MSNBC’s Ratigan Scolds Colleague Martin Bashir for Partisan Hackery

At the end of Martin Bashir’s show Friday, Dylan Ratigan called Martin out for his failure to call Democrats charlatans and hypocrites.  During what is normally a cheerful banter between the two colleagues, Ratigan said Bashir loves to criticize Republicans on policies he disagrees with but never takes critical aim at Democrats.   Ratigan pointed out Bashir’s failure to ever point out the…
Jeffrey Meyer
March 16th, 2012 5:09 PM

'American Idol' Tries to Idle Worship

Singer Colton Dixon is utterly devoted to his Christian faith, but “American Idol” producers don’t think he has a prayer of winning the competition.
Lauren Thompson
March 16th, 2012 5:09 PM

Note to Martin Bashir: There's a Difference Between Cuban-Americans an

I know Martin Bashir's from across the Pond, but surely he knows there's a difference between Cuban-Americans and Puerto Ricans, right? During today's "Top Lines" montage feature on MSNBC's Martin Bashir program, producers threw together some comments that presidential contender and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) made recently about the matter of whether the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico…
Ken Shepherd
March 16th, 2012 4:44 PM

American Idol Producers Tell Contestant to Tone Down Christian Referen

The producers of the hit show American Idol apparently told one of its top contestants to tone down his overtly Christian references if he wants to win the competition. According to Today.com, Colton Dixon doesn't care and "plans to continue using the show and social media to spread his message of faith":
Noel Sheppard
March 16th, 2012 4:20 PM

NYT Plays Guilt By Association: 'Firm Romney Founded Is Tied to Chines

The New York Times tried to tie Mitt Romney to Communist China's video surveillance of its citizens in a Friday front-page story from Beijing by Andrew Jacobs and Penn Bullock, "A U.S. Tie to Push On Surveillance In Chinese Cities -- Firm Romney Founded – Bain Bought Supplier of Cameras Used in Monitoring." But the Times left off the fact that employees at Bain Capital have given more money to…
Clay Waters
March 16th, 2012 3:33 PM

Hateful Stephen Colbert: Taliban Has a Better Record With Women Than R

In an attempt to mock Rush Limbaugh, yet again, Stephen Colbert on Thursday compared the conservative radio host to the Taliban. Highlighting advertisers who have pulled out of Limbaugh's show in the wake of the Sandra Fluke controversy, the comedian insisted that the U.S. Army would no longer buy commercials. Colbert smeared, "Yes, the Army is pulling out of Rush. Meanwhile, they're staying…
Scott Whitlock
March 16th, 2012 3:16 PM

Professor to Soledad: GOP Uses English as a 'Language of Imperialism

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have a "disposition of anti-immigrant," sounded CNN guest and liberal Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill on Friday's Starting Point. "[W]hen I hear Rick Santorum talking, when I hear Mitt Romney talk, I hear a disposition of anti-immigrant. I hear a language of English as the language of imperialism and global dominance," Lamont Hill said. [Video…
Matt Hadro
March 16th, 2012 1:49 PM

Our Racist Media Undermines Obama Around the World

On Wednesday's Al Sharpton radio show, they objected to the idea that President Obama would be "undermined" around the world by conservative media "because of his race." The guest was David A. Wilson, executive editor of the NBC-owned black "news" website TheGrio.com. "We forget as Americans a lot of things we say really has an international reach. We live in a global community now,"…
Tim Graham
March 16th, 2012 1:09 PM

NBC Airs Obama Campaign Press Release and Pretends It's News

At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams did his part for President Obama's re-election as he announced: "Game on. The President and Vice President hitting it hard tonight on the campaign trail." Introducing the supposed news report, Williams touted how Republicans were "eating up time and money and effort" in the primary race, while "Democrats were in full fall campaign…
Kyle Drennen
March 16th, 2012 12:49 PM

Now the WashPost Tells Us: Virginia Voter ID Law 'Not As Severe' As So

When the Virginia General Assembly was debating a new voter ID law, the Washington Post did its level best to paint the measure as a vote suppressing measure that was akin to "Jim Crow" laws. The Post's editorial board also weighed in by charging that making the voter ID laws stricter was evidence of "institutional racism" in state government. But now that the debate is over and the bill is…
Ken Shepherd
March 16th, 2012 12:48 PM

MSNBC's Legacy of Hate: Ed Schultz Frothing Over 'Bastard,' 'Slut,' 'D

MRC President Brent Bozell appeared on the Mark Levin radio show, Thursday, to premiere a new montage of Ed Schultz's most hateful comments and attack MSNBC's double standard. Pointing out liberal journalists who have called for Rush Limbaugh's firing, but are silent on Shultz, Bozell declared, "I’ve had it with the dishonesty. I’ve had it with the shameless posturing. I’ve had it with the…
NB Staff
March 16th, 2012 11:45 AM

Jessica DelBalzo Hearts Abortion, Discussed It With Her Two Year-old C

When the press wants to smear a conservative outfit, it embarks on a mission to find and highlight someone, no matter how peripheral their involvement or unreflective of that group's beliefs, to portray as somehow typical of their mindset. But when someone who is clearly a long-time activist in the "pro-choice" movement clearly betrays the truth -- that the movement really is pro-abortion…
Tom Blumer
March 16th, 2012 11:31 AM

More Liberal Hysteria From NYT's Rosenthal: 'The G.O.P. Is Anti-Woman

Here's your daily dose of liberal hysteria, courtesy of New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal's Thursday evening post, "Grand, Old and Anti-Woman." Previously Rosenthal called Republican House Speaker John Boehner a racist  for asking President Obama to delay a speech to Congress.
Clay Waters
March 16th, 2012 11:21 AM

Maddow Cites Wrong Segment in Own Show to Tie Inhofe to 'Kill the Gays

During an interview with Sen. James Inhofe (R-Ok.) Thursday, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow referenced the wrong segment in her December 3, 2009, show to accuse her guest of having a hand in Uganda's "Kill the Gays" bill. Ironically, she did so to also accuse the Senator of taking HER out of context in his new book "The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future" (videos…
Noel Sheppard
March 16th, 2012 11:02 AM