Time's Halperin: 'Press Failed to Scrutinize' ObamaCare

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's The O'Reilly Factor on FNC to promote his book, Double Down: Game Change 2012, Time magazine's Mark Halperin recounted that the media did not "scrutinize" ObamaCare before its passage or during the 2012 presidential election, although he also placed some blame on Republicans for nominating former Governor Mitt Romney who was known for pushing a health care…
Brad Wilmouth
November 25th, 2013 5:20 PM

CBS Gives Socialist Bernie Sanders A Platform to Bash Deficit Hawk

On Sunday's 60 Minutes, CBS's Steve Kroft boosted the agenda of Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-identified socialist, by granting him 30 seconds of air time to attack billionaire Pete Peterson, who was featured on the November 17, 2013 edition of the news program. However, this half-minute block was 2.5 times the amount that Peterson got during Charlie Rose's report [MP3 audio available here;…
Matthew Balan
November 25th, 2013 4:56 PM

TIME Asks Bradley 'Chelsea' Manning to List What He's Thankful For

"Before we stuff ourselves with stuffing and trim the tree this Thanksgiving, TIME asks some public figures—from Michelle Obama to Rick Warren to our astronauts orbiting Earth—to share what they're grateful for," magazine editors noted in a November 25 post at Time.com today. All told there were 18 individuals who were given a platform to note what they are thankful for. There were four…
Ken Shepherd
November 25th, 2013 4:38 PM

CNN Tees Up Comedian to Defend ObamaCare; 'Let's Give It a Chance

Chris Cuomo isn't the only CNN anchor helping with ObamaCare's PR. On CNN Sunday evening, anchor Martin Savidge teed up comedian George Wallace to stand up for the law and plead with Americans to "give it a chance. Let's get together instead of knocking it." "I think everybody deserves great health care. And even prisoners get great health care, free health care," Wallace insisted. Savidge…
Matt Hadro
November 25th, 2013 4:07 PM

Obama Heckled During Immigration Reform Speech In San Francisco

Moments ago, Barack Obama was interrupted in the middle of a speech in San Francisco about immigration reform. As the President addressed the crowd, a man standing behind him started yelling about deportations.
Noel Sheppard
November 25th, 2013 3:43 PM

TVNewser: NBC's 'Silence Has Been Deafening' Over Bashir's Vile Attack

In an article for MediaBistro's TVNewser blog on Monday, Gail Shister ripped into NBC News for the lack of punishment of MSNBC host Martin Bashir after his vicious and disgusting attack on Sarah Palin: "It's no surprise that NBC tries to distance itself publicly from its corporate sibling. In this case, however, its silence has been deafening. How low does the bar have to go before Tom Brokaw…
Kyle Drennen
November 25th, 2013 2:52 PM

Before Joining Obama, Time Boss Richard Stengel Forced Staffers Out Wh

Richard Stengel left the managing-editor job at Time magazine to work full-time at the State Department for his hero Barack Obama. But not long before he left, he was telling staff to accept a severance package or be laid off. Jim McElhatton of The Washington Times reports that these budget cuts “didn't extend to the more than quarter-million-dollar bonus that Time had doled in 2012 out to…
Tim Graham
November 25th, 2013 2:28 PM

Liberal Professor Tells White Male Students To Commit Suicide To Benef

UPDATE at end of post. Noel Ignatiev, a professor at Massachusetts College of Art, has for years advocated the total elimination of Caucasians. During his final lecture before retirement last Monday, he told his white male students "you don’t deserve to live. You are a cancer, you’re a disease."
Noel Sheppard
November 25th, 2013 2:16 PM

Senator: Sports Stadiums 'at Risk from...Sea-Level Rise Effects of Cli

Sen. Whitehouse also claims ponds won't freeze, people won't be able to play hockey. 
Sean Long
November 25th, 2013 1:16 PM

Norah O'Donnell Hounds Cantor Over 'Positive' Nuclear Deal With Iran

Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell stayed true to form and badgered a Republican/conservative guest on Monday's CBS This Morning – this time, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor over his criticism of the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran. Rose questioned the congressman's opposition to the proposal, which he labeled "dangerous". Rose asked, "Why isn't that a good deal to freeze things…
Matthew Balan
November 25th, 2013 1:02 PM

WashPost's Gearan Hails 'Diplomatic Coup' by Kerry, Even As 'Effective

Time and again we at NewsBusters have documented how Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Anne Gearan has served as a hagiographer for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former UN ambassador Susan Rice. So it should come as no surprise that Ms. Gearan pulled the same stunt in today's Post with a gooey tribute -- headlined "On Iran, a diplomatic coup bearing Kerry's hallmark" in…
Ken Shepherd
November 25th, 2013 12:34 PM

After Days Censoring ObamaCare Coverage, NBC Lets Chris Matthews Blame

After NBC refused to even mention ObamaCare since November 18, Saturday's Today allowed left-wing MSNBC host Chris Matthews to actually blame Republicans for the program's ongoing failures: "I think the acid test here is participation, not efficiency. It comes down to whether young people who are healthy are willing to join up....There's a big scary thing, though, that if you look at all the…
Kyle Drennen
November 25th, 2013 11:24 AM

MSNBC Freaks Out Over GOP ‘War On Voting

In recent weeks, MSNBC’s continued attempts to scare its viewers into thinking that their voting rights are in jeopardy have spilled over from the channel itself to the MSNBC.com website. In a November 23 piece, MSNBC national reporter Zachary Roth huffed that, “the Republican party is attempting to alter voting laws in the biggest and most important swing states in the country in hopes of…
Jeffrey Meyer
November 25th, 2013 11:21 AM

‘The Walking Dead’: So Much for the Love Gov

Matt Philbin
November 25th, 2013 10:55 AM