Candy Crowley Validates Obama's Libya Lie

Candy Crowley was an utter disaster last night, and was, by far, the worst moderator of the 2012 election. The Libya cover-up continues, and the national news media need to start asking some tough questions – including questions about one of their own. If Obama was correct that on Day 1 he said it was a terrorist attack, why did his UN ambassador say on five different national interviews that…
Brent Bozell
October 17th, 2012 2:32 PM

NYTimes Videocast Hits Disrespectful, 'Peevish' Romney's 'Serious Gaff

The second 2012 presidential debate hosted by Candy Crowley got the full court press from the New York Times, with live fact-checking online and a 40-minute TimesCast wrap-up, that found Times reporters wrongly defending Obama and bashing Mitt Romney on a fiery exchange on Libya. Times journalists were highly supportive of Barack Obama's performance and critical of the "peevish" Mitt Romney,…
Clay Waters
October 17th, 2012 2:12 PM

Obama's Libya Questioner: Post-Debate, President Privately Told Him Th

It looks like Candy Crowley, her establishment press excuse-makers (for her and President Obama), and supporters of the President are going to have to resort to finding penumbras emanating from Obama's September 12 Rose Garden appearance -- y'know, the one during which the press and Democrats insist that the President really, really did call the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya a…
Tom Blumer
October 17th, 2012 2:03 PM

Candy Crowley: No Regret About Disgraceful Interruption

Just before 1 p.m. ET, Rush Limbaugh said the following about CNN's Candy Crowley and her performance as "moderator" last night in the second presidential debate: "In the real world, she would have committed career suicide last night." Well, Rush, don't discount her ability to self-immolate just yet. The Washington Post reports that Crowley is backtracking on her backtrack (HT PJ Tatler):
Tom Blumer
October 17th, 2012 1:21 PM

The Facts: Candy Crowley Aided Obama: 2-to-1 Liberal Agenda, Validatio

The liberal tilt of questions selected by CNN’s Candy Crowley was so obvious, even the gang on NBC’s Today — hardly a conservative bastion — thought it remarkable. Correspondent Chuck Todd observed Wednesday morning: “The President also benefitted from many questions posed by the so-called undecided voters, covering issues near and dear to his liberal base....” Going into Tuesday night’s…
Rich Noyes
October 17th, 2012 1:09 PM

NBC Asks Biden About Obama 'Disqualifying' Romney; Asks Ryan if Obama

Displaying a stunning double standard on Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie gave Vice President Joe Biden plenty of room to applaud President Obama's debate performance, while fellow co-host Matt Lauer hammered Congressman Paul Ryan on issue after issue. In her first question to Biden, Guthrie wondered if the President had "repaired the damage from his lackluster performance in…
Kyle Drennen
October 17th, 2012 12:35 PM

George Stephanopoulos Fawns Over Joe Biden, Then Hits Paul Ryan With V

George Stephanopoulos offered a classic case of liberal bias on Wednesday, fawning over Joe Biden and, just minutes later, grilling Paul Ryan with the Vice President's talking points. The Good Morning America host talked to the two men seeking the same job, but offered Biden this not-exactly-tough question on his debate performance: "I have to ask you about your own debate...How did you feel…
Scott Whitlock
October 17th, 2012 12:02 PM

White House First Said Benghazi Was Terrorist Attack on September

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney first acknowledged on September 20 that the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a terrorist attack. Coming eight days after the President's Rose Garden remarks on the subject, this appears to be in stark contrast to what he and CNN's Candy Crowley claimed in Tuesday's presidential debate. The following is from Carney's September 20 press…
Noel Sheppard
October 17th, 2012 11:59 AM

'Million Muppet March' Is 'Now Million Puppet March'; I Wonder Why? (A

In my Monday post (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog) about the "Million Muppet March," the astroturfing Obama-supportive operation being managed by Michael Bellavia -- a gentleman whose animation firm "just so happens" to have Sesame Workshop as a major client -- I questioned how he and the rest of the group can be so sure that they "can just use the Muppet characters ... at a brazenly political…
Tom Blumer
October 17th, 2012 11:48 AM

Fact-check Fail: Politico's Dovere Claims Mostly-Accurate Romney Claim

Updated at bottom of post | Politico's Edward-Isaac Dovere might want to brush up on federal firearms law before he holds forth on "fact-checking" statements about the issue. During a "Truth Squad" segment reacting to Tuesday night's debate on the October 17 Jansing & Co., the Politico deputy White House editor told MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing that Romney "is not correct as the [federal] law…
Ken Shepherd
October 17th, 2012 11:35 AM

Congressman Scolds Crowley: 'It Wasn't Necessarily Your Place To Try T

Candy Crowley is rightfully coming under fire for acting like a biased referee in Tuesday night's presidential debate. On CNN's Starting Point Wednesday, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut.) scolded Crowley saying, "It wasn't necessarily your place to try to be fact-checker" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 17th, 2012 10:52 AM

David Limbaugh Column: More Aggressive Obama Still Won't Make the Grad

Editor's Note: This was intended for publication pre-debate on October 16. We apologize for the delay. As he prepares for the second debate, Obama faces a major dilemma: how to be more aggressive without jeopardizing his alleged likability, the main thing he supposedly has going for him with voters. The Barack Obama the public usually sees is not the real Barack Obama. The former is a…
David Limbaugh
October 17th, 2012 10:17 AM

Chuck Norris Column: Voter Fraud Is the Way to America's Destruction

Does voter fraud actually exist? If you ask members of the Obama administration, Democratic lawmakers or the left-leaning media, they often argue it's a myth concocted by Republicans to suppress Democratic turnout.
Chuck Norris
October 17th, 2012 10:12 AM

Reporters Applaud Obama's Debate Line About Romney's Wealth

If you needed any more evidence of just how corrupt America's media are, consider the following. According to the Washington Times, during Tuesday's presidential debate, reporters actually applauded when President Obama made a snarky comment about Mitt Romney's wealth.
Noel Sheppard
October 17th, 2012 9:24 AM