Brent Bozell on 'Hannity': Slams Liberal Media's 'Nonstop' 'Character

Appearing on the July 9 Hannity, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell slammed the "character assassination" perpetrated by the liberal media in the 2012 presidential election. Talking with host Sean Hannity about his new book with Tim Graham, Bozell described the previous election cycle as "character assassination against anybody who would challenge Barack Obama." (Collusion is available online…
NB Staff
July 10th, 2013 10:38 AM

NBC's Mitchell Denounces Pro-Life Legislation, Hopes for 'Blow-Back' A

Leading a panel discussion on her Tuesday 1 p.m. ET hour show on MSNBC, host Andrea Mitchell ranted against Republican efforts to enact pro-life legislation at the state level: "Texas isn't the only state where Roe v. Wade is being challenged....We've seen in Ohio, John Kasich and company sneaked it in to a budget bill....Wisconsin, there's an injunction against enforcement of what the…
Kyle Drennen
July 10th, 2013 9:43 AM

Zimmerman Trial Witness Demonstrates Power of Media to Shape Opinion

Long the focus of attention, the national news media's persistently inaccurate photographic portrayals of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin appear to have clearly influenced one of the witnesses in the trial of his killer, George Zimmerman. While NBC News's dishonest editing of an audio clip of Zimmerman appears to have only temporarily skewed public opinion, during testimony last week it…
Matthew Sheffield
July 10th, 2013 8:15 AM

From Hope to Hatchets: How the Media Systematically Axed the 2012 GOP

[Excerpted from Collusion, by Brent Bozell and Tim Graham] As Obama prepared for re-election, the media elite treated the emerging Republican challengers as a field of nightmares, a group of pretenders and has-beens who could not be seriously hoping to defeat Obama.  Republican debate audiences were criticized as “bloodthirsty” and demonstrating “bloodlust.” ( (() ((Collusion by Brent Bozell and…
Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
July 10th, 2013 8:10 AM

Russell Simmons: Guilty or Innocent Zimmerman 'Will Ultimately Be Puni

"Whether George Zimmerman is found innocent or guilty by the jury, I am firm believer that all of us live by karmic law, and he will ultimately be punished for the death of Trayvon, no matter what." So wrote hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons Tuesday:
Noel Sheppard
July 9th, 2013 10:06 PM

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving 'The View' for Fox News Channel

After several years of being the lone conservative voice on "The View," co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck will be leaving the daytime talk show. According to the New York Post, Hasselbeck will be joining Fox News as a co-anchor of the morning program "Fox and Friends" in mid-September.
Matthew Sheffield
July 9th, 2013 8:18 PM

Obamacare Apologist Morphs Into Weasel When Challenged

Remember the 1989 movie "Say Anything"? Though the flick had nothing to do with politics, its title succinctly describes how liberals respond when they're on the losing end of an argument. I heard an example of this yesterday while listening to Ed Schultz's radio show with yet another guest host filling in for Schultz, who appears to have lost his appetite for work since MSNBC transferred "…
Jack Coleman
July 9th, 2013 7:46 PM

Sarah Palin Considering 2014 Senate Run

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Tuesday said that she is considering running for Senate in 2014. Appearing on Sean Hannity’s radio program, Palin also reiterated that she would consider supporting a third party if Republicans don’t return to their conservative roots.
Noel Sheppard
July 9th, 2013 6:06 PM

Bill Moyers Ridiculously Warns Against ‘Learned Helplessness’; Twi

Left-wing journalist Bill Moyers made a truly ludicrous attempt on Monday to twist the meaning of a particular two-word phrase. It happened while he was appearing on PBS’s Charlie Rose show to promote an upcoming documentary in which he tells the stories of two struggling families in Milwaukee. Looking the host in the eye, Moyers warned, “Never underestimate the power of learned helplessness…
Paul Bremmer
July 9th, 2013 6:00 PM

Rush Limbaugh Denies Liberal Dreams: ‘I Never Said Not to Watch Fox

Rush Limbaugh inadvertently set off a media firestorm Monday when he advised a caller to his popular radio program not to get bothered by left-leaning TV commentators on Fox News Channel. Those remarks were quickly miscontrued by several online publications including Politico, Huffington Post and Mediaite as the conservative radio host recommending that his listeners avoid watching FNC…
Matthew Sheffield
July 9th, 2013 5:41 PM

MSNBC Panel Fawns Over NYT Writer 'Proud' Of Mother's Abortion

The July 9 broadcast of Now with Alex Wagner wouldn’t be complete without a panel discussing Texas State Senator Wendy Davis – and the abortion battle in Texas. Yet, it reached a new level with New York Times op-ed contributor Beth Matusoff Merfish declaring that she was “proud” her mother underwent an abortion since “she had the wisdom and the courage to know that her own potential would be…
Matt Vespa
July 9th, 2013 5:11 PM

This Is CNN? Anderson Cooper Giggles Over Photo of Self as Drag Queen

Is this CNN's idea of professionalism? Anderson Cooper is a prime-time anchor and face of CNN, but he giggled over a photo-shopped picture of himself as a drag queen on the June 2 Anderson Cooper 360. Cooper was confessing his "creepy fan girl" obsession over music star Cher. "[Y]ou try keeping a 46-year-old gay man away from Cher," he quipped. When Cooper joked he was a "part-time Cher…
Matt Hadro
July 9th, 2013 3:09 PM

Al Jazeera Employees Quit Over Egypt Bias

Well, The Washington Post sure knows how to bury a lead. It’s hardly news that someone is accusing Al Jazeera of having an anti-Western slant – it does and plenty of people have taken public exception to it. But when 22 of the network’s own employees quit because they can’t stomach the pervasive pro-Islamist bias, it’s something to write home about. On July 9, the Post ran a straightforward “…
Matt Philbin
July 9th, 2013 3:05 PM

Shock: MSNBC's O'Donnell Mocks Spitzer and Weiner Return to Politics

On Monday's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell not only mocked disgraced former Democratic officeholders Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer for their efforts to return to political office, but he even suggested that former President George W. Bush is setting a better example by working to fight cancer in Africa. After playing clips of Weiner and Spitzer talking…
Brad Wilmouth
July 9th, 2013 2:41 PM