NBC, ABC Lament the 'Tough Spot' Chinese Dissident Put Hillary In: She

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Thursday fretted about the "very tough spot" a Chinese dissident and human rights activist has put Hillary Clinton in. On Friday's Good Morning America, Josh Elliott kept the spotlight on Clinton, lamenting that the Secretary of State is "caught in the middle" of this ongoing diplomatic crisis. Rather than start his report by focusing on Chen…
Scott Whitlock
May 4th, 2012 12:43 PM

Bill, Barry and Fear-Driven Advertising

Why the Bill Clinton Obama ad? Why now?
Dan Kennedy
May 4th, 2012 12:18 PM

NBC's Gregory Cheers Influence of Liberal Colbert: 'You Have A Real Im

In a fawning interview with liberal comedian Stephen Colbert on Friday's NBC Today, fill-in co-host David Gregory gushed over the Comedy Central host being a factor in the 2012 presidential race: "What a treat for me to be in for Matt [Lauer] today....Stephen Colbert is a man who has had a loud and influential voice in this political season." Gregory began the farcical exchange by…
Kyle Drennen
May 4th, 2012 11:55 AM

Bozell Reacts to Chris Matthews's Ludicrous Obama/Henry V Comparison o

When then-President George W. Bush visited U.S. troops, saying similar things to what President Barack Obama said in his recent visit, MSNBC's Chris Matthews snarled that it was a mere "photo-op," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted last night on FNC's "Hannity." Yet when President Obama made his surprise visit to Kabul earlier this week, Matthews ridiciculously gushed that Obama's…
NB Staff
May 4th, 2012 10:47 AM

Ted Turner: Romney Would 'Probably Make a Good President

CNN founder Ted Turner said something Thursday night guaranteed to raise a couple of eyebrows especially at the White House. Appearing on Piers Morgan Tonight, without going so far as endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the liberal billionaire said, "I think that he'd probably make a good president" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 4th, 2012 10:43 AM

'Hiring Fizzles:' Unemployment Rate Drops as 522,000 Give Up Jobs Sear

About 45,000 fewer jobs were added in April than economists expected, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent due to more than a half million people giving up the job search. CNN Money reacted with the headline “hiring fizzles.” University of Maryland Economist Peter Morici wrote in response the jobs report, “The economy added 115,000 jobs in April - much less than expected and not…
Julia A. Seymour
May 4th, 2012 10:29 AM

Open Thread: The Life of Julia

As you've probably heard by now, President Obama has admitted to fabricating a woman in one of his two autobiographies. Apparently, he's had a hand in fabricating another woman, a hypothetical one named "Julia," who supposedly is representative of just how helpful his policies are to women:
Matthew Sheffield
May 4th, 2012 10:22 AM

Unemployment Rate Drops Because 522,000 Give Up Jobs Search

April adds only 115,000 jobs, while millions make up ranks of ‘invisible unemployed.’
Julia A. Seymour
May 4th, 2012 10:06 AM

PBS Hypes Liberal 'Congress Watchers' Who Hit GOP as Extreme, With No

Just like NPR, the PBS NewsHour on Thursday night invited on liberals Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein to pound away at the "extremism" of the Republican Party (Tea Party Edition). Propose defunding public broadcasting, and this is how the Empire strikes back. Thomas Mann unleashed on the GOP: "They are ideologically extreme, contemptuous of centuries worth of policy, economics and social;…
Tim Graham
May 4th, 2012 8:48 AM

'Unfit' Murdoch Tops NYT Page One; Conviction of Terror Suspect in Sub

Clay Waters uncovered on Wednesday how The New York Times hyped Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. phone-hacking scandal by putting on the front page on four of eight days. Wednesday's story was aggressively touted "a damning report" from Parliament on Murdoch's British newspapers "convulsed Britain's political and media worlds." Four paragraphs later, they admitted the verdict that Murdoch was "not…
Tim Graham
May 4th, 2012 6:32 AM

Ted Turner: U.S. and Israel Should Disarm to Prevent Nuclear Iran

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, the news network's founder, Ted Turner, complained that a double standard exists between the U.S. and Israel being allowed to possess nuclear weapons while Iran is expected to be nuclear-free, as he suggested that all countries dispose of their nuclear arsenals to persuade Iran not to build such weapons. After host Piers Morgan…
Brad Wilmouth
May 4th, 2012 12:31 AM

Liberal Radio Hosts Mock Mrs. Romney's Pricey Shirt, Even (Wrongly) Su

Liberal radio hosts obviously feel Ann Romney is a big fat target of mockery. When it was revealed a shirt she wore on CBS This Morning retails for $990, they pounced. Bill Press even insisted Mrs. Romney should be more like Michelle Obama – which doesn’t match the fashion facts from Hawaii last Christmas. On the Stephanie Miller show, one regular guest, gay activist Karl Frisch, brought out…
Tim Graham
May 3rd, 2012 9:52 PM

Like His Dad? MSNBC Hypes Ron Reagan to Trash GOP as a 'Haven for Bigo

MSNBC on Thursday again featured Ron Reagan to trade on the legacy of his father, trashing  the Republican Party as a "haven for bigots." The liberal son of the former president appeared on Hardball to slime the GOP and Mitt Romney for discriminating against gays. Matthews tossed Reagan a softball, complimenting his "Republican family" for not discriminating against gays. The son of a…
Scott Whitlock
May 3rd, 2012 6:34 PM

Scott Rasmussen Column: Trench Warfare Won't Resolve Anything in This

One hundred years ago, the European powers were hurtling down a path leading to World War I. Trench warfare became the dominant image of that war, as both sides dug in and the battle lines barely moved. Many called it the "War to End All Wars," but in the end it merely set the stage for World War II. Election 2012 is shaping up to be the political equivalent of trench warfare that fails to…
Scott Rasmussen
May 3rd, 2012 6:21 PM