Far-Left Nation Magazine Editor Gets MSNBC Show

If you thought Comcast buying into NBC was going to change the overtly liberal bias at the network's news divisions, think again. On Monday, MSNBC announced that Christopher Hayes, the Washington editor of the far-left magazine The Nation, will be getting his own show in September:
Noel Sheppard
August 3rd, 2011 11:12 AM

Open Thread: With Debt Limit Deal Passed, Will Geithner Resign

In June, the Treasury Department announced that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was considering resigning once the debt crisis was averted. With the debt limit deal passed yesterday, the speculation of his departure date is once again making the airwaves. Leaving now would allow Geithner to leave on a much better note than he could have, but could also create a vacancy in an important cabinet…
NB Staff
August 3rd, 2011 11:07 AM

Scarborough Rails Against House Republicans That Opposed Debt Ceiling

Joe Scarborough on Wednesday railed about House Republicans that opposed Monday's debt ceiling agreement. Although he agreed the final package "when it comes to actual debt savings [was] a real nothing-burger," the host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" said GOPers that voted "No" are "going to have to understand if they’re going to stay in the majority they’re going to have act more responsibly than…
Noel Sheppard
August 3rd, 2011 10:40 AM

Despite Post-Giffords Rants, Left Hasn't Toned Down Its Own Violent Rh

Monday night, to the surprise of many, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the Capitol to cast her first vote since being shot in the head by Jared Lee Loughner seven months ago. Her triumphant return brought cheers from everyone in the room, despite their contentious disagreements over the past few weeks. Ironically, these disagreements have often turned to using the same violent rhetoric…
Aubrey Vaughan
August 3rd, 2011 10:14 AM

CBS’s Pelley Chafes: ‘Only Budget Cuts and No Relief for Those Suf

Framing a shortcoming in the debt deal as a liberal would and does, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Tuesday night regretted the how “the last time the President and the Congress compromised on a major spending bill, Republicans got tax cuts and Mr. Obama won an extension of unemployment benefits,” but this time “there are only budget cuts and no relief for those suffering in this…
Brent Baker
August 3rd, 2011 9:24 AM

AP Report on 'Disappointing' Car Sales Partially Blames Debt-Ceiling D

Did you know that car buyers in July took "worries" over the debt-ceiling debate in Washington into account when they decided to buy -- or apparently decided not to buy? Neither did I. But Dee-Ann Durbin and Tom Krisher rolled out that excuse this evening as one factor explaining why July's car sales were "disappointing," and then appeared to stuff those words into the mouth of the spokesman…
Tom Blumer
August 2nd, 2011 11:37 PM

Matthews Blames Tuesday's Stock Collapse on Debt Agreement, Ignores Ba

If the economy stagnates or falters in the coming months, it seems a metaphysical certitude Obama-loving media will do everything in their power to blame it on Tuesday's debt ceiling agreement rather than any of the other factors already in play. MSNBC's Chris Matthews gave us a foreshadowing of such deception on "Hardball" when he blamed Tuesday's stock market collapse on the newly-signed…
Noel Sheppard
August 2nd, 2011 11:18 PM

Top Newspapers Warn Debt Deal’s Spending Cuts Will ‘Weaken’ and

Remarkable uniformity amongst some major national newspapers on Tuesday as they simultaneously worried about how the supposed spending “cuts” in the debt-ceiling deal will harm the economy. As USA Today put it the top of the “cover story” for the “Money” section: “Spending cuts could further weaken economy.”
Brent Baker
August 2nd, 2011 11:14 PM

HBO Renews 'Real Time with Bill Maher' for Tenth Season

Two weeks after Bill Maher hosted one of the most vile political discussions ever broadcast on national television, the host of HBO's "Real Time" was rewarded with a tenth season of his despicable show. TV By The Numbers reported Friday:
Noel Sheppard
August 2nd, 2011 9:04 PM

Bozell Column: Brian Williams vs. the Tea Party

You can tell the liberals are really sweating the politics of the debt-limit talks when NBC puts on a special “Dateline NBC” devoted to politics. This is normally a time slot devoted to “news” topics like Casey Anthony or Lindsey Lohan. But last week, viewers were “treated” to anchorman Brian Williams actually covering a real news topic. It’s just too bad he forgot he was supposed to be a…
Brent Bozell
August 2nd, 2011 8:27 PM

GOP Congressman Fires Back at Piers Morgan In Interview: 'You're Just

CNN's Piers Morgan kept bludgeoning Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) with provocative liberal questions, and finally the congressman had enough of the theater. Mack berated the CNN host for making a "joke" out of his show during a testy interview Monday night. Morgan and the congressman started bickering when Morgan asked whether Mack thought Speaker Boehner should resign because of the "terrible…
Matt Hadro
August 2nd, 2011 7:00 PM

CNN's Don Lemon Asks If Obama Should Run As Conservative in

Channeling liberal disenchantment with President Obama, CNN anchor Don Lemon wondered Monday if the President would be "better off running as a conservative" in the next election. "Your colleague in New York Gary Ackerman said the Republicans invited the President, quote, 'to negotiate at a strip poker table, and he showed up half-naked,' and then liberal columnist Paul Krugman calls the deal…
Matt Hadro
August 2nd, 2011 6:30 PM

Chris Matthews: 'Thug' Republicans Are 'Muggers' Who 'Assault' Obama

Chris Matthews doesn't seem to be running out of violent imagery to use in his smears against the Republican Party. On Tuesday, the Hardball host bombarded the GOP, comparing them to "muggers" who assaulted Barack Obama during the debt limit standoff. Explaining his current metaphor, Matthews slammed, "What we saw, what I saw at least, was one guy with a knife and the other trying to avoid…
Scott Whitlock
August 2nd, 2011 6:25 PM

NYT's Bittman Finds Enthusiastic Comrade for Junk Food-Tax Crusade in

New York Times food writer and junk food sin-tax advocate Mark Bittman took to the August 2 edition of MSNBC’s “Dylan Ratigan” show as part of his promotional tour for “Bad Food? Tax It.” He found a receptive, uncritical audience in the former CNBC business reporter. “It’s like, do you want to use taxes to help people or do you want to use taxes to hurt people? It seems to me right now we’re…
Ken Shepherd
August 2nd, 2011 6:02 PM