Captionfest: Barack Obama with Joy Behar in View's Green Room

July 28th, 2010 6:17 PM
 As NewsBusters reported Monday, Barack Obama is taping a segment with the ladies of "The View" today to be aired on ABC Thursday. Moments ago, Joy Behar tweeted this picture taken of her and the President from "The View's" Green Room.

Media Reality Check: Networks Protest Arizona's Immigration Law With C

July 28th, 2010 1:43 PM
The TV networks have aggressively demonstrated their dislike of Arizona’s state law “cracking down on illegal immigrants,” a law that “pits neighbor against neighbor.” An MRC review of morning and evening news programs on ABC, CBS, and NBC from April 23 to July 25 found the networks have aired 120 stories with an almost ten-to-one tilt against the Arizona law (77 negative, 35 neutral, 8…

ABC Continues Attack on New Arizona Law: 'Target: Immigrants

July 28th, 2010 11:50 AM
ABC on Wednesday continued to attack Arizona's tough new immigration law. Good Morning America devoted three segments to the subject, even misstating what the legislation does. News anchor Juju Chang incorrectly asserted, "The law would allow police to question anyone suspected of being in the country illegally." In fact, the law would allow police to check immigration status only if an…

Ed Rendell: President Shouldn't Go On 'The View'; Shouldn't Go On 'Spr

July 28th, 2010 11:42 AM
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on Tuesday came down on President Obama for going on ABC's "The View."As NewsBusters previously reported, Obama on Thursday will become the first sitting president to appear on this daytime ladies talk show."I think there's got to be a little bit of dignity to the Presidency," Rendell told the crew at MSNBC's "Morning Joe." After some protests from host Mika…

George Stephanopoulos Recites Jerry Brown's Democratic Talking Points

July 27th, 2010 11:52 AM
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday repeated Democratic talking points as he challenged Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. Speaking of Whitman's tenure as CEO of Ebay, he admitted the company was "very successful," but critiqued, "You made a fortune. But your opponent, Jerry Brown, says that government is a completely different world." The former Democratic…

Obama Snubs Boy Scouts' 100th Anniversary in Favor of 'The View

July 27th, 2010 8:48 AM
President Barack Obama, the honorary chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, will not speak in-person before the group on Wednesday at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, as part of the organization's 100th anniversary celebration. However, the president is sending a videotaped message to the scouts for Wednesday, the same day he will be in Manhattan to tape an appearance for ABC TV’s talk show “The…

President Obama To Appear On 'The View' Thursday

July 26th, 2010 5:18 PM
Barack Obama will make history this week when he becomes the first sitting president to appear on ABC's daytime ladies talk show "The View."I guess when you're likely the most liberal Commander in Chief the nation has ever seen with poll numbers plummeting faster than a coin tossed off the Empire State Building there isn't a better place to have your ego massaged than on a couch surrounded by…

While Interviewing Dem Congressman, ABC, CBS Keep the Focus Off Obama

July 26th, 2010 4:33 PM
Democratic Congressman Ed Markey appeared on ABC and CBS's morning shows on Monday to talk about the Gulf Coast oil spill and didn't face a single question about the government's handling of the disaster. Instead, Good Morning America and the Early Show both kept the heat on BP. Discussing the likely departure of BP's CEO Tony Hayword, GMA's Robin Roberts pressed, "And that when [Haywood] gave…

As AZ Immigration Law Looms, ABC Touts Harm to Small Businesses

July 26th, 2010 3:41 PM
ABC's "World News" on Sunday caught up to CBS and NBC in fretting about the potential problems caused by illegal immigrants who may be leaving Arizona before the state's new law takes effect on Thursday. Correspondent Barbara Pinto devoted her entire piece to lamenting the possible damage to small businesses whose customers are presumably now leaving the state, but offered less than a sentence to…

Anatomy of a Botched Ambush: ABC Fails to Score Global Warming Point o

July 23rd, 2010 6:53 PM
"It's so hot outside, you could fry an egg ..." or something like that. Perhaps ABC News should have rehearsed their attempted dramatic presentation to promote global warming alarmism before going forward. But instead, they have egg on their face - after failing to fry an egg in the heat, that is. According to a spokesman for Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., a producer for ABC News senior…

ABC, NBC Morning Shows Report Rep. Rangel's Charges; CBS's Early Show

July 23rd, 2010 3:35 PM
Both ABC's "Good Morning America" and NBC's "Today Show" devoted segments to reporting the ethics charges Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) now faces. The recently-deposed head of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee faces ethics charges detailed in reports following a two-year committee investigation of the embattled congressman.CBS's "Early Show" did not report on the charges the…

ABC's Elisabeth Leamy Tosses Softballs to Obama: What Are You Teaching

July 23rd, 2010 12:03 PM
Good Morning America's Elisabeth Leamy used an exclusive interview with Barack Obama on Friday to toss mostly softball questions, such as wondering, "I want to ask you, what are you and the First Lady teaching your daughters about money?" [MP3 audio here]After the President suggested that his children could earn some money on the side, Leamy gushed, "I've got a job for them babysitting." The…

Behar: Bush Admin ‘Did Not Give a Damn About Poor People and Everybo

July 23rd, 2010 3:50 AM
On Thursday’s The View on ABC, as the group hosted former USDA official Shirley Sherrod to talk about her experience of being fired by the Obama administration, after co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck got her to address comments she had made before the NAACP in which she accused Republicans of challenging President Obama on health care reform because he is black, co-host Joy Behar went on a tirade…

George Stephanopoulos Lobbies for Reconciliation Between Obama and She

July 22nd, 2010 4:02 PM
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday lobbied Shirley Sherrod to agree that Barack Obama is trying to improve race relations. The fired USDA employee first asserted she needed more assurance from the President. Stephanopoulos prodded, "But, don't you think that President Obama's committed to that?" The former Democratic operative turned journalist followed up with another…