Comic: 'Is Olbermann Sleeping His Way to the Bottom

VH-1 comedian Don Jamieson on Tuesday took some humorous swipes at Keith Olbermann. Appearing on HLN's "Joy Behar" show, Jamieson commented that Al Gore's Current TV was "harder to find than Osama bin Laden," and moments later asked, "You’re going to go from TV to the Internet? What is [Keith Olbermann] sleeping his way to the bottom?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
February 9th, 2011 9:49 AM

Open Thread: Robert Gibbs Is Not a Lot of Things

The folks at Politco Click put together this amusing video (below the break) as a fun farewell to the outgoing White House press secretary.
NB Staff
February 9th, 2011 9:12 AM

WaPo Bizarrely Finds 'No Major Flubs' Among Michelle Aides, Blatantly

The Washington Post can pretty good at forgetting scandals, especially when it comes to Michelle Obama. The front of Wednesday's Style section has a story on Michelle Obama's "fluid staff" turnover: three chiefs of staff, two communications directors, and (soon to be) three social secretaries. But the headline isn't about how the FLOTUS can't be satisfied and keeps firing aides. It's headlined…
Tim Graham
February 9th, 2011 8:55 AM

Daily Kos on Reagan 100: He Inspired the Oklahoma City Bombing

If liberals thought the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth was a little sickening, they could always find comfort in the loopy leftist loathing of the Daily Kos. On Sunday, "Slangist" took the fruitcake with lines like this: "First elected Governor on a muted inclination to shoot student demonstrators, Reagan spent his political life as an apostle of reaction,…
Tim Graham
February 9th, 2011 7:56 AM

NBC’s Engel Finds Muslim Brotherhood Is ‘Akin to Hamas,’ But Omi

 On Tuesday’s NBC Nightly News, after anchor Brian Williams asked correspondent Richard Engel to respond to concerns about the radical nature of the Muslim Brotherhood that have been expressed by former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Engel asserted that the movement is "not al-Qaeda, it’s not the Taliban," but, as he went on to compare the group instead to Hamas, partly because they "…
Brad Wilmouth
February 9th, 2011 7:30 AM

MSNBC's Wolffe: 'Experiment of Democracy in Mideast Best Demonstrated

MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe on Tuesday said, "The experiment of democracy, of untrammeled democracy inside the Middle East is most clearly demonstrated by the Palestinian authority with Hamas taking power in the Gaza strip." Such transpired in the same lengthy "Hardball" segment wherein Chris Matthews called Sarah Palin "a cuckoo clock" and Newt Gingrich "a mortal enemy to our…
Noel Sheppard
February 8th, 2011 10:02 PM

Chris Matthews Calls Palin 'A Cuckoo Clock' and Gingrich 'A Mortal Ene

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey said Monday that MSNBC's Chris Matthews "seems to be slipping out of touch with reality." On Tuesday, the "Hardball" host proved Armey's point by calling Sarah Palin "a cuckoo clock" and Newt Gingrich "a mortal enemy to our civilization" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
February 8th, 2011 8:52 PM

Rush Limbaugh Advises Fox To Ignore Keith 'Olberdork' Now That He's Pa

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday gave some advice to Fox News about how to treat Keith Olbermann now that he's partnered with Al Gore's struggling cable network. "Do not ever talk about what goes on over there and nobody will ever hear about it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
February 8th, 2011 7:08 PM

CBS Promotes Failing U.S. Post Office Over Private Companies: 'Makes C

On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, correspondent Michelle Miller reported on planned closures of 2,000 U.S. Post Office locations: "...in this age of digital communications, online bill paying, and Federal Express, are physical post offices still relevant?" She seemed to answer her own question: "Folks are not going to let this go down without a fight...It's what makes their community whole."…
Kyle Drennen
February 8th, 2011 6:14 PM

Ed Schultz: Is Fox to Blame for Botched National Anthem

Seemingly looking for any way to smear the Fox network, MSNBC's Ed Schultz pointed the finger at Fox for singer and four-time Grammy wi
Matt Hadro
February 8th, 2011 6:14 PM

Bozell Column: Planned Parenthood, Spiked

Those censorious liberals who truly hate the very existence of the Fox News Channel denounce it for being a political organization, not truly a news network. Behind that line is decades of liberals being able to strangle, smother, and spike news stories they didn’t like. Liberals defined what “news” was, and what it wasn’t. They’re still at it today. Take the pro-life group Live Action. On…
Brent Bozell
February 8th, 2011 6:12 PM

WaPo Humorist: Don't Blame Christina Aguilera, It's Francis Scott Key

In her aptly-titled ComPost blog yesterday, Washington Post humorist Alexandra Petri defended pop star Christina Aguilera's botched rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner before Super Bowl XLV. "She didn't botch the national anthem. Francis Scott Key did," Petri explained, griping that:
Ken Shepherd
February 8th, 2011 5:45 PM

AOL's Right-Leaning Matt Lewis Departs Over Arianna Takeover

Matt Lewis of AOL's Politics Daily is defecting from AOL in the wake of their purchase of The Huffington Post, and AOL's plans to put leftist Arianna Huffington the czarina in charge of all content. Right-leaning Lewis will leave for the Daily Caller in a few weeks since he felt uncomfortable about Arianna the "far-left liberal" curtailing his freedom to express himself once he's affiliated…
Tim Graham
February 8th, 2011 5:38 PM

In Case You Missed It: Feb. 5 'Fox News Watch' Highlights MRC Study on

On the eve of the late Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, the panel at Fox News Channel's "Fox News Watch" discussed the bias the mainstream media exhibited against the 40th president during and after his term in office. Panelist Jim Pinkerton even made a passing reference to the Media Research Center's special report on the media's anti-Reagan bias, "Rewriting Reagan." "I didn't need to look…
NB Staff
February 8th, 2011 4:43 PM