Softballs: ABC's Cynthia McFadden Again Skips Tough Questions for Mich

Tuesday's Nightline featured the second part of an exhaustive, three part interview with Michelle Obama. Once again, co-anchor Cynthia McFadden failed to ask any tough questions to the First Lady, instead offering only softballs and repeating White House spin. McFadden followed Mrs. Obama as she did events promoting higher employment for returning veterans. Co-anchor Bill Weir teased the…
Scott Whitlock
October 10th, 2012 1:07 PM

WashPost Frets 'Deadly Benghazi Attack Could Mar Clinton Legacy

Four Americans are dead from a September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and it's becoming abundantly clear that security at the compound had been incredibly lax and that the Obama administration may have actively attempted to deceive the public about the terroristic nature of the strike in the first few days subsequent to it. A House committee is holding a hearing as I…
Ken Shepherd
October 10th, 2012 12:53 PM

O'Keefe Films DNC Employee at OFA-Houston Helping Woman Vote Twice; Mo

James O'Keefe's Project Veritas has done it again -- with, as is usually the case with his efforts, apparently more to come. His latest effort, a six-minute video (direct YouTube link) which near its end taunts the establishment press ("Put your reputation on the line, journalists. Say this is an "isolated incident"), "exposes Obama campaign workers, including a Regional Field Director at…
Tom Blumer
October 10th, 2012 12:47 PM

After Hyping Big Bird Ad, NBC's Lauer Wonders if Obama Campaign Just W

After promoting the Obama campaign's Bird Bird ad on Tuesday's NBC Today, not to mention it being played repeatedly on MSNBC, in an interview with campaign advisor Robert Gibbs on Wednesday's Today, co-host Matt Lauer wondered: "...is that the kind of political ad that a campaign releases when it feels that it has ideas and solutions on its side, or is that the kind of political ad a campaign…
Kyle Drennen
October 10th, 2012 12:19 PM

Malkin Column: Stimulus Sheriff Joe Biden Is Missing-in-Action

Remember when President Obama bragged about Joe Biden's fiscal discipline cred in 2009? "To you, he's Mr. Vice President, but around the White House, we call him the Sheriff," Obama warned government employees. "Because if you're misusing taxpayer money, you'll have to answer to him." Fast-forward to 2012. Call in the search teams. Since being appointed the nation's stimulus spending cop,…
Michelle Malkin
October 10th, 2012 11:37 AM

Grecian Formula-Gate? Accusing Romney, Deutsch Says Americans Will Los

Don't go there, Donny . . . Donny Deutsch has opened a can of worms—or shall we say, a carton of Clairol. On Morning Joe today, Deutsch suggested that it looks like Mitt Romney colors his hair, and argued that Americans would lose trust in a candidate who does.  But could Deutsch possibly be unaware of the evidence that his guy Barack Obama has also grabbed the Grecian Formula on occasion? …
Mark Finkelstein
October 10th, 2012 11:13 AM

Comparing Catholics Ryan and Biden, WaPo Columnist Chides Pro-Life 'Fo

In her October 9 column “Ryan v. Biden: the Catholic ‘Thrilla in Manila,’” Washington Post “She the People” columnist Melinda Henneberger made a common journalistic error when discussing the Catholic Church, introducing a false dichotomy between “liberal” Catholicism’s emphasis on social issues and “conservative” Catholicism’s emphasis on pro-life issues. Predictably, she came down hard on “…
Paul Wilson
October 10th, 2012 11:11 AM

Comparing Catholics Ryan and Biden, WaPo Columnist Chides Pro-Life

Raises false rift between liberal, conservative Catholics.
Paul Wilson
October 10th, 2012 10:51 AM

NBC News President Calls Obama and Romney 'Lazy', Will Andrea Mitchell

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell last week was so shocked that John Sununu called President Obama "lazy," she actually asked him to take it back. Poynter.org reported moments ago that Mitchell's boss, NBC News President Steve Capus, called both presidential candidates "lazy" on Monday (video follows with partial transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
October 10th, 2012 10:46 AM

'Republicans to Cities: Drop Dead' Blares New York Times Headline

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch sent a Twitter message on Sunday morning complaining about the Sunday New York Times: "Practically nothing in NYT, predicable nearly unreadable Review section - even unintelligible Maureen Dowd." Admittedly, the lead Sunday Review article by novelist Kevin Baker was more enticing to liberals, who seem to be section editor Andrew Rosenthal's intended audience: "…
Clay Waters
October 10th, 2012 10:26 AM

AP Slaps Boring Headline on Story Regarding Major Admission by State D

The headline writers for Bradley Klapper's story early Wednesday at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press, about the September 11 attack which destroyed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya and killed four Americans, including Libyan ambassador Christopher Stevens, had a real problem on their hands: How do we make our headline so boring that people who see it won't feel like…
Tom Blumer
October 10th, 2012 9:55 AM

Letterman Plays Video of Chris Matthews' Head Exploding

As NewsBusters reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews had an on air meltdown following Barack Obama's terrible performance in last Wednesday's debate with Mitt Romney. On Tuesday, CBS Late Show host David Letterman ended his monologue by showing a video of Matthews' head exploding (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary).
Noel Sheppard
October 10th, 2012 9:05 AM

Randi Rhodes: 'Champion Haters' in Conservative Media Use 'False Premi

The first part of this Randi Rhodes radio rant on Monday was typical: "But that was a rare admission by the conservative media, that they are world heavyweight champion haters, liars, distorters, and by the way, there is nothing on the Left that is equal, approaching equal, near equal, because even though the Left opines, we actually look at the facts and how we find them is where we go. That's…
Tim Graham
October 10th, 2012 8:47 AM

Revealed: VP Debate Moderator Martha Raddatz Hosted President Obama at

The liberal media/politician/bureaucrat revolving door spins so rapidly, sometimes it's hard to keep pace. Today we learn via the Daily Caller that the moderator for tomorrow's vice presidential debate, ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz, hosted President Obama as a guest at her 1991 wedding to the man who would later become Obama's FCC commissioner, Julius Genachowski. That's shocking enough…
Matthew Sheffield
October 10th, 2012 6:59 AM