Media Cast Bush as Rights Abuser, Gloss Over Obama's Killing of U.S. C

The three network morning shows on Friday all highlighted the United States' success in killing terrorist Anwar al Awlaki. However, although these same programs were sensitive to the slightest possible civil rights violation by the Bush administration, they did not seemed interested the fact that Al Awlaki was an American citizen. Good Morning America, Today and the Early Show mentioned this…
Scott Whitlock
September 30th, 2011 2:51 PM

AP Whitewashes EPA's Lawless Failure to Follow Review Protocol in GHG

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General issued a report on the agency's "compliance with established policy and procedures" in connection with its "Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding." This was the finding that "greenhouse gas," or "GHG" emissions, including carbon dioxide, are in essence forms of air pollution, endanger public health, and must therefore be…
Tom Blumer
September 30th, 2011 2:31 PM

NYT's Front-Page Sniff: 'Educated' High-Income Voters Alienated by Tea

Stupid white men for the G.O.P.? New York Times White House reporters Jackie Calmes and Mark Landler teamed up for Friday’s front-page campaign preview, “Obama Charts A New Route to Re-election.” In a change from the paper’s standard politically correct approach to race and class, the reporters crudely emphasized that “less-educated, low-income whites” tend to support Republicans. (What…
Clay Waters
September 30th, 2011 2:26 PM

Hugo Chavez: The Networks' Favorite Dictator

Anti-American Venezuelan dictator and oil strongman Hugo Chavez was rushed to the hospital on September 29, apparently because of kidney problems. He was quick to downplay any reports of serious illness, which should be a comfort to his friends at the networks. Chavez, a socialist, has long gotten a pass from ABC, CBS and NBC for anti-American rhetoric like calling President Bush a "devil"…
Paul Wilson
September 30th, 2011 1:44 PM

Report: Christie's Father, Wife and Brother All Want Him To Run - Deci

National Review's Robert Costa has spoken to Chris Christie's father who claims the New Jersey governor is getting a lot of support from his family to run for president including himself. In a brief segment on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown" Friday, Costa told host Chuck Todd that Christie is back in Trenton and will be making a decision this weekend (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
September 30th, 2011 1:30 PM

Will Media Remember Praising Al Awlaki the 'Moderate

'Bridge-builder' was Washington Post's favorite imam.
Matt Philbin
September 30th, 2011 1:25 PM

NYT's Jerusalem Bureau Chief Really Reaches to Bolster Obama's Pro-Isr

President Obama no longer has an Israel problem, Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner reported on Thursday, bolstering Obama’s pro-Israel credentials by assuring Times readers that the president’s recent speech at the United Nations on Israel was pro-Israel. Bronner also broadcasted pro-Obama results from an online poll conducted by the Jerusalem Post – although online polls are an unreliable…
Clay Waters
September 30th, 2011 12:37 PM

NBC's 'Today' Swoons Over Michelle Obama Shopping at Target

Update : Full transcript added. Friday's NBC "Today" devoted an entire segment to photos of First Lady Michelle Obama stopping by a Target store in Alexandria, Virginia, as Capitol Hill correspondent Kelly O'Donnell – on location at the shopping center – gushed: "Check this out. Behind those dark glasses, tucked under that Nike cap, one of the world's most famous women. Yes, that is the First…
Kyle Drennen
September 30th, 2011 12:13 PM

Open Thread: Do You Agree With Florida Moving Up Its Primary

Even with efforts by both parties to delay early presidential primaries and caucuses, states trying to exert heavier influence on the primary outcome are again pushing their contests into early January. Under RNC rules, only Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina are allowed to hold their primaries or caucuses before Super Tuesday. Florida announced earlier today that it will move…
NB Staff
September 30th, 2011 11:59 AM

Media Mash: Attempts to Smear GOP as 'Bloodthirsty' and Newsweek Edito

In the weekly take-down of the liberal media on Fox News Channel's "Hannity" on Thursday, NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center President Brent Bozell condemned efforts to "demonize the Tea Party, to marginalize the Tea Party, to suggest that the Tea Party's extremist" simply because GOP debate audiences voiced support for the death penalty. [Audio available here] Following a clip…
NB Staff
September 30th, 2011 10:28 AM

Al Sharpton: 'Put Governor Christie In Jail For 90 Days' To Lose Weigh

As NewsBusters has been reporting, the media's obsession with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's weight has become totally absurd. On Friday's "Morning Joe," during a discussion about obesity prompted by a pathetic column by the Washington Post's Eugene Robinson entitled "Christie's Hefty Burden," MSNBC's Al Sharpton joked, "So what I think we should do is put Governor Christie in jail for…
Noel Sheppard
September 30th, 2011 10:11 AM

Todd Ticked Romney Using Footage Of Mexican Prez Praising Perry

A Mexican President praises Governor Rick Perry for offering in-state tuition to illegal immigrants in Texas.  Mitt Romney uses footage of it in a campaign ad.  Something wrong with that?  Apparently yes--in the eyes of Chuck Todd. The host of MSNBC's "Daily Rundown" critically quizzed Romney campaign strategist Russ Schriefer over the ad today.  Video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
September 30th, 2011 9:57 AM

Will Media Remember Praising Al Awlaki the ‘Moderate

With the news that an American air strike has killed the U.S.-born head of Al Quaeda in Yemen, Anwar Al Awlaki, the media will explain his significance in the terrorist organization, and his role in inspiring the Ft. Hood shooter and the “underwear bomber.” What they probably won’t tell you is that they once celebrated Al Awlaki as a “moderate” and a bridge-builder “between Islam and the West…
Matt Philbin
September 30th, 2011 9:24 AM

Rachel Maddow Plugs and Re-Plugs McCain Aide Smearing Palin as 'Cuckoo

While the “nonfiction” writers have clearly sharpened their knives for Sarah Palin (and put “writers” in quotes if we’re talking Levi Johnston), the liberal media also can’t help but publicize smear-fiction of Palin. Case in point: Nicolle Wallace, the Palin-hating McCain aide, whose new novel smears Palin with a plot about a vice president who isn’t vetted well who’s exposed after the election…
Tim Graham
September 30th, 2011 8:32 AM