Behar Calls for Limbaugh's Firing Over 'Massa' Play on Words

Not even guest Jesse Ventura agrees with the HLN host.
Jeff Poor

Deutsch Praises Beck for Massa Interview: 'Beck Actually Helped His Br

Compliments sometimes come from strange places, but you'll take them where you can get them, no? It seems that Fox News' March 10 "Glenn Beck" program, in which host Glenn Beck interviewed former Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., captured the attention of both the left and the right. And it may have even put to rest some of the misconceptions about Beck, which are mostly generated by outfits that…
Jeff Poor

CNN's Acosta Omits Liberal View of Protesters, Highlights 5th Grader

CNN's Jim Acosta omitted the left-wing affiliation of pro-ObamaCare protesters during a report on Wednesday's American Morning, referring to them as only "health care advocates and labor groups." Acosta, like his colleague Nancy Cordes at CBS, also highlighted child protester Marcelas Owens, and labeled him a "brave young man."Kiran Chetry and John Roberts introduced Acosta's report, and the…
Matthew Balan

Matthews Blasts Scott Brown for Memoir Deal, But Gushed Over Obama's

Leading off his "Political Sideshow" segment halfway through the March 10 "Hardball," MSNBC's Chris Matthews mocked freshman Sen. Scott Brown (D-Mass.) for his reported book deal [audio available here]:We learned today that Massachusetts senator Scott Brown, who's been a senator for just 35 days, has a book deal! According to the Wall Street Journal, Brown's expected to write about his upbringing…
Ken Shepherd

MSNBC's Shuster Remembers Left-Wing Activist 'Granny D' As 'An Americ

In his "Notebook" segment at the end of the 3PM ET hour on MSNBC Wednesday, anchor David Shuster took a moment to commemorate the passing of a "hero" of his, well-known liberal advocate Doris 'Granny D' Haddock, a staunch supporter of campaign finance reform. Shuster celebrated how she "at the age of 89...decided to walk across the nation....All in all, 3,200 miles to underscore her message that…
Kyle Drennen

NRO's Media Blog Notes 'Textbook Case in Media Bias' in WaPo Virginia

The sour economy has forced many Americans to tighten belts, and everyday Americans expect the same from their government. But that's practically unconscionable to the Washington Post as witnessed by its March 10 article, "Va.budget plan would shrink general spending to 2006 levels."* Here's how Post staffers Rosalind Helderman and Fredrick Kunkle launched into their lament of the pending budget…
Ken Shepherd

ABC, CBS, NBC Join Obama's Attack on Insurance Companies

Broadcast news programs blast excessive and 'arbitrary' rate hikes, stack guests against Anthem and WellPoint.
Julia A. Seymour

The Short Memory of Rick Sanchez and His Tea Party Coverage

In an event most likely coordinated with help from the White House, more than 1,000 protesters supporting Obama's radical health care agenda demonstrated in D.C. on March 9, going so far as to attempt a citizen-arrests of health insurance executives holding a conference at a hotel in Dupont Circle. Covering the story on "Rick's List," CNN's Rick "Down the Middle" Sanchez assured viewers he would…
Anthony Kang

Media Gives Sean Penn a 'Rectal Cancer' Pass

"You know, do I hope that those people die screaming of rectal cancer? Yeah, you know, but I’m not going to spend a lot of energy on it." – Sean Penn (when addressing his detractors) No, I’m not making it up, you can even view the video here. O’Reilly, feel free to examine his body language, though to be fair, there isn’t much of a body to work with. For those too lazy to watch the video, let me…
Steven Crowder

Anti-Global Warming/Green Industry Lobby Sponsors Carbon-Belching Race

International Green Energy Council announces partnership with NASCAR Nationwide Series Team to promote green policies.
Jeff Poor

MSNBC Grilled Conservative Teen, Tosses Softballs to Child Promoting O

On Tuesday's edition of MSNBC News Live, host David Shuster tossed softballs to an 11-year-old supporter of Obamacare. However, back in 2009, reporter Norah O'Donnell grilled a conservative teen and fan of Sarah Palin. Shuster interviewed young Marcelas Owens, who lost his mother from pulmonary hypertension and is now lobbying for government-run health care. The anchor gently asked the child of…
Scott Whitlock

CNN's Harris Makes Liberal Race Argument on Unemployment

On Tuesday's Newsroom, CNN's Tony Harris applied liberal thinking on race to the unemployment rate, speculating if the debate over jobs would change if whites were out of work like minorities were: "I wonder what the discussion about jobs in this country would be like if the rate of white unemployment in this country was, say 15, 16 percent, as it is for African-Americans."Harris brought up the…
Matthew Balan

'Red Eye' and Coulter Rip Bill Maher for Wishing Glenn Beck Dead

Greg Gutfeld and the "Red Eye" gang Tuesday tore apart Bill Maher for wishing that Glenn Beck had been killed during last week's Pentagon shootings.As NewsBusters previously reported, the so-called comedian during last Friday's "Real Time" said of the tragedy, "When we see crazy, senseless deaths like this, we can only ask why, why, why couldn't it have been Glenn Beck?"This led Gutfeld, along…
Noel Sheppard

Arianna Huffington Expresses Sympathy For Glenn Beck

Liberal publisher Arianna Huffington on Tuesday expressed sympathy for Fox News host Glenn Beck.Appearing on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" to talk about Beck's bizarre interview with Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) earlier in the day, Huffington said, "And, to his credit, Glenn Beck...apologized to his audience for wasting an hour of their time."She surprisingly continued, "I never thought anything would…
Noel Sheppard