Wehner: The Media Will 'Always Love Obama

Some conservatives are looking for a turning point when the media finally stops loving Obama, finally stops selling his Hope and Change myth. Former Bush speechwriter Peter Wehner expressed the view of experience in The Weekly Standard when he insisted "They'll Always Love Obama: It's only a matter of time before the media are back in the tank." Wehner has been especially disgusted with…
Tim Graham
June 2nd, 2013 9:35 AM

For Daily Kos's Hunter, Conservatives Are Always in Season

A few of the featured writers at Daily Kos are, in effect, beat reporters. One such writer, Hunter, tends to post on the alleged nuttiness of right-wingers. Earlier this year, the site even sent Hunter to cover CPAC, from which he delivered copious unfair and unbalanced blogging.   This past Wednesday, Hunter, apropos of President Obama's follow-up visit to superstorm-damaged New Jersey,…
Tom Johnson
June 2nd, 2013 8:17 AM

Saturday Night Funny Video: Fox Affiliate’s ‘Improvised’ Recreat

Noting “local news stations often don’t have the resources that national stations do,” back on Monday, May 6, FNC’s Bret Baier ended his program with a clip from WJW-TV “Fox8” in Cleveland which made a creative, if not convincing, effort to recreate an event on camera. The story was about a bear sighting in the Cleveland suburb of Moreland Hills, but, Baier explained, “unfortunately, out…
Brent Baker
June 2nd, 2013 12:44 AM

Arpaio Recall Effort Fails: AP, LAT Make Excuses, Indulge Petitioners

Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio won't be subject to a recall election. It wasn't even close, though two press reports, one at the Associated Press and another at the Los Angeles Times, failed to accurately convey how seriously organizers failed. Both reports also trotted out an "if only" excuse which doesn't pass the stench test, let alone the smell test. Neither outlet gave an…
Tom Blumer
June 1st, 2013 6:31 PM

Maher: ‘The Pope’s an Atheist

As NewsBusters readers are well-aware, Bill Maher says some astonishingly stupid things. He may have actually outdone himself Friday, for on HBO’s Real Time, the host actually said, “I think the Pope’s an atheist” (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 6:03 PM

Obama Official Married to NBC News Senior Political Editor

Last month, media commentator Richard Grenell broke the story about ABC and CBS News directors having siblings in the White House. On Saturday's Fox News Watch, Grenell revealed that NBC News senior political editor Mark Murray is married to an Obama official (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 5:18 PM

While Leftists Rail Against Koch Brothers' Newspaper Plans, Warren Buf

While leftists hyperventilate at the thought that the conservative Koch brothers might buy the Los Angeles Times, liberal financier Warren “Please Raise My Taxes” Buffett has bought another newspaper in Virginia, the Roanoke Times, the 29th daily newspaper owned by Buffett’s BH Media. (He owns another 40 papers that are less than daily.) One reason liberals aren’t upset is that the Roanoke…
Tim Graham
June 1st, 2013 5:03 PM

Mark Shields: Fox News Acts Like 'Fourth Branch of Government' Not App

PBS's Mark Shields on Friday, in an attempt to mock Fox News, actually made a bit of a fool of himself. After noting on Inside Washington that ObamaCare had passed Congress, been signed into law by the President, and affirmed by the Supreme Court, Shields ridiculed Fox News as being "a fourth branch of government...that hasn't approved it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 4:16 PM

Politico's Evan Thomas Calls Obama 'Dishonest' and Hypocritical

Politico's Evan Thomas went where few journalists dare on Friday. Appearing on PBS's Inside Washington, the former Newsweek editor called Barack Obama "dishonest" and said he was guilty of commiting a "huge act of hypocrisy" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 3:57 PM

Maher Calls Bike Ride with Wounded Warriors ‘Nauseating,’ Compares

Though he had no idea what it was, the annual “Bush Center Warrior 100K” mountain bike ride, which took place over the Memorial Day weekend, upset Bill Maher. “I guess they walked or ran or something on their prosthetic limbs,” Maher sneered about George W. Bush’s ride around his Texas ranch with 20 servicemen, “and I found this to be nauseating. I mean, first he sends them off to war to get…
Brent Baker
June 1st, 2013 3:31 PM

Mark Shields Howler: Bob Dole 'Was a Certifiable Conservative

PBS's Mark Shields said something on Friday's Inside Washington that is guaranteed to make right-thinking Americans across the fruited plain double over in laughter. Bob Dole "was a certifiable conservative" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 2:24 PM

Maher Turns on Obama: 'Our First Pothead President...Escalated the War

HBO Real Time host Bill Maher on Friday twice came down on the object of his affection and charity, Barack Obama. After mocking the current White House resident for not knowing what the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department do, Maher ridiculed "our first pothead president" for escalating "the war on pot” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 12:53 PM

Maher Turns on Obama: ‘He Doesn't Even Know What the IRS and the Jus

Stop the presses! Stop the presses! It appears that even HBO’s Bill Maher is starting to question Barack Obama’s abilities as president, for on Friday’s Real Time, the host said, “He doesn't even know what the IRS and the Justice Department are doing” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 1st, 2013 10:56 AM

Is 'Women’s Concert for Change' Just More Liberal Propaganda

Call me skeptical, but the upcoming "Women's Concert for Change" on NBC has the distinct odor of being yet another Obama administration propaganda tool. Produced by Gucci's ChimeforChange.org, the concert will be a venerable Who's Who of liberal performers from Beyonce and Madonna to Julia Roberts, Ben Affleck, Arianna Huffington and even Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 
Ann-Marie Murrell
June 1st, 2013 10:35 AM