NPR Summarizes Conservatives: 'Point Out the Homo and Yell Kill It

On Thursday, National Public Radio's Morning Edition decided to revisit the censorship controversy over the National Portrait Gallery removing a video image of ants crawling on a crucifix in an ideological exhibit promoting homosexuality. (The show closes Sunday.) The irony or the outrage in this story is that the "villains" of this piece -- conservative Christians and Republican politicians…
Tim Graham
February 11th, 2011 7:46 AM

Foreign Unrest Raises Energy Worries, but Media Put Down Coal

Broadcast news emphasizes industry accidents nearly 80 percent of the time; ignore EPA and Obama attacks on U.S. industry.
Julia A. Seymour
February 10th, 2011 9:45 PM

Journalism Is Dying and Newsies Decide Nowhere but Left to Go

Latest media merger shows right has been correct all along.
Dan Gainor
February 10th, 2011 8:34 PM

Taking Business to Task

Mr. President, heal thyself. Then come talk to us.
Dan Kennedy
February 10th, 2011 8:30 PM

'Morning Joe' Panel Praises Imam Rauf and Wife as Moderates; Questions

Tuesday's "Morning Joe" featured guest Daisy Khan, wife of Imam Rauf who tried to establish a mosque two blocks away from the site of the 9/11 terror attacks. The panel praised Khan and her husband as peace-making moderates, and arrogantly questioned why more Americans couldn't accept the mosque at Ground Zero. "America is the beacon of the world," co-host Mika Brzezinski said echoing…
Matt Hadro
February 10th, 2011 7:01 PM

CNN Religion Blog Publishes Religion Prof's Take on Bible's 'Mixed Mes

It's apparently all the rage this week among mainstream media religion features to hype the unorthodox views of Boston University's Jennifer Wright Knust. On Monday, Newsweek's Lisa Miller uncritically presented her readers with a summary of arguments from the professor's new book. The next day "On Faith," -- a joint Newsweek/Washington Post online religion news/comment feature -- published…
Ken Shepherd
February 10th, 2011 5:19 PM

Chris Matthews Rants: The 'Tea-Bag' Conservatives Don't Get Complexity

Chris Matthews on Thursday used the ongoing developments in Egypt as a way to bash conservatives, deriding the "tea-bag" types who don't fully grasp the situation. Matthews appeared on Andrea Mitchell Reports and described how he perceived the conservative response to Egypt: "And conservatives are very fearful of this. They look at crowds like this, they don't like the looks of them. They…
Scott Whitlock
February 10th, 2011 4:39 PM

Ratigan Unhinged: GOP's 'Moronically Small' Cuts 'Truly a Flea on a Do

Civility was in short supply yesterday on "The Dylan Ratigan Show," as the MSNBC anchor after which the show is named used words and phrases such as "moronic" and "dog's ass" to demagogue the GOP's proposal to trim the federal budget. "How can you be serious about cutting spending when your spending proposals are truly a flea on a dog's ass?" howled Ratigan, who went on to demonize…
Alex Fitzsimmons
February 10th, 2011 3:43 PM

The Media's Selective Race Outrage

For over a year, the liberal media recited "the Tea Party is racist". They did so for hours on end without any clear proof. What do I mean by proof? Knowing this bunch as we do, had there been video of one clearly racist sign at a Tea Party, we'd be seeing that video as often as we did that of Rodney King. It would be their smoking gun. They could single-handedly discredit the Tea Party and…
Bob Parks
February 10th, 2011 2:50 PM

Ed Asner, Harry Belafonte Both Lament Obama's Betrayed the Left

Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer reports hard-left actor Ed Asner is slamming Obama as another "corporatist as president," another "president who represents corporations more than people." The remarks came on the liberal Stephanie Miller radio show: ED ASNER: I’m on the board of Defenders of Wildlife, and at a recent board meeting the announcement was made for just wildlife alone the…
Tim Graham
February 10th, 2011 2:45 PM

On Today: NBC's Vieira Hits Tim Pawlenty for Daring to Call Obama a Fi

NBC's Meredith Vieira, on Thursday's Today show, challenged former Minnesota Republican Governor and potential presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty for daring to call Barack Obama a fiscal "chicken" as she (citing his Democratic successor Mark Dayton) accused him of not being a fiscal conservative. After Vieira initially questioned if Pawlenty had the requisite "star quality" to run for…
Geoffrey Dickens
February 10th, 2011 1:35 PM

Open Thread: Whistleblower Alleges Politicized FOIA Compliance at Hold

Sorry for the late OT today, NBers, but this one is a doozy. Justice Department whistleblower J. Christian Adams has revealed yet more apparent politicization at Eric Holder's Justice Department, this time concerning the department's treatment of Freedom of Information requests. Adams writes: Eric Holder’s Justice Department has even politicized compliance with the Freedom of Information Act…
NB Staff
February 10th, 2011 1:10 PM

NBC's Kelly O'Donnell Twice Tags Disgraced Rep as 'Conservative,' All

All three evening newscasts on Wednesday and the morning shows on Thursday identified disgraced former Congressman Chris Lee as a Republican. On the February 10 Today, Kelly O'Donnell twice tagged the ex-representative, who resigned after shirtless photos of him surfaced online, as "conservative." The NBC reporter asserted, "The former Congressman is a former businessman, considered an up…
Scott Whitlock
February 10th, 2011 12:45 PM

Bill Maher Calls Bill O'Reilly 'Unpatriotic' for Obama Interview

On the February 8 edition of MSNBC's "Last Word," left-wing comedian Bill Maher disparaged Bill O'Reilly as "unpatriotic" for the way in which the veteran Fox News anchor conducted his interview with President Barack Obama on Super Bowl Sunday. "And Bill O'Reilly, who claims he's such a patriot, how unpatriotic in my view to treat a president that way," railed Maher. "How does that look to…
Alex Fitzsimmons
February 10th, 2011 12:22 PM