Rich Lowry: Sharpton Will 'Never Be President Because He Can't Read a

September 3rd, 2011 4:44 PM
National Review's Rich Lowry took a couple of shots at new MSNBC host Al Sharpton Saturday. As the panel of "Fox News Watch" discussed the controversial Reverend's new show, Lowry quipped, "We know he’ll never be President of the United States because he can’t read a teleprompter" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Krauthammer: Obama Is 'President Zero - Zero Economic Expansion, Zero

September 3rd, 2011 12:55 PM
Charles Krauthammer on Fox News's "Special Report" Friday offered Republicans a 2012 campaign slogan to defeat Barack Obama. "President Zero: zero economic expansion, zero jobs, zero ideas on how to cure the economy" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Trump: Families of Iraq War Dead 'Should Be Given a Couple of Million

September 1st, 2011 5:12 PM
Donald Trump on Wednesday upped the ante to his April call for America to stay in Iraq and take the oil as compensation for our efforts. Speaking with Greta Van Susteren on Fox News's "On the Record," the real estate tycoon said, "We’ve lost tremendous numbers of great, young, beautiful soldiers. Those families should be given a couple of million dollars apiece from the Iraqi oil" (video…

Bernie Goldberg: I Wish NYT Was Concerned With Religion and Politics W

August 30th, 2011 1:35 PM
As NewsBusters reported last week, New York Times outgoing executive editor Bill Keller believes presidential candidates should be questioned about their religious beliefs. On Monday's "The O'Reilly Factor," media critic Bernie Goldberg marvelously said, "I wish that he and the New York Times was as concerned about religion and politics during the last campaign when it pertained to Barack…

FNC Highlights Bloomberg Decision to Exclude Clergy from 9/11 Ceremony

August 28th, 2011 11:49 AM
Friday's The O'Reilly Factor on FNC gave attention to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to exclude all clergy from taking part in the upcoming commemoration of the 9/11 attacks. Substitute host Juan Williams introduced the segment.

Judge Tosses Fox Reporter Herridge's Lawsuit Against Network

August 26th, 2011 5:37 PM
"A lawsuit against Fox News, filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of FNC personality Catherine Herridge, was essentially thrown out yesterday by a U.S. District Court in Washington DC," MediaBistro's FishbowlDC site is reporting today. Herridge hinted at sexism, ageism, and racism at the network, but apparently the judge didn't buy her complaint, noting favorable…

Media Mash: Liberal Media Stooges Edition

August 26th, 2011 11:17 AM
Attacks on Republicans like Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, and Sarah Palin that compare them to the Three Stooges are just a sign that the liberal media is getting worried that their champion Barack Obama stands a good shot of losing next year's election. What's more, any Republican who gets attacked as an intellectual lightweight should "wear it as a badge of honor." That's what NewsBusters…

Bernie Goldberg: Media Use 'Conservative' to Depict Right as 'Alien' a

August 23rd, 2011 5:09 PM
Bernie Goldberg on Monday said the media are constantly using the "conservative" label to make right-leaning people appear "out of the mainstream," "alien," and "dangerous to your mental health." The Emmy Award-winning political commentator, appearing on Fox News's "The O'Reilly Factor," used a recent Media Research Center study to make his case (video follows with transcript and commentary):

On Libya, Dean Aims At Romney, Shoots Self In Foot

August 23rd, 2011 7:59 AM
It's enough to make you scream . . . On Morning Joe today, Howard Dean rapped Mitt Romney for calling on the Libyan rebels to turn Gaddafi over to the US for trial.  According to Dean, Romney's suggestion made "no sense" and exposed his lack of foreign policy experience. There was just one little problem with Howie's hypothesis.   Romney never called for the rebels to turn Gaddafi over to…

Rep. Charles Rangel Dismisses Laura Ingraham as 'Just A Pretty Girl' o

August 20th, 2011 12:00 PM
Appearing on Thursday's O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel slammed fill-in host Laura Ingraham: "Let me say this. That Bill O'Reilly told me he had a secret weapon, I didn't know it was just a pretty girl that he would bring in." Ingraham responded: "That's very condescending, sir. A pretty girl. These are serious questions." [Audio available here] Ingraham…

'Fox & Friends' Highlights MRC Labeling Study

August 20th, 2011 9:42 AM
On the August 19 "Fox & Friends" panel segment, co-host Gretchen Carlson highlighted the Media Research Center's (MRC) "revealing" labeling study comparing broadcast network coverage of the 2007 Democratic primary to the 2011 Republican primary. Published by MRC Research Director Rich Noyes on Tuesday, the study reviewed the ABC, CBS, and NBC morning and evening news programs from January…

Coulter: Upside of Media Vetting GOP Candidates - We Don't End Up With

August 19th, 2011 10:57 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the Obama-loving media are working overtime examining the records of every GOP candidate for president. "The bright side though is," conservative author Ann Coulter told Fox News's Sean Hannity Wednesday, "we don't end up with a Republican president who is suddenly having an affair with an intern, or a Republican president who votes present for his entire…

Donald Trump: Bachmann 'Was So Unfairly Treated' on 'Meet the Press

August 16th, 2011 9:39 AM
As NewsBusters reported, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) got quite a grilling from David Gregory on Sunday's "Meet the Press." This caught the eye of real estate tycoon Donald Trump who told Fox News's Greta Van Susteren Monday, "Michele was so unfairly treated...I don't think I've seen anything like it" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

MRC's Bozell Tells Cavuto About Media's Virtual Silence on Wisconsin R

August 12th, 2011 10:31 PM
In the minds of the Left and their cheerleaders in the mainstream media, Tuesday's recall elections in Wisconsin were "supposed to be... the end of the Tea Party." It was a "$30 million investment by the Left" and it completely tanked, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued on the August 12 edition of Fox News Channel's "Your World with Neil Cavuto." "So what was the coverage of their…