Open Thread: 'Republicans Now Believe Romney Can Win, and Democrats Be

Time's Mark Halperin published a piece yesterday with a rather shocking opening sentence. "With five months until Election Day, Barack Obama faces a grim new reality: Republicans now believe Mitt Romney can win, and Democrats believe Obama can lose."
NB Staff
June 8th, 2012 11:04 AM

LA Times Supports Planned Parenthood Partnership with Local School Dis

A massive, notoriously scandal-ridden abortion provider is operating in Los Angeles high schools? What could go wrong? Anna Gorman, writing for the Los Angeles Times on June 5, gave a glowing report of a highly controversial move:  the nation’s largest abortion provider has been put in charge of a public high school’s health care.
Ryan Robertson
June 8th, 2012 10:50 AM

CNN's Crowley and O'Brien 'Don't Buy' Clinton Not Knowing When Bush Ta

NewsBusters reported Thursday that CNN's Wolf Blitzer shamefully allowed former President Bill Clinton to absurdly claim that prior to Tuesday's controversial interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, he thought the Bush tax cuts expired before Election Day. On Friday's Starting Point, CNN's chief political correspondent Candy Crowley agreed with NewsBusters saying about Clinton's preposterous…
Noel Sheppard
June 8th, 2012 10:33 AM

Video: Hannity, Bozell Discuss New MRC Study, 'George Soros: Godfather

"Between 2000 and 2009, George Soros has contributed over $400 million to academic causes in this country" to push liberal "curricula that he wants taught," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on last night's "Media Mash" segment on Fox News Channel's Hannity program. For this, Soros gets a free pass from the media, yet the conservative/libertarian Koch Brothers donations are severely…
NB Staff
June 8th, 2012 9:11 AM

ABC Highlights Dems Charging Obama Admin Leaked National Security Secr

Uniquely among the broadcast network evening newscasts, ABC's World News on Thursday ran a report which informed viewers that Democrats in Congress have joined Republicans in accusing the Obama administration of leaking classified information, jeopardizing the country's ability to recruit spies in other countries to help the U.S. in the future. Host Diane Sawyer introduced the report by…
Brad Wilmouth
June 8th, 2012 8:36 AM

Lamar Smith Column: Media's Deafening Silence on ObamaCare Lawsuits Se

Last month 43 Catholic institutions across America joined together to defend the First Amendment and filed a total of twelve lawsuits against the Administration in order to protect the right to freedom of religion on behalf of all Americans.  This is the most significant religious lawsuit in U.S. history and Christian leaders all across America have joined in support of the Catholic…
Lamar Smith
June 8th, 2012 8:03 AM

Chris Rock Lambasts Mormons for History on Race, Defends Obama

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, comedian Chris Rock alluded to the Mormon Church's controversial history on race from several decades ago as he asserted that "Mitt Romney's crew" had "believed black people were the devil until 1978." Rock:
Brad Wilmouth
June 8th, 2012 7:41 AM

NPR's Shameless Plug for Michelle Obama's 'Workout Mix

Don’t think National Public Radio isn’t on the bandwagon of “state-run media” that run oozy profiles that make the Obamas more “friendly and personable” than the Republicans. On Thursday’s Morning Edition, NPR anchor Renee Montagne shared with the country the First Lady’s “Workout Mix” – since she’s the national fitness nanny. The three songs recommended weren’t the story – some Beyonce,…
Tim Graham
June 8th, 2012 5:46 AM

Psst, Don't Tell Anyone: 'Wave' of Dems Leaving the Party 'Over Marria

The Catholic News Agency's Michelle Bauman reports that there has been a "wave" of recent defections and departures from the Democratic Party that could be as many as several hundred. The establishment press is clearly being remiss in failing to note them at all -- something which would not be occurring if it involved Republicans going to the party of the left. The reasons for the moves…
Tom Blumer
June 8th, 2012 1:21 AM

Kathy Griffin Tells Off Liberals Who May Not Vote for Obama

The D.C. gay magazine Metro Weekly interviewed Bravo star Kathy Griffin and asked her how big it was that President Obama endorsed the "gay marriage" concept. "There's never been a sitting president who has even seen the LGBT community like this. Never. It's huge. It's f---ing huge." "So I get mad at my young gays that don't know what Stonewall is. I get mad at my young girls that don't know…
Tim Graham
June 7th, 2012 10:52 PM

AP Uses a Year's Supply of 'Liberal' and 'Progressive' References in O

Now we know where all those "liberal" references which should be attached to leftist Democratic politicians but seldom are went. Steve Peoples at the Associated Press used them all up in his Thursday coverage of the "Netroots Nation" gathering in Providence, Rhode Island. Occurrences and variants on the word "liberal" appear ten times in Peoples' coverage, including in the item's headline.…
Tom Blumer
June 7th, 2012 7:48 PM

Wolf Blitzer Lets Bill Clinton Absurdly Claim He Thought Bush Tax Cuts

Back in the '90s, many people called CNN the "Clinton News Network" because it was so obviously partial to the Democratic President from Arkansas. Wolf Blitzer perfectly exemplified why this was the case Thursday when in an interview with former President Bill Clinton, he shamefully allowed his guest to absurdly claim that prior to Tuesday's controversial interview with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo…
Noel Sheppard
June 7th, 2012 6:57 PM

WashPost's Krissah Thompson Gives Readers Distorted Picture of Fight O

In today's 16-paragraph page A6 story, "Legal challenges tie up new voting restrictions,"* the Washington Post's Krissah Thompson reported that many "[s]tricter ID laws and other controversial voting restrictions" could be held up in the courts until after November election. At no point in her story, however, did Thompson note recent polling shows 70 percent of Americans back photo ID for…
Ken Shepherd
June 7th, 2012 6:20 PM

Charlie Rose Touts Jeb Bush's Differences With GOP on Obama, Taxes

On Thursday's CBS This Morning, Charlie Rose went out of his way to spotlight how guest Jeb Bush once complimented President Obama, and played up his disagreements with fellow Republicans. Rose touted how supposedly only Bush had the "courage" to differ with "every Republican candidate in the primary" in being open to eliminating tax deductions to increase revenue. The anchor also…
Matthew Balan
June 7th, 2012 6:12 PM