McCain Blasts HBO's 'Game Change': 'Based on a Book That's Completely

Although Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) kept true to his word that he wasn't going to watch HBO's Sarah Palin-bashing film "Game Change" which premiered Saturday evening, he did have some harsh words about it on Fox News Sunday. "It's based on a book that's completely biased and with unattributed quotes," McCain said before taking issue with the depiction of him as a vulgar man that asked his…
Noel Sheppard
March 11th, 2012 2:13 PM

Chris Matthews on Woody Harrelson in 'Game Change': 'It's the Role of

As NewsBusters has been reporting, Obama-loving media members have almost been orgasmic in their adoration for HBO's new Sarah Palin-bashing film "Game Change." Firmly on the bandwagon is Chris Matthews who on the syndicated program bearing his name this weekend actually said that Woody Harrelson's performance as McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt is "the role of the century" (video…
Noel Sheppard
March 11th, 2012 12:16 PM

SNL Mocks Limbaugh's New Sponsors Including 'Depends for Racists

To likely nobody’s surprise, NBC’s Saturday Night Live went after Rush Limbaugh last evening. In the opening sketch, Taran Killam played the conservative talk radio host listing his new sponsors in the wake of the Sandra Fluke controversy including “Depends for Racists – if you pee a little every time you see a Mexican, you need Depends for Racists" (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 11th, 2012 11:12 AM

Mika Brzezinski's Sunday Newspaper Sermon on the Evils of High-Fructos

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski displayed her Food Police views across the country Sunday in the nationally circulated Parade Magazine newspaper supplement. “In our country when it comes to processed foods, sugar, and high-fructose corn syrup, unless they’re regulated, we’re going to continue on a downward spiral toward obesity and bad health," she proclaimed. "I think the government should step in.…
Tim Graham
March 11th, 2012 6:21 AM

Daily Kos Fever Dream: It's Rush Limbaugh's 'McCarthy Moment

They're having a "pass the popcorn" moment at the Daily Kos imagining that we're all watching the Decline and Fall of Limbaugh. The Kosmonaut known as "Killer of Sacred Cows" is calling it "Rush Limbaugh's McCarthy Moment." "Watching the implosion of right-wing hate talk radio as 98 advertisers pull their support not just from Rush but from Hannity, Beck, Savage, and other programs deemed to…
Tim Graham
March 11th, 2012 6:06 AM

ABC Finds Chris Christie 'May Have Met His Match' in Navy SEAL Heckler

On Saturday's World News, as he ended a report on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's dustup with a Rutgers University student who heckled him at a town hall forum, ABC correspondent Mark Greenblatt forwarded Rutgers Law student and former Navy SEAL Wiliam Brown's criticisms of Christie without noting Brown's  history of activism in the Democratic party, specifically that he ran unsuccessfully…
Brad Wilmouth
March 11th, 2012 4:19 AM

NY Times Praises 'ABC's Gay Wednesdays

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni is  celebrating "ABC's Gay Wednesdays," especially how the sitcom "Modern Family" has brought "an Ozzie-and-Ozzie reverie for the age of marriage equality." Gay-left advocates routinely cite popular culture as the proof society is "evolving," making the Disney network an evolutionary force. Bruni reported, "Almost a decade and a half since that show…
Tim Graham
March 10th, 2012 5:51 PM

Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem Call for FCC to Ban Rush Limbaugh

The Left's hunt for conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's head stepped up a notch Saturday when Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem called for the FCC to ban him. Radical feminist activist Robin Morgan also participated in penning the anti-free speech piece published by CNN.com:
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2012 5:27 PM

Gingrich Rips 'GCB': ABC Wouldn't Run Show if Muslim in Title Instead

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had some harsh words Friday for ABC and its new show GCB. As The Note reported, the former Speaker told supporters at a campaign event in Gulfport, Mississippi, "Take the exact name, drop out 'Christian' and put in 'Muslim,’ and ask yourself is there any network that would have dared to run a show like that and you know the answer is not a one":
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2012 4:34 PM

Mark Shields: 'John Roberts, Sam Alito - Thank You' for 'Absolutely Sc

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields on Friday excoriated Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts for "taking our system and absolutely screwing it up completely." Appearing on PBS's Inside Washington, Shields was complaining about how "these campaigns have been taken over totally by Super PACs" as a result of the Citizens United decision (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2012 3:50 PM

Charles Krauthammer Schools Nina Totenberg on Romney Not Denouncing Li

NPR's Nina Totenberg got a much-needed education Friday on the hypocrisy of the media's treatment of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's comments about Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke. When the Inside Washington panelist criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for not saying "something less than complimentary" about Limbaugh…
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2012 2:57 PM

Elizabeth Warren's Bumbling 'War of Imagery' on Scott Brown

Tom Moroney of Bloomberg BusinessWeek wrote about Elizabeth Warren's "war of imagery" on Sen. Scott Brown. He started by noting the way Democrats still think they own the Senate seat. "Vengeance colors the race as well, with Brown viewed by Democrats as a usurper when he became the first Republican elected to the Senate from Massachusetts since Edward Brooke won re-election in 1972." “People…
Tim Graham
March 10th, 2012 2:29 PM

Maher: Santorum Homeschools Kids in His 'Christian Madrassa' to Keep T

Bill Maher on Friday attacked Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, Christians, and anyone that homeschools their children. In his final New Rule on HBO's Real Time, Maher said, "Rick Santorum homeschools his children because he does not want them eating [from the Tree of Knowledge]. He wants them locked up in the Christian madrassa that is the family living room not out in public…
Noel Sheppard
March 10th, 2012 1:36 PM

Obama Super PAC Boss Says Maher's a 'Comedian,' Can't Compare to 'De F

At his Super Tuesday scene-stealing press conference, President Obama quite transparently avoided the question when asked if he would condemn anything Bill Maher's said that was demeaning to women. (The questioner did not ask about returning the million-dollar Maher check to Obama's super PAC, Priorities USA, and no other reporter followed up). So when Priorities USA chief (and former Obama…
Tim Graham
March 10th, 2012 12:26 PM