HuffPo Denies Policy Change in Trump Coverage But Quickly Relapses

Last Monday your humble correspondent pointed out what was apparently a lapse in the absurd Huffington Post policy initiated in July to only cover Donald Trump on its Entertainment, not Politics, page. However, the Huffington Post denied to WND and Adweek that there was any such change in a policy which, the longer Trump remains in the lead, makes them look like a laughingstock for stubbornly…
P.J. Gladnick
 

Media Hell-Bent on Making Halloween Costumes ‘Culturally Sensitive'

What’s scarier than ghosts and vampires visiting your door this Halloween? How about liberals lecturing you about how offensive your “cultural appropriating” costume is?  
Kristine Marsh
 

Stelter Blames GOP for ‘More Polarization’ by Exposing Lib Media Bias

CNN’s senior media correspondent, Brian Stelter, during Thursday’s AC360, lamented how Republican presidential candidates have often attacked the liberal media “to deflect tough, unwelcome questions,” arguing their conservative supporters have caused “more polarization” in the electorate by not trusting the media.
Curtis Houck
 

Morning Joe: Carson a Leader, Right about the Need to Reform Debate

Friday's Morning Joe featured a discussion by the roundtable on the subject of the debates and the fairness needed for them. While Newsbusters previously discussed Morning Joe's discussion on the bias of moderators, Morning Joe also discussed their surprise and support of Dr. Ben Carson, who has come out leading the change to reform these debates.
Michael McKinney
 

Oliver: ‘American Democracy Looks Like a Four-Year-Old’s Birthday'

The journalists at CBS This Morning fawned over liberal comedian John Oliver, Friday. Co-host Gayle King enthused that “I love watching your take on politics.” Co-host Norah O’Donnell offered him a softball on American politics: “You’re a Brit. What do you think about this process we have?” 
Scott Whitlock
 

CNN Slams ‘The View’ for Calling Fiorina ‘Demented’ in the BEST Way

This time, the media are calling out the media for bias – and we couldn’t have done it better than CNN’s Brooke Baldwin. On Thursday, CNN Newsroom host Brooke Baldwin slammed The View for being two-faced when it comes to smearing women’s looks. She began the segment by announcing, “Sometimes, you gotta call it like you see it.”
Katie Yoder
 

Pierce: GOPers Are ‘Unruly, Nasty’ Kids; Debate Should Be In 'Sandbox'

Making his now semi-frequent appearance on a primetime MSNBC show, lefty blogger Charles Pierce was on Thursday’s All In to trash the 2016 Republican presidential candidates as merely “a bunch of unruly, nasty children” during Wednesday’s CNBC debate and suggested that “the next one” should take place “in a sandbox.”
Curtis Houck
 

NBC: GOP = ‘Grand Old Problems’; Candidates ‘Revolt’ Against RNC

On Friday, NBC’s Today tried to spin Republicans objecting to CNBC’s disastrous debate moderators as a problem for the GOP. Co-host Matt Lauer declared: “Grand old problems. Republican candidates reportedly planning to meet about changing how future debates are organized...”
Kyle Drennen
 

There's Still Time to Vote on 'Best Anti-Media Slam' on CNBC

There is still time to vote in our NewsBusters poll on "Who had the best anti-media slam of the debate?" Right now, Ted Cruz is winning with a whopping 71 percent of the vote. Come over and enjoy all three wicked counterpunches and share your opinion.
NB Staff
 

MRC Study Proves It: CNBC Agenda Was to Undermine GOP Candidates

A Media Research Center analysis of the questions posed by moderators John Harwood, Carl Quintanilla and Becky Quick at CNBC's Republican presidential debate found nearly two-thirds (65%) hit the candidates with negative spin, personal insults or ad hominem attacks. In contrast, all of the questions posed by CNBC personalities Jim Cramer, Rick Santelli and Sharon Epperson focused on policy…
NB Staff
 

TV News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary

Former ThinkProgress blogger Lee Fang came at Hillary Clinton from the left on Glenn Greenwald’s blog The Intercept. The article was headlined “Television News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton.” For example Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, which includes cable networks NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC, "has a number of lobbyists on retainer who are working to raise cash for…
Tim Graham
 

Scarborough: Biased Debate Moderators Haven't Been Problem in the Past

When this NewsBuster began preparing today's item, the focus was going to be on Joe Scarborough's statement on today's Morning Joe that "90% of the people in our business vote for Democrats and Democratic primaries." Not that it was something we didn't already know [though query whether even 10% of MSMers are Republicans], but refreshing to hear it so starkly stated. But preparing the video clip…
Mark Finkelstein
 

CNN's Gergen Blames GOP for Media Ignoring Holes in Clinton Testimony

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen admitted that GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio "had a point" during the debate in calling out the media for ignoring Hillary Clinton's "clear inconsistency" in her Benghazi story, conceding that he had also joined in the media chorus focusing on "praising her performance." But the CNN…
Brad Wilmouth
 

Gawker Whines About CNBC Criticism; 'If the Media Loses, So Do You'

As one of the few liberal outlets willing to stand up for CNBC and its three moderators after Wednesday’s atrocious Republican presidential debate, Gawker and writer Hamilton Nolan tried on Thursday to take conservatives to task by lamenting that exposing the liberal media “is the most popular refuge of the scoundrel” showing that the GOP field is neither “honest” nor “wise.”
Curtis Houck