ABC's Whoopi Goldberg: 'Bonehead' Bachmann Is 'Not Presidential Materi

On Tuesday's The View on ABC, as the group discussed GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's appearance on Monday's Night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC, after playing a clip of the Minnesota Congresswoman and Fallon playing a comical game of word association, ABC co-host Whoopi Goldberg declared that "bonehead" is the word she would associate with Bachmann, while co-host Barbara…
Brad Wilmouth
November 24th, 2011 8:43 PM

WaPo's Ezra Klein Briefed Senate Democrat Staffers About Super Committ

Washington Post columnist and JournoList creator Ezra Klein actually briefed a group of Senate Democrat chiefs of staff last Friday about the Super Committee. Fishbowl DC reported Wednesday:
Noel Sheppard
November 24th, 2011 5:14 PM

NBC's Quintanilla Wonders If Gingrich Is 'Pandering' on Illegal Immigr

As Thursday's Today show on NBC gave attention to GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's support for allowing some illegal immigrants to gain legal residency status rather than face deportation, substitute co-anchor Carl Quintanilla asked correspondent John Harwood if the former House Speaker was "pandering" to gain votes in the general election. Quintanilla:
Brad Wilmouth
November 24th, 2011 4:40 PM

UC Davis Student Admits Protesters Surrounded Cops and Wouldn't Let Th

As Occupy-loving media continue to express outrage over protesters getting pepper-sprayed by campus police officers at the University of California at Davis last week, a surprising admission by one of the attendees was uncovered in an interview Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman did Monday. One of the pepper-sprayed students told Goodman, "We had encircled them [campus police], and they were trying…
Noel Sheppard
November 24th, 2011 2:39 PM

CBS Highlights 'Agonizing' Plight of Illegal Immigrants in Alabama

On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Chip Reid filed a report which took a sympathetic look at a family of illegal immigrants in Alabama who fear enforcement of the state's new law against illegal immigration. Reid also highlighted aspects of the law that even supporters consider to be flaws that should be fixed. The CBS correspondent began the report by focusing on the "agonizing…
Brad Wilmouth
November 24th, 2011 2:28 PM

American Idol's Lauren Alaina Muffs National Anthem at Packers-Lions G

It certainly wasn't what American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina was wishing for on Thanksgiving. As she sang the national anthem at the start of the Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lions NFL football game Thursday, Alaina fumbled the lyrics a bit, and stood silent for a few seconds as the crowd nervously looked on:
Noel Sheppard
November 24th, 2011 1:15 PM

NBC Apologizes to Michele Bachmann for Offensive Fallon Song

NBC on Wednesday issued a formal apology to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) for the offensive song that was played as she walked onto the stage to be Jimmy Fallon's guest Monday evening. The issue was discussed in great detail on Thursday's Today show (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
November 24th, 2011 11:20 AM

Thanksgiving Open Thread: Rush Limbaugh Tells the Real Story

NewsBusters wanted to wish all of its readers a Happy Thanksgiving by sharing Rush Limbaugh's depiction of what really happened centuries ago at Plymouth Rock (video courtesy Daily Rushbo):
NB Staff
November 24th, 2011 9:47 AM

Ed Schultz Equates Pepper-Spraying Occupy Protesters to Rodney King Be

As NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell accurately observed Tuesday, America's media have pounced on the University of California at Davis incident where Occupy protesters were pepper-sprayed by campus police. Doing his part Wednesday was liberal radio host Ed Schultz who on his Thanksgiving Eve program actually equated this incident to the Rodney King beating (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
November 24th, 2011 9:21 AM

Piers Morgan Trashes Sarah Palin in Interview With Gabby Giffords' Hus

Although it's long been proved that Sarah Palin and so-called violent political rhetoric had absolutely nothing to do with January's tragic shootings in Tucson, Arizona, CNN's Piers Morgan felt it was necessary to bring her up during Wednesday's interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' (D-Ariz.) husband. For his part, astronaut Mark Kelly was only too happy to take the bait and run…
Noel Sheppard
November 24th, 2011 8:38 AM

LGBT Lobby: Thanks Be to HUD

Every week, it seems the Obama administration is granting another favor to the "LGBT" community, but the D.C. gay magazine Metro Weekly is especially thankful this November for obscure HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan for becoming the Cabinet's most pronounced gay-marriage advocate. Chris Geidner reported "U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan became the first sitting cabinet…
Tim Graham
November 24th, 2011 8:27 AM

Only the NYT: Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon Inspires Anti-Death Penalty R

Via Fox Nation, we learn that The New York Times can find a liberal sermon in just about any holiday. At the Opinionator blog, philosopher Justin Erik Halldor Smith found pain and angst in the "dark parody" of the presidential pardoning of a turkey, since it reminds him too tenderly of the fate of death-row prisoners: He wrote, "In just a few days, we will once again endure the annual…
Tim Graham
November 24th, 2011 7:15 AM

MSNBC's Luke Russert Is Made ‘Sick’ By ‘Call of Duty 3′ Commer

This is a good time to bring up something that’s been bothering me for a couple of years now. As someone who has made his way in the world all on my own and without the help of rich parents or family connections, do I resent the fact that Tim Russert’s son Luke has been shot by the cannon of nepotism into a job men twice his age and with ten times his experience only dream of? Actually, no.…
John Nolte
November 24th, 2011 7:00 AM

ABC's Puff Piece for Reggie Love, the President's 'Body Man

On Tuesday night, ABC's World News pulled out another story that sounded like a fan letter to the Obama campaign. ESPN's Rachel Nichols, who just happens to be married to Diane Sawyer's stepson Max Nichols, paid tribute to Obama "body man" Reggie Love, now leaving the White House. Love has been there for the small moments and the "landmark" moments, like passing the so-called "stimulus" bill…
Tim Graham
November 24th, 2011 12:33 AM