Tavis Smiley: 'No One Who Happens to be Poor Wants What Romney Has

April 26th, 2012 9:27 AM
Although the list is long and undistinguished, PBS's Tavis Smiley said possibly one of the dumbest things he's ever said on television Wednesday. In a discussion about class warfare and the politics of envy on Fox News's Hannity show, Smiley actually said with a straight face, "No one who happens to be poor wants what Mr. Romney has" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Fox News ‘Mole’ Served With Search Warrant

April 25th, 2012 3:19 PM
It looks like Fox News president Roger Ailes wasn't kidding when he promised to take seriously the betrayal of company secrets which Joe Muto, a disgruntled producer for the "O'Reilly Factor," attempted to dish to the left-wing gossip rag Gawker. According to his Twitter account, Muto has been served with a search warrant and had his laptop, cellphone, and some notebooks seized by law…

Goldberg Rips Matthews: 'Obsessed With Race' - Thinks Obama Shouldn't

April 24th, 2012 9:50 AM
As NewsBusters reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews last Thursday actually asked his guests if voters and pundits are going to be reluctant to dump Barack Obama this November because he's the first black president. Media analyst Bernie Goldberg took issue with this on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor Monday saying, "It's because he's a liberal, and like many liberals, he's obsessed with race" (…

Bret Baier Gets NPR's Mara Liasson to Admit Medicare 'Ends As We Know

April 23rd, 2012 7:54 PM
For over a year, the Left and their media minions have dishonestly claimed Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-Wisc.) proposed budgets would "end Medicare as we know it." At the end of a discussion about Monday's report from the Medicare trustees predicting the program goes bankrupt in 2024, Special Report host Bret Baier got NPR's Mara Liasson to admit Medicare will end as we know it even if Congress…

Geraldo Rivera: MSNBC Anchors Don't Care About Evidence, Are 'Cheerlea

April 21st, 2012 3:09 PM
Geraldo Rivera on Friday accused MSNBC anchors of not caring at all about the evidence concerning the shooting of Trayvon Martin and instead "cheerleading for the conviction of George Zimmerman." Appearing on Fox New's The O'Reilly Factor, Rivera specifically pointed his finger at Martin Bashir, Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, Al Sharpton, and Ed Schultz (video follows with transcript and…

Bob Beckel Tells Female Tea Partier On Live TV ‘You Don't Know What

April 16th, 2012 11:32 PM
Fox News contributor and former Democratic strategist Bob Beckel directed an F-bomb at female Tea Party activist Jennifer Stefano during Monday’s Hannity. The two were arguing through a commercial break, and Beckel apparently didn’t know they were back live when he made his indelicate remark (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Greg Gutfeld: 'Asking a Comedian to Make Fun of Obama Is Like Asking a

April 16th, 2012 8:31 PM
Greg Gutfeld on Monday attacked comics for not making jokes about the current White House resident. Appearing on Fox News's The Five, Gutfeld said, "Asking a comedian to make fun of Obama is like asking a priest to mock Christ" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

Gawker’s ‘Fox News Mole’ Reveals FNC Staffers ‘Blackballed

April 15th, 2012 2:37 PM
Joe Muto, the self-described “weasel,” “traitor” and “sell-out” who for a few days last week was the “Fox News Mole” for Gawker.com until FNC identified him, disclosed on CNN’s Reliable Sources that he tried to leave the network but was unable to get hired elsewhere because the rest of the cable news industry “blackballed” him since they presumed anyone who worked for Fox News is “a nut.” Not…

Greg Gutfeld: 'Someone Must Have Pumped Sand and Water Through Matt Da

April 10th, 2012 12:44 AM
As NewsBusters reported last week, Matt Damon is making an anti-fracking movie called "Promised Land." On Fox News's The Five Monday, Greg Gutfeld took issue with this saying, "I think someone must have pumped sand and water through Damon’s head because he certainly exudes enough natural gas to power a small city" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary…

NYT Columnist Joe Nocera Defends Chevy Volt, Reveals His Obsession Wit

April 9th, 2012 9:54 PM
New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, who in an August 2011 column likened the Tea Party movement to terrorists strapping on suicide vests (he later apologized), fiercely defended the Chevy Volt electric car against what he saw as a Fox News conspiracy campaign against it. Nocera had breakfast with Volt owners during the New York International Auto Show for his Saturday column, "The Right…

Bozell on Hannity's 'Media Mash': NBC 'Apology' for 911 Call Editing I

April 6th, 2012 10:57 AM
NBC's "apology" for their selective editing of the  Zimmerman 911 call was "two whole sentences of nothing," complained NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell on the April 5 edition of Fox News Channel's Hannity. The network claimed it was a simple "error in the editing process." "This was no error, this was no mistake, this was deliberately done," Bozell protested during the programs "Media Mash"…

Bernie Goldberg Calls for NBC to Cut Its Relationship With MSNBC

April 2nd, 2012 11:16 PM
In the wake of the Peacock network's truly irresponsible coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting, media analyst Bernie Goldberg on Monday called for NBC to cut its relationship with MSNBC. "NBC News is making a big mistake by keeping this relationship going," Goldberg told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly. "It is doing nothing for their credibility" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no…

Bill O'Reilly: 'Is the Media Now Inciting Racial Violence

March 31st, 2012 7:39 AM
In the wake of the press's nonstop hyperventilating regarding the Trayvon Martin issue, Fox News's Bill O'Reilly appropriately asked Friday, "Is the media now inciting racial violence?" In his opening Talking Points Memo, O'Reilly also pointed a finger at Al Sharpton and Roland Martin saying, "MSNBC and CNN to some extent have a vested interest in seeing Zimmerman punished because they've…

Congressman Keith Ellison Says The Nazis Bombed Pearl Harbor

March 21st, 2012 10:16 AM
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) made some astonishingly ignorant statements during a discussion about the Iranian nuclear issue on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor Tuesday. The pièce de résistance was him telling host Bill O'Reilly that the Nazis bombed Pearl Harbor (video follows with transcript and commentary):