The Religion ‘Double Standard’ on MSNBC

Following an interview on Friday’s Morning Joe we are reminded once again of the liberal media bias when it comes to media coverage of religion.  During an interview with author Matthew Bowman of “The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith,” the MSNBC anchors attacked Mormonism, leaving us to ask if such criticism would ever occur for other faiths outside the Judaic and Christian…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 3rd, 2012 3:33 PM

Ed Schultz Tells Radio Listeners 'You Better Be Packing Iron' to Defen

And no, he wasn't talking about golf clubs. A liberal says what Ed Schultz said on his radio show Wednesday, other liberals shrug it off as just an opinion, albeit one oozing the odor of the Second Amendment. (audio after page break)
Jack Coleman
February 3rd, 2012 3:01 PM

Two CNN Anchors Will Host Gay Journo Group Fundraiser in New York

TV Newser reports that CNN and HLN will be the networks hosting this year's glitzy Manhattan $150-a-head fundraiser for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA). Hosting are new CNN morning host Soledad O'Brien and lesbian activist/CNN Headline News anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell, who's hosted several New York fundraisers for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (…
Tim Graham
February 3rd, 2012 2:47 PM

Piers Morgan Begs Jerry Springer to Run for Office

A week after he pushed liberal actor Alec Baldwin to enter politics, CNN's Piers Morgan lauded Jerry Springer and told him to "Get into politics." Apparently, Piers Morgan Tonight has become a place to encourage liberal celebrities to run for office.  "It is time you did your duty for your country," Morgan solemnly told Springer on Thursday night's Piers Morgan Tonight. [Video below the…
Matt Hadro
February 3rd, 2012 2:41 PM

NB Publisher Bozell: Komen 'Snapped Like a Toothpick' In Response to L

Komen hasn't bent to political pressure from Planned Parenthood and its left-wing political allies - they've snapped like a toothpick. And according to our statistical analysis, pro-abortion ABC, CBS and NBC News have undoubtedly played a strategic role in this pressure. Since Komen's first announcement only two days ago, these network morning and evening newscasts collectively have cited it…
Brent Bozell
February 3rd, 2012 12:34 PM

Liberal Media Freakout: Are Catholics About to Wipe Out Availability o

The Obama administration announced plans to force Catholic schools, hospitals, and other church-affiliated organizations to subsidize sterilization, abortifacients, and contraceptives in their health insurance plans. Bizarrely, this is causing the media to wonder if the exact opposite is happening. Time.com posted this odd headline on Monday:  "Birth Control: Could It Be Illegal Again?" On…
Tim Graham
February 3rd, 2012 12:05 PM

WashPost Columnist Slams Komen As 'Bully', But Her Own Paper Reports A

In her Metro section column today, Washington Post's Petula Dvorak complained that The Susan G. Komen Foundation was "the biggest bully on the playground this week" with the cancer charity's decision to end grants to Planned Parenthood. But oddly enough, Dvorak's own paper, in a front-page story no less, reported numerous incidents which show that Komen itself is the victim of bullying as…
Ken Shepherd
February 3rd, 2012 11:45 AM

Claire Shipman's Misleading Report Hits 'Political' Komen for Defundin

Good Morning America reporter Claire Shipman on Friday offered a one-sided, misleading segment on Susan G. Komen's "political" decision to defund Planned Parenthood. Shipman inaccurately described a women who got a breast screening "through a Planned Parenthood screening." The organization doesn't do such procedures. Yet, an ABC graphic misrepresented that Monique Benoit "received a…
Scott Whitlock
February 3rd, 2012 11:37 AM

Liberal Echo Chamber Howls at Planned Parenthood Controversy; Networks

It seems media outlets only care about reporting on Planned Parenthood when its funding is threatened. When that happens, the liberal press goes ballistic. When cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure cut funding to Planned Parenthood, the abortion mill reacted swiftly, with a press release that rallied its allies in the media to create a ruckus about losing more than $600,000 in funding.…
Paul Wilson
February 3rd, 2012 10:43 AM

NewsBusters Discusses 'Cracker Counties' With Politico's Jonathan Mart

As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Politico's Jonathan Martin, while chatting with MSNBC's Chuck Todd, referred to some of Florida as "cracker counties." This caused a bit of a firestorm for Martin who called the Media Research Center's publicist to address the matter. In response, I spoke with Martin Thursday, and my first question was somewhat obviously, "What's a cracker?"
Noel Sheppard
February 3rd, 2012 10:19 AM

ABC's Amanpour: Conservative 'Gang' Were 'Frog-Marching' U.S. to War w

Appearing as a guest on Thursday's The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, ABC's Christiane Amanpour characterized conservatives as several years ago "frog-marching" the U.S. to war with Iraq as she and host Colbert discussed the likelihood Israel will soon attack Iran to prevent the Islamic state from producing nuclear weapons. (Video below)  
Brad Wilmouth
February 3rd, 2012 8:54 AM

Will GLAAD Scrub Yahoo! Of All 'Anti-LGBT Comments

The Hollywood Reporter publicized that Yahoo! has "teamed up" with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to monitor "hateful and violent" comments on their many online platforms. GLAAD reported finding comments violating Yahoo's terms of service under an interview with the gay singer Adam Lambert. (There is presently NO space to comment on Adam Lambert posts here. Or here. Or…
Tim Graham
February 3rd, 2012 7:03 AM

AP Lets Obama's Untrue Critique of Romney As 'Willing to Let (Auto) In

On Tuesday, Ken Thomas of the Associated Press covered President Barack Obama's appearance at the Washington Auto Show and allowed Obama's criticism of Mitt Romney as being among those "willing to let this industry die" to stand, ignoring known history in the process. Obama's statement marks him as a true ingrate, because for better or worse (my opinion: worse; your mileage, so to speak, may…
Tom Blumer
February 2nd, 2012 10:09 PM

Incurious NYTimes Journalist Covers Fired Immigrants, Doesn't Question

“Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle a College Campus,” New York Times reporter Jennifer Medina’s sympathetic report from Claremont, Calif., on immigrants without proof of legal residency being fired from the Pomona College cafeteria, blamed the firings on union-busting on the part of campus administration and failed to pose the obvious factual question: Were the workers here illegally or not? (…
Clay Waters
February 2nd, 2012 7:51 PM