Hey, Remember When NBC Thought Calling Someone a 'Slut' Was Hilarious

As Andrea Mitchell began an interview with left-wing activist Sandra Fluke on the March 2 edition of her MSNBC show, the NBC correspondent denounced Rush Limbaugh for having, "attacked her [Fluke] with language that we will not repeat on the air." Well, it turns out that Andrea Mitchell thought use of the word "slut" – one of Limbaugh's offending remarks – was perfectly fine when it was to…
Kyle Drennen

Bill Maher: Rush Limbaugh's 'A Stupid Fat F--k Who’s Not Funny

As NewsBusters reported Tuesday, Bill Maher's "defense" of Rush Limbaugh via Twitter was not what it appeared. HBO's Real Time host made that clear Friday when he called the conservative talker "a stupid fat f--k who’s not funny" (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard

Mark Shields Skeptical of Iran Threat, Defends Putting Nuclear Program

On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, liberal columnist Mark Shields seemed to show mor skepticism than other panel members about whether Iran is really trying to build nuclear weapons, as he brought up the failure to find an advanced nuclear program in Iraq, asserting, "I've seen this movie before." He later defended the rationale for Iran locating its nuclear program under a mountain as…
Brad Wilmouth

Gloria Allred Wants Rush Limbaugh Prosecuted for Calling Fluke a Slut

Celebrity lawyer and unabashed liberal Gloria Allred wants conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh prosecuted in Florida for calling Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute." Politico reported Friday:
Noel Sheppard

Montel Williams Defends Suicide Wish on Bachmann Moments After Decryin

As he appeared as a guest on Friday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, moments after decrying Rush Limbaugh's recent "slut" comment, liberal talk radio host Montel Williams defended his infamous suggestion that Michele Bachmann should kill herself by decapitation as being unrelated to the recent Limbaugh matter. While he was discussing his encounter with a wounded American soldier, he bizarrely…
Brad Wilmouth

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NB Staff

HuffPost 'Expert': FCC Should Have Ripped Limbaugh Off the Air Within

Liberals have never been fans of the Federal Communications Commission interfering with the “free speech” of broadcast obscenity, from the “seven dirty words” to anything else. They have, however, loved the idea of reinstating a “Fairness Doctrine to curb conservative talk radio hosts. On Thursday, The Huffington Post published an article by “award-winning creative marketer” and “issues-…
Tim Graham

Bozell Column: 'GCB,' or Good Christians Bashed

At the same time Washington was ablaze with outrage at the idea that Rush Limbaugh insulted a woman as a “slut,” ABC premiered a new Sunday night show called “GCB” – shortened from “Good Christian Bitches.” Limbaugh apologized. ABC displays no such contrition. They insulted only those Christians. In the midst of this trashy debut, ABC promoted a new sitcom coming in April titled “Don’t Trust…
Brent Bozell

Daily Kos Week in Review: He Drives Them Crazy

We lead this week with perhaps the most severe case of Santorum Derangement Syndrome ever exhibited on DKos. Elsewhere, Kossacks unsurprisingly insisted that Republicans, Santorum included, are the real loonies, and dopes to boot. As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
Tom Johnson

Liberals vs. Hunters in California Mountain Lion 'Scandal

Cam Edwards at NRANews.com pointed out to me that liberals in California (and "animal welfare" lobbyists across the country) are trying to demote the head of the California Game and Wildlife Commission for hunting and shooting a mountain lion in Idaho (where it's legal). Dan Richards was pictured in a hunting newsletter smiling over his kill. Hunting mountain lions in California has been…
Tim Graham

Van Susteren Does the Right Thing Regarding Misogynist Louis C.K

A couple of years ago, “comedian” Louis CK “joked” on the Opie and Anthony radio show about Palin coming to the Republican convention “holding a baby that just came out of her f-ing, disgusting [C-word], her f-ing retard-making [C-word].” Last night, I emailed letters to all the female anchors and on air TV correspondents at all broadcast and cable broadcast networks, numbering more than 60…
Brent Bozell

Wishful Thinking? AP Headline Overstates Feb. Job Adds by

Gosh, how did that happen? At the Associated Press as of 7:30 p.m., its Top Business stories (saved here for future reference) top headline read: "Strong 3 months of hiring as US adds 277,000 jobs." The headline at the underlying article (saved here) reads the same. Related pics are after the jump.
Tom Blumer

ABC Shamelessly Boosts Leftist Group's Report on 'Extremists'; Hypes V

ABC broadcasted two completely one-sided reports on Thursday's World News and Nightline on the supposed "huge spike in the number of Americans operating in the shadows, trying to take down the U.S. government even with violence," as anchor Diane Sawyer put it. Correspondent Dan Harris's main external source for his reports was a media favorite, the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center [audio…
Matthew Balan

Did AP and Rugaber, Obsessed With Managing Economic Expectations, Spin

Yesterday was sort of "Pick on Christopher Rugaber at the Associated Press Day." So when I came across a particularly reprehensible report he filed last night whining about the difficulty the economy may face in meeting heightened expectations -- with yet another reference to the wire service's obsession with its relevance to President Obama's approval ratings and reelection -- I let it go.…
Tom Blumer