Kurtz: 'Has MSNBC Developed a Culture in Which Harsh Personal Attacks
January 3rd, 2014 5:25 PM
Following Melissa Harris-Perry's smear on Mitt Romney's adopted black grandson - the third in a series of recent high-profile faux pas by MSNBC hosts - Fox News media analyst Howard Kurtz asked a question Friday whose answer appears to definitively be "Yes."
"[H]as the channel developed a culture in which harsh personal attacks are encouraged, or at least tolerated?"
CNN's 2013 Primetime Ratings Lowest in 20 Years
January 2nd, 2014 3:20 PM
After his first full year running CNN, Jeff Zucker has little to be proud of.
The primetime ratings of the self-proclaimed "Most trusted name in news" reached 20-year lows in 2013.
MSNBC’s Reid Bashes Palin for Having a Christmas Tree...on Christmas
December 26th, 2013 6:51 PM
As NewsBusters has reported for years, the hatred liberal media members have for and display towards former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin knows no bounds.
On MSNBC’s Ed Show Thursday, substitute host Joy Reid castigated Palin first for having the nerve to show family pictures on Fox & Friends Christmas Eve – the horror! – but also for having a Christmas tree on - wait for it! - Christmas (…
MSNBC's Hayes Derides FNC 'Obsession' with 'Knockout Game' That Target
December 26th, 2013 6:34 PM
On Monday's All In with Chris Hayes, host Hayes for a second time griped over Fox News giving attention to reports of primarily black teens playing a "knockout game" in which they target white victims for violence, suggesting that the game does not really exist.
As he awarded his choice for the "over-covered" and "under-covered" news stories for the year, Hayes began:
George Will: ‘ObamaCare a Tapestry of Coercions Mitigated by Random
December 23rd, 2013 7:24 PM
It really is wonderful having George Will on Fox News where we can see him more regularly than for a few minutes once a week.
On Monday’s Special Report, Will said of the revelation earlier in the day that people now had until Tuesday to sign up at Healthcare.gov, “ObamaCare now is a tapestry of coercions mitigated by random acts of presidential mercy announced in the most bizarre ways” (…
Fox News Ends Year With Higher Ratings Than MSNBC, CNN and HLN Combine
December 19th, 2013 5:30 AM
As 2013 draws to a close, Fox News Channel continues to dominate cable television news programming, according to Nielsen data through Dec. 8.
In an article for Variety, Rick Kissell stated that Fox has averaged 1.774 million viewers in prime time -- down 13 percent from last year's presidential election-driven numbers -- while the Cable News Channel fell 15 percent, and MSNBC lost 29 percent.
Krauthammer: It Took Barbara Walters 5 Years to Realize Obama’s Not
December 18th, 2013 5:41 PM
Barbara Walter’s admission Tuesday evening that she used to believe President Obama was the next messiah is predictably the target of derision and satire in conservative circles.
Making a guest appearance on Fox News’s The Five Wednesday, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said, “Five years to realize the man isn't a messiah? I think it took some of us…an hour and a half” (video follows…
Anderson Cooper on Santa's Race: 'I Don't Even Know If I'm White Anymo
December 18th, 2013 12:36 PM
CNN's Anderson Cooper decided to wade into the debate Tuesday concerning what race Santa Claus is.
Apparently, this whole discussion - partially precipitated by Fox News's Megyn Kelly - has Cooper so confused that he told his audience near the close of his program, "Frankly, I don't even know if I'm white anymore" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Roland Martin: Megyn Kelly Telling Black and Hispanic Kids 'It's a Whi
December 17th, 2013 11:55 AM
As amazing as it might seem, the race-baiters and Fox-haters are still talking about Megyn Kelly's comments regarding Santa Claus.
News One Now host Roland Martin, appearing on Monday's Tom Joyner Morning Show, said, "[I]t reinforces where for black kids and Hispanic kids, it's, ‘Look, accept that this is a white, white world and you don't matter’” (video follows with transcribed highlights…
CNN's Stelter: Megyn Kelly Mightn't Have Insisted Santa Was White If F
December 15th, 2013 5:13 PM
My nomination for the dumbest comment of the week by a television host on a news channel goes to CNN's Brian Stelter.
While talking to Slate's Aisha Harris about the reaction to her article calling for Santa Claus to be a penguin, the new Reliable Sources host wondered if Megyn Kelly wouldn't have been so adamant about Santa being white if Fox News had more black viewers (video follows with…
Slate Prevents 'Penguin Santa Claus' Author From Appearing With Fox's
December 14th, 2013 1:25 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, Fox News's Megyn Kelly did a lengthy segment Wednesday concerning Slate "culture blogger" Aisha Harris's displeasure that Santa Claus is always depicted as an old white guy.
After Harris complained about not being contacted by Fox to participate in this segment, Fox representatives asked her to appear Friday only to be informed that Slate refused the…
Megyn Kelly Responds to Santa Claus Critics: Get a Sense of Humor
December 13th, 2013 10:06 PM
Fox News Channel host Megyn Kelly took on the left-wing hate mob that has come after her following a humorous segment that she featured on her program Wednesday evening in which she and her guests staged a mock debate over the racial identity of Santa Claus.
To the haters, Kelly had a message tonight: Lighten up and learn to realize what satire is. “Humor is a part of what we try to bring to…
Andrew Sullivan: Fox News Is 'One of the Most Powerful Forces Against
December 13th, 2013 6:12 PM
You can tell things are really going poorly for President Obama: some of his biggest fans in the media members are going nuts.
Take Andrew Sullivan who on Friday actually called Fox News "one of the most powerful forces against Christianity in our culture."
The Newest Left-wing Lie: Megyn Kelly Is a Racist Who Believes In Sant
December 12th, 2013 6:24 PM
Liberals often love to say that conservatives cannot take a joke but the truth is that both left and right sometimes are lacking in the humor department. That’s especially true of the cottage industry that’s sprung up devoted to finding any tiny little thing to bash Fox News, one of the handful of national media outlets that don’t lean left.
The very existence of Fox News appears to be…