Liberal Pollsters at Huff-Po: Shutdown Blame Polls Like NBC's Are 'Lea

Brent Bozell isn’t the only conservative opinion leader to focus on how the latest NBC-Wall Street Journal poll was used by NBC as “absolutely devastating to Republicans.” Rush Limbaugh found “it just dispirited every Republican who heard about it. And it ignited and made joyously happy every Democrat and every media person who heard about it.” But at The Huffington Post, liberal pollsters Mark…
Tim Graham
October 16th, 2013 2:46 PM

DNC Chair Accuses GOP of Sinister Shutdown Motive on HuffPost Live

You know you’ve gone off the deep end when liberal Huffington Post takes a more moderate view. HuffPost Live’s Marc Lamont Hill showed how weird that could be when he  interviewed Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on Oct. 15. Schultz was promoting her new book “For the Next Generation,” but spent most of the time bashing “extremist” Tea Party Republicans…
Sean Long
October 16th, 2013 2:16 PM

MSNBC's Taylor Suggests DeMint Wears 'Clown Pajamas

On Tuesday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC contributor Goldie Taylor accused the Heritage Foundation of "strapping dynamite to the bridge" in trying to influence the agreement to end the government shutdown, and went on to mock Heritage President Jim DeMint as wearing "clown pajamas." After host Al Sharpton griped about DeMint being a "far, far right" influence on congressional members, Taylor…
Brad Wilmouth
October 16th, 2013 2:07 PM

Daily Beast's Tomasky: 'Clavern of Sociopaths' Eager to Make 'Black Gu

Tea Party conservative Republicans like Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Ted Cruz (Texas) are nothing more than a racist "clavern of sociopaths" who are eager to saddle the country's first black president with a default on the nation's debt. That was the latest foaming-at-the-mouth bile from ultra-liberal Daily Beast's contributor Michael Tomasky this morning. "Clavern," of course, is not a real…
Ken Shepherd
October 16th, 2013 1:35 PM

Bette Midler: 'House GOP Are as Bad as the Taliban

As NewsBusters readers are well aware, Bette Midler has said some dumb things in her life. However, I think this is clearly the most absurd thing she has tweeted...at least in the past 24 hours:
Noel Sheppard
October 16th, 2013 1:19 PM

CBS's Crawford: Launch of ObamaCare Website A 'Complete Disaster

On Wednesday's CBS This Morning, Jan Crawford repeatedly underlined that the launch of HealthCare.gov has been a fiasco. After Norah O'Donnell noted the "rough start to ObamaCare", Crawford blunted stated that "'rough start' could be the understatement of the year. It has been a complete disaster." She pointed out that "we can't even find anyone who's enrolled. The Miami Herald is now calling…
Matthew Balan
October 16th, 2013 12:59 PM

Unhinged Ed Schultz: GOP Committing 'Economic Terrorism,' 'Coup d'Etat

For the second time in one day, an MSNBC anchor accused Republicans of betraying the United States. According to Ed Schultz on Tuesday, House GOP members who won't agree to all of Barack Obama's demands on the government shutdown are committing "economic terrorism" and plotting a "coup d'etat" against the President. Schultz brought on Democratic Congressman Joseph Crowley to discuss whether…
Scott Whitlock
October 16th, 2013 12:40 PM

Robert Redford on CNN: Some Republicans Wanted to 'Destroy' Obama

CNN gave liberal actor Robert Redford a podium to bash Republicans with on Wednesday's New Day. Redford accused some Republicans of wanting to "destroy" President Obama. "I think that no matter what you would propose they would go against it because their determination was to destroy this person," Redford said of the "minority faction" in Washington versus President Obama. [Video below the…
Matt Hadro
October 16th, 2013 12:07 PM

GOP Congressman Duffy Strikes Again, Tells Mika Brzezinski 'You’re P

Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wisc.) became an internet sensation last week when he decimated MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell for her “pathetic news reporting.” For the Congressman’s second act, he took on MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski Wednesday telling the Morning Joe co-host, “You’re part of the problem” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 16th, 2013 11:41 AM

Networks Hype Threat of Default, But Were Wrong about ‘Fiscal Cliff

Between the government shut down and the debt ceiling limit about to be crossed Oct. 17, the news media is screaming like the house is on fire. The Obama administration has also warned of dangers. Of course, that’s nothing new. In many cases following the Obama administration’s reports and threats, the networks were hysterical in their coverage of the “fiscal cliff” and the sequester in late…
Sean Long
October 16th, 2013 11:18 AM

58% of Network Stories Claim Default Inevitable by Oct. 17; Experts Di

If you watch ABC, NBC and CBS, you might think that the debt default is inevitable. Market experts aren’t so sure. While the debt ceiling will be reached on Oct. 16 without Congress intervening, the jury is out on what would actually happen. Many experts, including Forbes, Bloomberg Business Week and Moody’s Corp., have argued that the default would actually hit weeks later, if at all. Since…
Mike Ciandella
October 16th, 2013 10:48 AM

MSNBC Chief Phil Griffin on Chris Matthews: 'We Call Him a National Tr

It's really tough to imagine calling one of the nation's leading on air Democratic shills a national treasure. However, when your name is Phil Griffin and you are the president of what many refer to as "MSDNC," I guess it's understandable that you might think that about Hardball host Chris Matthews.
Noel Sheppard
October 16th, 2013 10:40 AM

Celebs Tweet-down the Shutdown: Blame GOP, Tea Party, Birth Control

Celebrities – is there anything they can’t do? For instance, to cram all the arrogance, insularity, vapidity and uninformed reactionary liberalism of their opinions into 140-character tweets takes real talent. And during the government shutdown, their Twitter acumen has been on glorious display.  Between Bette Midler blaming “right wing extremists” (aka the new “Osama Ben Laden”) and Bill…

Katie Yoder
October 16th, 2013 10:25 AM

HuffPo Prepares Readers for 'Defaultocalypse

Lefty hysteria over the debt ceiling reached a new peak with the Huffington Post’s “A Survival Guide to the Debt Ceiling Apocalypse.” Hyping fears of what they call “defaultocalypse,” the article openly advocated readers to “panic,” “heavily arm yourself” and “train and befriend a wolf.” This Oct. 14 article detailed the various financial risks of a national default, calling Republicans “…
Sean Long
October 16th, 2013 9:04 AM