CBS 'Sunday Morning' Does 'Mommy Porn' Piece With Barbie and Ken Dolls

June 23rd, 2013 7:11 PM
CBS Sunday Morning today actually did a five minute segment on "Mommy Porn." Worse still, it included quoted passages from such books and an author using Barbie, Ken and Tina dolls to demonstrate sexual positions (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Schieffer to GOP Senator: 'Do You Think Republicans Get It on Immigrat

June 23rd, 2013 3:13 PM
Can you imagine a member of the liberal media asking a Democratic elected official if his or her party "gets it" on an issue facing the nation? On CBS's Face the Nation Sunday, host Bob Schieffer actually asked Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Al.), "Do you think Republicans get it on immigration?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Dianne Feinstein: We Don’t Know What Snowden Has

June 23rd, 2013 2:24 PM
Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said something Sunday that should be of grave concern to Americans on both sides of the aisle. Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation, Feinstein said that as far as what has been relayed to her, the United States government doesn't what documents National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has in his possession.

CBS Promotes Politico's 'Dysfunctional' Jab of Congress For Rejecting

June 21st, 2013 4:13 PM
Norah O'Donnell boosted Politico's slam of the Republican-led House of Representatives on Friday's CBS This Morning, after the body voted down a proposed farm bill. The anchor made the attack in a question to CBS News political director John Dickerson: "John, one more sign of dysfunction in Congress and Washington – the farm bill, which, for two years straight, has failed to pass the House.…

CBS, NBC Ballyhoo 'Military-Style Surge' Proposal in Immigration Bill

June 21st, 2013 1:04 PM
Thursday's CBS Evening News all but hinted that the border security measures included in a new compromise attached to the immigration reform bill in Congress was overkill. Scott Pelley emphasized, "To win over Republicans, negotiators today added a military-style surge for the southern border." NBC's Tamron Hall echoed Pelley on Friday's Today: "It [the bill] would involve fortifying the U.S.-…

Networks Cite 12 Times NSA Stopped Terror; No Mention of Islam

June 21st, 2013 12:40 PM
You’d think it would be news when adherents of “the religion of peace” do something, well, not peaceful. But then, you’d be underestimating the reluctance of the U.S. news media to call Islamic terror what it is. Case in point: ABC, NBC and CBS all reported on the multiple terrorist attacks the NSA’s surveillance program supposedly thwarted, they censored the religious connection: radical Islam…

What War on Christianity? Networks Ignore Obama Bashing Catholic Educa

June 20th, 2013 3:08 PM
President Obama continued his War on Christianity Monday and the broadcast networks continued to ignore it. Obama was in Northern Ireland for the G-8 conference and used a town hall meeting for youth in Belfast to show his contempt for religious education. The president criticized separate religious schools for promoting “division.” The story drew attention in conservative media outlets and…

ABC Hypes 'Stunning Revelation' That Drones Were Used Inside U.S., For

June 20th, 2013 12:41 PM
ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday deemed the admission by the FBI that they have used drones inside America to be a "stunning revelation." Yet, news reader Josh Elliott somehow managed to ignore the fact that his own program already talked about this fact back in February. Elliott breathlessly related, "And another stunning revelation as lawmakers look at the National Security Agency's…

Networks Ignore 'Audit the IRS' Rally; Minimize Coverage of $70 Millio

June 20th, 2013 12:04 PM
The Big Three all punted on covering the Capitol Hill "Audit the IRS" rally on their Wednesday evening and Thursday morning newscasts. CBS This Morning played a four-second soundbite of Senator Ted Cruz addressing the thousands of Tea Party activists in attendance, but CBS, along with ABC and NBC, didn't air a full report or news brief on the protest. The CBS morning show also stood out for…

Howard Stern to Jimmy Fallon: ‘How You Got The Tonight Show I Don't

June 18th, 2013 10:27 AM
Shock jock Howard Stern really laid into Jimmy Fallon on NBC’s Late Night Monday. Talking about Fallon replacing Jay Leno, Stern said, “How you got the Tonight Show I don't know. You barely beat Craig Ferguson.”

Letterman: ‘Ahmadinejad is Retiring to...His Ranch in Crawford, Texa

June 18th, 2013 9:17 AM
CBS’s David Letterman made a disgraceful joke Monday evening comparing Iran’s crazed despot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to former President George W. Bush. During the opening monologue of the Late Show, the host said, “Ahmadinejad is retiring. He's going to spend all of his time on his ranch in Crawford, Texas” (video follows with transcribed lowlights and commentary):

Sharyl Attkisson: ‘I Think I Know’ Who Hacked Into My Computer

June 17th, 2013 11:12 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson announced last Friday that her computers had been hacked into “by an unauthorized, external, unknown party on multiple occasions in late 2012.” On Monday, Attkisson told Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly that she thinks she knows who did it (video follows with transcript and commentary):

NBC, ABC Ignore Obama's Falling Approval Rating; CBS, CNN, MSNBC Repor

June 17th, 2013 7:06 PM
On Monday morning, NBC and ABC ignored a new poll showing President Obama's approval had fallen by eight points in a month, from 53 to 45 percent. CNN reported on its own poll numbers, while CBS and MSNBC picked up the numbers as well.   While CBS This Morning briefly reported the poll numbers, CNN touted them repeatedly throughout the morning. New Day co-host Chris Cuomo said the President'…

Fox's Kelly Smacks Down CBS's Pelley: ‘We Beat You in All the Debate

June 17th, 2013 6:39 PM
As NewsBusters reported Sunday, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley commented in a Deadline Hollywood interview that Fox News only has 200,000 to 300,000 viewers. Fox’s Megyn Kelly marvelously responded on Monday’s America Live, “We beat you in all the debates and on election night, Scott” (video follows with transcript and commentary):