George Will: Jay Carney's 'Usefulness to This Administration is Dimini

May 12th, 2013 3:56 PM
White House press secretary Jay Carney had a tough week last week concluding with an absolutely deplorable press conference wherein he continued to spin totally unbelievable yarns about the administration's talking points regarding Benghazi. This led George Will to say on ABC's This Week Sunday that Carney's "usefulness to this administration is diminishing rapidly" (video follows with…

Presidents of ABC and CBS News Have Siblings Working at White House Wi

May 11th, 2013 5:09 PM
"CBS News President David Rhodes and ABC News President Ben Sherwood, both of them have siblings that not only work at the White House, that not only work for President Obama, but they work at the NSC on foreign policy issues directly related to Benghazi." So stated political consultant and media commentator Richard Grenell on Saturday's Fox News Watch (video follows with transcript and…

On Twitter, Terry Moran Slams 'Nixonian Abuse of Power By the Obama Ad

May 11th, 2013 9:30 AM
On Friday morning, Nightline co-anchor Terry Moran took to Twitter to slam the Obama administration for news that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups in 2012 for reviews. Yet, the powerful journalist and his television program avoided the subject. (Bill Weir hosted on Friday.) Moran tweeted, "A truly Nixonian abuse of power by the Obama administration: IRS Apologizes for…

Prince Harry Visits America, But ABC Proclaims the Obamas to be 'Washi

May 10th, 2013 1:01 PM
Britain's Prince Harry arrived in Washington on Thursday, but ABC declared the Obamas to be "Washington's royalty." On Friday's Good Morning America, reporter Lama Hasan recounted the prince's visit to the White House and an event with Michelle Obama. She hyped, "And then there was this: A clandestine visit with the First Lady that brought a little British glamour to Washington's royalty. "…

ABC Commits Journalism, Investigates 'Not True' White House Statements

May 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
ABC journalist Jon Karl actually followed up on Wednesday's Benghazi hearings, exposing that CIA talking points on the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack were "dramatically edited" a total of 12 times by the administration. In a report airing on Friday's Good Morning America, Karl explained to viewers that, between the first version and the last, "all references to al Qaeda and all references…

Benghazi Hearing Only Gets Second Place Billing on Network Evening New

May 9th, 2013 4:11 PM
The evening news broadcasts on NBC, ABC, and CBS on Wednesday all offered full reports on the compelling congressional testimony regarding the Benghazi terrorist attack, but only after all three programs led with coverage of the Cleveland abduction case. NBC Nightly News and CBS Evening News both at least informed viewers of the hearing during top-of-the-show teases, but ABC World News…

NB's Bozell: Maybe Media Should Pretend Obama's a Republican, Then The

May 9th, 2013 3:05 PM
The revelations made during the May 8 Benghazi hearings "open up a new can of worms with even more serious questions," NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued today. "Five major bombshell revelations emerged that have, so far, only been given lip service by the three broadcast networks," the Media Research Center (MRC) founder noted. They are:

Morning Shows Binge on Tabloid Criminal Trials: 56 Minutes vs. 7 for B

May 9th, 2013 12:29 PM
The network morning shows on Thursday went into tabloid overdrive for the Jodi Arias verdict and an abduction case in Ohio, offering a staggering 56 minutes of coverage. In contrast, NBC, CBS and ABC allowed just under seven minutes combined to hearings on the 2012 terrorist murder of a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. This is a disparity of eight-to-one. Good Morning…

The Power of Media Bias: Most Americans Wrongly Believe Gun Violence H

May 8th, 2013 12:31 PM
The extent of the media's influence to shape public opinion was on full display in a new Pew Research Center poll that shows, even though gun crime has dropped by half since its peak in the mid '90s, most Americans (56 percent) wrongly think gun violence has increased. In an L.A. Times article that highlighted the poll, Emily Alpert posited "It's unclear whether media coverage is driving the…

ABC Again Hits Christie With Weight Jokes: He 'Devours His Critics' Wi

May 8th, 2013 11:54 AM
Covering New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's secret weight loss surgery, Good Morning America's Paula Faris couldn't help but make fat jokes. The reporter on Wednesday began her segment by wryly asserting, "Chris Christie is wasting no time devouring his critics." She continued, "The no-holds-barred New Jersey Governor known for his healthy appetite...sounded off" at reporters. [See video below…

Lapdog ABC Still Not Interested in Details of Obama Donor Beyonce's Tr

May 7th, 2013 12:30 PM
This past April, celebrity Obama donors Beyonce Knowles and husband Jay-Z took a controversial trip to the communist country of Cuba. Knowles appeared on Monday's Good Morning America and Nightline, but ABC continued to offer no skepticism about the details of the visit. Instead, reporter Amy Robach discovered her inner-entertainment journalist, wondering, "What did you make of the controversy…

CBS Devotes Two Straight Days of Coverage to 'Possible Cover-Up' on Be

May 6th, 2013 4:53 PM
CBS used its Sunday evening and Monday morning newscasts to keep the spotlight on the question of a "possible cover-up" surrounding the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Jeff Glor led CBS Evening News with the scoop from earlier in the day on Face the Nation – that a "career U.S. diplomat is raising new questions" about the Obama administration's claim that the attack…

Snide ABC: NRA Takes a 'Victory Lap' and 'Uses' Boston to Fight Gun C

May 6th, 2013 1:10 PM
ABC reporters over the weekend huffed that the National Rifle Association took a "victory lap" and sneered that the gun group was "using" the Boston bombing at their recent convention. Reporter Reena Ninan on Sunday chided, "NRA leaders found a way to use the recent bombings in Boston, even shooting tragedies, to expand support for their organization." On Monday's Good Morning America,…

Carville: 'Ted Cruz Is the Most Talented and Fearless Republican Polit

May 5th, 2013 12:39 PM
Democratic strategist and former Bill Clinton adviser James Carville said something about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on ABC's This Week Sunday that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows on both sides of the aisle. "I think he is the most talented and fearless Republican politician I’ve seen in the last 30 years."