Huff Post Reports That Fox Business Would Not Run Ads Calling for Firi

June 4th, 2013 5:03 PM
Laura Bassett at The Huffington Post reported Tuesday that Fox Business would not air a TV advertisement by the feminist group Ultraviolet that called for the termination of Fox contributors Lou Dobbs, Erick Erickson, and Juan Williams. "Lou Dobbs has a problem," an announcer declares in the ad, over tiny out-of-context clips of the men speaking. "Women are winning the bread. Even his own…

Olbermann: 'Holder Should've Resigned or Been Dismissed' Before Making

June 4th, 2013 1:03 AM
It's thankfully been a long, long time since we've heard from Keith Olbermann. Unfortunately, he came out of the bathtub long enough on Monday to give a Twitter follower his opinion of Attorney General Eric Holder saying, "He should've resigned or been dismissed after the AP overreach. Instead he made a Fox News figure a martyr":

Krauthammer: Issa's Wrong About Carney Being a 'Paid Liar' - He's 'Maj

June 3rd, 2013 7:28 PM
As NewsBusters reported Sunday, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on CNN’s State of the Union called White House press secretary Jay Carney a “paid liar.” On Fox News’s Special Report Monday, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer took issue with Issa saying, “I’ve argued here for months that Carney is majorly underpaid, and I think that really is the problem” (video follows with…

Fox News ‘Mole’ Joe Muto Gets Trash Duty, Book Deal

June 3rd, 2013 1:25 PM
Joe Muto, the former O’Reilly Factor producer who turned into a “mole” for the leftist gossip site Gwker, has resurfaced thanks to an AP report which chronicles how he pled guilty to two separate misdemeanors for passing along outtake footage owned by Fox News Channel. Muto has already begun serving his sentence which includes picking up trash in city parks and also 200 hours of community…

NYT: Is MSNBC 'Being Damaged By Perception It's Not Really a News Chan

June 2nd, 2013 11:08 PM
Since practically its inception, NewsBusters has been informing readers that MSNBC is not a news network. In an article to be published in Monday's New York Times, national media reporter Bill Carter actually asked if MSNBC is "being damaged by a perception that it is not really a news channel anymore."

Brokaw: 'It’s Tough to See How' Holder Keeps His Job

June 2nd, 2013 1:51 PM
The ice seems to be cracking beneath Attorney General Eric Holder's feet. When asked by NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory Sunday if Holder is going to "stay in the job" given the leaks investigation scandal, former NBC Night News host Tom Brokaw replied, "Boy, I think it’s tough to see how he does" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Obama Official Married to NBC News Senior Political Editor

June 1st, 2013 5:18 PM
Last month, media commentator Richard Grenell broke the story about ABC and CBS News directors having siblings in the White House. On Saturday's Fox News Watch, Grenell revealed that NBC News senior political editor Mark Murray is married to an Obama official (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Mark Shields: Fox News Acts Like 'Fourth Branch of Government' Not App

June 1st, 2013 4:16 PM
PBS's Mark Shields on Friday, in an attempt to mock Fox News, actually made a bit of a fool of himself. After noting on Inside Washington that ObamaCare had passed Congress, been signed into law by the President, and affirmed by the Supreme Court, Shields ridiculed Fox News as being "a fourth branch of government...that hasn't approved it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Jeff Zucker Claims CNN Covers 'Much More' Than Fox News, MSNBC

May 31st, 2013 3:11 PM
Five months into his tenure as president of the Cable News Network, Jeff Zucker gave a “progress report” on Wednesday by stating that rivals Fox News Channel and MSNBC “are covering politics” while CNN is reporting on “politics and much more.” “News is how you define it,” Zucker said during a panel discussion in the “All Things Digital” conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif., and “we…

Networks Don't Share Bill O'Reilly's Fury at IRS Boss Visiting White H

May 31st, 2013 11:19 AM
On Thursday night’s O’Reilly Factor, the Fox News host opened the show by attacking former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman for visiting the White House 157 times, almost four times as many appearances as Hillary Clinton. O’Reilly hinted this was a “smoking gun” of the White House running the IRS harassment campaign of the Tea Party. But guess what: this fact of Shulman’s well-worn path to…

Kirsten Powers: Obama's Attacks on Fox News Are 'Completely Despicable

May 30th, 2013 9:49 AM
Left of center columnist Kirsten Powers on Wednesday called the Obama administration's repeated attacks on Fox News "completely despicable." Appearing on Fox News's Hannity, Powers noted that "any president would be happy" if there were just one news outlet "that allows people to say things about him that he doesn't like" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional…

Dennis Miller: Obama and Christie 'So Cute Together - Like Danny Zuko

May 29th, 2013 9:19 PM
Dennis Miller, as would be expected, had a humorous take on Tuesday's reunion of President Obama and Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.) at the Jersey Shore. Appearing on Fox News's O'Reilly Factor Wednesday, Miller said, "They're cute together. It's like Danny Zuko and Sandy in 'Grease.'”

CBS Spotlights Perjury Investigation, 'Drumbeat' For Eric Holder to Qu

May 29th, 2013 4:04 PM
Wednesday's CBS This Morning zeroed in on the House Judiciary Committee's inquiry into whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his testimony regarding the Justice Department's controversial investigation of journalists. Jan Crawford's two-and-a-half minute report on the congressional investigation into Holder stood out as the only coverage on the Big Three networks on their…

Krauthammer: Holder Not Sensing Gravity of Scandal ‘Makes You Wonder

May 28th, 2013 7:35 PM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer had some harsh words for Attorney General Eric Holder’s handling of the leak investigation scandal. Appearing on Fox News’s Special Report, Krauthammer said, “The fact that he says that the gravity of the situation didn't sink in until yesterday makes you wonder if he was anesthetized.”