Janeane Garofalo: Weinergate Isn't Weiner's Fault - It's the Media and

Liberal lunatic Janeane Garofalo doesn't think Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is responsible for the sex scandal that is currently threatening his career. Appearing on HBO's "Real Time," the so-called comedian and actress claimed Weinergate is caused by the media and "hypocrite Republicans" (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity warning):
Noel Sheppard
June 11th, 2011 11:08 AM

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NB Staff
June 11th, 2011 9:47 AM

Idiocy Alert: Maher Wrongly Tells Former Congresswoman 'You Were Head

We at NewsBusters love to point out when Bill Maher makes a fool of himself on national television by stating an absolute falsehood while cameras are rolling. The "Real Time" host made a doozy on HBO Friday evening telling the esteemed former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-Calif.), "You were the head of the Intelligence Committee" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 11th, 2011 9:38 AM

'Creepy': Early Show Guests Rip MSM's Palin-Email Goosechase

If the current weather in Hades is anything like what it's been here in Texas lately, you wouldn't expect it to freeze over anytime soon. But could a cold wave down below be on the way?  The question arises in light of today's Early Show on CBS, in which all the guests queried ripped the MSM for its frenzied thrashing through the Sarah Palin emails, released yesterday. First up was ABC legal…
Mark Finkelstein
June 11th, 2011 9:25 AM

Bozell Column: Viacom's Endless Violations

It's so ironic that in the very midst of the Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal, television's most shameless channel, MTV, is working overtime to make any notion of sexual restraint obsolete. This year's MTV Movie Awards aerobically established a new low. Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are starring in the upcoming summer comedy "Friends with Benefits," yet another movie exploring the "dream…
Brent Bozell
June 11th, 2011 8:02 AM

NYT's Timothy Egan Admires GOP's Moderate Jon Huntsman, Unlike 'Wackos

Timothy Egan, liberal reporter turned leftist online columnist for the New York Times, gave a potential kiss-of-death endorsement Thursday evening to a Republican presidential candidate -- moderate former Utah governor (and Obama ambassador to China) Jon Huntsman, in "The G.O.P.'s Jon Huntsman, the Reluctant Mormon." You see, unlike the "fact-denial chorus" who throw "red meat to the wackos" in…
Clay Waters
June 11th, 2011 6:54 AM

Liberal Radio Defends Weiner; David Shuster Says Republican 'Whoring

Even after Anthony Weiner's quavering press conference, liberal talk radio overwhelmingly suggested Weiner should stay and Republicans are worse. (The exception seems to be Ed Schultz, who thinks he ought to go.) On Thursday's Stephanie Miller show, former MSNBC host (and soon to be Current TV backup anchor) David Shuster said Weiner isn't as newsworthy as Republicans "literally whoring…
Tim Graham
June 11th, 2011 6:53 AM

Daily Beast Columnist Wishes Weiner Wife Would Stand by Her Man, Whom

How tone-deaf do you have to be to a) compare Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to Martin Luther King, Jr. b) say the women who got Weiner's lewd photos were "hardly traumatized" and c) call on Weiner's wife Huma Abedin to call a press conference to belittle the media for attacking her hubby? You might want to ask Daily Beast contributor Lee Siegel, who did just that (emphases mine) in a June 10…
Ken Shepherd
June 10th, 2011 11:04 PM

Maddow and Guest Wonder Why Media is Focused on Weiner - While They Fo

That Rachel Maddow of MSNBC and Chris Hayes of The Nation may be perpetuating the Weiner scandal apparently has not occurred to them. Maddow told Hayes last night that she could understand why Republicans were calling for Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign, but she was at a loss to understand why his fellow Democrats in Congress were doing likewise (video clip after page break) --
Jack Coleman
June 10th, 2011 8:47 PM

Chris Matthews: Newt 'Is Evil, Looks Like The Devil

Talk about demonizing your political opponents, Chris Matthews has literally done it  to Newt Gingrich. . . On his MSNBC show this evening, Matthews said that Gingrich "looks like the devil," reminds him of the warlock in Rosemary's Baby, and "is evil." View video after the jump.
Mark Finkelstein
June 10th, 2011 6:28 PM

NPR's Nina Totenberg: 'If His Name Weren't Weiner, Would We Still Be T

NPR's Nina Totenberg on Friday may have asked one of the silliest questions raised since the Weinergate sex scandal began about two weeks ago. Appearing on PBS's "Inside Washington," Totenberg actually said, "If his name weren’t Weiner, would we still be talking about this?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
June 10th, 2011 6:22 PM

PCP for Primates: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Our friends and colleagues at CNSNews.com are unveiling a new regular feature devoted to showcasing ridiculous government spending projects called the "Golden Hookah Award." We'll be helping to spread the word to help everyone on the web try to get a handle on what our government officials are smoking. The first recipient of the Golden Hookah is a project funded by the National Institute on…
Matthew Sheffield
June 10th, 2011 5:33 PM

CNN's Don Lemon Belittles Rick Santorum Over Gay Rights Issue

Openly-gay CNN anchor Don Lemon badgered GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum over his views on gay marriage Friday, questioning his stance on gay rights and if he really had any gay friends. A brief clip of the interview that aired on Newsroom Friday afternoon revealed Lemon to be fairly testy in his questions. Having revealed in May that he is gay, Lemon defended his objectivity as a…
Matt Hadro
June 10th, 2011 5:33 PM

Jon Stewart Makes Racially Charged Joke at Herman Cain's Expense: He D

It would be unfair to call Jon Stewart a racist but when he mocked GOP presidential contender Herman Cain as essentially an illiterate, on Thursday's show, it has to be asked wouldn't Stewart and his cronies at The Daily Show have satirized any sort of conservative talk show host, like a Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity, as a bigot if they had joked that President Barack Obama didn't "like to read…
Geoffrey Dickens
June 10th, 2011 5:23 PM