here at NewsBusters. On Monday's radio show, El Rushbo highlighted the "unhinged" Rolling Stone interview with John Kerry that we noted, picking up on a piece by Kevin Williamson at National Review. Rush also brought up (as we did) Rebecca Traister's article in New York magazine…
Tim Graham
December 23rd, 2015 7:24 AM

Nets Block Out Over 10 Mins for Harping on Trump’s Hillary Comment

Just over two weeks after the major network evening newscasts spent 24 minutes obsessing on December 8 over Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the three programs returned on Tuesday night to devote ten and a half minutes to Trump’s declaration that Hillary Clinton was “schlonged” in 2008 by losing to then-Senator Barack Obama.
Curtis Houck
December 23rd, 2015 2:01 AM

Graham Joins FNC to Expose Double Standard in Hillary vs. Trump Pieces

The Media Research Center’s Director of Media Analysis Tim Graham made his latest appearance on the Fox News Channel (FNC) program The O’Reilly Factor Tuesday night for what was quite the lively segment with fill-in host Eric Bolling and ETWN correspondent Lauren Ashburn as Graham and Bolling spared with Ashburn over the media’s obsession with Donald Trump and double standard when it comes to…
NB Staff
December 23rd, 2015 12:01 AM

Politico Falsely Portrays Cruz's Response to Shameful WashPost Cartoon

As Curtis Houck at NewsBusters reported this evening, the Washington Post published "a disgusting GIF early Tuesday evening depicting (Ted) Cruz’s young daughters as toy monkeys being played with" accompanied by a pathetic two-paragraph justification by cartoonist Ann Telnaes as to why Cruz's daughters "were fair game." The Post withdrew the cartoon and the justification within a few hours, but…
Tom Blumer
December 22nd, 2015 11:31 PM

Bozell & Graham Column: The Worst Reporting and Punditry of 2015

If we’re counting press clips, the year 2015 in politics was dominated by Donald Trump. The liberal press is emotionally conflicted on this one. Some are delighted with the notion that he’s going to destroy the Republican brand with oafish overstatements. Some are disgusted that he’s still in the race despite all the negativity they’ve piled all over him. And now some are worried he might even…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
December 22nd, 2015 10:39 PM

Deadspin ‘A Sports Site’ Has a 4-Letter Message for Lindsey Graham

So what exactly is Deadspin? Here’s how they describe themselves on Twitter: “Sports News without Access, Favor, or Discretion.” Okay, cool. This jives nicely with how I always viewed them. But then I saw this story that Deadspin ran on Monday.
Dylan Gwinn
December 22nd, 2015 9:51 PM

MSNBC Reporter Touts 'Fact' That Illegals Should Be Given Citizenship

Whenever a liberal includes "fact" at the start of a sentence, rest assured that whatever follows is usually more accurately described as opinion -- and dubious opinion at that. This amusing phenomenon could be seen last night on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show during a segment about South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham dropping out of the GOP presidential race.  
Jack Coleman
December 22nd, 2015 8:14 PM

Disgusting: WashPost Cartoonist Depicts Cruz Kids as Monkeys [UPDATED]

Commenting on Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s daughters appearing in a campaign ad, Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes created a GIF early Tuesday evening depicting Cruz’s young daughters as toy monkeys being played with and arguing that “[t]hey are fair game.” In attempting to explain her arguably racist GIF, Telnaes argued that because daughters Caroline and Catherine appeared…
Curtis Houck
December 22nd, 2015 7:55 PM

AP Tries to Impress With Expected (i.e., Puny) 'Pickups' in GDP Growth

Today's release from the government on economic growth estimated that the nation's Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in the third quarter, a slight downward revision from November's estimate of 2.1 percent. This continues the economy's dismal, worst-since-World War II growth performance since the recession officially ended over six years ago. But never fear. According…
Tom Blumer
December 22nd, 2015 6:45 PM

CNN Panel Explodes When Conservative Brings Up Clinton Sex Scandals

The lead segment in the 3:00 p.m. Eastern hour of Tuesday’s CNN Newsroom featured quite the display of verbal fireworks as conservative writer Kurt Schlichter angered fill-in host Don Lemon when he invoked the Clinton sex scandals of the 1990's with former President Clinton turning “his intern into a humidor” while discussing vulgar comments made by Donald Trump.
Curtis Houck
December 22nd, 2015 6:13 PM

On CBS, Yahoo News's Bai Invokes George Wallace in Trump Discussion

Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's CBS This Morning, Yahoo News political columnist Matt Bai brought up 1960s era segregationist Alabama Democratic governor and former presidential candidate George Wallace during a discussion of Donald Trump's popularity: "There is a very dissatisfied conservative piece of the electorate, you know. It goes back really as far as George Wallace."
Brad Wilmouth
December 22nd, 2015 5:45 PM

Chris Matthews: ‘Horror’ of Ted Cruz Presidency; ‘Enemy of the State'

Appearing in the 3 p.m. ET hour of MSNBC Live on Tuesday, Hardball host Chris Matthews revealed how terrified he is at the prospect of Texas Senator Ted Cruz becoming president: “...Cruz is scarier than Trump and that will be a frightening prospect to realize....if we weren't talking about Trump, we’d be talking about the horror of this country possibly being led by Cruz.”
Kyle Drennen
December 22nd, 2015 5:27 PM

Boyega, Ridley Made More in ‘Star Wars’ Debut Than Harrison Ford Did

The left and entertainment press have had a field day whining about how much more Harrison Ford was paid for his role in The Force Awakens compared to costars and series newcomers John Boyega and Daisy Ridley. “Harrison Ford Was Paid Over 50x More Than ‘Star Wars’ Co-Stars” Variety’s headline blared. (SPOILERS AHEAD)
Erik Soderstrom
December 22nd, 2015 4:18 PM