AP: Chavez Procession an 'Epic Farewell to a Larger-than-life Leader

It's as if Associated Press reporter Paul Haven saw colleague Frank Bajak's pathetic obituary of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez earlier today (covered by Matthew Balan at NewsBusters) and said: "Oh yeah? I can outdo you." That he did, in an execrable report excerpted after the jump which should be saved to the hard drive and shown as evidence that anyone who calls the wire service "the…
Tom Blumer
March 6th, 2013 9:19 PM

Reuters Boosts Exhibition Slamming Pope Emeritus, Catholic Church

Naomi O'Leary's Tuesday article for Reuters about a piece of "artwork" blasting Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI could have been mistaken for a press release, as the journalist merely gave a platform for the same-sex couple behind the display to voice their anti-Catholic views. Most of the quotes in O'Leary's write-up came from artists Antonio Garullo and Mario Ottocento, "the first Italian gay…
Matthew Balan
March 6th, 2013 7:12 PM

Krauthammer on Paul Filibuster: 'Stroke of Political Genius

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer called Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) filibuster of the John Brennan nomination for CIA director Wednesday a "stroke of political genius." Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Krauthammer also said, "This will be a moment that people will say has launched him as a national figure."
Noel Sheppard
March 6th, 2013 7:10 PM

How Much Do Conservatives Actually Care About Media Bias

Compared to the Reagan years when there were literally four conservative publications: the Washington Times, Human Events, the American Spectator, and National Review—the media environment on the right has exploded in size. While there are more right-leaning publications than before, given the left’s still overwhelming dominance of the mainstream media, have things really changed that much…
Matthew Sheffield
March 6th, 2013 6:50 PM

Matthews Screams: Who Do Hate Groups Root For? They Must 'Love' Rand P

At the same time that rising Republican Senate stars Rand Paul and Ted Cruz were making history with a filibuster Chris Matthews, on Wednesday's Hardball, insisted Paul and Cruz must be heroes to hate groups. During a segment on the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center's new study about an increase of anti-government hate groups, Matthews demanded which politicians they supported: "Who do they…
Geoffrey Dickens
March 6th, 2013 6:11 PM

David Limbaugh Column: Could Obama Finally Have Overplayed His Hand

Is it possible that Obama's arrogance, personal pettiness, sanctimoniousness and egotism (for starters) could finally be his unraveling? Even the liberal media are starting to notice, but will it last? Up to this point, they've dutifully played along with his Alinskyite tactics — converting the office of the presidency into a headquarters for community organizing at a federal level and a…
David Limbaugh
March 6th, 2013 6:02 PM

PBS’s Tavis Smiley Attacks Sequester as ‘Austerity

Liberal PBS host Tavis Smiley recently became the latest media member to refer to the $85 billion sequester as “austerity.” On his self-titled show Tuesday night, the taxpayer-subsidized Smiley got all frowny while discussing the American economy with former FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair: "Since you raised the issue, let me ask how it is, in your mind at least, the notion of austerity, and…
Paul Bremmer
March 6th, 2013 5:25 PM

Facebook's ‘Community Standards’ Only Apply to Conservatives

Facebook revealed it's bias again this week by allowing graphic images of nudity on a pro-abortion page to stay up amid complaints of it violating the social network’s “community standards.”
Kristine Marsh
March 6th, 2013 4:17 PM

WaPo Fact-Checker Twice Calls Out Obama Over Non-existent Sequester-Re

President Obama's sequester-related press briefing on March 1 contained the usual fibs. Examples include but are certainly not limited to the following: "We've already cut $2.5 trillion in our deficit," when the entire amount involved is something which might happen in the future; his claim that his State of the Union laundry list "is the agenda that the American people voted for," when many of…
Tom Blumer
March 6th, 2013 4:07 PM

MSNBC's Roberts Offers Misleading History on Plame Affair in Interview

"As we talk about history, today marks the 6-year anniversary that Scooter Libby was convicted of lying and obstructing in the leak investigation which led to your cover as a covert CIA operative being blown," MSNBC's Thomas Roberts noted at the close of his March 6 MSNBC Live interview with Valerie Plame. "We're getting word now that he has had his voting rights restored," the MSNBC anchor…
Ken Shepherd
March 6th, 2013 3:48 PM

Piers Morgan Called 'Wonderful' by Dianne Feinstein the Same Day He Hi

As the viewers of America continue to tune out his program in droves, CNN host Piers Morgan can at least take solace from the knowing that fellow anti-gun zealot Dianne Feinstein thinks he's a swell guy for being so shamelessly biased. Honestly, though, that's not much of a consolation considering that the very edition of Morgan's show on which Feinstein gave him the compliment turned out…
Randy Hall
March 6th, 2013 3:29 PM

NY Times Credits 'Populist' Despot Hugo Chavez for 'Empowering...Milli

Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez is dead of cancer at age 58, the end of a bizarre odyssey that took him to Communist Cuba in a failed attempt at a cure. William Neuman's off-lead story in Wednesday's New York Times credited the left-wing dictator for having "changed Venezuela in fundamental ways, empowering and energizing millions of poor people who had felt marginalized and excluded." The…
Clay Waters
March 6th, 2013 3:08 PM

NBC's Lauer to Jeb Bush: Can GOP 'Damage' With Hispanics 'Be Repaired

In an interview on Monday's Today with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and his co-author Clint Bolick about their new book, Immigration Wars, co-host Matt Lauer seized Bush's critical words for fellow Republicans: "...this is an alarm to your party. You called Republicans 'tone deaf and hostile to immigrants and Hispanics,' you fault the party for being unwilling to expand the base, and you…
Kyle Drennen
March 6th, 2013 2:28 PM

‘The Newsroom’ Actress Hits CNN Anchors for Being ‘Egotistical

Actress Olivia Munn stars in HBO's drama The Newsroom, but she knocked the real-life CNN newsroom on Sunday. At a panel moderated by CNN host Piers Morgan, Munn made clear her distaste for newspeople "trying to make themselves a celebrity." "I like seeing my news anchors just be my news anchors. And now you turn on CNN and now people are putting themselves into a story," she said, calling out…
Matt Hadro
March 6th, 2013 2:07 PM