NYT Sad That Stubborn Americans Averse to Controls on 'Right to Bear A

New York Times reporter Mireya Navarro in Tuesday’s edition wrote sympathetically about the struggle of an environmental group “breaking the taboo” of discussing overpopulation in “Breaking a Long Silence On Population Control.” Such groups had it easier in the 1970s, Navarro wrote, before the rise of “social conservatism” and America’s “aversion to anything perceived as restricting individual…
Clay Waters
November 2nd, 2011 1:36 PM

CBS Broadcasts 'Sexual Assault' Claims Against Herman Cain

On Wednesday's Early Show, CBS's Betty Nguyen incorrectly reported that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain had been accused of "sexual assault" by two women. Nguyen later accurately reported that the women actually leveled sexual harassment allegations against Cain [video below the jump; audio clip available here]. The fill-in news anchor used the erroneous term during a 14-second…
Matthew Balan
November 2nd, 2011 12:42 PM

Networks Continue to Hype Herman Cain 'Firestorm'; 12 More Stories in

The network evening newscasts on Tuesday and the morning shows on Wednesday continued to hype the Herman Cain "firestorm," creating 12 more stories in less than 24 hours. Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos led the show on Wednesday by trumpeting, " Republican front-runner Herman Cain changes his story again as one of his accusers now says she wants to go public on charges of sexual…
Scott Whitlock
November 2nd, 2011 12:27 PM

WaPo's 'blogPOST': Christian College's New Faculty Code of Conduct Aki

Here we go again. A Christian college is revising its code of conduct for faculty members, expecting a commitment to personal conduct that's in line with biblical ethics, including on matters of sexual behavior. But, of course, all the liberal media will focus on is a new "ban" on gay or lesbian faculty members at Shorter University, a Baptist institution with campuses in Atlanta and Rome,…
Ken Shepherd
November 2nd, 2011 11:46 AM

YouTube? More Like LibTube

You Tube is launching a series of nearly 100 new channels. The set of new channels is laden with liberal voices and controversial material, and is practically devoid of conservative and Christian voices. Liberal-leaning channels include offerings from sources such as Slate, The Chopra Well (with Deepak Chopra, a New Age guru and Huffington Post contributor), and Take Part TV (makers of Al…
Paul Wilson
November 2nd, 2011 10:58 AM

NYTimes: GOP (Still) Doomed on Immigration, Causing 'Significant Polit

The New York Times is once again trying very hard to make the GOP candidates’s tough stands against illegal immigration a damaging campaign issue. Saturday's entry was reported by Jennifer Steinhauer, “Some Republicans in Congress Are Pushing Steps to Ease Immigration.” She gave congressional Republicans backhanded praise for being "more nuanced and measured" on immigration than their…
Clay Waters
November 2nd, 2011 10:53 AM

Chris Matthews Speculates Herman Cain Sexually Harassed Women While Dr

Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews urged Herman Cain to admit to sexually harassing women and even predicted what the Republican front-runner might say: "I think even if it's really bad he has to put the context to it. He has to say, 'It was an extraordinary night, I had too many drinks, I normally don't act like that, this is not me.'" [Audio available here…
Kyle Drennen
November 2nd, 2011 10:15 AM

Open Thread: Thirty-strong Congressional Call for Holder's Resignation

The tally now comes to 30 members of Congress calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign following Operation Fast and Furious. The latest congressman to call for Holder's resignation was Rep. Connie Mac (R-FL). Mack, who just last week announced he will be running for Senate, indicates that calling for Holder's resignation is a widely shared and politically popular view. Do you…
NB Staff
November 2nd, 2011 10:03 AM

NB Publisher Bozell Debates Liberal Roland Martin on CNN Regarding Cai

NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center debated liberal CNN contributor Roland Martin on the November 1 John King USA regarding the media's coverage of anonymous 15-year-old sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain. "What's the accusation?!" Bozell demanded, noting the media's frenzy over what amounts to incredibly vague, anonymously-sourced accusations from 15 years ago. "…
NB Staff
November 2nd, 2011 9:53 AM

Lanny Breuer Fast & Furious Link Absurdly Absent From Wikipedia

H.R. Haldeman. If you are familiar with that name, the first thing to pop into your mind would probably be Watergate.  And, indeed, the very first sentence of Haldeman's Wikipedia entry mentions that scandal. Lanny Breuer. For the folks who now know the name of the Assistant Attorney General for the DOJ Criminal Division, Operation Fast & Furious would come to mind right away. However…
P.J. Gladnick
November 2nd, 2011 9:44 AM

Scarborough: Conservative Leaders Telling Me They'd 'Rather Lose' Than

Could this be a watershed week in the Republican presidential primary?  Joe Scarborough seems to think so.   On today's Morning Joe, he said something remarkable: that in the last week, stalwart conservatives and "conservative leaders" have begun telling him that they would "rather lose" than elect Mitt Romney. Video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
November 2nd, 2011 8:33 AM

Papantonio So Unhinged By Allegations Against Cain, Even Ed Schultz De

Ed Schultz used to be conservative, then jumped ship more than a decade ago and became a left winger. Yet based on his conversation Monday with attorney and radio host Mike Papantonio, Schultz's conversion appears far from complete. The two were talking on Schultz's radio show about allegations of sexual harassment leveled against GOP candidate Herman Cain in the 1990s while he was head of…
Jack Coleman
November 2nd, 2011 6:26 AM

Wires Virtually Ignore Corzine's Dem Party ID, Rarely Associate Him Wi

Consider this post the print and online follow-up to the report early Tuesday evening by Matthew Balan at NewsBusters on the failure of the Big Three TV networks to note the Democratic Party/Obama fundraising affiliation of former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, whose now-bankrupt MF Global financial firm has apparently admitted to diverting client money in a futile attempt to battle its…
Tom Blumer
November 2nd, 2011 12:19 AM

Sharpton: Republicans Can't 'Use Christianity' Then Vote Against Welfa

Call yourself a Christian?  Then you can't oppose whatever welfare programs the Democrats devise.  So in effect argued Al Sharpton on his MSNBC show this evening.   In the course of criticizing House Republicans for having passed a bill reaffirming "In God We Trust" as the national motto, Sharpton somehow equated Christianity with support for the liberal agenda.  And although I'm the…
Mark Finkelstein
November 1st, 2011 9:53 PM