WaPo: Give Me Your Poor, Your Tired, Your Sexually Confused

Teresa Tomassoni's piece in the Washington Post's Dec. 19 Metro section, titled "Transgender immigrant finds new life, protection in D.C.," reads like a caricature of a liberal media feel-good human interest story. The article, about a transgendered Latina illegal immigrant granted asylum in the United States for sexual persecution, is designed to tug at heart strings while at the same time…
Paul Wilson
December 19th, 2011 2:45 PM

NewsBusters Mentioned on CNN; Time's Stengel Gives Lame Response to Cr

Time magazine's editor-in-chief Richard Stengel was asked on Sunday's Reliable Sources to respond to NewsBusters criticizing the inclusion of the Occupy Wall Street movement into Time magazine's "Person of the Year" award, given to "The Protester." In contrast, the Tea Party which helped the Republicans win a landslide election victory in 2010 earned only runner-up status in Time that year.…
Matt Hadro
December 19th, 2011 2:15 PM

Media Mash: NB Publisher Bozell Takes On Liberal Media Pumping Up Obam

Appearing on Friday's Hannity on Fox News, during the weekly "Media Mash" segment, NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell detailed ABC's attempt to paint a rosy economic picture to help President Obama and the liberal media's across-the-board effort to slam Newt Gingrich as a "frightening" "political killer." [View video after the jump]
NB Staff
December 19th, 2011 12:45 PM

Time-Life Photographer: Kim Jong Il's Cult Like Bush's 'Very Controlle

A newly posted Time-Life magazine photo montage showcased pictures of North Korea and touted photographer Christopher Morris comparing brutal dictator Kim Jong Il to the "very controlled environment" of George W. Bush's White House. On Life magazine's website, Morris connected, "America at that time [2005] was, you'll recall, filled with a kind of blind nationalism. But Time appreciated the…
Scott Whitlock
December 19th, 2011 12:14 PM

60 Minutes Fails to Note Why Invasive Lionfish Dominate Cuban Coral Re

Divers all over South Florida were probably drooling last night while watching the huge lionfish that appeared in the 60 Minutes broadcast about Cuba's Jardines de la Reina coral reef off that island's southern shore. The reason is that the state of Florida has declared open season on the invasive lionfish, introduced from Asia, which is known to devastate marine life on coral reefs.…
P.J. Gladnick
December 19th, 2011 12:13 PM

Announcing MRC's Best Notable Quotables of 2011: The 24th Annual Award

Last week, MRC announced the results of our "public ballot" for the worst media quotes in 2011, sort of the "People's Choice Awards" version of our Best Notable Quotables of 2011. This morning, the official results -- chosen by a distinguished panel of 48 radio talk show hosts, magazine editors, columnists, editorial writers, and expert media observers -- are in, and New York Times columnist…
NB Staff
December 19th, 2011 10:56 AM

On NBC's Meet the Press, Bachmann Schools Gregory on National Debt

As Congresswoman Michele Bachmann made the point on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday that the national debt has increased dramatically under President Obama compared to under President Bush, host David Gregory interrupted and attempted to dismiss that fact: "Congresswoman, that just misstates the record....For accuracy, the debt exploded under the Bush administration." [Audio available here]…
Kyle Drennen
December 19th, 2011 10:35 AM

Open Thread: North Korea's Dictator Kim Jong Il Dead

After 17 years reigning as the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il has reportedly died of heart failure, and his son, Kim Jong Un, has been announced as his successor. With instability in the region possibly posing a security threat to neighboring countries and abroad, governments around the world are keeping a careful eye on the region. What do you think Kim Jong Il's death means for…
NB Staff
December 19th, 2011 10:35 AM

Kathy Griffin to Co-host CNN's New Year's Eve Show

Vulgarian comedienne Kathy Griffin will once again co-host CNN's New Year's Eve show. TVNewser reported Sunday:
Noel Sheppard
December 19th, 2011 9:10 AM

ABC and NBC Play Up Liberal Endorsement as Boost for Mitt Romney

On Sunday, both morning and evening newscasts on ABC and NBC touted the Des Moines Register's endorsement of Mitt Romney as a boost for his campaign for President, in spite of the paper's left-wing tilt in a state where the Republican Party is predominantly conservative. While they did at least note the paper's liberal slant, both networks still played up the liberal endorsement.
Brad Wilmouth
December 19th, 2011 8:25 AM

Huffington Post Front Page Headline: 'Brady Slays Tebow

The liberal, secular, Tim Tebow-hating media rejoiced Sunday after the New England Patriots soundly defeated the Denver Broncos. A fine example of the merriment was displayed on the front page of the perilously liberal and secular Huffington Post with the headline "Brady Slays Tebow":
Noel Sheppard
December 19th, 2011 8:02 AM

GLAAD On Another Censorship Rampage

GLAAD is a cancer on all things free speech. They make the backers of the old Production Code  and those anti-Communist Blacklisters look like look like Marxist libertines. From The Wrap: "The ABC comedy 'Work It' doesn’t even premiere until January 3, and already it’s invoking ire from rights groups."
John Nolte
December 19th, 2011 7:59 AM

Moderating a Debate About Size of Government, Amanpour Takes the Liber

In her next to last week hosting This Week, ABC’s Christiane Amanpour moderated a show-long debate, touted as “The Great American Debates,” devoted to the proposition: “There’s Too Much Government.” George Will and Congressman Paul Ryan took up the affirmative case, squaring off against Robert Reich and Congressman Barney Frank. But Amanpour was hardly neutral. She began by framing the…
Brent Baker
December 19th, 2011 6:22 AM

NPR's Scott Simon Oozes Over God-Bashing Hitchens As 'Aggressively Inc

It wasn't enough for NPR to honor atheist author Christopher Hitchens on both morning and evening shows on Friday. On Saturday morning's Weekend Edition, NPR anchor Scott Simon set aside any troubling notions that Hitchens put forward about "totalitarian" religious belief and simply celebrated the man for defying being labeled: "By the time he died, no label applied to Christopher Hitchens. I…
Tim Graham
December 18th, 2011 11:03 PM