NYT Praises Obama's Speech: 'The Man America Elected President Has Re

April 14th, 2011 11:18 AM
The New York Times was very excited about President Obama's deficit reduction speech. The Gray Lady's editorial Thursday began, "The man America elected president has re-emerged":

Krauthammer: Obama's Speech 'Was a Disgrace', 'Shallow' and 'Deeply Di

April 13th, 2011 9:54 PM
Charles Krauthammer was less than pleased with Barack Obama's speech Wednesday concerning his plan to bring down the nation's staggering budget deficit. As the panel segment of Fox's "Special Report" began, Krauthammer said, "I thought it was a disgrace. I thought I’ve rarely heard a speech by a president so shallow, so hyper-partisan, and so intellectually dishonest, outside the last couple…

Movement to Move 'Red Eye' to Earlier Time Slot Picks Up Steam

April 13th, 2011 5:19 PM
While we always worry when we find ourselves in agreement with Mediaite, we are happy to see the idea we promoted last week picking up some steam.

CNN’s Kurtz Defends Olbermann & MSNBC from Comparisons to Glenn Beck

April 12th, 2011 8:30 AM
 In spite of former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann’s history of using distortion and even misinformation to attack conservatives, and his infamously recurring conspiracy theory that the Bush administration made terrorism-related announcements to distract from politically embarrassing news, CNN host Howard Kurtz on Sunday’s Reliable Sources defended Olbermann’s Countdown show and MSNBC generally…

SNL Bashes ‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts as Dumb, Fear-Spreading Racists

April 10th, 2011 11:16 AM
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” went after the Fox News Channel again, this time depicting the hosts of the network's morning show as dumb, fear-mongering racists. Saturday’s sketch began with an announcer stating, “You’re watching ‘Fox & Friends’ – coffee, smiles, fear and terror” (video follows with commentary):

NPR's Media Reporter Studies Months of Bret Baier Show to Expose Fox's

April 9th, 2011 7:45 AM
You would think after the Juan Williams debacle, NPR would keep away from bashing Fox News again. But even as NPR's liberal bias remains controversial in Congress, NPR is still waging war on Fox. It's apparently the only national news outlet worth questioning. On Thursday night's All Things Considered, NPR media reporter David Folkenflik profiled Bret Baier, but delighted liberals by announcing…

O'Reilly to Lauer: Have A 'Telethon on the Today Show' If You Want Fun

April 7th, 2011 5:41 PM
During his Talking Points Memo at the top of Wednesday's O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, host Bill O'Reilly called out NBC Today co-host Matt Lauer for denouncing Republican efforts to cut spending on things like "climate control": "Are you kidding me, Lauer? Funding for climate control? Nobody can control the climate but God. So give a little extra at mass or services." As NewsBusters reported…

Donny Deutsch: Glenn Beck A 'Despicable Putz

April 7th, 2011 9:07 AM
On Morning Joe today, ad man Donny Deutsch called Glenn Beck a "despicable putz."  For good measure, Deutsch also described Beck as "a disgusting human being." Deutsch was reacting to a clip of Beck from yesterday confirming that he was indeed leaving his Fox News show. Deutsch was clearly proud of his epithet, regretting that Pat Buchanan didn't respond to it in his subsequent comments…

Glenn Beck to End Fox News Program to Pursue Oprah Route

April 6th, 2011 1:09 PM
Fox News host Glenn Beck and the news channel announced today that Beck is going to be quitting his show. The following statement was put out to the media:

Howard Dean Tells College Students Fox News Lies - Then Lies to Them F

April 3rd, 2011 9:16 PM
The disgustingly sanctimonious Howard Dean gave a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University on March 24 wherein he once again attacked Fox News calling it a propagandist arm of the Republican Party that lies to the American people. Ironically, during his one hour speech, the former Vermont governor committed some laughable whoppers of his own (multi-segment video follows with commentary,…

MRC's Bozell Notes Media Downplaying or Ignoring Schumer's 'Extremists

April 2nd, 2011 1:58 PM
Appearing on Friday's "Fox & Friends," NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center president Brent Bozell addressed how the media conveniently ignore or downplay liberal Democratic gaffes or incivility. For example, earlier this week Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) was caught unawares on microphone laying out to fellow Democrats his partisan talking points about "extremist" Republicans…

Daily Kos: Scott Walker, Fox News Show America's Becoming A Capitalist

April 2nd, 2011 6:56 AM
The leftist panic over Republican governors like Wisconsin's Scott Walker (and this week, Ohio's John Kasich) curbing union power has the bloggers at the Daily Kos is producing all the typical fringy fulminations. See the article headlined "Totalitarian Capitalism stages a show trial for teachers." Since "Anyone to the left of Atilla the Hun is regularly demonized as a communist, socialist,…

Lawrence O'Donnell: Bill O'Reilly is 'Bullying Nuts' and 'Freaks' Like

March 29th, 2011 10:42 PM
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Tuesday cherry-picked an "O'Reilly Factor" segment to drum up a feud between Fox News's top prime time host and the former Alaska governor. Five sentences about Sarah Palin pulled from a six and a half minute segment ridiculing President Obama for not scheduling Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates as guests on last weekend's "Fox News Sunday" led "The Last Word"…

Bill Maher Ups Ante on Vulgar Palin Attacks

March 29th, 2011 9:48 AM
After comedian Bill Maher referred to Sarah Palin as a derogatory term for a vagina a little over week a ago, NewsBusters asked, "Can the dreaded C-word be far behind?" According to the Dallas Voice, this happened on Sunday while Maher was "performing" at the Winspear Opera House (photo courtesy Reuters):