Meet Norman Braman: Spearheaded the Miami Mayoral Recall

Norman Braman is not your typical billionaire car dealer. Nor is he your typical establishment Republican, who too often puts party above principle. Norman Braman is the type of person who strikes fear into the hearts of every professional politician who thinks he can say one thing to get elected and then do the opposite once in office. In case you haven't been paying attention, Braman led a…
Cal Thomas
March 25th, 2011 9:49 PM

The Atheist Mormon-Trashing Musical

Perpetual immaturity from the creators of "South Park."
L. Brent Bozell III
March 25th, 2011 6:33 PM

ABC Fawns Over 'Hilarious' Sex Columnist Dan Savage Who Railed Against

Nightline's Yunji de Nies on Thursday offered a laudatory segment on the sex columnist Dan Savage. She has previouisly fawned on Twitter that the writer/activist was "hilarious." De Nies offered almost no mention of the outrageous statements Savage has made, including referring to Antonin Scalia as a "c–ksucker" and once asserting, "F–k John McCain." The only hint about the radical nature…
Scott Whitlock
March 25th, 2011 5:58 PM

CBS's Chris Wragge Warns of Radioactive 'Plutanium' Leak in Japan

On the March 25 CBS Early Show, co-host Chris Wragge apparently merged his nuclear terms by warning viewers of leaks of "uranium and plutanium" at the Fukushima power plant in Japan. Neither he nor co-host Erica Hill ever corrected the error. View the video below:
Kyle Drennen
March 25th, 2011 5:56 PM

NPR Slants 7 to 2 Towards Backers of Federal Funding of Public Broadca

On Thursday's All Things Considered, NPR's Jim Zarroli vouched for continuing federal funding of public broadcasting by lining up seven sound bites from three supporters of the medium, versus only two from opponents. The supporters all hyped the dire effects if tax dollars no longer went to public TV and radio. Zarroli also completely avoided any mention of NPR's longstanding reputation for…
Matthew Balan
March 25th, 2011 5:46 PM

MSNBC's Mitchell Gushes Over Dem. Mayor's Budget Reform After Blasting

Within the same sentence, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell spurned the budget repair law crafted by Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as "drastic" and celebrated a similar plan championed by Democratic Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa of Los Angeles as "a good deal." On the March 25 edition of "Andrea Mitchell Reports," the daytime anchor praised the Democratic budget bill in Los Angeles as a "…
Alex Fitzsimmons
March 25th, 2011 5:33 PM

No Lock-Out Coverage for Obama in NY Times, But Bush's Door Flub Was F

President Obama arrived home to the White House on Wednesday from his five-day trip to Latin America and found himself locked out of the French doors to the Oval Office, as captured by several news organizations. My Media Research Center colleague Tim Graham reminded me that back on Nov. 21, 2005, the New York Times published on its front page a photo of President George W. Bush making a…
Clay Waters
March 25th, 2011 4:51 PM

NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Pits 'J Street' Doves vs. Hawks of 'Ex

Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner on Friday filed a story on a heated debate at the Israeli Parliament over the advocacy group J Street, a flock of pro-peace doves who want to "end the occupation" of Palestinian land by Israel, “U.S. Group Stirs Debate on What It Means to Be ‘Pro-Israel.’” The Times has been pushing the “moderate” (actually left-wing) group J Street since its 2008…
Clay Waters
March 25th, 2011 4:45 PM

CBS Wonders if U.S. 'Transfer of Power' in Libya Has 'Brushed Back' Cr

On Friday's CBS Early Show, the network did its first full segment on criticism of the Obama administration's Libya policy, with co-host Chris Wragge declaring: "As the transfer of power gets set to happen, President Obama finds himself on the hot seat over his handling of the crisis." However, the segment that followed featured no input from the President's critics. A report by White House…
Kyle Drennen
March 25th, 2011 4:00 PM

Reuters 'Analysis': Obama Not 'Going It Alone' Like Bush Did; Oil Now

On Thursday at Reuters, Andrew Quinn, with the help of Caren Bohan, cobbled together a pathetic "analysis" full of sympathy for a "struggling" Barack Obama and recognition of the need to keep oil flowing from Saudi Arabia. It also contained a false jab at George W. Bush and the War in Iraq. First, let's look at Quinn's Bush jab: Obama is committed to partnering with other countries rather…
Tom Blumer
March 25th, 2011 3:14 PM

On Fox & Friends, MRC's Bozell Exposes Media's Double Standard on War

Unlike President Bush in both Afghanistan and Libya, President Obama chose not to seek congressional approval for the mainly-U.S. bombing campaign against Libya's Moammar Qaddafi, but the big broadcast networks are barely noticing. On Friday's Fox & Friends, Media Research Center President and NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell offered the evidence of the media's glaring double standard…
NB Staff
March 25th, 2011 2:12 PM

NY Times Obit Writer Sees Communist as 'Educator,' Conservative as 'Fa

Friday’s New York Times obituary by Bruce Weber of radical lawyer Leonard Weinglass, described in the Times headline as a “Courtroom Defender Of Radicals and Renegades,” glossed over the radicalism of Weinglass’s notorious clients. The text box gushed: “A man one colleague called ‘our era’s Clarence Darrow.’” Leonard I. Weinglass, perhaps the nation’s pre-eminent progressive defense lawyer,…
Clay Waters
March 25th, 2011 1:48 PM

Brian Williams Spins for Obama on 'Late Night,' Then Declares: 'I Don

A defensive Brian Williams appeared on Wednesday's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to explain away Barack Obama's handling of the situation in Libya. He also hit the show's for having a "political 'tude" against the President, complaining, "I've never heard you go into this area before." After the comedian knocked Obama for "playing soccer in Rio," Williams labeled that "unfair." He added, "The…
Scott Whitlock
March 25th, 2011 12:50 PM

Mika Brzezinski: Obama's Presidency Is Like Being a Mom – He Can't P

Once again the liberals on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" threw a pity party for President Obama in the face of conservative criticism of his foreign policy. Never mind that President Bush faced withering criticism from all sides during his tenure in office, and the media felt no pathos for him.
Matt Hadro
March 25th, 2011 11:35 AM