Van Jones Calls Fox News 'Stalkers' After Challenging Glenn Beck to De

June 23rd, 2011 3:56 PM
Former Obama green jobs czar Van Jones likened Fox News to "stalkers" on Wednesday's MSNBC Live with left-wing pugilist Cenk Uygur. Despite challenging Glenn Beck to a debate while speaking at the liberal Netroots Nation convention and in a MoveOn.org spot, and reportedly threatening legal action against Fox News, it was Jones who claimed the popular cable network has an unhealthy obsession…

Jon Stewart 'Apologizes' For Calling Fox Viewers 'Misinformed' By List

June 22nd, 2011 1:45 AM
Real men know how to apologize for their mistakes, especially when made on national television. Apparently we can't put Jon Stewart in this category, for after acknowledging that the fact-checking organization PolitiFact found his statement to Chris Wallace concerning "misinformed" Fox viewers false, he proceeded to childishly spend three minutes listing all the times PF determined FNC's…

Juan Williams: Hannity Would Have Been Fired For Doing Amos and Andy V

June 21st, 2011 8:55 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, Jon Stewart earlier this month did a segment on "The Daily Show" wherein he impersonated Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain using an Amos and Andy voice. On Tuesday's "Imus in the Morning," Fox News's Juan Williams said that if Sean Hannity had done that, "He'd be out there barking with the dogs after they threw him out" (video follows with…

O'Reilly and Goldberg Expose 'Really, Really Dumb' TV Network Decision

June 21st, 2011 2:31 PM
Bill O'Reilly of Fox News and former CBS News reporter Bernie Goldberg exposed left-wing media bias on Monday's edition of The O'Reilly Factor when discussing NBC's editing of the Pledge of Allegiance. "I don't know if it was an honest mistake or, more likely, if it was a lefty producer flexing his muscles. I don't know. But I know one thing. It was really, really dumb," said Goldberg. O'…

Jon Stewart Falsely Claims Chris Wallace Said Fox Doesn't Tell Both Si

June 21st, 2011 12:26 PM
Jon Stewart on Monday cherry-picked thirteen seconds out of a 24 minute interview to accuse "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace of claiming, "We don't tell both sides of the story." Unfortunately, that's not what Wallace said Sunday (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Lawrence O'Donnell Bashes Chris Wallace's Ratings Despite Having Half

June 20th, 2011 11:31 PM
Monday appeared to be the day that MSNBC commentators bashed the ratings of Sunday political talk shows other than NBC's "Meet the Press." After Chris Matthews ridiculed ABC's "This Week" despite it having more than three times his audience, Lawrence O'Donnell went after Chris Wallace and "Fox News Sunday" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Howard Kurtz Shocked Dick Morris Toes Republican Line

June 20th, 2011 12:01 AM
Howard Kurtz didn't have a good Father's Day. After being shocked that Republicans would actually prefer Obama jokes over those about Republicans, the "Reliable Sources" host expressed dismay that Fox News analyst Dick Morris would actually toe the GOP's line (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Jon Stewart Tells Chris Wallace Fox News Is Biased -- But Rest of Medi

June 19th, 2011 1:35 PM
After months of being asked, Jon Stewart finally appeared on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend. The primary discussion point was bias in the media which the "Daily Show" host continually told Chris Wallace is far more prevalent on FNC than at all the other news organizations (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Cal Thomas: Michele Bachmann Praise By Chris Matthews 'Like Getting Ci

June 18th, 2011 5:13 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting since Monday's Republican presidential debate, MSNBC's Chris Matthews is suddenly a big fan of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.). On Saturday's "Fox News Watch," syndicated columnist Cal Thomas said, "Chris Matthews praises her, which is sort of like getting a civil rights affirmation from David Duke" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Howard Fineman: Democrats Didn't Like Weiner Going On Fox News

June 17th, 2011 7:33 PM
Now that disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) has resigned, the media are not only trying to help resuscitate his career but also coming up with reasons why he wasn't that well liked anyway. Jumping on the bandwagon was the Huffington Post's Howard Fineman who told MSNBC's Chris Matthews Friday, "I also don't think a lot of people loved the fact that he was on Fox a lot" (video…

WeatherBell.com's Joe Bastardi Differs With Mainstream Media: Beware o

June 17th, 2011 10:54 AM
For years America's media have been enthralled by anything that supports the theory that carbon dioxide is warming the planet leading to an imminent cataclysm if governments don't regulate this partially man-made gas. By contrast, reports that might undermine CO2's importance in global warming, like the following released Tuesday by the AAS Solar Physics Division in Las Cruces, New Mexico,…

Chris Matthews: Fox Should Hire Weiner to Play 'Typical Liberal' Talki

June 16th, 2011 7:19 PM
Chris Matthews on Thursday said Fox News ought to hire disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to play the "typical liberal with all the lifestyle qualities of a typical liberal" to talk about "the latest scandal every night." Politico's Ben Smith responded to the "Hardball" host, "I asked them about it today. They didn’t buy it. They referred me to CNN" (video follows with transcript…

Gingrich Rips 'Reprehensible' NBC Reporting on His Wife, Demands Apolo

June 16th, 2011 11:48 AM
Appearing on Fox News's On the Record Wednesday night, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich slammed NBC News for its reporting earlier that day that Callista Gingrich was a main cause of the exodus of Gingrich staffers last week: "I believe NBC owes Callista an apology....I think the program this morning was totally irresponsible and personally reprehensible..."      Host Greta…

Gene Simmons: Sorry I Voted for ‘Unqualified’ Obama

June 15th, 2011 5:09 PM
On June 14, on FOX BUSINESS’ Varney & Co., KISS bassist Gene Simmons was special guest. He was there to renounce his own vote for Obama in 2008, to point out the dangers our nation faces from the current nanny-state mentality that’s overtaken us, and to point out where we’d headed if we don’t rein in spending and get business friendly once again. As a citizen of Israel, he also had a…