View Co-Hosts Fawn Over Obama With Questions on 'Right-Wing' Fox News

Barack Obama on Thursday mostly breezed through an appearance on The View, enjoying questions about his iPod, Lindsay Lohan and the Jersey Shore. Liberal co-host Joy Behar railed against Fox News and "the right-wing." She complained, "...They seem to be hijacking the narrative. Where, on your side, is the narrative?" [MP3 audio here.]The comedienne seriously asserted, "Where is your attack dog to…
Scott Whitlock
July 29th, 2010 1:10 PM

Free Enterprise - Not Government Oversight - Key to GM Turnaround, Say

Free enterprise and the American marketplace – not the guiding hand of government – have revitalized the beleaguered automaker General Motors, which expects to announce another profitable quarter, according to GM officials.  President Barack Obama plans to visit a GM plant in Hamtramk, Michigan on July 30, and his administration is linking GM’s return to profitability with the bailout of the…
Matt Cover
July 29th, 2010 1:02 PM

Shirley Sherrod to Sue Andrew Breitbart; Brent Bozell Reacts

Managing Editor's Note: What follows is a statement from NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell regarding Shirley Sherrod's announcement that she will sue conservative journalist Andrew Breitbart.Andrew Breitbart is going to be fine. He's done nothing wrong. I wonder if Ms. Sherrod, who is such a champion of transparency, will publicly disclose who is putting her up to this. And I also hope this…
Brent Bozell
July 29th, 2010 12:57 PM

Further Confirmation: Despite Claims to Contrary, Political Operatives

The Daily Caller released a new JournoList scoop today, and this one's a doozy. It confirms that reporters on the liberal media listserv did in fact collaborate with political operatives and campaign officials to spin media coverage in favor of Barack Obama.The latest piece further debunks JournoList founder Ezra Klein's claims - also taken on by this humble blogger - that the email list did not…
Lachlan Markay
July 29th, 2010 12:49 PM

Media Mogul Calls for Showtime to Kill Oliver Stone's Anti-American Mi

Patrick Goldstein and much of the butt-boy entertainment media have either outright ignored director Oliver Stone’s anti-Semitic comments or have dug a deeper hole for their credibility in attempting to explain why they shouldn’t have to hold their favorite anti-American director to the same standard as the director of the “The Passion of the Christ” after his 2006 incident. Unfortunately…
John Nolte
July 29th, 2010 12:45 PM

An Actor's Range: From John Adams to...Khrushchev

Actors love to display their "range," but it might be sad for fans of HBO's John Adams miniseries to see Paul Giamatti go from Founding Father to Soviet dictator. Tom Hanks and his PlayTone Productions, who made the Adams project, are now preparing a film on Nikita Khruschev's 1959 trip to America. Variety reports: HBO and Playtone are looking to revisit one of the lighter chapters of the Cold…
Tim Graham
July 29th, 2010 12:39 PM

L.A.Times Writer Pits 'Religious' Demonstrators Against 'Hard-line' Im

In nine short paragraphs, Los Angeles Times staffer Nicholas Riccardi offered readers a slanted look at how "Immigration demonstrations kick[ed] off in Arizona" yesterday, when the state's new anti-illegal immigration law went into effect [except for the portions ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge]. Reporting from Phoenix, Riccardi jumped straight away into loaded language (emphasis mine):…
Ken Shepherd
July 29th, 2010 12:29 PM

CBS: Ruling on Arizona Law 'Seemed to Answer the Prayers' of Immigrant

On Thursday's Early Show, correspondent John Blackstone reported on a federal judge blocking several provisions in Arizona's new immigration law: "The judge's ruling seemed to answer the prayers of many in Arizona's immigrant communities." Footage of two women crying and praying at a protest against the law followed his declaration. Blackstone began his report by noting that protestors "are…
Kyle Drennen
July 29th, 2010 12:13 PM

Open Thread: Scarborough Says Obama's Naive or He's a Liar

NB Staff
July 29th, 2010 9:55 AM

Time Mag Shocker: Rush Limbaugh Might Have Been Right About Oil Spill

Time magazine reported Thursday that Rush Limbaugh might have been right about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico not being the environmental disaster that everyone warned.In an article surprisingly titled, "The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?", author Michael Grunwald first insulted the conservative talk radio host: The obnoxious anti-environmentalist Rush Limbaugh has been a rare…
Noel Sheppard
July 29th, 2010 9:27 AM

'Time' Finds Something Worth Fighting For In Afghanistan: Women's Libe

The risk that Afghanistan might once again become a staging ground for al Qaeda attacks on the US?  Meh.The danger of cross-border raids from Afghanistan into Pakistan that could lead to nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists?  Yawn.But a US withdrawal from Afghanistan that would lead to a setback for women's liberation there?  Now you've got the liberal media concerned!  Rick…
Mark Finkelstein
July 29th, 2010 9:04 AM

A Profile in Bias: Christiane Amanpour, ABC's New Host of 'This Week

On August 1, former CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour will become the permanent host of ABC's This Week, replacing Jake Tapper. In preparation, the MRC has compiled the top ten examples of the journalist's over-the-top liberal bias. Despite asserting in 2009 that "nobody knows my biases," Amanpour has gushed over many left-wing politicians, including Hillary Clinton: "...A lot of the women that I…
Scott Whitlock
July 29th, 2010 8:34 AM

On 'View,' Obama Says Michelle Not Interested In News Shows

Barack might have some 'splaining to do . . . Appearing on The View, the president explained to Barbara Walters that he chose to come on the program because it's a show Michelle actually watches. According to PBO, the First Lady is "like eh" about news shows, grabbing the clicker [see screencap after jump] and turning away from them.Was it really necessary for the President to dis his wife's…
Mark Finkelstein
July 29th, 2010 8:09 AM

AIDS Activists 'Rage' at Obama, 'Pine' for Bush? WaPo Puts That on A

Washington Post reporter David Brown found "rage and panic" at a recent meeting of AIDS activists in Vienna, placed on page A-10 of Thursday's paper: The rage is directed at the Obama administration, which many activists say is reneging on a commitment to continue big annual increases in global AIDS spending. The panic arises from the knowledge that in some African countries, patients who want…
Tim Graham
July 29th, 2010 7:58 AM