Elizabeth Warren, a Bigger Star Than George Clooney or Angelina Jolie

In the Sunday Washington Post, film critic Ann Hornaday puts on her left-wing political beret to honor a documentary called “Maxed Out” now playing on the Showtime channel -- and its star, Elizabeth Warren, currently running as a Democrat  against Republican Sen. Scott Brown for “Ted Kennedy’s seat” in the Senate. James Scurlock, the director of “Maxed Out,” is all gush to the Post. “You…
Tim Graham

PHONY 2012: Fiction Trumps Fact in Many Media Reports

"We have different languages for what the truth means." ---Mike Daisey, fantasy monologist. KONY 2012. This American Life. These are just the lastest incarnations of fiction trumping fact in both the mainstream media as well as in alternate news outlets. In the latest outbreaks of this condition, we found out that the emperor, or rather KONY 2012 producer, wears no clothes in more ways…
P.J. Gladnick

Alec Baldwin: 'Oil Whore' James Inhofe Should 'Retire to a Solar-Power

Actor Alec Baldwin went on another Twitter tirade Saturday evening. This time his target was Sen. James Inhofe (R-Ok.) whom he called an "oil whore" and said should "retire to a solar-powered gay bar":
Noel Sheppard

Bill Press: Celibate Catholic Bishops Wage War on Women, They've 'Got

On Friday's Bill Press radio show, the former Catholic seminarian ripped into his own church again. He says the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are "outrageous and wrong" to join the Republicans in their "War on Women." "Boy, this has me really burned up," he began. "There is a war on women going on. It’s a war on women that’s being conducted by Republicans in the House, you expect that.…
Tim Graham

WashPost's Lisa Miller Weirdly Writes Santorum Has 'Zero Experience' t

Newsweek religion editor Lisa Miller is trashing Rick Santorum again in her Saturday Washington Post “On Faith” column. Her loathing is so intense she is bizarrely claiming he has “zero qualifications” to match his “prehistoric” views. Well, for starters, Santorum has 16 years in Congress (12 in the Senate) compared to Obama having two years in the Senate before he started running. Apparently,…
Tim Graham

Not News: Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Calls For 'Destruction of All Ch

Maybe it's due to budget cutbacks at major establishment news sources, but I doubt it. Maybe it's because they believe nobody cares about news out of the Middle East. No, that can't be it. Or maybe it's because they think that people already know and understand the Muslim mindset. Well, after several decades of press attempts to keep it from us, that doesn't make any sense either. Whatever…
Tom Blumer

Protest Tilt: One George Clooney Gets Better WashPost Coverage Than Te

In January, many thousands of Americans coming in on planes, trains, and automobiles to protest abortion for the "March for Life" were relegated to the bottom of the front page of the Metro section (and about 11 pro-abortion activists got equal billing). But just one protester was awarded a huge splash across most of Saturday's Style section. That would be one George Clooney, going through the…
Tim Graham

Supermodel Elle Macpherson Loves Obama: 'I’m Socialist - What Do You

Supermodel Elle Macpherson told shock jock Howard Stern Tuesday that she's pulling for Barack Obama to be reelected. "I’m living in London and I’m socialist," she told her host. "What do you expect?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard

Rosie O'Donnell: 'Maybe I'll Record a Country Album With Rush Limbaugh

Okay, she didn't mean it seriously, but at the end of CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight Thursday, substitute host Rosie O'Donnell pondered recording a country album with Rush Limbaugh. "Then we'll hit the road to promote it, the Rush and Rosie Show. Giddy up" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard

Krauthammer on Media's Claim of GOP War on Women: 'Liberal Echo Chambe

As NewsBusters has been reporting for weeks, the Obama-loving media have concocted the fallacy that Republicans are suddenly in a war on women. Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on PBS's Inside Washington Friday called this "a classic example of liberal echo chamber elite cocooning" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard

Maher: Southerners Should Only Celebrate Confederate Heritage Once a Y

As NewsBusters has been reporting, Bill Maher spent much of his week bashing red states. After taking a cheap shot at Kansas early in Friday's Real Time on HBO, Maher took aim at Southerners saying that they should only celebrate their Confederate heritage once a year - "We'll call it 'St. Cracker's Day'" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard

All Purpose Weekend Open Thread

You wanna talk politics, current events, or the economy? Be our guest. With March Madness in full swing - and other sporting events - have at it.
NB Staff

ABC's 'The View' Promotes 'GCB' as Annie Potts and Joy Behar Mock Newt

ABC’s The View promoted the network’s Sunday night lineup on Friday, promising “Annie Potts takes on the Christian groups that are raising hell about her new hit show ‘GCB.’” Hit show? It lost by about four million viewers to “CSI Miami” on CBS. Joy Behar quickly set up Potts to bash Newt Gingrich for bashing the show: “Newt Gingrich doesn’t like it. He’s said a few things about it...Good…
Tim Graham

Bill Maher on March Madness: 'The Only Place Where You'll Ever Hear th

Bill Maher sure hates red states. Three days after referring to Alabama and Mississippi voters as "toothless," HBO's Real Time host on Friday called basketball's March Madness "the only place where you’ll ever hear the phrase 'Kansas is advancing'” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard