NewsBusters Interview: Andrew Breitbart, Author of ‘Righteous Indign

Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart has had his share of tussles with the media. He’s certainly known for that among liberal journalists who, in the words of the New York Times “hold their noses at the mere mention of his name.” That mistrust has been borne out in the media’s general lack of interest in the stories pushed out by such Breitbart franchises as Big Government or Big Hollywood…
Matthew Sheffield
June 14th, 2011 3:00 PM

Another Summer Spoiled: NY Times Critic Dargis Again Hits 'Separate an

Joyless New York Times movie critic Manohla Dargis took to the Sunday Arts & Leisure page to spoil yet another summer movie season by ranting about the alleged paucity of roles for women on film: “The Living Is Easy; The Women Are Missing.” If you’re a woman who roared, snorted or sniggered at 'Bridesmaids,' if you like watching other women on screen, you should see it again. Because that…
Clay Waters
June 14th, 2011 2:58 PM

CNN's King Asks GOP Debaters Who Picked Better '08 VP Candidate, Obama

Most of the questions raised during CNN's Republican Primary Debate Monday ranged from neutral to frivolous, although moderator John King slipped an obnoxious one in toward the end. King asked former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty which nomination for vice president during the 2008 campaign was better, Biden or Palin? "Governor Pawlenty to you. Look back on 2008 and the process. President…
Matt Hadro
June 14th, 2011 2:00 PM

National Review's Will Cain Vanishes From Spitzer Show on CNN

At the end of February, when CNN unceremoniously dumped moderate sorta-Republican co-host Kathleen Parker from Parker Spitzer after just 20 weeks, CNN implied they weren't dumping a conservative-leaning angle from the new solo-Spitzer show. On March 1, they touted the "newbies" Will Cain of National Review and ex-Fox News anchor E.D. Hill -- as contributors, not really as co-anchors. But it now…
Tim Graham
June 14th, 2011 1:57 PM

NBC's Curry: 'Disastrous' Not to Raise Debt Ceiling; Asks Obama if GOP

In an interview with President Obama on Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry fretted over Republican calls for spending cuts before raising the nation's debt limit: "Do you think they're bluffing, given how financially disastrous it would be for the United States not to have the debt ceiling raised? And are you willing to make deep spending cuts?" Obama laughably claimed: "Well, keep in…
Kyle Drennen
June 14th, 2011 1:31 PM

For NYT's Joe Nocera, Congressional Oversight Equals Sexual Harassment

New York Times business columnist Joe Nocera, now a regular on the paper’s op-ed page, equated congressional oversight with Anthony Weiner’s sexual peccadillos in Saturday’s “Blocking  Elizabeth Warren.”  Warren, a Harvard law professor, bankruptcy “expert,” and liberal crusader, is special advisor to the White House and a favorite among liberals and the Times for pushing the creation of a…
Clay Waters
June 14th, 2011 1:22 PM

Wanda Sykes Blames Tenn. Lawmakers for Tracy Morgan's Kill-My-Son-If-G

Tracy Morgan isn't responsible for what he says, not when he's in Nashville -- Republicans in the Tennessee legislature are, according to comedienne Wanda Sykes. The "30 Rock" actor has generated considerable unease among fellow liberals in recent days, while also mercifully diverting attention from the aptly-named Weiner scandal, after it was reported that Morgan cut loose with a decidedly…
Jack Coleman
June 14th, 2011 1:14 PM

Networks Chide: GOP Debate Was a 'Race to 'Out-Bash the President' Wit

The morning shows on Tuesday used loaded terms to describe Monday's Republican presidential debate. According to Good Morning America's John Berman, it was a "two-hour race to out-bash the President." On the Today show, Chuck Todd sniffed that "much of the affair was an anti-Obama sound bite contest." CBS's Early Show proved to be more mild. Co-host Erica Hill recounted, "Attacking Obama.…
Scott Whitlock
June 14th, 2011 1:00 PM

CBS Highlights Chicago Charter School with High Graduation Rate for Bl

On Saturday's CBS Evening News, correspondent Cynthia Bowers filed a report documenting the success of a charter school in Chicago which has managed to substantially increase the graduation rate and college attendance rate of its African-American male student population as compared to other schools in the city. Anchor Russ Mitchell teased the report: "In a city where most African-American males…
Brad Wilmouth
June 14th, 2011 12:02 PM

NBC Touts SUVs as Among Safest Vehicles to Drive

NBC's Saturday Today show ran a piece recounting recent car safety tests which find that large vehicles like SUVs are among the safest vehicles to drive. The same vehicles that used to receive much negative attention from the media because of rollover accidents and lower fuel efficiency seem to have seen improvements in the likelihood of rollovers. NBC correspondent Tom Costello on Saturday…
Brad Wilmouth
June 14th, 2011 11:16 AM

Obama Florida Fundraiser Over Half-Empty; Only Politico, ABC Blogs Not

Many people, including yours truly, believe that one of the primary reasons for the Politico's existence is to carry negative stories about Democrats and leftists which the rest of the establishment press then mostly chooses to ignore ("Why should we cover that? It's at the Politico already"). President Obama's more than half-empty campaign fundraising stop in Miami Monday is a case in point…
Tom Blumer
June 14th, 2011 10:58 AM

Hollywood's Shocking Truth

Reese Witherspoon thinks Hollywood has changed, and not for the better. At the MTV Movie Awards June 5 Witherspoon won the "Generation Award", and in her speech she commented on the changes over her time in Hollywood: "I just want to say to all the girls out there, I know it's cool to be bad. I get it ... but it's also possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show. When I came up…
Catherine Maggio
June 14th, 2011 10:46 AM

Time's Steinmetz Grouses About Way Alaska Governor Released Palin E-ma

Perhaps peeved that her weekend was wasted on the nothing-burger that was the release of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's official e-mail correspondence, Time magazine's Katy Steinmetz yesterday directed her ire at current Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) for dumping the e-mails on reporters in cumbersome printed form rather than in electronic files:  
Ken Shepherd
June 14th, 2011 10:21 AM

CNN Money Headline Above Picture of Gingrich, Palin and Rubio: 'Wingnu

UPDATE AT END OF POST: Headline changed to "Goofy." The next time one of your liberal friends tells you there isn't any bias in the media, show him or her the following headline published Tuesday by CNN Money's senior writer Jeanne Sahadi. "Wingnut Debt Ceiling Demands" was actually placed directly above a picture of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former Alaska governor…
Noel Sheppard
June 14th, 2011 10:07 AM