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Variety is a Hollywood trade publication, but it can be hard to figure out where the entertainment industry ends and the industry's journalistic apple-polishers begin. Exhibit A is a commentary by Brian Lowry trying to compare the news media's current hate objects -- the tea party tax protesters -- with the entertainment media's hate objects, the activists opposing Hollywood-distributed vulgarity…

MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell on Friday went too far for even her colleagues at the liberal cable channel, receiving mockery for her allegation that comments Newt Gingrich made about Barack Obama were racially-charged. At the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Thursday, the former House Speaker commented that “shooting three-point shots may be clever, but it doesn’t put anybody to work.”…

For the second time in six days, liberal publisher Arianna Huffington stuck her foot in her mouth on national television only to get corrected by numerous others on camera.Appearing on Sunday's "This Week" on ABC, Huffington foolishly claimed that Supreme Court justices John Paul Stevens and David Souter would never be appointed by a Republican President today due to "how far the Party has…

Tina Fey hosted NBC's "Saturday Night Live" last evening, and as expected, reprised her role as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin.Dressed in black leather, Fey began by going after Tea Party members referring to them as "protesters dressed like Paul Revere who are so overweight they picket from folding chairs."Next, Fey introduced the "Sarah Palin Network," which will feature hit movies like, "…

An amazing Saturday in Augusta yesterday has likely made for an epic Sunday at the Masters.What about Mickelson's astonishing 5 under in three holes? Or Couples' 68 to get himself within shooting distance? Or Choi matching Tiger round for round?And then there's Westwood. 67-69-68 in the first three rounds! Amazing.So, what do you expect today? Will this end up being one of the greatest Masters of…

When I read Monica Crowley's piece on Big Government, I must admit to being thoroughly disgusted. Not because she posted racial-slur laden voicemails sent to Dr. Christopher Metzler, Associate Dean of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University because of his opposition to ObamaCare. No, I am disgusted because for years the mainstream media has invited black conservatives on their radio and…

For general discussion and debate. Obvious talking point: What did you do while NewsBusters was down?Try any new websites to satisfy your conservative Jones? Spend time with the family? Get more sleep? Get some exercise? Mope and shout at the world? Is life without NewsBusters like a day without sunshine? 

Wrapping a look at those whom President Obama may nominate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, ABC’s Terry Moran worried Friday night if Obama can “even hold” the liberal ground espoused by Stevens given “today’s bitter political climate.” He fretted that “the real question for President Obama” is: Could a nominee with positions as liberal as Justice Stevens on…

New York Times legal reporter Charlie Savage's original online report on the long-expected retirement of liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens (filed Friday afternoon) had a familiar ring to it which went beyond the usual effusiveness the paper bestows on liberal justices. While noting Stevens held down the left wing of the Supreme Court, Savage twice emphasized the court's "…

Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander called for more investigation of Democrats' allegations of racial slurs from Tea Party protesters on Capitol Hill, even noting Andrew Breitbart's $100,000 challenge for evidence. He  concluded his Sunday column: Breitbart's $100,000 challenge may be publicity-seeking theater. But it's part of widespread conservative claims that mainstream media,…

The establishment press has for decades and almost without exception insisted that FDR's sacrosanct legacy of Social Security can go on and on with only minor tweaks, and that if trouble looms, it's way out there in 2040 or so when the "Trust Fund" is depleted. The problem is that during that time the federal government has raided the annual surpluses generated by "Trust Fund" which now consists…

A deliberate brute force attack, a criminal act, knocked NewsBusters offline since late Friday morning. More information to come, but now we’re back and we thank you for bearing with us as our tech team worked studiously to restore the site. While we were offline, Media Research Center staff continued to post on MRC.org and, as our bloggers catch up with postings, we’ll be adding these articles…

The Congressman who went back on his promises concerning abortion funding in order to get ObamaCare passed last month announced Friday he won't seek re-election in November.The Associated Press was quick to point the finger of blame at the Tea Party movement.Here was the wire service's headline:Tea Party Target Stupak Won't Seek Re-ElectionAPNewsBreak: Rep. Stupak, D-Mich., targeted by Tea Party…

On Thursday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann tied Fox News to the recent threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as he quoted the mother of the accused, Greg Giusti. The MSNBC host teased the segment at the top of his Countdown show, "The mother of the man accused of threatening Nancy Pelosi says he was driven to it in part by Fox News," and later opened the segment: "The man…