Gibbs Is a Window Into the Obama Psyche

If White House press secretaries are windows to the presidential mindset, Robert Gibbs continues to reflect President Obama in an unpresidential light. Here the entire nation is in an uproar over the release of stolen U.S. State Department documents by WikiLeaks bad boy Julian Assange, and how does the White House respond?
David Limbaugh
December 3rd, 2010 5:49 PM

Jon Stewart Rips McCain Resisting Repeal of DADT; Paints Him as Crazy

Liberal comedian Jon Stewart once again lampooned Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) over his continued opposition to repealing the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) policy, saying the senator is quite behind the times with his stand. "Well you're really going down with the ship, huh," he ripped navy veteran McCain's remarks. "McCain's like one of them Japanese soldiers living on Okinawa in…
Matt Hadro
December 3rd, 2010 5:34 PM

CBS Frets Over Obama's Liberal Base Being Upset By Possible Tax Deal

On Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith discussed a potential deal between the Obama administration and House Republicans on maintaining current tax rates, declaring: "The Democrats are – their noses are out of joint about this." Political analyst John Dickerson agreed: "Very much so, because they want the President to stand up and fight." Dickerson went on to detail liberal efforts…
Kyle Drennen
December 3rd, 2010 5:00 PM

Joe Scarborough and Crew Lament the 'Sad,' 'Terrible' Ordeal of Charli

  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and his Morning Joe co-hosts on Friday commiserated over the "sad," "terrible" ordeal that Charlie Rangel suffered through while being censured. Echoing many liberals in the media, Scarborough commented, "People want to forgive Charlie. They do." He fretted, "And, Norah, a sad day yesterday on the hill." Journalist Norah O'Donnell recounted the censure for failing…
Scott Whitlock
December 3rd, 2010 4:41 PM

On Today: NYT Editor Feebly Tries to Explain Away Success of Conservat

During a Norah O'Donnell report, on Friday's Today, about how well books written by the likes of Sarah Palin, George W. Bush and Glenn Beck are selling, the New York Times' Jenny Schuessler rationalized the only reason conservative books are outpacing liberal ones is because "conservatives have some really strong media personalities" like Beck and Bill O'Reilly " that have a platform that they…
Geoffrey Dickens
December 3rd, 2010 4:07 PM

Not So Merry Jobs Report: Unemployment Up to 9.8 Percent

Despite forecasts of 75,000 to 200,000 jobs, 'tepid' 39,000 new jobs disappoints news media.
Julia A. Seymour
December 3rd, 2010 3:19 PM

CBS Commiserates Over 'Painful' Censure of Rangel, Looks for 'Silver L

According to CBS Evening News host Katie Couric on Thursday, the censure of Charles Rangel was "painful" for "everyone watching" and a "fall from grace." Reporter Nancy Cordes also tried to find the "silver lining" in the Congressman's reelection. Cordes sympathetically recounted, "It was a shaken Speaker Pelosi who read the resolution censuring her longtime ally, 80-year-old Charles Rangel,…
Scott Whitlock
December 3rd, 2010 12:57 PM

WaPo Highlights Tiny Leftist Protest of Ants-on-Christ Video Removal f

The Washington Post will publicize the tiniest left-wing protests. Take Thursday night's protest against removing the ants-on-Christ video from the National Portrait Gallery. On the back page of the Style section (complete with a large 3 x 6 photo of protesters), Jessica Dawson reported: Despite Thursday evening's chill, about 100 demonstrators -- many of them artists -- gathered outside…
Tim Graham
December 3rd, 2010 12:50 PM

MRC's Bozell Discusses Media's Pro-Tax Hike Bias on December 3 'Fox

While the media have been hyping rich liberals like Ted Turner and Warren Buffett calling on Congress to raise taxes on Americans earning over $250,000 per year, they've failed to inform the public that the nation's top earners already pay a disproportionately large share of the nation's tax burden, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told Fox News's Steve Doocy on this morning's "Fox &…
NB Staff
December 3rd, 2010 12:26 PM

CBS Early Show Ignores Rangel Censure, ABC and NBC Are Sympathetic to

On Friday, the CBS Early Show failed to make any mention of New York Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel being censured by the House of Representatives on Thursday for 11 ethics violations. ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today did cover the historic punishment, but adopted a very sympathetic tone toward Rangel. In a slightly extended news brief on Good Morning America, co-host George…
Kyle Drennen
December 3rd, 2010 11:58 AM

Google Highlights Upbeat Job Market Article as Unemployment Rate Rises

Shortly after the Labor Department announced a very disappointing jump in the unemployment rate to 9.8 percent, Google News featured as its top story an Associated Press article published Thursday predicting "the tight job market may be easing at last." Here's a screen cap of Google News from about an hour ago:
Noel Sheppard
December 3rd, 2010 11:42 AM

NYT Blogger Admits He Shouldn't Have Called ClimateGate Emails 'Privat

After the New York Times decided to host scores of sensitive U.S. diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks, a number of pundits, myself included, alleged a serious double standard. A year prior, the Times had refused to publish leaked emails in the so-called ClimateGate scandal. Environmental blogger Andy Revkin had this to say at the time: The documents appear to have been acquired…
Lachlan Markay
December 3rd, 2010 11:32 AM

Not So Merry Jobs Report: Unemployment Up to 9.8 Percent, News Media D

The unemployment rate rose in November, from 9.6 percent up to 9.8 percent after only 39,000 jobs were added to the workforce. On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Mark Haines of CNBC called the data "disappointing." Haines went on to say, "An optimist or a sunny 'glass is half full' kind of person would say the unemployment rate may have ticked up because more people are now looking for work. That'…
Julia A. Seymour
December 3rd, 2010 11:10 AM

WaPo's New Conservative Blogger Takes On NYT's David Brooks

The Washington Post has added a new conservative blogger to its stable, one that NewsBusters readers should be familiar with. Only three days into her new position, Jennifer Rubin has made it clear she has no intention of toning down her criticism of mainstream media darlings like New York Times columnist David Brooks:
Noel Sheppard
December 3rd, 2010 10:55 AM