Lawrence O'Donnell Blasts Boehner, Limbaugh But Gives Pass to Nazi-inv

NBC's failure to cover the Democratic congressman who compared Republicans to Nazis on the House floor trickled down to MSNBC yesterday, as anchor Lawrence O'Donnell neglected the story in favor of smearing House Speaker John Boehner and syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh. After spending more than six minutes railing against House Republicans for repealing Obama's health care overhaul in a…
Alex Fitzsimmons
January 20th, 2011 3:01 PM

NBC/WSJ Poll Uses Interesting Methodology to Find Obama's Bounce in Po

The media have been jumping for joy since an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll discovered a supposedly big bounce in President Obama's approval rating. But as Hot Air's Ed Morrissey discovered, the pollsters involved used some interesting methodology to reach this conclusion:
Noel Sheppard
January 20th, 2011 1:59 PM

Network Morning Shows Ignore Philadelphia Abortionist's Murder Arrest

"My comprehension of the English language can't adequately describe the barbaric nature of Dr. [Kermit] Gosnell." That's how a horrified District Attorney Seth Williams (D) described the abortionist arrested yesterday for murdering newborn babies in his squalid Philadelphia clinic. It appears Gosnell's clinic had been ignored by medical regulators for years as the abortionist performed…
Ken Shepherd
January 20th, 2011 12:59 PM

Esquire Magazine: Roger Ailes Evil Because He Doesn't Waste Millions o

Esquire Magazine wants to know: Why Does Roger Ailes Hate America? Unfortunately for them, what readers glean from the piece tells them much more about the inner workings of the liberal mind than Roger Ailes. A man with a knack for finding talent and cultivating its creative impulses is scorned instead of celebrated. A man who can accurately identify glaring voids in the marketplace and fill…
Doug Ernst
January 20th, 2011 12:34 PM

Today Show Trumpets Obama Comeback in New NBC Poll Numbers

NBC's Matt Lauer was joined by his colleague Chuck Todd, on Thursday's Today show, as the two trumpeted "good news" for President Obama in the latest results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. After Lauer hailed Obama received "an eight-point leap from last month" in his approval rating, Todd explained the surge was because the respondents "think he's going to be the reasonable guy"…
Geoffrey Dickens
January 20th, 2011 12:30 PM

CBS: GOP 'Vilified' ObamaCare; 'What's the Point' of Repeal Vote

On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric was dismissive of a vote by House Republicans to repeal ObamaCare as she asked congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes: "There is no chance this repeal will succeed, it's a largely symbolic measure. So what's the point?" Cordes described it as "the first step in their long-term effort to wipe this health care law off the books." Cordes…
Kyle Drennen
January 20th, 2011 12:08 PM

Hannity's 'Great American Panel' Discusses NewsBusters

Guests on Hannity's "Great American Panel" referenced NewsBusters yesterday as a leading watchdog of the liberal media. Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky likened NewsBusters to liberal blogs that attempt to, as Fox News anchor Sean Hannity put it, monitor conservative shows for phrases that "they can take out of context and target advertisers to try to silence opposition or get them fired…
Alex Fitzsimmons
January 20th, 2011 12:01 PM

After Linking Conservatives to Hateful Rhetoric, NBC Skips Dem Who Com

After spending close to two weeks bemoaning the state of political dialogue in America and wondering about its connection to the shooting of a Congresswoman, NBC has, thus far, completely ignored a Democratic Representative comparing the Republicans to Nazis and the Holocaust. On Wednesday, Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen smeared, "They say it's a government takeover of health care. A big…
Scott Whitlock
January 20th, 2011 11:23 AM

Mission Accomplished: Palin Bashing Reaches New High As Does Her Unfav

After days of relentless attacks by media across the fruited plain, Sarah Palin's unfavorable rating hit an all-time high this week. A look at the assault by television and radio news organizations since bullets were fired in Tucson will give you an idea how the press accomplished their mission (image of Palin was found via a Google search and was not created by NewsBusters or the Media…
Noel Sheppard
January 20th, 2011 11:08 AM

Open Thread: Another Dem Offers Dubious Constitutional Justification f

Yesterday it was Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee. Today, it's Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. Asked by a reporter from NB sister site CNSNews.com which constititional provision authorizes Congress to require Americans purchase health insurance, Lewis first quoted the Declaration of Independence, then the Fourteenth Amendment, then just claimed that health care is a "right, not a privledge." Check out the video…
NB Staff
January 20th, 2011 9:36 AM

Conservative Heavy Hitters O'Rourke, Taranto Morally Excoriate NYT's T

Two of the conservative opinion world’s heavyweights, humorist P.J. O’Rourke and Wall Street Journal writer James Taranto, both have responded in passionate, even moral fashion to the New York Times’s often disgraceful coverage of the Tucson shootings, in which six people were killed and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured. In their view, the Times used the tragedy to play…
Clay Waters
January 20th, 2011 9:33 AM

CBS Highlights Negative Impact of Federal Regulations on Small Busines

 Wednesday’s CBS Evening News took a sympathetic look at the plight of small businesses that wrestle with expensive federal regulations as the show announced President Obama’s announcement that he would push for reform. Host Katie Couric referred to federal rules as a "huge pain in the neck and the bottom line," as she introduced the piece. Correspondent Dean Reynolds relayed the pessimistic…
Brad Wilmouth
January 20th, 2011 9:28 AM

ABC Trumpets Beneficiaries of ‘Popular’ ObamaCare Provisions for W

“The health care law may not be popular, but many of the provisions now in effect are,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl asserted in his Thursday night look at the House vote to repeal ObamaCare as he highlighted one beneficiary of it without a balancing opponent or list of detrimental provisions: “To Kris Cambra, whose four-year-old son has a heart condition, the law is a life changer, and repeal would be…
Brent Baker
January 20th, 2011 9:15 AM

NPR Celebrates Pakistani Lesbians -- Courtesy of CPB and the NEA

On Monday's Morning Edition, National Public Radio offered the latest entry in its year-long series "The Hidden World of Girls," which is subsidized by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts. Naturally, any series with this title might disappoint if it didn't explore lesbians in Islamic countries, in this case, Pakistan. Apparently, though, the…
Tim Graham
January 20th, 2011 8:48 AM