Sean Penn Campaigns for Hugo Chavez's Reelection in Venezuela

Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez is one of America's sworn enemies. Despite this, actor Sean Penn visited Venezuela Sunday to campaign for one of the world's most despised dictators. Reuters reports:
Noel Sheppard
August 7th, 2012 9:49 AM

Kiss Off: Networks Spike Coverage of Chick-fil-A Kiss-in After Poor Tu

The broadcast networks promoted gay activists’ protest of the fast food company Chick-fil-A, but when that protest fizzled, they did little to cover the failure. ABC’s Steve Osunsami hyped the protests ahead of time, saying “nearly 100,000 friends and family have been invited online.” After the apparent lack of turnout at the kiss-in, however, the networks stopped reporting on the protest.…
Paul Wilson
August 7th, 2012 9:16 AM

Chris Rock Dismisses His Own Nasty July 4 Tweet

Comedian Chris Rock was lovingly interviewed by Dave Itzkoff of the New York Times. “I haven’t done any dirty work in a while...I’m ready to curse. I’m ready to really, really be a bad boy. I’m ready to actually be Chris Rock.” When Itzkoff asked him about his sneering "Happy White People's Independence Day" tweet on July 4, he said it was no "big whoop," that if "you're a fan of mine, that…
Tim Graham
August 7th, 2012 9:01 AM

Dana Carvey Blasts ‘Scary and Dangerous’ Trend of Comics Fearing t

While filling in as the host of Dennis Miller's nationally syndicated radio show last week, Jon Levitz and his guest, fellow comic Dana Carvey, discussed why people get so upset at Obama jokes, noting that liberals label such material as. "hate speech" and, therefore, is unworthy of any further consideration. Carvey criticized the “sensitivity” people have when jokes are told regarding…
Randy Hall
August 7th, 2012 1:34 AM

Schultz Tries to Make Sikh Temple Shootings an Embarrassment for Miche

On Monday's The Ed Show, host Ed Schultz suggested that the weekend attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin proves conservative commentator Michelle Malkin was wrong in 2009 when she criticized a Homeland Security report in 2009 which suggested an increase in domestic terrorism from right-wing groups in response to the election of the first African-American President. After recounting details…
Brad Wilmouth
August 7th, 2012 1:28 AM

ABC's Klein: GOP 'Taking the Bait' After Reid's 'Wildly Unsubstantiate

On Sunday's World News, ABC's senior Washington editor, Rick Klein, found it to be a "wildly unsubstantiated" and "irresponsible" claim for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to accuse Mitt Romney of not paying taxes for 10 years. He also asserted that Republicans are "taking the bait" by responding, suggesting that there is a "big risk" for the GOP in doing so.
Brad Wilmouth
August 7th, 2012 12:44 AM

Sure, Guys: CNN, AP Want Us to Believe Monday's Market Increase Was St

It's as if these people think that we're still in the era of the Pony Express and passenger pigeons. Both CNN's email alert after the close of the markets today and the Associated Press's post-close report acted as if Monday's stock market gain was due to a positive momentum effect from Friday's splendiforous jobs report, which really wasn't that good at all. CNN's 4:01 p.m. email told…
Tom Blumer
August 6th, 2012 11:48 PM

Kochs Counter Galifianakis: 'Laughable to Take Guidance From Guy Who M

As NewsBusters previously reported, actor Zach Galifianakis on Monday attacked the Koch brothers saying "They are creepy" and 'It’s not freedom what they are doing." Philip Ellender, President of Government and Public Affairs, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, responded to this nonsense via email moments ago:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2012 7:54 PM

CNN Apologizes for Playing 'Only the Good Die Young' After Segment Abo

As NewsBusters previously reported, CNN's Starting Point Monday played Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young" after coming back from a commercial break that followed a segment about the tragic shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. I just received the following statement from a CNN spokesperson:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2012 6:46 PM

CNN Smears Political Right, Labels Wisconsin Shooter's Racist Neo-Nazi

CNN associated a white supremacist neo-Nazi band with the political right-wing as it labeled the punk rock band of Wisconsin shooter Wade Michael Page as "far right." CNN had reported Page's band named "End Apathy" as "white supremacist," "neo-Nazi," and as a "hate group." Yet it also repeatedly labeled it "far right" on Sunday and Monday. [Video below the break. Audio here.]
Matt Hadro
August 6th, 2012 5:37 PM

On CBS, Douglas Brinkley Marvels at 'Still Very Popular' Kennedys

Liberal historian Douglas Brinkley sang the praises of the Kennedy family on Monday's CBS This Morning, spotlighting the apparently "very important public service work" of Robert F. Kennedy's children: "It's just remarkable to me how Bobby Kennedy's kids keep making public policy influences." Brinkley also claimed that "the Kennedy name is still very popular, and....we're endlessly fascinated…
Matthew Balan
August 6th, 2012 5:12 PM

Zach Galifianakis Attacks the Koch Brothers: 'They Are Creepy' - 'It

Following in the footsteps of HBO's The Newsroom and virtually all liberal media members, actor Zach Galifianakis attacked the Koch brothers Monday. As reported by the New York Daily News:
Noel Sheppard
August 6th, 2012 4:53 PM

CBS Takes One Last Bite at Chick-fil-A

CBS couldn’t resist taking one parting bite at Chick-fil-A. On Aug. 6, CBS “This Morning” anchors Gayle King and Jeff Glor highlighted a lesbian chef’s “Chick on Chick Filet,” made with “loving chicken breasts,” a “honey mustard witness,” and “tolerant fries.” Anchor Jeff Glor reported: “The Houston Press tells us about a restaurant weighing in on the Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy…
Paul Wilson
August 6th, 2012 3:52 PM

Days Before Her Event, 'Mean-Spirited' NYTimes Attack on Olympic Hurdl

New York Times sports reporter Jere Longman doesn't approve of a certain Olympic female track and field athlete. His piece on the front of Sunday's sports section, "For Lolo Jones, Everything Is Image," rubbed in the fact that Jones hasn't won an Olympic medal, casts doubt on whether she will do so on Wednesday, and sneeringly claimed that Jones "will be whatever anyone wants her to be -- vixen…
Clay Waters
August 6th, 2012 3:07 PM