No Lefty Label in NY Times for Rep. Dennis Kucinich, But Republicans A

New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer showed her labeling slant in Wednesday’s “news analysis” on how the war in Libya is tearing apart the Republican Party, “U.S. Mission Exposes Divisions in Congress and Within G.O.P.,” finding “conservatives” and “right-of-center” pols, but failing to identify the ultra-liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich as a liberal. The strongest word Steinhauer could find…
Clay Waters
June 23rd, 2011 12:56 PM

During Journalistic Lovefest on CNN, 'Queen of England' Christiane Ama

Former CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour appeared on Wednesday's Piers Morgan show and was praised as being like "the queen of England" and "Beyonce." The Piers Morgan Tonight host also allowed Amanpour to get away with declaring herself non-"ideological" and not "opinionated." Amanpour, who once compared Christians who don't watch R-rated movies to "totalitarian regimes," bragged about her…
Scott Whitlock
June 23rd, 2011 12:52 PM

Politifact Shows Statistics Don’t Support Stewart, So He Turns To An

Last night, Jon Stewart addressed the fact check of his claim that Fox News viewers are consistently the most misinformed about politics compared to the audiences of other news networks and shows– in “every poll,” he said. Though much of the conservative blogosphere went to town on that bunk claim right away, the backlash against Stewart found a rallying point in an article by the normally left…
Ezra Dulis
June 23rd, 2011 12:06 PM

MRC Study: Networks Found Twice as Much Intensity for GOP Foley Scanda

As much as liberals might complain the Anthony Weiner scandal was some sort of feeding frenzy, the networks did not attack it, especially the evening news. They seemed to agree with just-departed CBS anchor Katie Couric, who asked on Twitter: “I’m curious if anybody thinks this Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal is a legit news story or just fodder for late-night comedians.” That’s not the way…
Tim Graham
June 23rd, 2011 11:59 AM

Richard 'War of Fear' Engel Tells Jay Leno: 'End the Global War on Ter

Just days after demagoguing the war on terror as a "war of fear," NBC's Richard Engel told Jay Leno "it's probably time to end the global war on terrorism." The NBC News chief foreign correspondent, discussing Mideast policy on the June 22 "Tonight Show," also pushed for withdrawal from Afghanistan and an end to "this chapter in our history." Video follows break
Alex Fitzsimmons
June 23rd, 2011 11:59 AM

MSNBC Reports Bulger Arrest, Omits Fact Brother Was Dem Party Hotshot

Imagine that one of the FBI's most wanted mobsters had a brother who for decades had been a Republican power broker in a deep red state like say Texas. On top of that, that Republican party boss may have helped his brother flee justice. Imagine that that mob boss was arrested last night after 16 years on the lam. MSNBC would most certainly report not just the capture but the political…
Ken Shepherd
June 23rd, 2011 11:40 AM

Rolling Stone's Taibbi: Michele Bachmann Is 'Bats--t Crazy' 'Psychopat

If you know anything about Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi it's that he totally despises conservatives. In the soon-to-be-released issue of the magazine that actually employs him, Taibbi relentlessly attacked Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann as a "bats--t crazy" "political psychopath" with a "gigantic set of burnished titanium Terminator-testicles swinging under her skirt" (…
Noel Sheppard
June 23rd, 2011 10:55 AM

Hollywood Celebrities Perform Fake PSA Encouraging Casual Sex Facebook

It’s no secret that Hollywood and its ‘values’ are contributing mightily to the moral decay of American culture, and 2011 romantic comedies have been some of the raunchiest to date. But the stars of the summer 2011 sleazy hookup film “Friends with Benefits” have involved Facebook in promoting their flick. Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis star in “Friends with Benefits,” a movie that glorifies…
Erin R. Brown
June 23rd, 2011 10:14 AM

Open Thread: Obama Announces Plans for Troop Withdrawal

President Obama announced last night that he will withdraw his entire 30,000 troop surge from 2009, bringing home 10,000 troops from Afghanistan this year, and an additional 20,000 troops by the end of next summer. The plan is a much more aggressive withdrawal than recommended by the Gen. David Petraeus and other Pentagon officials, who recommended one more fighting season against the Taliban…
NB Staff
June 23rd, 2011 9:43 AM

Short Trip? Liberal Reporter Outs Himself as Illegal Alien, Turns Into

Former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas has written a long piece for The New York Times Magazine declaring that he’s an illegal alien and that he’s created a new advocacy group called Define American (“a project of the Tides Center”) to push for the DREAM Act that would provide permanent residency to illegal aliens brought to America as children. Vargas, 30, lied to a string of…
Tim Graham
June 23rd, 2011 7:59 AM

Big Media's Suicide Compact

Is there a profit-making business -- other than TV networks and The New York Times -- that so disrespects its audience it works overtime to offend them? What other business metaphorically flips the bird to those who don't subscribe to their social, cultural and political worldview? That is precisely what big media does to a large number of potential viewers and subscribers.
Cal Thomas
June 23rd, 2011 5:30 AM

AP Coverage of Bernanke's 'I Have No Idea' Speech Similarly Clueless

When the Associated Press's Paul Wiseman and Martin Crutsinger team up for a report on the economy, there's no limit to the comic potential. Today, in covering what the folks at Zero Hedge described as "Ben Bernanke's 'I Have No Idea Why The Economy Will Get Better But It Will' Speech" (transcript is at link), the AP pair may have set a new world record for most unused words one would expect…
Tom Blumer
June 23rd, 2011 1:36 AM

Chris Matthews: 'I Hate That So-called Evenhanded So-called Objective

Chris Matthews on Wednesday made it clear that like Al Gore, he believes the media should only be telling one side of the story when it comes to manmade global warming. Such came out in the middle of a discussion about Gore's new article in Rolling Stone magazine when the "Hardball" host told his guests, "I hate that so-called evenhanded so-called objective journalism" (video follows with…
Noel Sheppard
June 22nd, 2011 7:34 PM

While CNN Anchor Questions Relevance of Social Issues, Anderson Cooper

On Tuesday's In the Arena, fill-in host Christine Romans questioned Marjorie Dannenfelser of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List on the relevance of the abortion issue in the upcoming presidential election. She argued that the central issues, according to polls, are the economy and jobs and that focusing on politicians' stances on abortion might not be a viable strategy. Ironically, Anderson…
Matt Hadro
June 22nd, 2011 7:13 PM