CNN Sets Up Dem Strategist to Gush Over Cain Accuser Who Worked for He

For information on one of Herman Cain's accusers, CNN interviewed her former boss on Wednesday – who just also happened to be a former Clinton advisor and a  Democratic strategist at present. Not surprisingly, interviewee Maria Cardona gave the accuser, Karen Kraushaar, a giant thumbs-up and told CNN that Kraushaar had referred to her old boss Herman Cain as a "monster." Anchor Kyra Phillips…
Matt Hadro
November 9th, 2011 1:18 PM

Networks Hit Cain With 117 Stories; ABC: Accusers Seek 'Safety in Numb

[Updated with video. See below.] Good Morning America's Brian Ross on Wednesday played up fears that Herman Cain supporters might physically attack the women who have accused the Republican of sexual harassment. Meanwhile, the total number of Cain harassment stories reached an astonishing 117 stories in less than 10 days. Reporting for GMA, Ross intoned, "Overnight, [accuser Karen] Kraushaar…
Scott Whitlock
November 9th, 2011 12:58 PM

MSNBC's Roberts Worries About 'License to Bully' in Michigan

A religious exemption in anti-bullying legislation that's meant to prevent students and teachers from being punished for simply expressing their religious beliefs about homosexuality is a "license to bully" in the eyes of MSNBC. Openly-gay anchor Thomas Roberts brought on Michigan state senator Gretchen Whitmer (D) to bash the Republican-controlled state senate for passing SB 0137, "Matt's…
Ken Shepherd
November 9th, 2011 12:54 PM

Morning Joe Hypes GOP Setback in Ohio Labor Law Vote Without One Word

Political analysts across the country were closely watching votes on two key initiatives in Ohio Tuesday to get a sense as to where the nation is on the power of labor unions as well as the President's signature piece of healthcare legislation. On MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday, the failure of Ohio's Issue 2 - which strikes down Governor John Kasich's (R) anti-collective bargaining law by…
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2011 11:53 AM

Movie Director Dumped from Oscars Show for Gay F-Bomb

The New York Post reports hotshot movie director Brett Ratner was "abruptly dumped as director of next year’s Oscar broadcast after making bizarre remarks including, 'Rehearsal is for fags.'” The New York Times added that Ratner was then required to write a deeply confessional apology letter as he resigned. “He did the right thing, and they did the right thing,” Rob Epstein, a member of the…
Tim Graham
November 9th, 2011 11:52 AM

Open Thread: Ohio and Mississippi's Election Results

Yesterday's election saw three especially controversial ballot measures, two in Ohio and one in Mississippi. Ohio voters voted on a measure to restrict collective bargaining rights, similar to the Wisconsin law passed by Gov. Scott Walker earlier this year, and on a measure to opt out the national health care mandate imposed by Obamacare. Mississippi voters voted on a ballot initiative to…
NB Staff
November 9th, 2011 11:44 AM

NYTimes Editorial Cheerleads for 'Inspiring' OWS, Dismisses Violence a

A New York Times editorial Saturday, “Occupying the National Debate,” continued the paper’s promotion of the left-wing sit-in now stretching into its second month. Apparently the movement, such as it is, is spreading to Europe (as if the European left need inspiration to take to the streets), while dismissing protester violence in Oakland as not representative of the entire movement (a benefit…
Clay Waters
November 9th, 2011 11:14 AM

'On Faith' Contributor: Personhood Amendment Was Strategic Defeat for

Initiative 26 -- which would have amended the Mississippi state constitution to include unborn children as persons protected under the law -- was rejected by Magnolia State voters last night. In response, Georgetown professor and Washington Post "On Faith" blog contributor Jacques Berlinerblau quickly hacked out a post celebrating the temporary victory over the "devastating sleeper cell of a…
Ken Shepherd
November 9th, 2011 10:58 AM

NBC's Gregory: No 'Grand Wizard' in GOP to Force Out Cain; Gregory Apo

Appearing on Wednesday's NBC Today, Meet the Press host David Gregory discussed the political fallout of sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain and the possibility of the Republican presidential candidate being urged to drop out, declaring: "Well, there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now who can really force the issue." [Audio available here] The term "grand…
Kyle Drennen
November 9th, 2011 10:49 AM

Media Applaud Glee's 'Loving and Responsible' Gay Teen Sex

Tuesday's "game-changing" episode of Glee was all the talk of the entertainment world this week as Gleeks and the media alike were eagerly anticipating the episode in which Rachel and Finn and Kurt and Blaine would finally get it on. Yes, the media were applauding the "progressive" displays of gay sex between high school boys in the "milestone" episode titled, "The First Time." The highly…
Erin R. Brown
November 9th, 2011 10:08 AM

Newt Gingrich Scolds Piers Morgan for Trying to Teach Him About Politi

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich demonstrated Tuesday why every liberal media member in the country is scared to death of him winning the nomination and going head-to-head in a debate with Barack Obama. When CNN's Piers Morgan tried to play his normal cocky role of knowing more than his guest, the former Speaker of the House smartly replied, "I've been involved with politics…
Noel Sheppard
November 9th, 2011 1:05 AM

Bozell Column: Thanking An Old Friend

With a swoosh the Gulfstream 550 is effortlessly launched into the heavens for the hour-long slingshot from Dallas to Stillwater, the sleek jet headed for Oklahoma State University and the football field bearing the name of our host -- Boone Pickens Stadium. The game against Kansas State University is spectacular, a record 58,750 fans roaring their (now) #2-rated Cowboys to an explosive 52-45…
Brent Bozell
November 8th, 2011 10:57 PM

CNN’s 'Belief Blog': Good Catholics Accept Homosexuality

Perhaps CNN’s "Belief Blog" should be renamed the "Anti-Belief Blog." Blatant scorn for Christian morality is ever-present there.  Fordham religious professor Patrick Hornbeck, in a post titled "Why good Catholics are challenging church line on homosexuality," argues that good Catholics are increasingly rejecting "official Church teaching" concerning homosexuality. He claims that "A series of…
Paul Wilson
November 8th, 2011 10:31 PM

Did The Reverend Al Sharpton Not Realize Bachmann Was Quoting Scriptur

It's one thing for your average, secular liberal not to know the New Testament.  But for the Reverend Al Sharpton not to know better? On his MSNBC show this evening, Sharpton rolled video of Michelle Bachmann, after making the case for self-reliance, saying "if anyone will not work, neither shall they eat." Even this NewsBuster, who is anything but expert in the area, realized that Bachman…
Mark Finkelstein
November 8th, 2011 10:30 PM