CBS's Smith to Paladino: Have You 'Added Any Fuel to the Fire of Gay H

On Monday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith interrogated New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino over comments he made in opposition to gay marriage: "But by making a statement like that, 'brain-washed into thinking homosexuality is acceptable.' You must think it's not normal....Do you think it's – that people are gay by choice or by birth?" Paladino explained his…
Kyle Drennen
October 11th, 2010 12:42 PM

ABC Links 'Explosive' Paladino Comments on Gays to Brutal Attack in NY

Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos and David Muir on Monday repeatedly connected comments by Carl Paladino to a brutal crime against homosexuals. After playing a clip of New York's Republican gubernatorial candidate asserting he didn't want children to be "brainwashed" into thinking homosexuality was okay, Muir alerted, "His remarks were delivered on the same day eight people were…
Scott Whitlock
October 11th, 2010 12:36 PM

ABC's This Week: Europe Not Socialist Enough and Needs to Spend More

Europe isn’t socialist enough for ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, who pushed French’s finance minister about how “prominent” economists are urging Europe to abandon “austerity” since “it needs more stimulus to provide more growth,” and later during the This Week roundtable, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman ridiculed Tea Party candidates as “irrational” and “seriously strange” before he insisted…
Brent Baker
October 11th, 2010 12:31 PM

President Obama Still Angry At Supreme Court…And, Well, Everyone Els

Democrats love their SEIU union money, but when small business people’s voices are represented by the Chamber of Commerce, fury erupts from the administration. Watch this Axelrod interaction with Bob Schieffer. Axelrod mentions the Supreme court case. They just cannot let it go. Here is the president blasting the Supreme Court in his radio address:
Melissa Clouthier
October 11th, 2010 11:19 AM

On Rahm's Run for Windy City Mayor

On Sunday, Rahm Emanuel declared his candidacy for mayor of Chicago. Instantaneously, he had problems with his campaign, not the least of which is that he is as much a resident of Chicago as I am. So on Monday, I declared my candidacy for mayor of Chicago. Why not? I did it on the national television show of the estimable Sean Hannity, who immediately threw his support behind me. I was born in…
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.
October 11th, 2010 11:10 AM

UAW Workers to Picket ... the UAW; They Should Also Picket the White H

Following up on yesterday's post ("Government/General Motors, UAW Hose Long-Time Members Twice in Two Weeks"; at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog) -- What a "revolting" development this is, as reported in the Detroit News: GM Orion assembly workers to picket UAW over two-tier wage structure In an unprecedented move, Government/General Motors and the UAW are imposing a two-tiered wage structure…
Tom Blumer
October 11th, 2010 10:50 AM

Open Thread: Congressional Insider Trading

Today's starter topic: Did you know that it is not illegal for members of congress or their staffs to engage in "insider trading" based on information they learn about a business or industry? Incredibly this is true as the Wall Street Journal reports:
NB Staff
October 11th, 2010 10:44 AM

Paul Krugman: Obama Really Hasn't Increased Federal Spending

There are times when you have to wonder whether liberal shills in the media are are just ignorant or dishonest. Monday is one of those times. Consider Nobel laureate Paul Krugman's most recent column in the New York Times entitled "Hey, Small Spender" wherein the man the Left considers to be one of the economic geniuses of our time argues that federal spending really hasn't increased under…
Noel Sheppard
October 11th, 2010 10:25 AM

MSNBC's Todd, Guthrie Urge Democrat Meek to Quit Florida Senate Race

Well, they did stop short of presenting him with a ceremonial seppuku sword . . . But other than that, MSNBC's Daily Rundown duo of Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie did their best to convince Florida Dem Kendreck Meek to get out of the senatorial race to give Charlie Crist a shot against Marco Rubio. Todd tried the cold-hard-numbers route, while Guthrie made an emotional appeal, literally…
Mark Finkelstein
October 11th, 2010 10:16 AM

Not the Catholic Church? Major Newspapers Blind to Massive Sex Abuse i

In the past eight days, ABC News has filed two shocking stories about "a serious epidemic" of sexual abuse and rape of children in Kenya. Not only did the network report that "over 1,000 teachers have been fired for sexually abusing girls over the last two years," but it also relayed systemic cover-ups, police corruption, and perpetrator interference. And while the New York Times, the Los…
Dave Pierre
October 11th, 2010 9:59 AM

Welcome to the Next NewsBusters

We're finally here. Welcome to the new NewsBusters site design! Please have a look around and tell us your thoughts. There are still a few bugs to be worked out and we'll be squishing them like crazy so please post any you may see in this blog post. Credit for the design of our fancy new digs goes to NB member mrshy, aka Michael Miller who worked with us to come up with this new look.
Matthew Sheffield
October 11th, 2010 2:50 AM

Of Course Obama Hasn't Yielded to Americans' Will

Just in case anyone mistakenly believes Obama has heard (or gives a rip about) the loud voice of the American people rejecting his socialism, appeasement, unconstitutional abuses of power and unpresidential combativeness and divisiveness, let me share a few tidbits. --After House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued a damning critique of Obama's economic policies, the administration's…
David Limbaugh
October 10th, 2010 11:36 PM

George Will Smacks Down Paul Krugman With Simple Reaganomics

George Will on Sunday once again proved how little Nobel laureate Paul Krugman actually knows about economics. As the Roundtable segment of ABC’s “This Week” approached its conclusion, host Christiane Amanpour referred to French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde’s claim earlier in the program that her country’s economy is already growing and doesn’t need any further stimulus spending.…
Noel Sheppard
October 10th, 2010 10:00 PM

Schieffer Mocks Axelrod: Is Complaining About GOP Ad Dollars ‘The Be

CBS’s Bob Schieffer on Sunday mocked President Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod for echoing last week’s unsubstantiated charge by a liberal website that the Chamber of Commerce is funneling foreign money to support Republican candidates. “The New York Times looked into the Chamber specifically and said the Chamber really isn’t putting foreign money into the campaign,” said the Face the…
Noel Sheppard
October 10th, 2010 9:49 PM