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Eleanor Clift & Clarence Page Can't Simply Admit U.S. Done More for Gl
John McLaughlin on the PBS show bearing his name asked his guests this weekend, "Has America done more to spread peace and prosperity than any other power in human history, yes or no?"
The conservatives on the panel - syndicated columnist Pat Buchanan and the Washington Examiner's Tim Carney - were quick to say "Yes" as their liberal colleagues - Newsweek's Eleanor Clift and the Chicago…
April 8th, 2012 3:48 PM

Rick Warren Smacks Down ‘Disingenuous’ Media for ‘Bait and Switc
When ABC’s Jake Tapper held up Andrew’s Sullivan’s “Forget the Church, Follow Jesus” Newsweek cover story on how, as Tapper described Sullivan’s premise, “American Christianity is in a ‘crisis,’ it’s too focused on politics and policy, too little on spirituality,” Pastor Rick Warren took the opportunity to air “a little personal gripe.”
He contended: “I think it’s disingenuous that…
April 8th, 2012 2:48 PM

NY Daily News & Other Sites Publish False Neo-Nazis Patrolling Sanford
It appears that simple fact checking isn't part of the reporting process at the New York Daily News. Even worse, the story that they declined to fact check was about an explosive situation in Sanford, Florida where supposedly neo-nazis were patrolling the streets in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.
The Daily News finally revised their story but only after being contacted by professor…
April 8th, 2012 1:41 PM

George Will and Peggy Noonan Smack Down Michael Eric Dyson's Claim Oba
Not at all surprisingly, Georgetown University professor and MSNBC contributor Michael Eric Dyson on Sunday made the case that the criticism of President Obama's harsh remarks to the Supreme Court this week were racially motivated.
Fortunately for the sane component of those that view ABC's This Week, George Will and Peggy Noonan were there to add some desperately needed reason (video follows…
April 8th, 2012 1:03 PM

Dan Rather: 'Race Will Be a Factor in This Presidential Campaign
With the way the Obama-loving media have mishandled the Trayvon Martin shooting, there's seems to be no question the Left wants race to be an issue in the upcoming elections.
Appearing on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show this weekend, HDNet's Dan Rather ominously said, "Race will be a factor in this presidential campaign" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 8th, 2012 11:55 AM

Eleanor Clift Shocker: 'Romney Is in Better Shape Than Clinton in
Here's something you don't see every day from an Obama-loving media member.
Newsweek's Eleanor Clift actually wrote Sunday, "Romney is in better shape than Bill Clinton in 1992, or Ronald Reagan in 1980."
April 8th, 2012 11:08 AM
Open Thread: Happy Easter
The staff of NewsBusters would like to wish you and yours a happy Easter and Passover.
April 8th, 2012 11:07 AM

Saturday Night Live Begins Show With Five Minute Trashing of Mitt Romn
With it now appearing Mitt Romney will be the Republican presidential nominee, it is a metaphysical certitude media attacks on him will drastically increase and intensify.
NBC's Saturday Night Live did its part this weekend with a five minute opening sketch that totally trashed the candidate as being a pandering fool without any core values whatsoever (video follows with transcribed…
April 8th, 2012 10:05 AM

President Obama Introduces 'To Kill A Mockingbird
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the movie classic "To Kill A Mockingbird," the USA Network on Saturday featured a special, limited-commercial presentation of the film.
President Obama was given the privilege of introducing it (video follows with transcript and commentary):
April 8th, 2012 8:59 AM

WashPost Humorist: My Dog's Republican, Since She's a Racist, Selfish
Washington Post Magazine humorist Gene Weingarten devoted Easter morning to bashing the Republicans by suggesting his dog Murphy seems awfully Republican. She has an “inappropriate interest in the reproductive systems of women she does not know,” is by breeding a “gun-loving redneck," and so “As might be expected, she has some issues with racial diversity...and her policies on entitlements and…
April 8th, 2012 7:40 AM

NBC News President Insists Zimmerman Edit 'Not a Deliberate Act to Mis
Following a series of anonymous leaks, NBC has released its first on-the-record statements regarding the internal investigation into its misleading audio clip of George Zimmerman's 9-1-1 call.
According to NBC, the controversial clip, which appeared during its "Today" morning news show, was edited deliberately by the producer to fit within time constraints and not for some other reason.…
April 8th, 2012 2:12 AM

Survey: Media Does a 'Poor Job' of Explaining Religion, and Especiall
A new survey on religion and journalism released on Thursday by two collegiate study groups -- the Knight Program in Media and Religion at USC and the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron -- found a majority of both the public and reporters agree the news media “does a poor job of explaining religion in society,” with 57.1 percent and 51.8 percent agreeing,…
April 7th, 2012 11:55 PM

CBS News Analyst Blasts ‘Smug’ Scalia as ‘Bully’ for Daring to
Catching up with what The Weekly Standard dubbed “the prize for unhinged emotionalism” in reaction from within the liberal bubble to the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on ObamaCare, back on Friday, March 30, Andrew Cohen, the “chief analyst and legal editor for CBS Radio News,” wrote on The Atlantic’s Web site:
“The arguments in the Care Act cases may be funny to Justice Antonin Scalia, the…
April 7th, 2012 10:18 PM

Planned Parenthood Won't Take Big Money from Author of 'A--holes Finis
What happens when Planned Parenthood won't take a half-million-dollar donation because of negative publicity? You get a really upset publicist, in this case for the snarky humorist Tucker Max, the author of books with titles including "A--holes Finish First" and "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" and "Sloppy Seconds: The Tucker Max Leftovers." (The money's now going to an even more shameless left…
April 7th, 2012 6:11 PM