Bill Moyers: George Soros 'Has Been the Victim of Glenn Beck' and 'Fox

To give you an idea just how perilously liberal Bill Moyers is, in a media discussion with Arianna Huffington Friday, he actually sung the praises of America-hating billionaire George Soros. Not only that, Moyers also claimed Soros "has been the victim, of course, of Glenn Beck and the right-wing, the Fox News assassins" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 14th, 2012 9:52 AM

NBC Brings More Raunch to Primetime with Launch of 'Chelsea

From the network that brought you the failed show, "The Playboy Club," NBC is now offering more trashy television with the new primetime comedy, "Are You There, Chelsea?" based on the book by comedienne and host of "Chelsea Lately," Chelsea Handler. The sitcom, which premiered January 11, centers on the life of Chelsea Handler, a bartender who prays to Vodka, drinks heavily without regret and…
Erin R. Brown
January 14th, 2012 9:34 AM

Weekend Open Thread

For general discussion and debate about whatever tickles your fancy.
NB Staff
January 14th, 2012 9:04 AM

Weekend Sports Open Thread

The NFL playoffs continue. Can the Niners beat the Saints? Can the Giants beat the Packers? Can the Texans beat the Ravens? And most importantly, can Tebow beat Brady? Anything else sports-related you want to talk about?
NB Staff
January 14th, 2012 9:01 AM

Bozell Column: Hollywood's Snotty Day In Court

It was symbolically perfect that on the same day Hollywood went to the Supreme Court to make the case for broadcast profanity, Entertainment Weekly reported that the next showing of the ABC smutcom “Modern Family” would feature a two-year-old girl dropping the F-bomb. The episode’s title will be “Little Bo Bleep.” Shameless. There’s no other way to describe the people running these networks.…
Brent Bozell
January 14th, 2012 7:56 AM

Bill Press Show Can't Stop Trashing Tim Tebow's Kneeling: 'I Just Want

The Munchkins that lead liberal talk radio really can't stop demonstrating their hatred of Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. On Thursday's Bill Press Show, the lapsed Catholic host launched into another broadside about Tebow's winning touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas, and how the "Tebowing" made him nauseous. "I couldn’t believe it and then I looked up at the screen and there he was on…
Tim Graham
January 14th, 2012 7:01 AM

Bill Maher Admits His Audience Are 'Brainwashed Liberals

A truly marvelous thing happened on the season premiere of HBO's Real Time Friday. Host Bill Maher admitted that his audience are a bunch of "brainwashed liberals" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
January 13th, 2012 11:59 PM

Three Months in and With Weak Support, AP Says Annual Federal Deficit

I see that the Associated Press's Derek Kravitz is picking up where his colleague Martin Crutsinger left off in offering up incomplete information and inconvenient truth-avoiding coverage of Uncle Sam's financial results as described in the Monthly Treasury Statement. December's statement, which was released yesterday, showed a deficit of $86 billion and a year-to-date shortfall of $322 billion…
Tom Blumer
January 13th, 2012 11:38 PM

Rush Limbaugh Calls Chris Hayes 'Insane' for Comparing Bain to Rev. Wr

On The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday night, Chris Hayes of The Nation magazine (and a weekend host on MSNBC) conceded that the eruption of GOP Bain-hate might “inoculate” Mitt Romney -- even as he imagines Team Obama popping open the champagne. “ I think the analogy here is, if Jeremiah Wright tape had surfaced in October as opposed to April, that would have been much harder for…
Tim Graham
January 13th, 2012 9:01 PM

NYTimes Public Editor Asks if Reporters Should Fact-Check, But They Al

New York Times’s Public Editor Arthur Brisbane made waves Thursday in a rare post to his nytimes.com blog asking “Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante?” What he was really asking: Should the Times be more vigilant in fact-checking politicians? And only Republican politicians, judging by the two examples he selected (claims that were relatively immune to being checked in the first place) and…
Clay Waters
January 13th, 2012 7:46 PM

Libtalker Bill Press: Newt Gingrich Is 'The Suicide Bomber of the Repu

Liberal radio host Bill Press on Friday called Newt Gingrich "the suicide bomber of the Republican Party." Appearing on MSNBC's Politics Nation, Press said of the former Speaker of the House, "He's in [the race] to take down as many people as he can as he goes down, and he has that same silly grin on his face when he pulls the plug as a suicide bomber" (video follows with transcribed…
Noel Sheppard
January 13th, 2012 7:03 PM

CNN Highlights 'Bad Memories, Bitterness Over Romney Past' In South Ca

A report by CNN's David Mattingly that aired on Friday's The Situation Room emphasized the "bitter Bain memories" left in South Carolina from Bain Capital, the private equity firm that candidate Mitt Romney founded. Mattingly featured the president of the local Steelworkers union at the plant Bain Capital bought back in the 1990s. As the United Steelworkers union has been heavily pro-…
Matt Hadro
January 13th, 2012 6:20 PM

Romney 'Shoe Shine' Photo Touted By NBC Actually Him Getting a Securit

On Thursday's NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander promoted a photo of Mitt Romney that supposedly "shows Governor Romney on a tarmac, his feet kicked up, getting polished in front of a corporate jet." In reality, as National Public Radio reported on Friday, the picture in question actually shows Romney being wanded by an airport security official before boarding a charter flight. In the…
Kyle Drennen
January 13th, 2012 5:47 PM

How 'bout That Tebow

I have officially called off my boycott of the National Football League. I do not care how many felons or frotteurs play the game. Now there is Tim Tebow to redeem it. He can pass and run. He inspires his teammates. He inspires many returning fans like me. I shall follow him through the playoffs and maybe even next year as the season resumes anew. He is an American original — and he is…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
January 13th, 2012 5:23 PM