Reuters Grossly Distorts Nature of Vatican Document Criticizing Nuns f

Reuters reporter Andrew Stern grossly distorted the nature of a Vatican document released on Wednesday which raises theological concerns about American religious orders. Regarding the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), Stern wrote that the group said it was "stunned" that "the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on poverty and social-justice concerns and not enough…
Ken Shepherd
April 20th, 2012 4:43 PM

CBS Downplays Graphic Afghanistan Photos as a GOP 'Distraction,' ABC M

CBS's Bill Plante on Friday downplayed graphic photos of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with severed body parts of suicide bombers as a GOP "distraction," insisting that Republicans were "somehow" trying to portray this (and other issues) as a failure of leadership. None of the networks wondered if this reflected poorly on Barack Obama. Since the Los Angeles Times first reported the…
Scott Whitlock
April 20th, 2012 3:24 PM

Obama Not Dogged By Diet Revelations, But NYTimes Hits Romney in Print

The conservative blogosphere has been making mirth out of an entry from Barack Obama's first autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," in which he briefly mentions eating dog as a child in Indonesia. It also functions as a counter to another shaggy political anecdote, widely propagated throughout the liberal media, about Mitt Romney strapping his pet dog to a crate on the top of his station…
Clay Waters
April 20th, 2012 3:09 PM

MSNBC's Wagner on Catholic Bishops: They Focus On 'Issues That Don't M

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops speaking out with concern about the Paul Ryan/GOP budget plan is a "step in the right direction," according to liberal MSNBC host Alex Wagner. Catholics "are not a monolithic voting bloc," MSNBC host Alex Wagner reminded her panel on her Friday Now program. "There are a lot of Catholics in the country, and I could name a few, who think that the Church,…
Ken Shepherd
April 20th, 2012 2:45 PM

Cybill Shepherd Rants About 'War On Women'; Hypes 'Mother's Scared For

TV star Cybill Shepherd went on a radical feminist bender on Friday's CBS This Morning, touting that there really is a "war on women" manifested by the "attack on Planned Parenthood." Anchor Gayle King had to cut her off, as Shepherd inserted her diatribe at the end of the segment, but revealed her sympathies with her guest: "I think you're raising a good point. We just need more time to do it…
Matthew Balan
April 20th, 2012 2:24 PM

Video: Hannity, Bozell Review Media's Love of 'Rock Star' Obama

In the 2008 campaign, "[t]he media were awestruck, embarrassingly so," over Barack Obama and failed to vet him thoroughly, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on last night's edition of Hannity. "In the primaries in 2008, we counted 29 different times when the networks either called him a rising star, an emerging star, a rock star, or a superstar. Twenty-nine different times," but they…
NB Staff
April 20th, 2012 11:53 AM

Dems Selling 'Obama, Clooney and You' Contest

The latest Obama e-mail to supporters begins: "Want to meet George Clooney and Barack Obama -- at Clooney's house? He's hosting supporters at his home next month to help build support for this campaign and elect President Obama in November. And he's saving seats for two grassroots supporters like you and their guests. It's just not a chance most people get -- well, ever." The New York Daily…
Tim Graham
April 20th, 2012 10:52 AM

Martin Bashir Flat Out Lies While Saying Mitt Romney Is Going to Hell

Have the executives running MSNBC informed their employees that it's completely acceptable to lie on the air if it helps President Obama win reelection this November? On Thursday, Martin Bashir flat out lied to make the case to his audience that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is going to hell for supposedly lying when he says the current White House resident promised…
Noel Sheppard
April 20th, 2012 10:16 AM

Open Thread: Democrats Against Obamacare

Even though it was their party who rammed Obamacare through Congress, a number of congressional Democrats are publicly airing their own misgivings about the medical regulation law. Are such misgivings related somehow to the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court might overturn the law?
Matthew Sheffield
April 20th, 2012 9:41 AM

Daily Kos Announces: 'The Fetus Is a Parasite

There are times when you glance at the leftist Daily Kos blog and wonder if they're being sabotaged from the inside. Case in point: a blog titled "The fetus is a parasite." "Sasharusha" blogs "back to the whole fetus= parasite thing. That is how I see them. I don't see them as cute and cuddly. I see them as terrifying and scary. I see pregnancy the same way. Here are some examples on how…
Tim Graham
April 20th, 2012 8:55 AM

Fired Secret Service Man Joked About 'Checking Out' Palin

AP reports Sarah Palin says the joke's on ousted Secret Service supervisor David Chaney, who wrote on Facebook that he was "checking her out" while protecting the former Alaska governor during the 2008 campaign. "Well, check this out, buddy -- you're fired!" Palin said Thursday in a Fox News interview. Palin said the scandal is "a symptom of government run amok." She told Fox: "It's like, who…
Tim Graham
April 20th, 2012 6:45 AM

Report: Chelsea Clinton Struggling as She Dabbles at NBC News

Few people in the media were willing to denounce NBC's hiring of self-evidently under-qualified Chelsea Clinton as a reporter on "Rock Center" and "NBC Nightly News." One rare bird is Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik, who mocked NBC News boss Steve Capus for claiming Chelsea "had been preparing her whole life" for this job. He called it "one of the most outrageous and disconnected-from-…
Tim Graham
April 19th, 2012 11:16 PM

Trend Growing: Like Mika, Former Network Anchor Paula Zahn Moderates W

On Good Friday, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski displayed an obvious affinity for the president by moderating a panel at the White House on women and the economy. This is turning into a trend. On Wednesday, former ABC/CBS/CNN/Fox anchor Paula Zahn (now with Investigation Discovery) moderated a panel starring Vice President Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Violence Against Women Act. The…
Tim Graham
April 19th, 2012 10:22 PM

Ed Schultz Shrugs Off Secret Service Hooker Scandal: 'I've Heard They

Eyebrow-raiser of a remark from Ed Schultz on his radio show yesterday about Secret Service agents allegedly hiring prostitutes in Colombia just before President Obama's appearance at the Summit of the Americas. Schultz says he was aware of this type of conduct in the agency and apparently decided it wasn't worth investigating. (audio clip after page break)
Jack Coleman
April 19th, 2012 6:59 PM