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NB Staff
December 5th, 2013 10:50 AM

Chris Matthews: 'Pissant' Of Boehner To Blame Inaction On Divided Gove

Martin Bashir was fired from MSNBC this week for his ugly scatalogical suggestion about Sarah Palin. But there was Chris Matthews on the same network this morning using a barnyard epithet to attack another Republican. On today's Morning Joe, Matthews called John Boehner's comments on divided government "pissant." That p-word has apparently become a favorite Matthews meme in attacking…
Mark Finkelstein
December 5th, 2013 9:15 AM

Washington Post Leans Forward: Skips Any Mention of Martin Bashir Quit

The Washington Post made no space in Thursday's newspaper for Martin Bashir's resignation from MSNBC. Instead, splashed in the story's natural spot at the top of the Style section came a story on a fake newsman --  Will Ferrell appearing at the Newseum in DC to plug "Anchorman 2." So much for the liberal notion that "news is what people don't want you to know." All they offered on the front…
Tim Graham
December 5th, 2013 8:45 AM

Thomas Roberts Lectures Black Republican: GOP Trying To ‘Disenfranch

It’s becoming clearer every day that the liberal hosts at MSNBC have no interest in giving conservatives a fair shake on their network. Time and time again, MSNBC hosts such as Thomas Roberts proudly slander Republicans of engaging in hateful acts such as a “war on women” or a “war on voting.” With such hostility towards conservatives at the network, it makes you wonder sometimes why any…
Jeffrey Meyer
December 5th, 2013 8:07 AM

Report: History Channel Plans Jesus Series With Horror Movie Makers

The History Channel has been mocked when it's tried to score better ratings by avoiding history altogether, as with its reality shows like "Ice Road Truckers." PBS mocked it with an ad campaign touting fake shows like "Knitting Wars." But now the channel is really inventing history. Nellie Andreeva at Deadline Hollywood reports the channel has turned to three horror-movie veterans --…
Tim Graham
December 5th, 2013 7:56 AM

Politico: Obamacare Causing Americans to Lose Their Doctors Is a 'New

Seung Min Kim and Jennifer Haberkorn at the Politico have apparently been living in hermetically sealed Beltway caves since early October. In an item which appeared Tuesday evening, the pair acted as if the idea that Americans stand a great chance of losing access to their current doctors and other medical providers as a result of signing up for a health care plan through the Obamacare…
Tom Blumer
December 5th, 2013 6:44 AM

Modern Family Dome

Manny's misguided attempt at being a good sport gets analyized. 
Evan Mantel
December 5th, 2013 12:04 AM

MSNBC.com Writer Gushes 'Awards Season Never Ends' for Hillary Clinton

Let it not be said that msnbc.com is solely concerned with being a PR operation for the Obama White House. It also has plenty of time to pour forth worshipful patter about Hillary Clinton. "For Hollywood, awards season is three months away. For Hillary Clinton, it never ends," gushed MSNBC.com writer and Andrea Mitchell Reports contributor Erin Delmore at the open of her December 4 story, …
Ken Shepherd
December 4th, 2013 11:03 PM

Walter E. Williams Column: Of Black Voters and Obama

In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits' concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Obama, suggesting that the more important issue was whether black people could afford Obama. I proposed that we look at it in the context of a historical tidbit. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, after signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization, broke the color barrier in Major League…
Walter E. Williams
December 4th, 2013 6:45 PM

Piers Morgan Blames Gun Advocate for 'Allowing' More Shooting Deaths A

CNN's Piers Morgan accused conservative Ben Shapiro of "allowing more and more [graves] to be dug" after last year's Newtown shooting, simply because Shapiro opposes an "assault weapons" ban. Morgan tweeted his gun control rant on Wednesday after the 911 calls of the Newtown shooting were released. Shapiro has bested Morgan in two separate debates over gun laws, and called out Morgan for "…
Matt Hadro
December 4th, 2013 6:07 PM

Hours After Disgusting Bashir Is Fired, Ed Schultz Rails Against 'Crud

On the same day that MSNBC's Martin Bashir resigned after suggesting someone defecate in Sarah Palin's mouth, colleague Ed Schultz lamented the "crudeness over on the right." This is the same Schultz who, on his radio program in 2011, slimed radio host Laura Ingraham as a "slut." The Ed Show anchor's rant started over comments by Bill O'Reilly about whether users of food stamps waste money on…
Scott Whitlock
December 4th, 2013 6:03 PM

PBS Anchor Woodruff Asks if Administration Can Undo First Impression

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. However, PBS’s Judy Woodruff wishes the Obama administration could get another crack at the rollout of ObamaCare. While moderating an ObamaCare discussion on Tuesday’s PBS NewsHour, Woodruff posed this question to Ron Bonjean, a former Republican spokesman: [Video below. MP3 audio here.]
Paul Bremmer
December 4th, 2013 5:50 PM

Zurawik: 'Griffin as Responsible as Bashir for This Kind of Hateful Sp

As NewsBusters revealed earlier, Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC due to vile comments he made in November about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin first reported here. Moments after the announcement, Baltimore Sun television critic David Zurawik said MSNBC president Phil Griffin is just as responsible as Bashir:
Noel Sheppard
December 4th, 2013 5:37 PM

Donald Trump: 'Martin Bashir, You're a Total Loser! You're Fired

As NewsBusters revealed earlier, Martin Bashir has resigned from MSNBC due to vile comments he made in November about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin first reported here. Real estate mogul Donald Trump took to Twitter moments ago to offer his opinion in an Instagram video saying, "Martin Bashir, you're a total loser! You're fired!"
Noel Sheppard
December 4th, 2013 4:38 PM