NYT's Nocera: Obama Rejected Keystone Pipeline 'Because He Had to Poli

On Monday (appearing in the print edition on Tuesday, New York Times op-ed columnist Joe Nocera gave President Barack Obama a pass for rejecting the Keystone Pipeline. In the process, he also complained about "the way our poisoned politics damages the country," and, in a revelation which shouldn't but did surprise him, learned that far-left environmentalists want to stop all tar sands…
Tom Blumer
February 8th, 2012 6:11 PM

Bashir Uses Contraception Controversy to Promote ‘Single-Payer Healt

On the February 8 episode of MSNBCs Martin Bashir program, the host along with liberal Democrat Rep. Peter Walsh (Vt.) used the contraception mandate controversy to advocate the elusive liberal Democratic dream of a Canada-style government-run health care monopoly. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] Bashir started the interview -- better described as a Democrat strategy…
Jeffrey Meyer
February 8th, 2012 5:21 PM

CNN Asks Anti-Prop 8 Plaintiffs If They're 'Considered Heroes

CNN host Randi Kaye was eager to provide same-sex marriage supporters with a stately platform on Wednesday afternoon. In her interview of the plaintiffs in the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage (Proposition 8), she gleefully asked them about their wedding plans. Then Kaye teed them up again with this softball question: "Are you considered heroes by those who support same-…
Matt Hadro
February 8th, 2012 5:20 PM

Psychic Thomas Roberts: Supreme Court 'Is Expected to Affirm' CA Gay M

MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts forecasted the future on Wednesday, declaring that the U.S. Supreme Court "is expected to affirm that [California] decision" overturning Prop 8. Roberts, who is openly gay, didn't explain how he had such inside knowledge, but made sure to use liberal language about the ruling, saying that the judge decided "the denial of marriage equality to gays and lesbians…
Scott Whitlock
February 8th, 2012 5:18 PM

NBC Liberals All Agree: GOP Should 'Be Quiet' on Chrysler Ad, Obama Di

In a panel discussion on Wednesday's NBC Today, committed liberal and advertising executive Donny Deutsch denounced critics of Chrysler's Super Bowl ad: "Republicans should be quiet because by saying this is a Barack ad, you're saying this is America the beautiful, America is on its way back....They're looking like fools." Moments later, Deutsch admitted the ad touted an Obama accomplishment…
Kyle Drennen
February 8th, 2012 5:05 PM

Cornel West Scolds Al Sharpton: 'Tell the Truth About the White House

Princeton professor and civil rights activist Cornel West, in an interview with Diverse magazine, had some harsh words for MSNBC's Al Sharpton. "Tell the truth about the White House":
Noel Sheppard
February 8th, 2012 4:31 PM

Bozell: It's 'Hilarious' CNN Suspended Roland Martin for Inoffensive T

Editor's Note: Earlier today, CNN suspended contributor Roland Martin for some tweets he made regarding the David Beckham underwear ad that ran during the Super Bowl. Martin was the target of a pressure campaign from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). What follows after the page break is NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell's statement.
Brent Bozell
February 8th, 2012 4:23 PM

D'oh! Chris Matthews Tells North Dakota Senator He Loves His State, St

Closing out an interview with Sen. John Hoeven (R) of North Dakota on today's Andrea Mitchell Reports, substitute host Chris Matthews thanked the former governor and said he "loved visiting your state this summer" and that he loves Mt. Rushmore, having "sat there for two hours and just looked up at it" during his trip to South Dakota over the summer. Hoeven corrected Matthews, saying he was…
Ken Shepherd
February 8th, 2012 4:12 PM

CNN Responds to Bozell Letter Demanding Coverage of Catholic Outrage a

CNN senior vice president and Washington bureau chief Sam Feist responded on Tuesday to MRC president Brent Bozell’s letter demanding television coverage of President Obama’s unprecedented attack on the religious liberty of Catholics through Obamacare. Here is the letter, and below it our response:
Tim Graham
February 8th, 2012 4:09 PM

Former MSNBC GM Slams Chris Matthews, NYT and 'Media’s Shameful, Ine

You don't often see a well-known liberal media member publicly criticizing the liberal media he's a part of. But when Dan Abrams, the former General Manager of MSNBC and founder of the left-wing Mediaite, trashes his former network - in particular Hardball host Chris Matthews - as well as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other media outlets for their "Shameful, Inexcusable…
Noel Sheppard
February 8th, 2012 3:01 PM

Anguished Lead NYTimes Editorial Accuses Obama of Giving Up High Groun

Staking a principled hard-left position on campaign finance, the New York Times wailed over President Obama’s reversal on Super PAC's in its lead editorial Wednesday, “Another Campaign for Sale – President Obama reverses position and joins the sleazy ‘Super PAC’ money race.” (Yet the paper's news coverage failed to highlight those hypocrisies.)
Clay Waters
February 8th, 2012 2:23 PM

Unbelievable: NPR Cites Planned Parenthood's Poll But Omits Its Name O

On Tuesday, NPR somehow thought a poll commissioned by abortion behemoth Planned Parenthood on the controversy over an ObamaCare birth control mandate was newsworthy enough to play up on its website. But later in the day, on All Things Considered, a show that reaches millions in the U.S., the media outlet spotlighted how the "new polling...suggests most voters, including Catholics, support the…
Matthew Balan
February 8th, 2012 1:36 PM

Barbara Walters: It's 'Heartbreaking' to Force Women to View an Ultras

The liberal women on The View, Wednesday, shrieked at the "totalitarian" decision by a Texas judge to uphold a law requiring women to look at an ultrasound before having an abortion. Co-host and journalist Barbara Walters found the legal ruling– and not the act of abortion itself-- to be "heartbreaking." [See video below. See MP3 audio here.] Regarding the ruling, left-wing comedienne Joy…
Scott Whitlock
February 8th, 2012 1:03 PM

Brace Yourselves for the Economic Chaos Ahead

Let's think about the kind of mess that we're in. Federal 2010 Medicare and Medicaid expenditures totaled $800 billion. The projected annual growth of both programs is about 7 percent. Social Security expenditures are more than $700 billion a year. According to the 2009 Social Security and Medicare trustees reports, by 2030, 49 percent of federal revenues will go for Social Security and…
Walter E. Williams
February 8th, 2012 12:53 PM