Barbour Warns Perry: A Conservative, Christian, Southern Republican Li

When NBC's Andrea Mitchell, on Friday, asked Haley Barbour if Rick Perry had to "clean up his language?" the former head of the RNC brushed back the host of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports by subtly accusing her of engaging in typical liberal media tricks.  The current Mississippi governor warned his fellow Republican to be prepared to be "nitpicked by the liberal media elite" because "When…
Geoffrey Dickens
August 19th, 2011 2:14 PM

USA Today’s Neuharth Slams Newsweek as ‘Inaccurate and Unfair Left

Prompted by Newsweek’s Michele Bachmann cover picture choice, in his weekly Friday column, USA Today founder Al Neuharth, a pretty consistent liberal, recognized the magazine’s political agenda. “When Newsweek was owned by the Washington Post, it was predictably left-wing, but it was accurate,” Neuharth observed before slamming the new owner/editor who picked a picture to make Bachmann look…
Brent Baker
August 19th, 2011 2:09 PM

MSNBC Gushes Over 'Ice Cream and Golf' on Obama's Vacation

Filling in for Andrea Mitchell during Thursday's 1 p.m. ET hour on MSNBC, Savannah Guthrie talked to correspondent Kristen Welker about President Obama's vacation plans: "Kristen, do you have any idea what he and the First Family plan to do while they're spending this time on Martha's Vineyard? I'm going to venture a guess there will be golf and ice cream, if past vacations are any indication…
Kyle Drennen
August 19th, 2011 1:38 PM

NBC Spins for Obama Vacation: 'When Is There Ever a Good Time for a Wo

NBC on Friday offered a light-hearted defense of Barack Obama's vacation, justifying it by pointing out how hard it is for world leaders to take trips. On Today, NBC's Savannah Guthrie implored, "Well, is there ever a good time for a world leader to take a vacation? President Obama is receiving some criticism for his summer getaway to Martha's Vineyard and he's not the only one."
Scott Whitlock
August 19th, 2011 12:38 PM

Obamas Take Two Planes to Martha's Vineyard, Needlessly Wasting Many T

Keith Koffler of White House Dossier this morning noted that the Obamas could have saved taxpayers some money by taking one jet instead of two to fly up to Martha's Vineyard for vacation:
Ken Shepherd
August 19th, 2011 12:00 PM

Coulter: Upside of Media Vetting GOP Candidates - We Don't End Up With

As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media are working overtime examining the records of every GOP candidate for president. "The bright side though is," conservative author Ann Coulter told Fox News's Sean Hannity Wednesday, "we don't end up with a Republican president who is suddenly having an affair with an intern, or a Republican president who votes present for his entire…
Noel Sheppard
August 19th, 2011 10:57 AM

Media Mash: Bash Rick Perry Edition

NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell appeared on last night's "Hannity" to go over how, in Sean Hannity's words, the media welcomed Rick Perry to the race "Bachmann-style," that is with a barrage of unfair smears and even comparisons of the Texas governor to Democratic segregationist Bull Connor. [Video follows page break, MP3 audio here]:
NB Staff
August 19th, 2011 10:35 AM

Open Thread: Can the GOP Take the Senate in

The presidential race is heating up, but the 2012 Senate races could turn out to be just as important, with Democrats currently holding only a small majority of Senate seats. The Senate is currently composed of 51 Democrats (plus two Independents who caucus with Democrats) and 47 Republicans. Just this morning, former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) announced he will not attempt to win back his…
NB Staff
August 19th, 2011 10:33 AM

Will Pedophilia Be 'Defined Down

Earlier this week, John Rossomando at The Daily Caller reported that a conference was being held to push to redefine pedophilia to curtail the stigma for "minor-attracted persons." They're pushing the American Psychological Association to redefine pedophilia in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. (The APA did not participate in the conference.) The liberal media has been quiet, leaving…
Tim Graham
August 19th, 2011 10:23 AM

NPR Plays Up Secularist Change In Spain, Misconstrues Papal Visit

On Thursday's All Things Considered, NPR's Lauren Frayer emphasized the trend towards secularization in Spain during a report on Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the country for World Youth Day. Just as she did almost a week earlier, Frayer couldn't find any local supporters of the Pope, and completely misreported how the Catholic Church extended pastoral support to women who had abortions. Host…
Matthew Balan
August 19th, 2011 8:54 AM

Lefty Sachs Zaps Obama: 'No Plan, No Leadership

All joking aside about "if Obama has lost [fill in the blank], he has lost America", there was a stunning display today of a formerly ardent supporter condemning in the most fundamental terms President Obama's failure of leadership. On Morning Joe, leftist Columbia Prof. Jeffrey Sachs absolutely scalded the president.  Declared Sachs: the stimulus failed.  Three years in, Obama has no plan…
Mark Finkelstein
August 19th, 2011 8:04 AM

WaPo Skips Over Obama Protesters, But Perry Campaign Story Dominated b

The Washington Post reported on Obama's bus tour without making much of the protesters (but promoted supporters strangely suggesting he "inherited a very big deficit.") The president's conversation with Tea Party activist Ryan Rhodes only appeared once -- in the Fact Checker column, as the Post's Glenn Kessler suggested it was dubious for Rhodes to claim Vice President Biden compared the Tea…
Tim Graham
August 19th, 2011 7:46 AM

Tax-Funded Radical Pacifica Radio Spins Bachmann as Ayatollah, N. Kore

Left-wing media outlets are really eating out of former Christian evangelist Frank Schaeffer's hands as he paints Michele Bachmann as the outer fringe of the fringe, and "anti-American." On the radical-left yet taxpayer-subsidized Pacifica Radio show Democracy Now on Wednesday, host Amy Goodman encouraged Schaeffer to unfurl charges that Bachmann was somehow comparable to Ayatollah Khomeini and…
Tim Graham
August 18th, 2011 10:38 PM

Rev. Al Rips Paul Ryan $15 Fundraiser, Forgets Obama Raking In

Yo, Rev Al: thanks to Al Gore, we've got the internets.  We can look things up.  So when, on your MSNBC show this evening, you ripped Republican Paul Ryan for holding a $15-a-head fundraiser, of course we're going to check out how much President Obama pulled in per head at a recent do.  Turns out it was . . . $38,500!  So what's your point? View video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
August 18th, 2011 8:23 PM