ABC Buries Democratic Booing of Restoring God and Israel to Party Plat

ABC on Wednesday and Thursday buried coverage of the embarrassing spectacle of Democratic delegates booing the reinsertion of God and Jerusalem to the party's platform. World News, Nightline and live coverage of Wednesday's convention completely ignored the gaffe. Good Morning America's Jake Tapper on Thursday breezed by it with a single sentence: "Lots of infighting about the party platform…
Scott Whitlock
September 6th, 2012 11:51 AM

Roseanne Barr: 'You'd Think Israel Had Oil the Way Our "Leaders" Keep

"Jeez, you'd think Israel had oil the way our 'leaders' keep their our [sic] lips on its ass." So poorly wrote comedian Roseanne Barr in a piece published by the Huffington Post Thursday entitled "I Approve This Message":
Noel Sheppard
September 6th, 2012 10:07 AM

Open Thread: The Coming Middle Class Tax Increase

People have long known that President Obama's plan to increase income taxes on higher-earning individuals is a budgetary nonsense as there simply are not enough people making more than $200,000 and families making more than $250,000 to bring the deficit down in a meaningful way. In an important followup to this point, the Wall Street Journal looks at how the only way for the federal budget to…
NB Staff
September 6th, 2012 9:53 AM

CNN Washington Bureau Chief: MSNBC's Convention Coverage 'A Cheering S

"If you watch MSNBC during convention coverage, you have a cheering section for the Democrats." Such was quite accurately said by CNN's Washington bureau chief Sam Feist Tuesday.
Noel Sheppard
September 6th, 2012 9:07 AM

MSNBC President Phil Griffin's Howler: We 'Live in the World of Facts

MSNBC president Phil Griffin must be the most deluded executive in the television news industry. On Wednesday, he actually told the Huffington Post his farce of a network is "about smarts, it's about depth....[our people] live in the world of facts."
Noel Sheppard
September 6th, 2012 8:22 AM

MSNBC Hosts See Clinton Hitting 'Haters' in GOP, Matthews Cites Church

During the midnight hour of MSNBC coverage of the Democratic National Convention, Chris Matthews and Howard Fineman went after what they viewed as "hate" on the Republican side, with Matthews raising the topic by reciting Bill Clinton's contention that he never felt "hate" for his opponents. A bit earlier, Matthews also managed to bring in a reference to Nazi Germany as he admired Clinton…
Brad Wilmouth
September 6th, 2012 8:22 AM

The MRC@25: The Worst Media Bias of

Each morning, NewsBusters is showcasing the most egregious bias the Media Research Center has uncovered over the years — four quotes for each of the 25 years of the MRC, 100 quotes total — all leading up to our big 25th Anniversary Gala on September 27. (Click here for ticket information) Already this week, we’ve published the worst quotes of 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Today, the worst bias…
Rich Noyes
September 6th, 2012 7:58 AM

Even Leftist Nun Can't Use 'God' In Her Convention Speech

All the liberals (especially liberal Catholics) who complained the church was entering partisan politics when Cardinal Timothy Dolan agreed to give a blessing to the Republican National Convention -- before he accepted the same assignment for the Democrats -- apparently had no complaint about Catholics entering partisan politics when Sister Simone Campbell drew standing ovations on Wednesday…
Tim Graham
September 6th, 2012 7:55 AM

Halperin: No Liberal Bias In Saying Story of Dem Attempt To Exclude Go

Methinks the MSMer doth protest too much. If Mark Halperin weren't keenly aware that he was about to try to whitewash a huge vulnerability for the Democrats, why would he have prefaced his remark with the disclaimer that he and others weren't showing liberal bias by claiming it was no big deal? But that's exactly what Halperin did this on today's Morning Joe.  The show rolled video of the…
Mark Finkelstein
September 6th, 2012 7:33 AM

CNN's Piers Morgan Panders to Fluke, Doesn't Press Rep. Israel on His

During early Thursday morning's coverage of the Democratic National Convention, CNN’s Piers Morgan interviewed Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), liberal activist Sandra Fluke, and Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.  It turned out to be a massive pandering to Fluke and nice vehicle for Rep. Israel, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), to disseminate falsehoods…
Matt Vespa
September 6th, 2012 6:31 AM

MSNBC's Klein Dismisses Harm of High Tax Rates, Clinton is 'Missile' f

As Washington Post columnist and MSNBC analyst Ezra Klein appeared during the midnight hour of Wednesday night's Democratic National Convention coverage on MSNBC, he described former President Bill Clinton as a "missile" for the Obama administration, and argued that high tax rates have not harmed the economy in the past. But, as he pointed to periods of high growth while marginal tax rates…
Brad Wilmouth
September 6th, 2012 5:34 AM

Don't Let the Liberal Media Spin You: Obama HHS Is Gutting Welfare Ref

In July, the Obama Administration waived the core work requirements of the historic welfare reform law of 1996, which law required a portion of the able-bodied recipients in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program work or prepare for work as a condition of receiving aid. The new bureaucratic directive from Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared that in…
Robert Rector
September 6th, 2012 3:12 AM

Matthews After Midnight: If Bill Clinton Landed on Mars, He'd Quickly

I guess when Chris Matthews stays up past his bedtime, he gets really goofy. In a chat with former Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond -- best known for his skits impersonating Bill Clinton -- Matthews gushed of Clinton that he's such a natural politician and conversationalist that you could put him on Mars and he'd find a way to quickly seduce the Martians. "I always figured that if…
Ken Shepherd
September 6th, 2012 2:18 AM

MSNBC Unanimously 'Giddy' Over 'Extraordinary', 'Powerful', 'Masterful

MSNBC's on-air personalities were plainly in awe of Bill Clinton on Wednesday night. Moments after the former President finished his speech at the Democratic National Convention, they kept up the praise for almost 20 minutes. Chris Matthews gushed over the "strong offensive" Clinton gave for President Obama. Al Sharpton exclaimed, "Elvis and Bubba showed up tonight." Ed Schultz was the most…
Matthew Balan
September 6th, 2012 1:47 AM