Gaffe Video: FNC's Rivera Confuses Most-wanted Terrorist with Commande
October 30th, 2009 12:39 PM
No bias, just a Joe Biden moment. FNC's Geraldo Rivera inadvertently called Barack Obama "President Osama bin Laden" on the October 30 "Fox & Friends" program. The video's embedded below the page break. Enjoy (h/t NB commenter Blonde):
NewsBuster Finkelstein On Joe-Mika Radio Show Spars On Fat Tax, Fox Ne
October 29th, 2009 1:19 PM
Earlier today, the Joe Scarborough radio show, with Mika Brzezinski, aired a wide-ranging interview with this NewsBuster. Highlights:Mika justified her nanny-state proposal of a tax on fatty foods by saying eating habits are not a matter of personal choice because others must bear the health care cost. Finkelstein's response: kill two birds with one stone by getting government out of the health…
CNN's Lou Dobbs Claims Shot Fired at Home, Wife
October 29th, 2009 2:50 AM
Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding that alarm. But what has gone unsaid by those same voices has been the possibility of violence against those who might take a position antithetical to…
Have Fox and the White House Declared a Truce
October 28th, 2009 11:48 PM
Numerous sources are reporting a meeting occurred Wednesday between high-ranking officials at the White House and the Fox News Channel to try and reach an end to hostilities between the Administration and the nation's leading cable news network.With Fox's ratings soaring as a result of the incursion, and the White House looking more and more foolish, one has to wonder what the Adminstration could…
Imus Rants About His Fox Critics; Calls Obama 'A Whiny Little Titty Ba
October 28th, 2009 5:01 PM
Ever since long-time radio talker Don Imus inked a deal with the Fox Business Network to simulcast his morning radio program, he said he has been getting pushback from several acquaintances. And as he explained and showed on his Oct. 28 program, he's not particularly pleased with the reaction about his deal with Fox News. "I get this email and the e-mail says, ‘Sorry to see you've sold out to…
Krauthammer: It's Disgusting How Obama Can't Stop Attacking Bush
October 28th, 2009 12:47 PM
Almost six years since he coined the phrase Bush Derangement Syndrome, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer is accusing Barack Obama of having the same malady.On Fox News's "Special Report" Tuesday, Krauthammer called out the President's constant negative references to his predecessor saying, "There is something truly disgusting about the way he cannot refrain from attacking Bush when he is…
The Obsession Continues: Olbermann Condemns George Will’s Praise of
October 28th, 2009 1:14 AM
Want to be noticed by any one of the hosts that have a primetime show on MSNBC's weeknight lineup? Just figure out a way to make Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. the subject matter, and there's an excellent chance either Ed Schultz, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann or Rachel Maddow will take a shot at it, or her, during their shows. In the Oct. 25 Washington Post, George Will penned a column about…
Obama Advisor Tells CNN Fox Is Biased, Won't Comment On MSNBC
October 27th, 2009 10:50 PM
A senior White House advisor on Tuesday told Campbell Brown that Fox News is biased, but refused to comment when the CNN host asked her, "Well, then do you also think that MSNBC is biased?"During a taped interview at the Woman's Conference in California later broadcast on CNN's "Campbell Brown," Valerie Jarrett sidestepped this marvelous question and instead haplessly said, "I don't want to…
Mediaite: Is Rachel Maddow the Glenn Beck of the Left
October 27th, 2009 10:14 AM
Rachel Maddow: The Glenn Beck Of The Left?So reads the headline of a column published Tuesday in the left-leaning website Mediaite.For those unfamiliar, Mediaite is the brainchild of former MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams, and was described by managing editor Colby Hall as "Huffington Post meets Gawker." No surprise there, for two of its other editors, Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNicol, both…
Vanity Fair Columnist and MSNBC Guest: Fox News 'Not Very Popular in t
October 27th, 2009 9:02 AM
Let's say, hypothetically, someone was to make a disparaging statement about Fox News and conclude as a news outlet it is way outside of mainstream political thought. Well, then the follow-up appropriate question could be where does that put Fox News' competitors who get just a fraction of the cable news juggernaut's ratings? Michael Wolff, a contributing editor and columnist Vanity Fair and…
Fox News Channel's Ratings Soar After White House Attack
October 27th, 2009 12:00 AM
If the Obama administration's attack on Fox News was designed to diminish the cable network's influence, the White House has failed miserably.In fact, since Anita Dunn's now infamous appearance on CNN's "Reliable Sources" when she claimed Fox isn't a real news network, the cabler has seen HUGE gains in overall viewing AND in the important demographic aged 25 to 54. So reported the Business…
Behar: Beck, Conservatives Like Kids 'Who Eat Their Own Boogers
October 26th, 2009 5:32 PM
Joy Behar, HLN's conservative-basher of record, today derided conservatives as immature bullies who smell bad and pick their noses. Obama, by Behar's account is the smart kid in class who knows all the answers but keeps letting the bullies push him around.Her bully characterization is astoundingly hypocritical, given that she goes on to suggest that Obama bully Glenn Beck and other conservative…
Journalism Students Mock Fox News and Hannity in Hip-Hop Song
October 26th, 2009 11:07 AM
People always ask why a liberal bias is so prevalent in the media when more Americans admit being conservative than left-leaning.One of the answers is that journalism schools at our nation's colleges and universities are hot-beds of liberalism.As a perfect example, the following song was created by graduate students at Columbia University's School of Journalism.Rapping over Jay-Z's "Empire State…