Media Gush Over Chief Justice 'On the Side of History' With 'Clever La

During NBC's noon et hour special coverage of the ObamaCare Supreme Court ruling, Nightly News anchor Brian Williams declared that Chief Justice John Roberts sided with liberals on the Court in upholding the unpopular law in order "to be on the side of history." Legal analyst Savannah Guthrie praised Roberts for having the wisdom of King Solomon: "I guess you'd call it a Solomonic decision." […
Kyle Drennen
June 28th, 2012 4:42 PM

Nancy Pelosi Botches Brian Terry's Name While Addressing Congress on H

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), while speaking on the House floor opposing the contempt charges of Attorney General Eric Holder, actually botched the name of slain border patrol agent Brian Terry. As she expressed condolences to his family, Pelosi called him "Brian Tay, Tay, Terry" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2012 4:31 PM

CNN Asks GOP Senator If He's 'Sore Loser' for Continuing to Fight Obam

It didn't take long after ObamaCare was upheld by the Supreme Court for CNN to browbeat Republicans about accepting defeat and getting behind the law. Anchor Brooke Baldwin asked Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Thursday afternoon why he was still fighting a law opposed by a majority of Americans. "You lost in 2010 when this law was passed, you lost again today. Yet you are still pushing for the…
Matt Hadro
June 28th, 2012 3:54 PM

NYT Partner Ben Smith: Conservatives Complaining Over Obama-Care on Tw

The New York Times's latest TimesCast was wholly devoted to the shocking decision on Obama-Care, in which Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed to the bench by a Republican president, joined the four liberals on the court to uphold Obama's legislation. In a possible sign of bias to come, the TimesCast will feature commentary from Ben Smith of Buzzfeed.com during the election season. Host…
Clay Waters
June 28th, 2012 3:33 PM

MSNBC Host vs. MSNBC Host on Respecting the Final Say of the Supreme C

Liberal hosts on MSNBC can’t get their talking points in order when it comes to how liberals should react to the Supreme Court.  On Tuesday’s The Cycle, co-host Steve Kornacki insisted that “if the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate, that does not mean it's unconstitutional.”   To the Salon.com writer, just because the Court would have spoken thus doesn't make it final. Such…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2012 3:18 PM

Michael Steele Schools David Corn on Media's Hypocritical Handling of

Since President Obama flip-flopped on his position on same-sex marriage last month, NewsBusters has reported extensively on how the media cover such policy changes differently when made by Republicans such as Mitt Romney. On MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner Thursday, former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele gave the perilously liberal David Corn a much-needed education in this…
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2012 2:31 PM

New Sharpton Lingo: 'Rodney King Will Be Funeralized

On his "Keeping It Real" radio show on Wednesday, Rev. Al Sharpton introduced new lingo. He said Rodney King would be "funeralized," but Sharpton used that event to then turn and crassly plug he'll be in Los Angeles to receive an award from BET (Black Entertaintment Television). "Rodney King will be funeralized this Saturday in Los Angeles. I’ll be going to Los Angeles as you will," he said…
Tim Graham
June 28th, 2012 2:11 PM

Justice Scalia 'Went Too Far' Talking Immigration, But Ginburg's Parti

On the eve of the Supreme Court's monumental decision on Obama-care Thursday morning, New York Times reporter Ethan Bronner chided Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for politicizing the bench in "A Dissent By Scalia Is Criticized As Political." But when liberal Justices get political, they are "'passionate and pointed" and finding their own voice.
Clay Waters
June 28th, 2012 1:43 PM

WaPo: Dissenting Lefty Nun ‘Part Zen Master, Part Political Tacticia

Liberal media outlets have never met a dissenting Catholic they didn’t like. The flavor of this month – a liberal nun and her publicity tour group for “social justice” – got the requisite puff piece in The Washington Post to complete the adoration heaped on them by CNN, Time, and MSNBC. In her June 27 article “The Nuns on the Bus tour promotes social justice – and turns a blind eye to the…
Paul Wilson
June 28th, 2012 1:42 PM

NBC's Gregory: 5-4 Against ObamaCare = 'Nightmare'; 5-4 for ObamaCare

Meet the Press host David Gregory displayed a stunning double standard throughout NBC's Thursday morning coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare. Prior to the decision, he warned of a "nightmare scenario" if the law was struck down. Hours later, following the Court upholding the law, Gregory cheered Chief Justice John Roberts for taking "a big step here" to keep the Court from being "…
Kyle Drennen
June 28th, 2012 12:45 PM

Leftist Talkers, Bloggers Find Conservatives Richly Deserve Colorado F

Natural disasters have a way of bringing out the worst on the Left. Flooding in Florida and wildfires in Colorado “inspired” nutty talk-show host Mike Malloy and the Daily Kos to rant about how conservatives in these states deserve these disasters because they’re anti-government, and too religious to boot. Malloy teased from his atheist worldview, “Could that be, you know, Jesus or God…
Tim Graham
June 28th, 2012 12:31 PM

ABC's Moran Hypes Dem Talking Points on ObamaCare: Women Would Have Su

Good Morning America's Terry Moran on Thursday hyped Democratic talking points, parroting fears that if ObamaCare was struck down, women would suffer more. Moran ran through the President's complaints. He fretted, "And, finally, a lot of people haven't paid much attention to this: Women will pay more. Right now, women pay more for health care than men." (Moran didn't mention how much…
Scott Whitlock
June 28th, 2012 12:10 PM

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd: Opposition to ObamaCare is Purely ‘Political

In the minutes following the Supreme Court’s controversial decision to uphold ObamaCare, MSNBC's Chuck Todd dismissed opposition to the law as purely partisan politics.  Todd, who is the Chief White House correspondent for NBC News has decided to suddenly become a liberal pundit now that ObamaCare was upheld by the Supreme Court. [Video follows page break;  MP3 audio here.] Todd claims that…
Jeffrey Meyer
June 28th, 2012 11:58 AM

Matthews on Roberts' ObamaCare Ruling: 'Must Be a Strange Feeling Down

Chris Matthews on Thursday made a very cynical observation about the Supreme Court upholding ObamaCare. Appearing on MSNBC Live shortly after the ruling was announced, Matthews said, "There must be a strange feeling down in Texas right now in the Bush family that they created a Chief Justice" that ruled this way (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 28th, 2012 11:52 AM