MRC's Bozell Dissects the Media's Tax Spin on December 10 'Fox & Frien

Recent news media coverage of the tax debate in Congress borrows heavily from misleading liberal Democratic talking points, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told viewers of today's edition of "Fox & Friends." "Eighty percent of the time, the media have it wrong," the Media Research Center founder noted, referring to an MRC study on coverage of the debate on whether or not to extend the…
NB Staff
December 10th, 2010 2:35 PM

Leftists Assault Lawless Western 'War on WikiLeaks

While many journalists try to strike a middle ground on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, certain American left-wing journalists who seriously hate the United States are fully in the Leak Tank. Take Salon's Glenn Greenwald, who charged to Assange's defense against the "pure authoritarianism" of Western governments "totally lawlessly" waging war on WikiLeaks on Tuesday's Democracy Now on taxpayer-…
Tim Graham
December 10th, 2010 2:08 PM

Julian Assange Hid Out in London Journalists' Club

MSNBC.com reported Thursday that Julian Assange was hiding out in the Frontline Club, a club for journalists in London, where reporters "closed ranks and kept his whereabouts to themselves." That Assange "knew…he would be well-fed and, more importantly, safe" at the Frontline club demonstrates the bizarre affinity that journalists have for the Wikileaks founder. Assange's mission is not…
Lachlan Markay
December 10th, 2010 1:54 PM

'Go Nancy'? CNN's Kathleen Parker Admires Pelosi, the Democrats' 'Mama

Kathleen Parker, CNN's resident pseudo-conservative, gushed over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday's Parker-Spitzer, trumpeting how the San Francisco liberal stood amongst her fellow Democrats: "She's the 'mama grizzly' in this crowd, is she not?" Parker also stated she had "great admiration" for Pelosi, and even cheered her on: "Go, Nancy!" [audio available here] The host, along with…
Matthew Balan
December 10th, 2010 12:38 PM

Dem Congressman Fumes: 'F**k the President,' All Three Networks Ignore

Thursday's network newscasts and Friday's morning shows all ignored the report that an unidentified Democratic House member muttered, "F**k the President" during a closed door meeting on a compromise over taxes. Yet, many journalists professed outrage when Congressman Joe Wilson yelled "You lie" at President Obama in 2009. ABC's The Note website on Thursday afternoon explained, "An…
Scott Whitlock
December 10th, 2010 12:33 PM

CBS's Smith to DNC Chair: Are Higher Taxes 'Ever Going to Go Back Into

In an interview with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine on Friday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith seemed to lament the deal to extend current tax rates and wondered: "...this gets extended...assume the economy's much better two years from now, assume you still have a Republican-dominated Congress, there's any chance that these taxes ever going to go back into effect?"  …
Kyle Drennen
December 10th, 2010 12:28 PM

Homegrown Hate Crimes Against our Troops

When jihad-bent American Muslims target American soldiers on American soil, why does America yawn? The Fort Hood massacre has faded from view. The Little Rock Army recruiting station ambush barely registered on the national radar screen. And the arrest this week of a Baltimore-area bomb plotter, intent on blowing up a military center and murdering our troops in the name of Allah, was met with…
Michelle Malkin
December 10th, 2010 12:16 PM

Huffington Post Blogger Charged With Incest

A Columbia University political science professor that blogs at the Huffington Post was charged Thursday with having a sexual relationship with his 24 year old daughter. As the Columbia Spectator reported:
Noel Sheppard
December 10th, 2010 12:13 PM

NewsBusted for Friday

As you surely already noticed, the most recent episode of NewsBusted is not yet posted on the player to the right. We know you're all jonesing for your Friday dose of Jodi Miller, so here's the most recent episode. Enjoy!
NB Staff
December 10th, 2010 12:06 PM

The Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of

Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2010 list: 10. GM Repayment Shows Taxpayer Bailout Worked 9. All the Economy Needs is More Stimulus 8. Soda is Like Cocaine and Ads Cause Obesity 7. Obama the Tax Cutter 6. The Tea Parties are Astroturf, but Green Groups Aren't. 5. Despite Largest…
Julia A. Seymour
December 10th, 2010 11:55 AM

WaPo Arts Critic Mangles Modern History, William F. Buckley In Essay P

The Washington Post keeps adding to its sympathetic portrayal of the radical-left gay artist whose work was removed from the National Portrait Gallery for putting ants on a crucifix, mocking Jesus Christ. Three days ago, The Post's Style section lamented on the front of the Style section about how the "pesky ant video refuses to die." But on Friday morning, a huge (8 by 8) black-and-white photo…
Tim Graham
December 10th, 2010 11:28 AM

Vieira to Michele Bachmann: Why Won't You 'Mean Spirited' Republicans

Michele Bachmann had a formidable task, on Friday's Today show, as she tried her best to explain to NBC's Meredith Vieira that Republicans wanted to keep taxes low on the job producers to create more jobs, but Vieira wasn't having any of it, as she accused her and the GOP of being "mean spirited" to the jobless for not being more generous on unemployment benefits. Vieira argued that the…
Geoffrey Dickens
December 10th, 2010 11:13 AM

Bozell, Hannity Tackle Media Misrepresentation of Tax Debate on Decemb

"This is journalistic insanity," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell protested after watching a montage of liberal journalists misrepresenting the tax policy debate before Congress. "There is no tax cut going on here at all.... What we're talking about is preventing a tax increase, a tax increase which, by the way,  economists are saying, is going to throw this country into a double-dip…
NB Staff
December 10th, 2010 10:41 AM

Open Thread: Is Obama's Tax Deal a Political Masterstroke

Charles Krauthammer certainly seems to think so. He posits that the deal the president struck with Republicans was simply Stimulus II - with a large dose of class warfare rhetoric thrown in, he might have added. Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 - and House Democrats don't have a clue that he did. In the deal struck this week, the president negotiated the biggest stimulus in…
NB Staff
December 10th, 2010 10:00 AM