Another Day, Another Front-Page Expose of a Tea Party Group From the N

Thursday’s front-page story by New York Times investigative reporter Mike McIntire, “Odd Alliance: Business Lobby And Tea Party.” accused a Tea Party group, the Institute for Liberty, of pushing the agenda of Asia Pulp & Paper, an Indonesian corporation fighting U.S. tariffs. Whatever the merits of this particular complaint, this sort of prominently placed, hostile investigation of a…
Clay Waters
March 31st, 2011 4:23 PM

More Violence in Syria, Networks Still Refuse to Mention Clinton 'Refo

As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly refused to implement democratic reforms and his security forces fired on protesters on Wednesday, the networks continued to ignore Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Sunday comments labeling the dictator as a "reformer." On Wednesday's CBS Evening News fill-in anchor Erica Hill read a news brief on the latest crackdown by the Syrian government…
Kyle Drennen
March 31st, 2011 3:51 PM

Wealthy Americans Don't Actually Earn Their Money, Merely 'Receive' or

A Wednesday post by economics reporter Catherine Rampell on the paper's Economix blog hits hard at the common liberal target of "extreme" and "stark" income inequality in America: “Inequality Is Most Extreme in Wealth, Not Income.” Rampell’s word choice sent the message (perhaps unconsciously) that income isn’t earned through hard work or talent but is instead passively and undeservedly “…
Clay Waters
March 31st, 2011 3:33 PM

Lawrence O'Donnell: 'Stunningly Ignorant' Cantor Would Fail Citizenshi

Kicking off the March 30 edition of "Last Word," MSNBC anchor Lawrence O'Donnell unleashed a torrent of insults aimed at Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.). "House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is the most stunningly ignorant member in the history of the Congress," bellowed O'Donnell. "That's right. Eric Cantor revealed today in a press conference that he does not know how a bill becomes a law. Seriously…
Alex Fitzsimmons
March 31st, 2011 2:59 PM

Sad, Bizarre Attempt at Humor Reveals Stephanie Miller as Seriously Un

Never heard of liberal radio host Stephanie Miller? You're about to hear a reason why. Here's an example of Miller sharing with her listeners earlier this week what she considers humorous. Before playing this, you may want to clear any children -- and pets -- out of earshot. Audio clip after page break
Jack Coleman
March 31st, 2011 2:21 PM

CNN's Costello: 'Jobless Claims Plummeted Last Week': A Whopping

It was good economic news on CNN's Newsroom this morning. After a brief mention of radiation in Japan, anchor Carol Costello reported: Brand new numbers out of the Labor Department this morning. It turns out jobless claims plummeted last week. Down 6,000 to 388,000. I'm not certain what dictionary CNN news readers use, but "plummet" wouldn't seem to be the right verb.  Merriam-Webster's…
Mike Bates
March 31st, 2011 1:04 PM

CBS Blames Tea Party for Possible Government Shutdown

On Thursday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Nancy Cordes portrayed the Tea Party movement as the cause of the budget stalemate in Congress: "With a government shutdown looming, sources say negotiators are homing in on a package of cuts worth $33 billion. That's roughly what Republican leaders proposed last month, before the Tea Party wing demanded that they double their proposal to 61 billion…
Kyle Drennen
March 31st, 2011 12:39 PM

AP Uses Economist's Dubious 'Undeniable' Improvement Assertion to Fram

UPDATE, April 1: Joshua Shapiro, who is "quoted" in the AP article covered in this post, has emailed me and informed me of the following --  Christopher Rugaber did not speak with him, but instead used text from "a written note that I (Shapiro) produced after the jobless claims report was released." Shapiro is unhappy at my making it appear that he is fooled by establishment press…
Tom Blumer
March 31st, 2011 12:20 PM

Will Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Mark Boal’s Latest Attack on Troops

Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Boal must be thrilled about this whole Libya thing, since he seems to be making a cottage industry out of articles, books and movies about American soldiers and how they are a bunch of incorrigible psychos whose desire to murder everyone they see is constrained only by their limited intellect.  Who knows what doors the latest “kinetic military action” might…
Kurt Schlichter
March 31st, 2011 12:19 PM

ABC’s Jon Karl Touts Liberal Advocacy Group’s Claim That ‘Tea Pa

Good Morning America’s Jon Karl on Thursday used a new study by the liberal Environmental Working Group [EWG] to deride the calls of spending cuts by certain Tea Party Republicans as "hypocritical." Karl didn’t raise any concerns about hyping the claims of the EWG, an organization that, as Michelle Malkin pointed out in 2002, has railed against hair spray, playgrounds and the conservative…
Scott Whitlock
March 31st, 2011 11:38 AM

Atheist 'On Faith' Contributor Slams Religious Americans As Having 'Mi

A best-selling book recounting a four-year-old child's claims to have briefly visited Heaven while under anesthesia for an appendectomy has "On Faith" contributor Susan Jacoby on a tear. "There really is such a thing as American exceptionalism: we are more gullible than the public in the rest of the developed world," Jacoby groused in a March 30 "The Spirited Atheist" post, part of the "On…
Ken Shepherd
March 31st, 2011 11:27 AM

Huffington Post Refuses to Address Maher's Contributor Status After Vu

Following its controversial decision to ban Andrew Breitbart from publishing articles at its front page, the Huffington Post has found itself in quite a pickle now that one of its regular contributors, comedian Bill Maher, made disgustingly vulgar references to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. As NewsBusters previously reported, Breitbart made some comments about President Obama's former…
Noel Sheppard
March 31st, 2011 11:03 AM

Ed Schultz Fights With Far-Left 'Nation' Reporter Who's Against Arming

It was revealed Wednesday evening that the Obama administration sent clandestine CIA operatives to Libya weeks ago to assist rebels in their civil war against Moammar Gaddafi. Not only did MSNBC's Ed Schultz express his support for this action as well as arming these rebels, he also got into a heated argument with a Nation magazine reporter that compared this operation to the "disastrous…
Noel Sheppard
March 31st, 2011 9:54 AM

NBC's Refusal to Cover GE Tax Scandal Reinforces Perception of Liberal

NewsBusters and others have, on many occasions, pointed out the apparent conflict of interest in NBC-Universal and its various media affiliates (both news and entertainment) pushing for policies that would benefit General Electric, who until recently was the majority stakeholder in NBC-U, and still retains a large portion of ownership over the company. Recent events seem to vindicate that…
Lachlan Markay
March 31st, 2011 9:44 AM